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What Does AI Tell Us About What It Means to Be Human

April 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Date: April 15, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Event Category: AI Month
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    Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street
    Philadelphia
    PA 19104
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    We are living in an age where capabilities previously thought to be hallmarks of human intelligence are increasingly being replicated, or at least mimicked, in artificial systems.

    Tasks involving language, reasoning, perception and even interaction with the real world have all been demonstrated in silico. What does this fact tell us about the nature of human intelligence? In what ways is human intelligence similar to or different from machine intelligence? How have philosophers and other thinkers conceptualized issues related to thought and agency over the centuries and which of these ideas are relevant to today’s context?

    Join us for a panel discussion where faculty members from Philosophy, Cognitive Science and Computer Science will exchange perspectives on these issues.

    Camillo Jose Taylor (Moderator)
    Raymond S. Markowitz President’s Distinguished Professor
    Computer and Information Science

    Chris Callison Burch
    Professor of Computer and Information Science
    Program Director of Online Master of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence

    Charles Yang
    Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science
    Director, Program in Cognitive Science

    Carlos Gray Santana
    Associate Professor of Philosophy