海角社区

Fall 2023

"The progress of artificial intelligence in all its forms has been impressive. From self driving vehicles to computer vision to natural language processing, it is undeniable that AI is changing how we think and act in all spheres of human life. This progress raises a host of complex philosophical questions about consciousness, sentience,听moral status, moral responsibility, explainability and the potential risks and benefits of rapidly progressing technology. The goal of this course is to leave participants in a better position to form their own judgements on the impact of AI on human life."

Fall 2021, Fall 2022

"Can computers be conscious? Can they be sentient? Could they have moral rights or moral obligations? Could they pose an existential risk to humankind? Should programmers be accountable for explaining to the general public how their programs work? These are some of the questions that are explored in PHIL 481 in hopes of equipping students to exercise their own judgement on the impact of AI on human life."

PHIL 446- "Current Issues in Political Philosophy: Social Epistemology and Democratic Theory in the Digital Age"

Winter 2022, Winter 2023

"This course explores the impact of technology on our epistemic and democratic lives. Echo chambers, epistemic bubbles, fake-news, gaslighting, conspiracy theories, extremism, and hateful and hurtful speech are among topics that will be explored through the ideas of philosophers (from Plato to C.T. Nguyen) about how technology has led us to an epistemic crisis, and how we can overcome it."听

Graduate Seminar: "AI Ethics: Moral Status, Value Alignment and Algorithmic Regulation"

Dept. of Philosophy, University of Bonn, April-May 2023.

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Student Supervision

PhD Supervision (In Progress)

Sylvain Auclair, AI and Privacy, 2019-

Alexis Morin-Martel, Ethics of AI, 2021-

Christophe Facal, Transhumanism, 2022-

Philippe-Antoine Hoyeck, Public Reason and Religious Convictions, 2022-

Matthew Valiquette, Philosophy of Psychiatry, 2023-

PhD (Completed)

Esdras Miambanzila, 芦 Contribution des soci茅t茅s civiles nationales 脿 la gouvernance mondiale 禄, thesis defended in July 2016.

Oph茅lie Desmons, 芦 Les pr茅suppos茅s du lib茅ralisme. John Rawls et l鈥檋ypoth猫se herm茅neutique 禄, Joint Ph. D. with the Universit茅 de Lille-3, december 2013.

Franco A. Carnevale, 芦 The Moral Malaises of Modern Pediatric Medicine 禄, Joint Ph. D. with the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, thesis defended on 28 august 2013. (Co-director).

Kevin W. Gray, 芦 The Concept of The Lifeworld in Habermas鈥� Theory 禄, may 2011.

Rh茅a Jean, 芦 La prostitution : un frein 脿 l鈥檃utonomie sexuelle des femmes 禄, Joint Ph. D. with the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, february 2011. (Co-director)

M.A. Theses (Completed)

Keven Bisson, 鈥淓ffective Altruism and the Institutional Critique鈥�, 2019-2021.

Alexandra Pr茅gent, "Informatique affective:听L鈥檜tilisation des syst猫mes de reconnaissance des 茅motions est-elle en coh茅rence avec la justice sociale?"听听2019-2021

脡ric Gagnon, 芦 La post-v茅rit茅 禄, 2018-2021.

Dominic Cliche, 芦 Neurosciences et responsabilit茅 criminelle 禄, 2017.

Simon Beaudoin, 芦 La critique waldronienne de la r茅vision judiciaire, ses fondements d茅mocratiques et son potentiel 禄, 2016.

S茅bastien Lacroix, 芦 脡tude philosophique du renversement juridique canadien concernant l鈥檃ide m茅dicale 脿 mourir, 脿 la lumi猫re du d茅bat Hart-Dworkin 禄, 2014-2016.

Vicki Plourde, 芦 L鈥檃rgument de la fausse conscience 脿 l鈥櫭ゞard des minorit茅s vuln茅rables au sein des minorit茅s culturelles et religieuses 禄, 2008-2015.

J茅rome Gagnon-Boivin, 芦 Les fondements m茅ta茅thiques de la guerre juste 禄, 2011-2013.

Justine Saint-脠ve, 芦 Machiavel relisant Tite-Live, Entre politique et histoire, entre Renaissance et Antiquit茅 禄, 2011-2013.

Fran莽ois-C么t茅 Vaillancourt, 芦 Aux fondements de l鈥櫭﹖hique. Le r么le du contexte au sein du constructivisme rawlsien 禄, 2008-2010.

Mathieu Gagnon, 芦 M茅pris social et reconnaissance des peuples autochtones 禄, 2007-2011.

Bruno Tremblay, 芦 L鈥櫭ヾucation 脿 la citoyennet茅 au Qu茅bec 禄, 2007-2010.

Mathieu Gauthier, 芦 La philosophie sociale d'Axel Honneth 禄, 2007-2010.

Lily Pol Neveu, 芦 Le droit 脿 l'autod茅termination des peuples autochtones et la protection de l'environnement : un conflit normatif? 禄, 2006-2008.

Sacha Alcide Calixte, 芦 Conceptions de l鈥檋istoire chez Hannah Arendt 禄, 2005-2008.

Francis Boucher, 芦 Cosmopolitisme et justice distributive globale 禄, 2005-2007.

S茅bastien Malette, 芦 Le concept de gouvernementalit茅 chez Michel Foucault 禄, 2004-2006.

Undergraduate Honours Theses (Completed)

Elijah Maubert, "The Explainability Thesis: Ethical Frameworks for Accountable Artificial Intelligence", 2023-2024.

Julien da Silva, 鈥淎nthropomorphism and Moral Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence鈥�, 2022-2023.

Undergraduate Research Projects (Arts Research Internship Awards)

Jocelyn Wong, 鈥淲hat is 鈥渢houghtfulness鈥� in AI Ethics Audits?鈥�, McCAIS undergraduate research award, 海角社区 Collaborative for AI & Society, Summer 2024. (supervised with prof. AJung Moon)

Julien da Silva, 鈥淎rtificial Intelligence, Social Robots, and Perceptions of Moral Agency鈥�, Summer 2022.

Florens de Souza, 鈥淪ocial Media and Democratic Deliberation鈥�, summer 2023.