London AI and Humanity Project
@laihp.bsky.social
The LAIHP brings together interdisciplinary researchers from academia and industry to investigate human interaction with AI.
https://www.ai-humanity-london.com/
https://www.ai-humanity-london.com/
@barrycsmith.bsky.social kicking off Responsible AI at the Institute of Philosophy.
May 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@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.
👤 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.
April 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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.
👤 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.
Announcement of Institute of Philosophy Conference on Responsible AI at the University of London on 19-20 May. Free and open to all
philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Responsible AI
philosophy.sas.ac.uk
April 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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.
👤 Rob Long (Eleos AI)
📢 "Taking AI Welfare Seriously"
🗓️ Tuesday, March 25, 3-4:30 PM
📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
March 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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.
👤 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.
👤 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.
March 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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.
👤 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.
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 fellowship period will run from May 19th-June 27th, 2025
For more information, see below.
AI Fellows 2025 | LAIHP
www.ai-humanity-london.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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.
Ad Astra Fellow in Ethics and Philosophy of Technology - UCD School of Philosophy
www.ucd.ie
February 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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.
👤 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.
February 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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.
👤 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.
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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 fellowship period will run from May 19th-June 27th, 2025
For more information, see below.
AI Fellows 2025 | LAIHP
www.ai-humanity-london.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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 fellowship period will run from May 19th-June 27th, 2025
For more information, see below.
Can't wait for this talk tomorrow?
Too bad, that's when it is. We're excited too.
Too bad, that's when it is. We're excited too.
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.
📢 "From Research to Practical Decision-making on Affective AI"
🗓️ January 28th, 3-4:30 PM
📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
January 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Can't wait for this talk tomorrow?
Too bad, that's when it is. We're excited too.
Too bad, that's when it is. We're excited too.
Hot off the presses, by LAIHP researcher Emma Borg.
January 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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...
www.aiglossary.co.uk/index/agency
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xtia...
Agency — The Philosophical Glossary of AI
Agency is the capacity to perform actions, where an action is something that is done rather than something that merely happens. Humans have the capacity to act, and so we tend to think of each other a...
www.aiglossary.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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...
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.
Quote from the paper: "Our hope is that this work serves as an exploratory first step on the path to developing behavioural tests for AI sentience that are not reliant on self-report"
Headline: "Scientists Experiment With Subjecting AI to Pain"
Bluesky: "Dumb scientists think the LLM is in pain"
Headline: "Scientists Experiment With Subjecting AI to Pain"
Bluesky: "Dumb scientists think the LLM is in pain"
Scientists Experiment With Subjecting AI to Pain
A team of scientists subjected AIs to a number of games, forcing them to choose between pain and gain or pleasure and loss.
futurism.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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 fellowship period will run from May 19th-June 27th, 2025
For more information, see below.
AI Fellows 2025 | LAIHP
www.ai-humanity-london.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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 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!
LLMs are not just next token predictors
LLMs are statistical models of language learning through stochastic gradient descent with a next token prediction objective. Prompting a popular view among AI modelers: LLMs are just next token pre...
www.tandfonline.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The latest paper from LAIHP Director @alexgrz.bsky.social, co-authored with @downes.bsky.social and Patrick Forber is out in Inquiry!
Check out this article in Scientific American about a recent study by LAIHP project partners Winnie Street and Geoff Keeling!
A New Way to Test AI for Sentience: Make It Confront Pain
A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with possible implications for future AI welfare
www.scientificamerican.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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.
📢 "Benchmarking Intelligence Better"
🗓️ Wendesday, February 5th 2025 @ 12:30
📍 Follow the link below for information about attending in person or online.
Benchmarking Intelligence Better | Ethics in AIUp arrow
www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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.
📢 "Benchmarking Intelligence Better"
🗓️ Wendesday, February 5th 2025 @ 12:30
📍 Follow the link below for information about attending in person or online.
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Our 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! 👇
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@designinf.bsky.social @inspacegallery.bsky.social @alex-taylor.bsky.social
Get your ticket now! 👇
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@designinf.bsky.social @inspacegallery.bsky.social @alex-taylor.bsky.social
BRAID x IDI Hybrid Seminar - Alex Taylor
Thursday, 30th January 2025 [Inspace / Zoom]
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January 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Our 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
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.
📢 "From Research to Practical Decision-making on Affective AI"
🗓️ January 28th, 3-4:30 PM
📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
January 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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.
📢 "From Research to Practical Decision-making on Affective AI"
🗓️ January 28th, 3-4:30 PM
📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.
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Come work with me!
Seeking a part time research / editorial assistant.
Must have demonstrable specialisation in AI ethics, and have (or be studying for) a relevant postgraduate degree.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49924/ @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
Seeking a part time research / editorial assistant.
Must have demonstrable specialisation in AI ethics, and have (or be studying for) a relevant postgraduate degree.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49924/ @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
Research Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant (Part Time, Fixed Term) in the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
January 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Come work with me!
Seeking a part time research / editorial assistant.
Must have demonstrable specialisation in AI ethics, and have (or be studying for) a relevant postgraduate degree.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49924/ @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
Seeking a part time research / editorial assistant.
Must have demonstrable specialisation in AI ethics, and have (or be studying for) a relevant postgraduate degree.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49924/ @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
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January update from the normative philosophy of computing newsletter: new CFPs, papers, workshops, and resources for philosophers working on normative questions raised by AI and computing.
Normative Philosophy of Computing - January
Happy New Year!
mintresearch.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
January update from the normative philosophy of computing newsletter: new CFPs, papers, workshops, and resources for philosophers working on normative questions raised by AI and computing.
Check out LAIHP Project Partner @mpshanahan.bsky.social on The Human Podcast!
I thoroughly enjoyed doing this podcast with Joe of The Human Podcast:
youtu.be/eonR5-VN4y8
The Human Podcast has more of focus on the lives of the interviewees than other podcasts, which is a nice angle.
youtu.be/eonR5-VN4y8
The Human Podcast has more of focus on the lives of the interviewees than other podcasts, which is a nice angle.
Who is Ex Machina Film Advisor, AI Professor Murray Shanahan? | The Human Podcast
YouTube video by The Human Podcast
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January 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Check out LAIHP Project Partner @mpshanahan.bsky.social on The Human Podcast!
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Our researcher Dr Eleanor Drage comments on the UK Government’s AI plans announced by PM Keir Starmer earlier this week for BBC World TV.
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January 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Our researcher Dr Eleanor Drage comments on the UK Government’s AI plans announced by PM Keir Starmer earlier this week for BBC World TV.
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Dr 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...
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
Darryl Morris | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday Times
Listen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day.
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January 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Dr 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...
www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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It aims to provide a common understanding of key terms (and the issues surrounding them) for AI researchers, lawyers, policymakers, businesspeople, philosophers, journalists, and the public.
A Philosophically Informed Glossary of Key Concepts in AI - Daily Nous
“Part of explaining what an AI system is doing and knowing why it is doing it turns on knowing what (if anything) the system is representing when reaching an output.” That’s a small excerpt from the e...
dailynous.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It aims to provide a common understanding of key terms (and the issues surrounding them) for AI researchers, lawyers, policymakers, businesspeople, philosophers, journalists, and the public.