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February 26, 2020

The Nonexistent Moral Agency of Robots – A Lack of Intentionality and Free Will

By Florence Simon (Philosophy & Psychology, McGill University) This paper addresses the concerns mentioned in Sullins’ article “When is a

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December 9, 2019

Computers, Creativity and Copyright: Autonomous Robot’s Status, Authorship, and Outdated Copyright Laws

Featured image credit: Owen Smith By Tess Buckley (Philosophy & International Development, McGill University) Preview: This paper

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December 2, 2019

Probing Networked Agency: Where is the Locus of Moral Responsibility?

By Audrey Balogh (Philosophy, McGill University) This paper problematizes the case for autonomous robots as loci of moral responsibility in

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October 14, 2019

Anthropomorphized AI as Capitalist Agents: The Price We Pay for Familiarity

By Dalia Renzullo (Philosophy, McGill University) Abstract: The development of anthropomorphic AI technology is part of a process of social

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October 8, 2019

3 activism lessons from Jane Goodall you can apply in AI Ethics

Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most influential and beloved advocates for nature conservation, delivered the 2019 Beatty Lecture at McGill

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September 22, 2019

AI in Finance: 8 Frequently Asked Questions

By Abhishek Gupta (Founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, and Machine Learning Engineer at Microsoft, where he sits on the AI Ethics Review

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August 26, 2019

Autonomous Vehicles, Social Robots, and the Mitigation of Risk: A New Consequentialist Approach

By Anthony De Luca-Baratta (Philosophy & Political Science, McGill University) This paper explores how traditional consequentialism falls

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August 19, 2019

How Kathleen Siminyu created Kenya’s go-to space for Women in Machine Learning

Kathleen Siminyu is a data scientist & machine learning engineer who is Regional Coordinator for the Artificial Intelligence for Development -

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August 16, 2019

AI Ethics: Inclusivity in Smart Cities

By Abhishek Gupta Let’s start with a brief history for this series of events that’s been running for over a year now and counts 1000+ people from

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August 6, 2019

How Naysan Saran disrupted water quality detection in one hackathon

Naysan Saran is Co-Founder and CEO at CANN Forecast,  which uses artificial intelligence to help governments and businesses make better water

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July 28, 2019

The Most Important Question in AI Alignment

By Christian X. Gonzalez (Physics & Philosophy, McGill University) This paper explores the nuances of the question: “What moral system

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July 27, 2019

Social Robots and Empathy: The Harmful Effects of Always Getting What We Want

By Camylle Lanteigne (Honours Philosophy, McGill University) This paper asserts that social robots and empathizing with social robots may

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