Ernst Mach Workshop VIII (2019): Future Minds – The Metaphysics and Ethics of AI

June 12–13, 2019
Czech Academy of Sciences, Národní 3, Prague

Keynote speakers:
Prof. Susan Schneider (University of Connecticut)
Prof. Mark Coeckelbergh (University of Vienna)

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PROGRAMME

June 12

10:00 – 11:30 Susan Schneider (University of Connecticut), “Could you Merge with AI?”

11:30 – 12:10 Judit Szalai (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), “Future Minds and the Philosophy of Mind”

12:10 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:40 François Kammerer (Université Catholique de Louvain), “I Am Not a Self Yet, but I Might Become One”

14:40 – 15:20 Sonia de Jager (Erasmus University, Rotterdam), “Building Boundless, Reasonable Machines”

15:20 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:10 Deke Gould (Augustana College, Rock Island, IL), “Future Minds and Anti-Natalism”

16:10 – 16:50 Robin Kopecký – Michaela Košová (Charles University, Prague), “How Young Minds See Future Minds”

17:00 – 19:00 Banquet

June 13

10:00 – 11:30 Mark Coeckelbergh (University of Vienna), “AI Ethics: Ethical Issues and Policy Challenges”

11:30 – 12:10 László Bernáth (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), “Defending the Standard Approach about Moral Status”

12:10 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:40 Allan McCay (University of Sydney and Macquarie University), “Brain-Computer Interfaces and the Future of Criminal Law”

14:40 – 15:20 Frank Rösl (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg), “CRISPR-Cas: Social Impact and the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Personalized Medicine”

15:20 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:10 Caterina Moruzzi (University of Nottingham), “Intentionality and Creativity in AI-Generated Music”

16:10 – 16:50 Tomáš Hříbek (Czech Academy of Sciences), “Can Machines Create Art?”