ai-phi 4.0 is here! For our inaugural session, philosopher François Levin joins us for the first Critical Perspectives on AI live podcast: What if human intelligence isn’t the model? 🗓 8 Oct · 10:30 📍Sony CSL Paris 🇫🇷 In French ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

What If Human Intelligence Isn’t the Model?

Philosopher François Levin joins us for the first Critical Perspectives on AI live podcast, exploring how critiques of AI can open constructive alternatives: from rethinking intelligence beyond the hu...

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What should an AI and philosophy community become after a year of shared questions? Join ai-phi on Thursday 4 June at 7 PM for our End-of-Year Party at Sony CSL! Details: ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

End-of-Year Party

An informal ai-phi community session to look back on this year's achievements, share what is being prepared for next year, brainstorm future directions together, and explain how to contribute to our c...

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ai-phi #38: Do We Really Need the Concept of Consciousness in AI Research? with Thierry Poibeau (CNRS, ENS) 📅 Thu 21 May, 19:00-20:30 📍 Sony CSL Paris 🔗 ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Is AI scaling a property of intelligence — or of its substrate? ai-phi #37 — “Substrate & Abstraction” with Adel Chaïbi (Intel) 📅 Thu 7 May, 19:00 📍 Sony CSL, Paris ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Substrate & Abstraction: The Spiral of Co-Evolution

Adel Chaibi examines the recurring tension between computational substrates and the abstractions they support. The talk asks how hardware constraints shape what can be computed, how abstraction pushes...

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What are the hidden costs of AI? Session 36 · Causerie — Systemic Challenges of the Digital Ecosystem (Part 2) 📅 Apr 30 · 19:00 📍 Sony CSL, Paris Disempowerment, digital divide, environmental impact. Unrecorded, discussion-driven. 👉 ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Systemic Challenges of the Digital Ecosystem - part 2

We cover the second chapter of our causerie on systemic challenges, this time focusing on the hidden costs of AI.

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The same thing can matter… or not at all. It depends on the goal. AI-Phi Session #35: 🗓️ April 16 · 18:30 CET 📍 @SonyCSLParis 🎙️ Ali Shiravand (ENS) 🔗 ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

How do scientific ideas in AI actually evolve? Next AI-Phi session with Remi van Trijp (Sony CSL) on “phylo-epistemic networks” and the hidden trajectories of AI research. 📅 Thu 19 · 11:00–12:30 · Paris ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Phylo-Epistemic Networks for Understanding the Science of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a linear story of breakthroughs and progress. This talk proposes a different perspective: AI research evolves as a network of interacting ideas, communiti...

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📢 AI-Phi Session 32 — Seminar Series — AI: Are We Losing Control? — with @CRSegerie from CeSIA 📢 📅 12/02 🕖 7PM 📍 Sony CSL Paris 🔗 Details & Registration: ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Are We Losing Control?

From the democratization of dual-use biotechnology to the emergence of deceptive agentic systems, the trajectory of Artificial Intelligence raises urgent questions about control and alignment. In this...

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Can LLMs be used responsibly in secondary education? Cheating, robustness, and ethics — discussed at AI-Phi Session 31 with Thomas Souverain. 📅 Jan 29 · 7pm CET · Paris ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Some News 🗓 Jan 22 · 7pm @SonyCSL Paris — Community session 2025 wrap-up & collective predictions for 2026 👉 ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio... 📝 New collective post Hopes, fears, trust, persuasion & regulation — a community-written piece from our recent causerie. 👉 ai-phi.github.io/posts/fears-...

Session 30 - 2025 Wrap-up & 2026 Predictions

We review AI in 2025, make our bets for 2026, and see which predictions stand the test of time. Winner gets a prize!

