Conference on the Artificial Intelligence: Analysis of Rationality and Ethical Reflections 

XXX Conference on Contemporary Philosophy and Methodology of Science 

The planned completion dates are 13 (Thursday) and 14 (Friday) March 2025.


Matriculation period from February 3 to 21, 2025. 


Venue at the University of A Coruña, Campus of Ferrol. 


This Conference on the Artificial Intelligence: Analysis of Rationality and Ethical Reflection is fully in tune with one of the lines of research proposed for the Ferrol Industrial Campus. 


The invited speakers are the following: 


Ron Sun is Professor of Cognitive Science and Department Chair at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. He has been President of the International Neural Network Society. He has received many awards, including the 1991 David Marr Award and the 2008 Hebb Award. 


Gregory Wheeler is Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Philosophy at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, where he is director of the Master of Applied Data Science. 


Christoph Lütge is Chair in Business Ethics at the Technical University of Munich, where he is Director of the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. He has been a Visiting Professor of the Universities of Harvard, Pittsburgh, Taipei, Tokyo, and Venice.


Paula Boddington is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Healthcare at the Geller Institute of Aging and Memory, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of West London. She is an advisor to the European Media and Technology committee.


Cameron Buckner is the Donald F. Cronin Professor of Humanities at the University of Florida, having been an Associate Professor at the University of Houston in Texas. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2011–2013).


Rune Nyrup is Associate Professor at the Centre for Science Studies at Aarhus University (Denmark). Previously he was a Lecturer at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.

PROGRAM


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Thursday, 13 March 2025

Morning and afternoon

9:00 to 9:30 Reception of documentation.

9:40 Inauguration of the Conference.

10:00 Ron Sun (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, N. York): "Rationality, Intelligence, and the Neural-Symbolic Cognitive Architecture".

12:00 Paula Boddington (University of West London): "Artificial Intelligence, the Limits of Human Cognition, and the Poverty of ‘Rationality’".

Evening

5:00 Cameron Buckner (University of Florida): "From Locke to LeCun: Understanding the Symbiotic Relationship between Deep Learning and Empiricist Philosophy".

7:00 Round Table: "From AI advances to social repercussions", Ron Sun, Paula Boddington, Christopher Lütge and Gregory Wheeler.

Friday, 14 March 2025

Morning and afternoon

10:00 Christopher Lütge (Technical University of Munich): "Elements of a Trustworthy AI Governance". 

12:00 Rune Nyrup (Universidad of Aarhus): "Would Advanced AI Disempower Humanity? On Misalignment, Power-seeking and Metabolic Dependency".

Evening

5:00 Contributed Papers.

7:00 Gregory Wheeler (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management): "Beware of Geeks Bearing Doom".

8:45 Closing Session. Delivery of Diplomas.