With Calum Imrie from the Centre for Assuring Autonomy, Isobel presented 4 scenarios to children in which they guided the robot through challenges, e.g., task prioritisation, dealing with exceptions to a rule, and simulated emergencies (e.g. the user falling over).
The session introduced children to the ethics of AI and robotics, and how we can use philosophical techniques to solve problems faced (or created) by technology.
As part of York's Festival of Ideas, Sophie White and Mia Gane participated at the HRC Family Fun Afternoon. Sophie presented on Margaret Cavendish's Mind Lab, and Mia presented on "What's your dream home?" The future philosophers loved it!
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This week, Louise Richardson will be speaking at a conference in Berlin entitled "The Physical World and Its Perception: Phenomenology and Analytic Philosophy." Louise will be speaking about "Structural Features and Naïve Realism." See details here: philevents.org/event/show/1...
Sam Dickson, Robin Pawlett, and Daniel Garcia Saavedra have just published a paper about epistemic malevolence. They critique the received definition and propose one that captures more intuitive instances and helps suggest ways of addressing it.
Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
As part of York's Festival of Ideas, Isobel Standen hosted an interactive activity session called 'Can you teach a robot right from wrong?' during the Family Fun Day event.
Some photos!
Next week, James Clarke is giving a talk at the University of Fribourg: philevents.org/event/show/1...
The title of James's talk is "J. B. Erhard on Enlightenment and Revolution".