About the Event:
On June 11, Professor Paul Boghossian will kick off the research and discussion events of the Horizon Europe FORSEE project at the AUA Center for Ethics in Public Affairs with a talk on the extent to which Large Language Models could approximate or achieve human understanding and knowledge.
The talk will be held in a hybrid format and will provide ample opportunity for discussion and questions on artificial intelligence and understanding.
Participants will receive a Zoom link and some background reading material upon registering. We also encourage in-person attendance and the opportunity to engage directly with Professor Boghossian as well as the researchers at the AUA Center for Ethics in Public Affairs.
About the Speaker:
Professor Paul Boghossian is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University’s (NYU) Philosophy Department, and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He is also the director of the New York Institute of Philosophy and the director of NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study. His research interests are primarily in epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He has published on a variety of topics, including relativism, the aesthetics of music, and the concept of Genocide.
Registration:
To confirm your attendance, please register here.