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Interdisciplinary Workshop on Human Centered AI: How do we Connect?

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Interdisciplinary Workshop on Human Centered AI: How do we Connect?

 

January 13, 2024

8 am-12:15 pm US Eastern Standard Time/2 pm-6 pm Morocco Time

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This half-day virtual workshop between the Université Internationale de Rabat and the University of Connecticut will bring computer scientists into conversation with political scientists, philosophers in dialogue with medical professionals. We believe that human-centered AI will only be possible when humans from a truly diverse array of perspectives, backgrounds, and disciplinary training are involved in designing and deploying these powerful tools.

Our workshop will cluster around three complementary themes:

 

8:15-9:15  am               

Panel 1) Interdisciplinary Work in AI: Challenges, Opportunities and Successes

Panelists will provide case studies of successful projects. What worked well? What are the obstacles to interdisciplinary collaboration, and how might we navigate them?

What do computer scientists need from humanists to better do their work? What are humanists missing/misunderstanding about AI development?

Panelists

Anke Finger, LCL and Digital Media and Design, UConn
Ihsane Hmamouchi, Rheumatology, Université Internationale de Rabat

Arash Zaghi ,Civil Engineering, UConn

 

9:20-10:20 am                              

Panel 2) Language and AI

How is bias introduced through exclusive language model training? How do we include more language diversity in AI training? How do chatbots alter our language?

Panelists

Kyle Booten, English, UConn

Reda Mokhtar El Ftouh, Law,  Université Internationale de Rabat
Adil Bahaj, Biomedicine and AI, Université Internationale de Rabat

 

10:25 am-11:40 pm

Panel 3) AI and the Social

How can we determine the ethics of AI? How can we understand and ameliorate AI’s role in spreading disinformation via social networks? How will AI affect how humans relate to one another?

Panelists

Ting-an Lin, Philosophy, UConn

Hakim Hafidi, Artificial Intelligence and Network Science, Université Internationale de Rabat

John Murphy, Digital Media and Design, UConn
Meriem Regragui, Law, Université Internationale de Rabat

 

11 :40-12 :15

Concluding Remarks

 

This event is the result of a partnership between UConn Global Affairs, UConn Humanities Institute and the Université Internationale de Rabat, Morocco.

 

Michael Hegarty: Publication in Erkenntnis

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Congratulations to graduate student, Michael Hegarty, for being accepted for publication in Erkenntnis!

Check out the abstract for Michael Hegarty’s “Transformative Rationality” below:

Transformative Rationality and the Problem of ‘Creeping Rationalism’

According to ‘transformative’ theories of rationality, human rational mental capacities cannot be completely explained using the theories and concepts of natural science because rational mental states stand to one another in irreducibly normative relations of justification. Certain transformative theorists propose that a capacity counts as rational if a ‘Why?’ question is applicable to some exercises of that capacity. But ‘Why?’ questions are in principle applicable to any intentional action, like walking over there, or deliberately holding one’s breath. Transformative rationality therefore seems to entail that capacities for walking or breathing are rational and hence escape complete scientific explanation. Yet it would be surprising to learn that physiology, medicine, and biology could not completely explain such capacities. Given the ‘Why?’ question criterion for a rational capacity, there is a danger of ‘rationality’ creeping into capacities that (one might think) should submit to scientific explanation, and even into sub-individual processes. This is the ‘Problem of ‘Creeping Rationalism’’. After introducing the problem, I consider potential ways a transformative theorist could try to avoid the problem by limiting the scope of what capacities are ‘transformed’ by rationality. I argue that initially promising proposals to do this are either circular or are incompatible with core commitments of the theory.

Lewis Gordon: Spectrum Magazine & The Society of Seventh Day Adventist Philosophers

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Congratulations to Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Lewis Gordon, for his work being featured in Spectrum magazine.

Spectrum, in collaboration with The Society of Seventh Day Adventist Philosophers, will be presenting reflections on Dr. Gordon’s Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization over the next few months leading up to his Londis Lecture in November in San Diego, CA.

Check out the article titled, Africana Thought: Adventist Philosophers on Gordon’s “Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization” – 1.

Lewis Gordon: Recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts

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Congratulations to Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Lewis Gordon, for his recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts in the U.K.!

Notable fellows of the Royal Society of the Arts include Charles Dickens, Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Marie Curie, Stephen Hawking, Nelson Mandela, David Attenborough, and Judi Dench.

Congratulations on this incredible recognition, Lewis!

Katie Peters: Featured in Feminist Philosophy Quarterly

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Congratulations to graduate student, Katie Peters, for her article, “Not My Fault: Far-Right Women and the Exculpatory Narratives of Misogyny and Infantilization” for being featured in a special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly! The theme of this issue is “Revolutionizing Responsibility.”

Check out Katie’s article: “Not My Fault: Far-Right Women and the Exculpatory Narratives of Misogyny and Infantilization”

Hady Ba: Interview in the APA Series “Black Issues in Philosophy”

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Congratulations to Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dr. Hady Ba, for his recent interview in the American Philosophical Association series Black Issues in Philosophy! Dr. Ba sat with UConn student, Rehana Konate, to discuss his insights into contemporary politics as a father and philosopher in Senegal.

 

Check out the interview: “If you become a monster, the fight is not worth it”: An interview with Dr. Ba

Hady Ba: Appointed Invited Professor at the École Normale Supérieure de la Rue d’Ulm – Paris

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Congratulations to Dr. Hady Ba, who was formerly a Fulbright Scholar and is now a Research Associate Professor, for being recently appointed as “Invited Professor at the École Normale Supérieure de la Rue d’Ulm” (Paris)! Dr. Hady Ba’s new appointment is one of the two most prestigious appointments in the French academy! Dr. Hady Ba will be teaching his book on the Epistemology of the Global South, which he began writing during his Fulbright Fellowship at UConn.

Congratulations, Hady!