The Machine Wisdom Workshop

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are becoming ever more prevalent in daily life, and are being used in impactful decisions in fields as diverse as finance and criminal law. Given the multifaceted and complex nature of these technologies, it is crucial that researchers and theorists from fields such as philosophy, psychology, computer science, engineering, policy, and law, are able to have meaningful and constructive conversations across traditional disciplinary lines. The Machine Wisdom Project, funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, aims to do exactly this, bringing together diverse perspectives on the theory, development, and ethics of AI with the ultimate goal of encouraging wise decision-making at all levels of AI development, production, and regulation.

To that end, in conjunction with the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, we will be hosting the second Machine Wisdom Workshop on May 12-14, 2022. The workshop will be a continuation of the first Machine Wisdom Workshop, held virtually in May 2021. Previous participants included Shannon Vallor, Igor Grossmann, Judith Gluck, Sina Fazelpour, Gabrielle Johnson, and Matt Stichter, all of whom have agreed to present at this larger gathering as well. The planned mode of the conference will be in-person to the extent possible, with remote participation possibilities dependent on the coronavirus situation.