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Delighted to announce the next AI-Phi Seminar session: "Intelligences - Alice and Bob's adventures in wonderlands of Reason" by Pierre Bessière. 🗓️ Thursday, 27 November ⏲️ 2PM CET 📍 Sony CSL, 6 rue Amyot, Paris ➡️ Details & Registration: ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Session 28 - Intelligences - Alice and Bob's adventures in wonderlands of Reason

In this talk, Pierre Bessière presents the central ideas of his new book: why having a body fundamentally shapes intelligence, why disembodied AI systems depend on humans for meaning, and how natural ...

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🧠 AI-Phi Session 27 — Causerie on Generative AI Everywhere Hopes, Fears, Trust, Understanding, Regulation Join us for an open, informal discussion with Edmund Ronald. 🗓️ Thu 13 Nov · 7 PM 📍 @SonyCSLParis 🔗 ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Session 27 - Causerie on Hopes, Fears, Trust, Understanding, Regulation

From creative studios to classrooms and boardrooms, generative AI is reshaping the way we work, learn, and imagine. This first Causerie of AI-Phi 3.0 invites an open discussion on the hopes and anxiet...

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AI-Phi 3.0 is launching! 🤖✨ Join us for our first session of the year with Dominique Lestel (ENS – PSL), exploring Insurrectionary Machines — from ancient idols to AI systems. 📍 Sony CSL, Paris 🗓️ Oct 23, 2PM 🔗 ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Session 26- Steps to an Ethology of Insurrectionary Machines

Dominique Lestel explores humanoid robots like Sophia as “Insurrectionary Machines” — artifacts that unsettle rather than serve, existing in friction with humans. From ancient idols to AI systems, the...

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New blog post! Cryptographic Reality (part 1), where we explore the paradoxical tension between representation and reality through Zeno vs Diogenes, Mirages & Strange Loops. conscienc.ai/blog/2025-05...

Delighted to announce the next AI-Phi Seminar Series. We will be hosting Ryota Kanai for a talk on Qualia and Symmetry. 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 🕖 Time: 7:00 PM CEST 📍 Location: Sony CSL, 6 rue Amyot, 75005 Paris 🔗 Details & Registration: ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

At our latest AI-Phi Causerie, we asked: what is reasoning in the age of AI? From symbolic logic to stochastic language models, we explored how machines (and minds) make sense of the world. Read the recap: ai-phi.github.io/posts/causer... #AI #Philosophy #Reasoning #LLMs #AIPhi

Our Causerie on Reasoning

The output from our first causerie on the topic of reasoning.

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📢 AI-Phi Session 22 – Beyond Consent in Generative AI with Giada Pistilli📢 Can we truly consent to AI-generated content when our data creates representations beyond our control? 🤖⚖️ 📅 April 17, 2025 | ⏰ 11 AM 📍 Sony CSL, Paris 🔗 Details & Registration: ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio... #AI #Paris

Session 22 - Giada Pistilli - Beyond Consent, The Limits of Data Agency in Generative AI Systems

Can traditional notions of consent meaningfully apply to AI-generated content? What happens when our data creates representations of ourselves beyond our control?

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Join us for Session 21: "Ensuring Alignment With Human Values" with @khamascience.bsky.social Discover new insights on AI alignment and the 'Purpose' framework. 📅 Date: 27th March 2025 ⏰ Time: 7 PM 📍 Location: Sony CSL, 6 rue Amyot, 75005 🔗 Details & Registration: ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Session 21 - Mehdi Khamassi - Ensuring Alignment With Human Values

How can we ensure AI systems' alignment with human values?

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🎂 AI-Phi Session 20: A Causerie on Reasoning ✨ New format: interactive discussion in the spirit of 18th century salons! Bring your thoughts & questions 💡 🗓 Date: 20 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 7 PM 📍 Location: Sony CSL, Paris 📅 Details: ai-phi.github.io/posts/sessio...

Session 20 🎂 - First Causerie Session - Reasoning

Short presentation(s) followed by collective discussions on reasoning in AI systems. We will celebrate this 20th session with a cake 🥳

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