9th New England Workshop on Metaphysics: Philosophy in the Age of Technology

Friday, October 23

9:30-11: Robert Howell (Rice University): “Boredom, Creativity and the Limits of Creative Artificial Intelligence” - Comments: Anna Pautz-Bjurman (Rhode Island College)

11:15-12:45: Julia Netter (Brown University): “Reconfiguring trust: privacy and our (new) digital relationships” - Comments: Justin Caouette (Providence College)

2-3:30: Andrew Lee (University of Toronto): “Substrate Independence” - Comments: Sharon Casu (University of Fribourg)

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Saturday, October 24

9:30-11: Branden Fitelson (Northeastern University): “A 2-Dimensional Theory of Argument Strength, with Applications” - Comments: Katia Vavova (Mount Holyoke College)

11:15-12:45: Gabrielle Kerbel (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor): “LLMs and Weak Belief” - Comments: Jack Spencer (MIT)

2-3:30: Peter Railton (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor): “Understanding the Nature of Agency” - Comments: Manyul Im (Rhode Island College)

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Sunday, October 25

9:30-11: Heather Demarest (University of Colorado, Boulder) & Zachary Miller (AI Digest): “Evidence that LLMs aren’t aware of their thoughts” - Comments: Brendan Fleig-Goldstein (Brown University)

11:15-12:45: Louis Gularte (Rhode Island College): “What would it take for AI to understand emotion?” - Comments: Laura Sizer (Mount Holyoke College)

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Registration is free but required.

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities with 72 hours notice.