Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre
@hugocl.bsky.social
Dr. of Philosophy Chercheur postdoctoral à IVADO/McGill U. Philosophie Politique, Éthique Appliquée, Éthique de l'IA.
New paper out in Philosophical Studies! 🎉 "Defining Structural Discrimination" — I propose a definition of structural discrimination and show why it's distinct from individual discrimination and from structural injustice. 🔗 rdcu.be/fmcWF
Defining structural discrimination
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True or false: You can be wronged by an AI system even if it does not harm you? As AI systems are used to inform high-stakes decisions and are sometimes treated as companions, this question becomes essential. My new paper, out in Phil & Tech, takes up this question. Read it here! rdcu.be/fdlza
Looking Beneath the Behaviour: The Ethics of Algorithmic (Quasi-)Dispositions
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How do algorithms shape us? 🤖 My new chapter with Natalie Stoljar, "Automated Gatekeepers," is out! We analyze how recommender systems negatively impact autonomy,and how they could be redesigned to support it. Read it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #Philosophy #AI #Ethics
Automated Gatekeepers: How Recommender Systems Shape and Constrain Autonomy
This chapter explores the impact of recommender systems on autonomy. We draw on feminist relational approaches to argue that recommender systems can threaten autonomy in four key ways. (i) Recommender...
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Our upcoming December workshop on the Ethics of Griefbots has a poster! Looking forward to hosting the event with @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social and @hugocl.bsky.social at @UofTEthics.bsky.social Thanks to our sponsors @UofT-IHPST.bsky.social @forea-virtue.bsky.social and @torontosri.bsky.social
🎉New Publication! 🎉 My paper on relational egalitarianism & wrongful indirect discrimination is out in Law & Philosophy! Available in full here: rdcu.be/emKzl #discrimination #philosophy #philosohyoflaw #relationalequality #equality
When Do Unequal Results Amount to Wrongful Indirect Discrimination?
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My paper, co-authored with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, on how AI challenges traditional conceptions of discrimination is now published in The Journal of Ethics! Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Neither Direct, Nor Indirect: Understanding Proxy-Based Algorithmic Discrimination - The Journal of Ethics
Discrimination is typically understood to be either direct or indirect. However, we argue that some cases that clearly are instances of discrimination are neither direct nor indirect. This is not just...
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I will present my paper "Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning" at McGill next week. Don't hesitate to join if you are in Montréal! www.mcgill.ca/jarislowsky-...
Work-in-Progress Session- Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre: "Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning"
The Jarislowsky Chair will be hosting Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, a Postdoctoral Researcher for the chair, for a WIP session on March 17, 2025 at noon. This event is open to all. Please write to julia.hou...
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Fall/Automne GRIPP Political Philosophy Colloquium / Conférences en philo politique 24 Sep: Rainer Forst (Frankfurt) 8 Oct: Serena Parekh (Northeastern) 29 Oct: Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus) 12 Nov: @catherinelu.bsky.social (McGill) 26 Nov: @hugocl.bsky.social (Aarhus) 10 Déc: Naïma Hamrouni (UQTR)
Très heureux d'annoncer officiellement que je vais pouvoir continuer mes recherches sur la philosophie politique de l'IA cet automne avec @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social grâce au soutien de IVADO! ivado.ca/2024/05/01/i...
IVADO annonce son soutien à 11 projets postdoctoraux, dont 2 en cofinancement avec l’Obvia | IVADO
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New publication out now in Bioethics on structural (in)justice and procreative justice! w Joona Räsänen @drbengtson.bsky.social and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A critical take on procreative justice
Bioethics is a medical ethics journal that combines biomedical & social sciences to tackle the moral aspects of topics such as organ transplants, ageing, & stem cells.
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