London AI and Humanity Project
The LAIHP brings together interdisciplinary researchers from academia and industry to investigate human interaction with AI.
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- @barrycsmith.bsky.social kicking off Responsible AI at the Institute of Philosophy.
- Next up in our ongoing AI Affect series: 👤 Tim Salomons (Queens Canada) 📢 "How do we judge others' pain?" 🗓️ TOMORROW April 15, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
- Join us for this year’s May conference on Responsible AI, the first of our “Summer of AI” events, May 19-20.
- Next up in our ongoing AI Affect series: 👤 Rob Long (Eleos AI) 📢 "Taking AI Welfare Seriously" 🗓️ Tuesday, March 25, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
- Next up in our ongoing AI Affect series: 👤 Tom Everitt (Google Deepmind) @tom4everitt.bsky.social 📢 "Agency as backwards causality" 🗓️ TODAY Tuesday, March 4, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
- The deadline for applying to be an AI fellow at the LAIHP is this Sunday.
- University College Dublin is hiring five year Ad Astra Fellows in the Philosophy of Technology/AI. Deadline: February 21st. Find out more at the link below.
- Next up in our ongoing AI Affect series: 👤 Jeff Sebo (NYU) @jeffsebo.bsky.social 📢 "The Moral Circle" 🗓️ Tuesday, February 4, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
- Can't wait for this talk tomorrow? Too bad, that's when it is. We're excited too.
- Join us also next week! 👤 Jeff Sebo (NYU) 📢 "The Moral Circle" 🗓️ Tuesday, February 4, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
- Hot off the presses, by LAIHP researcher Emma Borg.
- Very impressive and exciting… but is calling OpenAI’s new Operator an “agent” accurate? www.aiglossary.co.uk/index/agency m.youtube.com/watch?v=xtia...
- More discussion of work from LAIHP project partners Geoff Keeling and Winnie Street.
- The LAIHP is pleased to invite applications for Visiting Fellowships at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London. The fellowship period will run from May 19th-June 27th, 2025 For more information, see below.
- The latest paper from LAIHP Director @alexgrz.bsky.social, co-authored with @downes.bsky.social and Patrick Forber is out in Inquiry!
- See previous discussion of this article and a response from @mpshanahan.bsky.social here.
- Two new pieces from the LAIHP: Responding to Murray Shanahan's "Talking About Large Language Models," Stephen M. Downes, Patrick Forber, and LAIHP director @alexgrz.bsky.social argue that "LLMs are Not Just Next Token Predictors"
- Check out this article in Scientific American about a recent study by LAIHP project partners Winnie Street and Geoff Keeling!
- LAIHP Director @alexgrz.bsky.social will share work on building better benchmarks of intelligence at the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI! 📢 "Benchmarking Intelligence Better" 🗓️ Wendesday, February 5th 2025 @ 12:30 📍 Follow the link below for information about attending in person or online.
- Reposted by London AI and Humanity ProjectOur seminar series is kicking off this semester with Dr Alex Taylor on 'Red Teaming and the Operationalising of Responsibility', Thu 30 Jan at 4pm. Get your ticket now! 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/braid-x-id... @designinf.bsky.social @inspacegallery.bsky.social @alex-taylor.bsky.social
- We're excited to announce the next speaker in our AI Affect series is Amanda McCroskery (Google Deepmind)! 📢 "From Research to Practical Decision-making on Affective AI" 🗓️ January 28th, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
- Future talks: Feb. 4: Jeff Sebo (NYU) Feb. 25 Nick Shea (Institute of Philosophy, SAS) Mar. 4: Tom Everitt (Google Deepmind) Mar. 25: Rob Long (Eleos AI) Apr. 1: Jennifer Corns (Glasgow) Apr. 8: Martyna Stachaczyk (Cambridge) May 6: Jonathan Birch (LSE) TBA: Laura Sizer (Mount Holyoke)
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- Check out LAIHP Project Partner @mpshanahan.bsky.social on The Human Podcast!
- Reposted by London AI and Humanity ProjectOur researcher Dr Eleanor Drage comments on the UK Government’s AI plans announced by PM Keir Starmer earlier this week for BBC World TV. mms.tveyes.com/MediaView/?U...
- Reposted by London AI and Humanity ProjectDr Henry Shevlin talks to The Times about the increasing use of AI in education and the workplace (starts at 20 mins). www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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- Discussion of the #aiglossary in the Daily Nous!
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- For some clarity, see Prof. Anandi Hattiangadi’s #aiglossary entry on AGI.
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- Reposted by London AI and Humanity Project📢 Excited to share: I'm again leading the efforts for the Responsible AI chapter for Stanford's 2025 AI Index, curated by @stanfordhai.bsky.social. As last year, we're asking you to submit your favorite papers on the topic for consideration (including your own!) 🧵 1/
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- FYI, we have one on consciousness as well… profits aren’t mentioned there either. #aiglossary #ai #consciousness #agi
- Anandi Hattiangadi's #aiglossary entry on 'Artificial General Intelligence' is a good primer on the variety of ways we use the term. This one... isn't included. #ai
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- Happy holidays from the LAIHP!
- Some thoughts on Bayesian analyses in science from LAIHP project partner @davidpapineau.bsky.social
- Two new pieces from the LAIHP: Responding to Murray Shanahan's "Talking About Large Language Models," Stephen M. Downes, Patrick Forber, and LAIHP director @alexgrz.bsky.social argue that "LLMs are Not Just Next Token Predictors"
- LAIHP project partner @mpshanahan.bsky.social offers a clarificatory reply: arxiv.org/abs/2412.10291
- In their #aiglossary entry, @ftollon.bsky.social and Anandi Hattiangadi share some thoughts about the implications of the ongoing agency turn in AI development.
- In his #aiglossary entry, @benhenke.bsky.social notes that discussions of AI consciousness should attend to the kind of consciousness at issue, as different types imply distinct capabilities and implications for AI welfare. www.aiglossary.co.uk/index/consci...
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- Murray Shanahan, project partner with the LAIHP, has a new paper out!
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- Our next AI Affect series speaker is Lina Skora. When: Dec. 10th, 3–4:30PM Talk: “Adaptively conscious: Learning and engaging motivated behaviour relies on conscious access” This is a closed hybrid event, but don’t miss out—DM us for details on how to join! #AI #Consciousness #PhilosophyofAI
- Reposted by London AI and Humanity Project#BRAID researcher @ftollon.bsky.social contributed to this fabulous new resource, an AI Glossary informed by #philosophy So beautifully put together. www.aiglossary.co.uk #AIethics #philsky
