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SUMMARY:Philosophy\, AI\, and Innovation Seminar: The Habermas Machine - P
 rofessor Chris Summerfield (University of Oxford)\, Michael Henry Tessler 
 (Google Deepmind)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250603T160000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250603T180000
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DESCRIPTION:Description: The seminar will explore issues at the intersecti
 on of philosophy\, AI\, and technological innovation\, co-taught by a phil
 osopher and a technologist. The seminar will welcome a variety of visiting
  discussants from philosophy\, computer science\, and the technology indus
 try throughout term. The focus will be on how a concern for human flourish
 ing can be embedded in the global technology development pipeline\, and on
  exploring how broader bridges can be built between philosophy and technol
 ogy. The seminar is primarily aimed at philosophy graduate students and co
 mputer science graduate students but participants from other levels and ar
 eas are welcome. Topics include: truth-seeking AI\, privacy\, collective i
 ntelligence\, decentralization in science and AI\, and approaches to human
  autonomy. The seminar culminates in a clinic to facilitate grant applicat
 ions for independent summer projects on the themes of the seminar.\n\nFast
  grants: New for this year\, Cosmos Ventures has established a dedicated f
 unding pool that seminar participants can apply to for independent summer 
 building projects on related themes.\n\nPrerequisites: please email HAI La
 b philipp.koralus@philosophy.ox.ac.uk no later than April 27th with a (ver
 y) brief explanation of your interest in the seminar to reserve a spot\, a
 nd the subject line “TT Seminar”. Space limited to maintain quality of
  discussion.\n\nReadings:\n●	Habermas\, The Structural Transformation of
  the Public Sphere (short excerpt)\n●	Summerfield\, et al.\, “AI Can H
 elp Humans Find Common Ground in Democratic Deliberation.” (https://www.
 science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq2852)\n\nOptional:\n●	Summerfield\, e
 t al\, “How Will Advanced AI Systems Impact Democracy?” (https://arxiv
 .org/abs/2409.06729)\n\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Chris Summerfield (University
  of Oxford)\, Michael Henry Tessler (Google Deepmind)
LOCATION:St Catherine's College (Top floor\, Porter’s Lodge\, St. Cather
 ine’s College\, Manor Rd\, Oxford OX1 3UJ)\, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
TZID:Europe/London
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SUMMARY:Philosophy\, AI\, and Innovation Seminar: Collective Intelligence 
  - Ivan Vendrov (Midjourney)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250527T160000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250527T180000
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DESCRIPTION:Description: The seminar will explore issues at the intersecti
 on of philosophy\, AI\, and technological innovation\, co-taught by a phil
 osopher and a technologist. The seminar will welcome a variety of visiting
  discussants from philosophy\, computer science\, and the technology indus
 try throughout term. The focus will be on how a concern for human flourish
 ing can be embedded in the global technology development pipeline\, and on
  exploring how broader bridges can be built between philosophy and technol
 ogy. The seminar is primarily aimed at philosophy graduate students and co
 mputer science graduate students but participants from other levels and ar
 eas are welcome. Topics include: truth-seeking AI\, privacy\, collective i
 ntelligence\, decentralization in science and AI\, and approaches to human
  autonomy. The seminar culminates in a clinic to facilitate grant applicat
 ions for independent summer projects on the themes of the seminar.\n\nFast
  grants: New for this year\, Cosmos Ventures has established a dedicated f
 unding pool that seminar participants can apply to for independent summer 
 building projects on related themes.\n\nPrerequisites: please email HAI La
 b philipp.koralus@philosophy.ox.ac.uk no later than April 27th with a (ver
 y) brief explanation of your interest in the seminar to reserve a spot\, a
 nd the subject line “TT Seminar”. Space limited to maintain quality of
  discussion.\n\nReadings:\n● Hayek\, “The Creative Powers of a Free Ci
 vilization”\n● Stray\, Vendrov\, Nixon\, Adler\, Hadfield-Menell\, “
 What are You Optimizing For? Aligning Recommender Systems with Human Value
 s.” (https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.10939)\n\nOptional:\n● Christiano\, 
 “What Failure Looks Like.” (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/HBxe6wdjxK
 239zajf/what-failure-looks-like)\n● Jordan\, “Dr. AI or: How I Learned
