Abstract: David Chalmers in his book Reality+ argues that a new field, Technophilosophy, both allows us to use old-style philosophy to solve new problems (about AI), and also, and most intriguingly, opens for the possibility that we can use AI to solve old philosophical problems. I first discuss Chalmers’ view and then propose an extension of it: Technophilosophy should primarily be about the expansion and revision of core philosophical concepts such as person, communication, meaning, thinking, belief, rationality, obligation, responsibility, and trust. AI will result in these concepts being revised and so also transform philosophy.
Zoom Meeting: https://uio.zoom.us/j/68607408623?pwd=TTBzQkdxRUM5T2RxTmQ0M1BwOXlTQT09
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About the Speaker: Herman Cappelen is professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. His research focus is on the philosophy of AI, Conceptual Engineering, the conceptual foundations of political discourse, externalism in the philosophy of mind and language, and the interconnections between all of these. Capellen is the author of 12 books ranging over a diverse variety of philosophical topics. His latest monographs are Fixing Language. An Essay on Conceptual Engineering (OUP, 2018) and Making AI Intelligible: Philosophical Foundations (with J. Dever, OUP 2021).
About the Talk Series:
The Oslo Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence talk series is organized by Sebastian Watzl and the Warring with Machines Project.
Upcoming Talks:
- May 9th, Annette Zimmermann (University of York), specializes in the political and ethical dimensions of AI
- Fall 2022 (date tbd), Hima Lakkaraju (Harvard University), specializes in trustworthy machine learning
Past Talks:
- Bruce Swett (chief AI architect at Northrup Grumman)
- Round Table with Einar Bøhn (UiA, member of CAIR), Ophelia Deroy (LMU, Coordinator of AI-partners), George Lukas (author of Ethics and Cyber Warfare), Greg Reichberg (PRIO), Camilla Sterck-Hansen (Professor of Philosophy), Henrik Syse (PRIO), Shannon Vallor (director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures), Sebastian Watzl (GoodAttention),