Research in AI is progressing by leaps and bounds, as evidenced by many recent developments, including the heated debate that has been elicited by the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, and by what is seen as their disruptive impact on a number of sectors, including higher education. A rigorous reflection on how these new tools can be ethically designed, as well as responsibly incorporated into various sectors within contemporary society, is needed right now. Of course, LLMs are only one current example of an application of AI raising ethical dilemmas, alongside many others such as deepfakes, facial recognition systems, self-driving cars, etc.

Held in hybrid mode, this workshop will bring together an international group of experts, based both in Taiwan and abroad, to foster a cross-cultural dialogue on timely ethical and other philosophical (e.g. epistemological) issues, from the problem of AI bias and the impact of LLMs on academic writing to sensory engineering and the notion of artificial intuition. It will also kickstart a new research collaboration between the Institute of Philosophy of Mind & Cognition (IPMC) at NYCU, and the Centre for Philosophy & AI Research (PAIR) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany.

Date: 2024 Sep 6 – 7

Time: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Location: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdULAM8bV2hBvLf-0NLfF2urO8ePZwww1xHE_1T-rXnZE64yw/viewform

Speakers:

• Vincent C. Müller (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
• Marx Chen (Academia Sinica)
• Sascha Fink (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
• Kengo Miyazono (Hokkaido University)
• Katsunori Miyahara (Hokkaido University)
• Alexandre Erler (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
• Ying-Tung Lin (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
• Ting-An Lin (University of Connecticut)
• Lorraine Yeung (Hong Kong Baptist University)
• Sebastian Porsdam Mann (University of Copenhagen)
• Linus Huang (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)
• Lucas Scripter (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• Sven Nyholm (LMU Münich)

Organizers:

Alexandre Erler

Ying-Tung Lin

Karen Yan

Christopher McCarroll

Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition (IPMC),

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)

Contact:

Alexandre Erler (alexerler[at]nycu.edu.tw)