Alumni

Jeff Sebo Lecture: Next Steps for AI Welfare Research and Policy

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:59:12 +0000

Next Steps for AI Welfare Research and Policy

Date: April 23, 2026

Time: 4:00-6:00pm

Prof. Joshua Skorburg, IVADO visiting fellow at the Chair

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:47:46 +0000

Prof. Joshua Skorburg will be a new visiting fellow at the Chair.

Fellow Bio: Joshua August (Gus) Skorburg is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Academic Co-Director of the Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI), and Faculty Affiliate at the One Health Institute at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. From 2018-2022 he was Adjunct Professor in the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He received his PhD in Philosophy in 2017 from the University of Oregon. His research spans topics in applied ethics and moral psychology.

Forthcoming: Canadian Association for the Philosophy of AI

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:57:22 +0000

Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Hosted by the Canadian Association for the Philosophy of A.I.

Comparative Perspectives on Agency: Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 17 May 2026 12:29:02 +0000

Comparative Perspectives on Agency: Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence

Congratulations to Dr. Alexis Morin-Martel!

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:39:24 +0000

Alexis Morin-Martel successfully defended his PhD dissertation on March 18. Title of the dissertation: The Value of Trust

Jury members: Jocelyn Maclure, Natalie Stoljar, Daniel Weinstock, Mauro Rossi, Mark Alfano

Alexis will be a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the department of philosophy at Chapel Hill, starting in September 2026.

New Publication: “Pour un tournant institutionnel en éthique de l’IA”

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:55:17 +0000

This chapter, co-authored by Jocelyn Maclure and Alexis Morin-Martel was published in Donner un sens à l’éthique publique : Mélange en l’honneur de Luc Bégin edited by Patrick Turmel.

For more information, visit the Presses de l’Université Laval site

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure Publish a Chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:19:57 +0000

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure publish a chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding in Vocabulaire critique de l’intelligence artificielle, a book edited by Thierry Ménissier.

The book was published in November 2025.

Read chapter: AI and Semantic Understanding

Ethics And Technology Roundtable: The Age Of Algorithm

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:57:05 +0000

Presented by the �鶹�� Philosophy Student Association

A Conversation on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:31:44 +0000

An informal seminar on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto This event is co-hosted with the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy.

The Enforcement Threshold Approach to Harm Reduction

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:26:55 +0000

Lecture given by Joseph Heath Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto This event is co-hosted by the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy

AI, Explainability and Epistemic Dependence

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:11:13 +0000

Taming the Machines AI, Explainability and Epistemic Dependence Lecture given by Jocelyn Malure at the University of Hamburg

Are You Even a Person? LLMs and Agentic Distrust

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:16:23 +0000

Work-in-Progress hosted by Alexis Morin-Martel PhD candidate at �鶹��

Leacock 927 from 1:30-3:30 on December 18

Open to all, registration required

The Ethic of Griefbots LLMs and the Digital Afterlife

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:08:11 +0000

Workshop on griefbot ethics on the 11th and 12th of December 2025

Workshop taking place at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.

Grief and Memory in Radically Extended Lives

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:09:15 +0000

Lecture by Michael Cholbi Professor and Personal Chair in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh

Leacock 232

Reception to follow

Open to all, registration required

Workshop on AI and the philosophy of grief

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:18:45 +0000

Workshop by Michael Cholbi Professor and Personal Chair in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required