AI and the Human Seminar Information

AI and the Human: Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Intelligence and Ethics

What does it mean to be intelligent in an age of artificial minds? How does AI reshape our sense of justice, power, and what it means to be human? This seminar invites you to explore these questions and many more with experts from across the globe in fields like ethics, consciousness, and AI. From hands-on sessions exploring emerging technologies to discussions about human rights and the ethics of AI, we’ll dive into how AI is transforming a wide range of topics in the humanities. Join us as we engage in lively conversations with leaders in philosophy who are challenging the boundaries of AI and humanity.

🔎 Focus and Aims

This seminar aims to foster interdisciplinary conversations about AI and its profound impact on society. Key questions we’ll explore include:

• 🤖 How does AI challenge traditional concepts of intelligence and human uniqueness?
• 🌐 What ethical dilemmas arise from the integration of AI into our daily lives?
• ⚖️ How does AI reshape existing power dynamics, and what new forms of power does it create?
• 📚 How can the humanities enrich the ongoing discourse on AI’s societal implications?

🎙️ Guest Speakers

We are thrilled to have a distinguished lineup of speakers contributing to our seminar:

• John Tasioulas – AI Ethics and Human Rights, Oxford University
• Sina Fazelpour – Tradeoffs Between Accuracy and Interpretability, Northeastern
• David Chalmers – Consciousness and AI, NYU
• Anaïs Nony – Algorithms and the Human Experience, Johannesburg Inst. for Advanced Study
• John Basl – AI Ethics, Northeastern University
• Kate Vredenburg – Explainability and Justice in AI, LSE
• David Thorstad – Bounded Rationality, Inquiry, and Longtermism, Vanderbilt University
• Jesse Spencer-Smith – Long-context AI and Emerging Technologies, Vanderbilt University

📅 Calendar

Meeting times: 12-2 PM Central Time, Location: TBD

✨ Special Features

• Full Access to Amplify AI Platform: Explore cutting-edge AI tools and research!
• Talks from the Some of the Most Important Voices in the Field: We’re bringing in a range of ethicists, philosophers, and researchers who have been well recognized for their contributions!
• Hands-On Sessions: We’ll showcase practical AI applications, from tools to theory

🔧 Resources

AI Tools (just the highlights!):

• Vanderbilt’s Amplify Login: Here
• Vanderbilt’s AI Resource Database: Explore here

Best Software Available (as of Sep 10th):

• Claude 3 Opus: #1 LLM available through paid subscriptions (and Amplify).
• GPT4o: #2 LLM available through paid subscriptions (and Amplify).
• Cursor: Best AI integrated coding assistant, available publicly.
• Inciteful xyz: Best research assistant (for finding papers you missed!), available publicly.

Podcasts we like:

• 🎧 Hardfork (NYTimes) – weekly
• 🎧 The AI Daily Brief – daily
• 🎧 Last Week in AI – weekly
• 🎧 AI and Technology Ethics (AITEC) – monthly

📬 Questions?

Reach out to Cameron Pattison at cameron.pattison@vanderbilt.edu or Alexis Finet at alexis.finet@vanderbilt.edu for more information.

Join us as we navigate the crossroads of AI and ethics, questioning, challenging, and understanding the future of intelligence! 🚀🌍 Sign up for our Mailing List: Here