Past events
30
Jun
2022
Finding wisdom in distress: meditation and horror as tools for changing the mind - Bryce Huebner (Georgetown University)
Speaker: Bryce Huebner
I have recently defended the view that minds are composed of complex collections of analog and digital effects, which manipulate and...
23
Jun
2022
Values as Vectors - Daniel Muñoz (University of North Carolina)
Speaker: Daniel Muñoz
Abstract: I defend a new kind of value theory that represents values not as single numbers or intervals, but as many-dimensional vectors...
16
Jun
2022
Barriers to Change, Possibilities for Resistance: A Pre-Implementation Challenge to Conceptual Engineering - Paul-Mikhail Podosky (Macquarie University)
Speaker: Paul-Mikhail Podosky
Abstract: Conceptual engineering has strong political roots. But if conceptual engineering, understood as the development of non...
15
Jun
2022
Emotion, Anticipation, and Predictive Processes
Speakers:
Bronwyn Finnigan (ANU)
Bryce Huebner (Georgetown)
Colin Klein (ANU)
10
Jun
2022
Julia Markovits (Cornell)
Julia Markovits (Cornell)
12–1PM 10 June 2022
Location: RSSS room 6.71 ...
09
Jun
2022
Can We Step into the Same Algorithm Twice? Examining the Metaphysical Problem of Identity in the Context of Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Regulation - Yves Saint James Aquino (University of Wollongong)
Speaker: Yves Saint James Aquino
Artificial intelligence (AI), specifically machine learning (ML), systems hold great potential in improving clinical...
02
Jun
2022
The making of emotional habits: A top-down approach - Elena Walsh (University of Wollongong)
Speaker: Elena Walsh
Abstract: Adaptations that trade false positives for speed are ubiquitous in evolutionary design. Many, like blinking, are inflexible....
