Philosophy, AI and Society Network

Consortium of philosophers at ANU, Harvard, Oxford, Princeton, Stanford and Toronto, working to understand and design AI for democracy and social justice.

[Philosophy, AI and Society Network @paisnetwork]

New edition of the normative philosophy of computing newsletter out today; remember to sign up at https://t.co/31oeKhxy1H to find out about what's happening in philosophical work on computing and society.

[John Tasioulas @JTasioulas]

A nice write-up by @KOosterum of our fabulous @paisnetwork doctoral colloquium which was held in Oxford earlier this month. PhD students working on ethics of AI should follow @paisnetwork for news of next year's colloquium.

https://t.co/BX6RtAxAHR

[Seth Lazar @sethlazar]

@MINTresearchlab and @EthicsInAI are collaborating for a Doctoral Colloquium on Philosophy, AI and Society. Aimed at PhD students (and recent grads) doing empirically- and technically-grounded, philosophically rich work on AI and related technologies. CFA: https://t.co/irQUaWKvNV

[Seth Lazar @sethlazar]

Hey are you working at the intersection of philosophy, society, and AI and related digital tech? Want to know/share about events, research activity, etc? With social media collapsing it’s time to get a listserv going again. Sign up here: https://t.co/h3C8po4vB0

[Seth Lazar @sethlazar]

Excited for this Philosophy, AI and Society workshop at Stanford, January 27-28, aiming to bring together scholars—especially early career—working on the moral and political philosophy of AI and related technologies.

CFP: https://t.co/oN27iFwh0g

[Philosophy, AI and Society Network @paisnetwork]

This should be great!

[Philosophy, AI and Society Network @paisnetwork]

Thoughts from @sethlazar on priorities for philosophers working on ethics and AI.

[Philosophy, AI and Society Network @paisnetwork]

A couple of the great philosophy papers at this year's @FAccTConference

[Philosophy, AI and Society Network @paisnetwork]

Looking forward to seeing *everyone*, and especially to seeing young philosophers engaging with the @FAccTConference community in the PAIS spirit at #FAccT22. Shout out to @DrZimmermann @errantcanadian @Debbie_Hellman and many others (whether in Seoul or online)

[Annette Zimmermann @DrZimmermann]

Getting ready to ✈️ to Seoul 🇰🇷 for @FAccTConference! Can’t wait to FINALLY hang out in person with my amazing Publicity Co-Chair @rajiinio & everyone else who’s attending in person! DM me if you’re going too & would like to chat about #PhilosophyofAI stuff ✨🤖

[MINT Lab @MINTresearchlab]

MINT is recruiting PhD students! Get in touch now to start making a plan—keen to support folks looking to work on the moral and political philosophy of data and AI (https://t.co/KI7F21vJIO)

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

Here's how a seemingly trivial design change can totally alter the character of a social media app.

A few years ago Twitter changed the relatively neutral ⭐ button to a positive ❤️. Ironically, this may have worsened Twitter's tendency to propagate outrage. Why is that?

[AI, Ethics, and Society Conference (AIES) @AIESConf]

(1/n) Registration for the AI, Ethics, and Society Conference @AIESConf in Oxford, Aug. 1-3, 2022, is now open, including accommodation! For those who don't want to wait for the details to appear on the website, this sequence of tweets has the details. Please share! @EthicsInAI

[ACM FAccT @FAccTConference]

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Register by April 30 for the #FAccT22 early bird rate! https://t.co/AVYpqA8Dgj It's great to see that many members of our community are planning to attend in person—see you in Seoul!
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[Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics @HarvardEthics]

You can watch Seth Lazar's Kamm Lecture in Ethics, The Nature and Justification of Algorithmic Power, on our youtube! https://t.co/NA4BiXtdth @sethlazar @paisnetwork

[Schwartz Reisman Institute @TorontoSRI]

In our latest story, we look back at the inaugural #TorontoSRI Faculty Fellows: Kristen Bos (@TRU_UofT), @thesasho, @nsrg_shah, & @karinavold, and the work they did to build bridges between disciplines and forge new areas of research.

Read: https://t.co/aGrNEFUeef

[Philosophy, AI and Society Network @paisnetwork]

Great opportunity here!

[Ted Lechterman @tlechtable]

Know any PhD students working on ethical or social aspects of #AI? The interdisciplinary #AIESconference, held at Oxford from 1-3 Aug '22, offers a special track for student researchers. Funding available. Submission deadline is 30 April. Please share! https://t.co/h3FXLAMZue

[Philosophy, AI and Society Network @paisnetwork]

Topics were the site of predictive justice, the need for contextual and dynamic consideration of algorithmic fairness, and interventionist theories of discrimination. Here’s to many more such events, and thanks to @HarvardEthics for organising and hosting!

[Philosophy, AI and Society Network @paisnetwork]

PAIS had its first in-person workshop @HarvardEthics ! Papers from @uhlily @sinafazelpour and @sethlazar with responses by @joshsimonlabour, @jenlads and Will Fleisher. We forgot to do a group pic but here’s a candid shot :)

[Humanities Division @OxHumanities]

"@paisnetwork's goals align with ours: to draw on the rigour and depth of philosophy and the humanities in addressing the critical moral and political questions posed by the rapid rise of AI," says @JTasioulas of @EthicsInAI