Artificial General Intelligence: A Philosopher’s Manifesto

Anandi Hattiangadi (Stockholm University, Institute for Futures Studies)

The Center for Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (CPAI) at the University of Copenhagen invites you to a public talk by Anandi Hattiangadi, Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University.

Artificial General Intelligence: A Philosopher’s Manifesto

Experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and tech industry insiders predict the imminent emergence of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): machines that are at least as intelligent as humans. Optimists expect AGIs to solve humanity's problems, while doomsayers worry they would render us extinct. The problem is that most people are operating with a misguided conception of AGI. This skews AGI timelines and our assessments of risks and opportunities. To correct this misconception, we need to return to fundamental philosophical questions about what makes human cognition distinctive and what is required for an artificial system to think like a human. In this element, I put forward a novel account of distinctively human cognition and apply it to the interpretation of AI. The upshot is surprising. It turns out that we should be less afraid of machines that think like us than of machines that fool us into thinking that they do.

Time: 10 Dec. 2025, 18:30-20:30 (Doors open at 18:30. Talk will begin at 19:00)

Place: HUSET, Rådhusstræde 13, 1466 København

Register here: https://cpai.ku.dk/events/artificial-general-intelligence-a-philosophers-manifesto/

(Please note: This is an in-person only event)