Call for participation
Lecture series “Philosophy of AI in Science and Beyond”
organized by the project UDNN: Scientific Understanding and Deep Neural Networks
Abstract:
AI is currently transforming science and society. This lecture series investigates its philosophical underpinnings, bringing together philosopher of science and cognition to reflect on the status of AI as a new cognitive agent and on its role in science and beyond. Topics range from transparency and representation to questions of artificial cognition.
The talks will be held on Wednesdays from 2-4 pm CET in room 0.442, Emil Figge Str. 50 in Dortmund and via Zoom.
Link for online participation: https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/j/93048514974?pwd=WaMaP28yN4LBXwKvUAb7VY7rh3DIdY.1
Speakers:
- 28.10.26 Giovanni Galli (University of Innsbruck) & Annika Schuster (TU Dortmund University) – “Can AI Generate Scientific Representations of Proteins?”
- 25.11.26 Carina Prunkl (National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, Paris & Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford) – “tba”
- 02.12.26 Ian Robertson (Centre for Philosophy and AI Research, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) – “Reversting the Philosophy of AI? Comparative Cognition and Detecting Artifical Cognition”
- 16.12.26 Emanuele Ratti (University of Bristol) – “Predictions and Accomodations in Machine Learning”
- 20.01.27 Claus Beisbart (University of Bern) – “Making Sense of Explainability: A Conceptual Engineering Perspective on XAI”
- 03.02.27 Hadeel Naeem (Centre for Philosophy and AI Research, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) – “AI and the Situated Epistemic Agent”
We look forward to your participation!
Kind regards,
The UDNN Team (https://udnn.tu-dortmund.de/)