  to Stop Worrying and Love Economics.” (https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pu
 b/2imtstfu/release/8?readingCollection=72befc2a)\n\nSpeakers:\nIvan Vendro
 v (Midjourney)
LOCATION:St Catherine's College (Top floor\, Porter’s Lodge\, St. Cather
 ine’s College\, Manor Rd\, Oxford OX1 3UJ)\, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0240c308-1fa2-454a-9004-2e5c1dd1ca41/
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SUMMARY:Philosophy\, AI\, and Innovation Seminar: Privacy and the Future o
 f AI - Professor Helen Nissenbaum (Cornell)\, Carina Peng (Apple)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250513T160000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250513T180000
UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f9471aa0-12d5-458c-90aa-ca0a2bb560fb/
DESCRIPTION:Description: The seminar will explore issues at the intersecti
 on of philosophy\, AI\, and technological innovation\, co-taught by a phil
 osopher and a technologist. The seminar will welcome a variety of visiting
  discussants from philosophy\, computer science\, and the technology indus
 try throughout term. The focus will be on how a concern for human flourish
 ing can be embedded in the global technology development pipeline\, and on
  exploring how broader bridges can be built between philosophy and technol
 ogy. The seminar is primarily aimed at philosophy graduate students and co
 mputer science graduate students but participants from other levels and ar
 eas are welcome. Topics include: truth-seeking AI\, privacy\, collective i
 ntelligence\, decentralization in science and AI\, and approaches to human
  autonomy. The seminar culminates in a clinic to facilitate grant applicat
 ions for independent summer projects on the themes of the seminar.\n\nFast
  grants: New for this year\, Cosmos Ventures has established a dedicated f
 unding pool that seminar participants can apply to for independent summer 
 building projects on related themes.\n\nPrerequisites: please email HAI La
 b philipp.koralus@philosophy.ox.ac.uk no later than April 27th with a (ver
 y) brief explanation of your interest in the seminar to reserve a spot\, a
 nd the subject line “TT Seminar”. Space limited to maintain quality of
  discussion.\n\nReadings:\n●	Constant\, “The Liberty of Ancients Compa
 red with That of Moderns” (excerpts)\n●	Nissenbaum\, reading on privac
 y\, TBD\n\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Helen Nissenbaum (Cornell)\, Carina Peng (
 Apple)
LOCATION:St Catherine's College (Top floor\, Porter’s Lodge\, St. Cather
 ine’s College\, Manor Rd\, Oxford OX1 3UJ)\, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f9471aa0-12d5-458c-90aa-ca0a2bb560fb/
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SUMMARY:Philosophy\, AI\, and Innovation Seminar: The Inquiry Complex - Pr
 ofessor Philipp Koralus (University of Oxford)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250506T160000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250506T180000
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DESCRIPTION:The seminar will explore issues at the intersection of philoso
 phy\, AI\, and technological innovation\, co-taught by a philosopher and a
  technologist. The seminar will welcome a variety of visiting discussants 
 from philosophy\, computer science\, and the technology industry throughou
 t term. The focus will be on how a concern for human flourishing can be em
 bedded in the global technology development pipeline\, and on exploring ho
 w broader bridges can be built between philosophy and technology. The semi
 nar is primarily aimed at philosophy graduate students and computer scienc
 e graduate students but participants from other levels and areas are welco
 me. Topics include: truth-seeking AI\, privacy\, collective intelligence\,
  decentralization in science and AI\, and approaches to human autonomy. Th
 e seminar culminates in a clinic to facilitate grant applications for inde
 pendent summer projects on the themes of the seminar.\n\nFast grants: New 
 for this year\, Cosmos Ventures has established a dedicated funding pool t
 hat seminar participants can apply to for independent summer building proj
 ects on related themes.\n\nPrerequisites: please email HAI Lab philipp.kor
 alus@philosophy.ox.ac.uk no later than April 27th with a (very) brief expl
 anation of your interest in the seminar to reserve a spot\, and the subjec
 t line “TT Seminar”. Space limited to maintain quality of discussion.\
 n\nReadings:\n●	Plato\, Meno (excerpt on Meno’s paradox)\n●	TBD\n\n\
 nSpeakers:\nProfessor Philipp Koralus (University of Oxford)
LOCATION:St Catherine's College (Top floor\, Porter’s Lodge\, St. Cather
 ine’s College\, Manor Rd\, Oxford OX1 3UJ)\, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
TZID:Europe/London
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