The Department has established three labs, which are actively organizing seminars, conferences, and workshops not only for our students but also for the public.
The AI &Humanity-Lab (AIH Lab) conducts research on the ways in which AI interacts with and transforms humanity. Their projects are interdisciplinary with a basis in philosophy.
The Hong Kong Ethics Lab (HKEL) is a group of researchers based at the University of Hong Kong focused on contemporary ethical issues with practical impact. Their mission is to drive academic research and public engagement on pressing issues of ethical concern.
The Hong Kong Concepts Lab is a center based at the University of Hong Kong’s philosophy department the purpose of which is to foster collaborative research in and on:
- Conceptual engineering and its metaphilosophy
- Xphi and the “method of cases”
- Social and political philosophy of language
- Conceptual amelioration in moral and political philosophy
- The role of conceptual engineering and conceptual construction in translating between different philosophical traditions (e.g., between ‘Western’ and ’non-Western’ philosophy)
Organization | Date | Speaker | Title | Link |
AIH Lab | Nov 8, 2024 (Fri) | Sean Donahue | Platform Tyranny, Rule of Law, and Virtual Community | here |
AIH Lab | Nov 15, 2024 (Fri) | Raphael Milliere | Illusions of Understanding in Deep Learning | here |
AIH Lab | Nov 22, 2024 (Fri) | Sarah Jeong | AIH lab seminar | here |
HKEL | Nov 25, 2024 (Mon) | Vladimir Krstic | A functional Analysis of Self-Deception | here |
HKEL | Nov 26, 2024 (Tue) | Thomas Icard | What are Cognitive Costs | here |
AIH Lab | Dec 4, 2024 (Wed) | Henry Shevlin | AI and the Future of Consciousness Science | here |
AIH Lab | Dec 6, 2024 (Fri) | Karina Vold | Epistemic opportunities: AI Systems as Cognitive Scaffolding | here |
AIH Lab | Dec 9-10, 2024 (Mon, Tue) | Various | The Linguistic and Cognitive Capacities of LLMs | here |
AIH Lab | Feb 14, 2025 (Fri) | Iason Gabriel , Geoffrey Keeling | Symposium | here |
AIH Lab | Feb 21, 2025 (Fri) | Leonard Dung | AIH lab seminar | here |
AIH Lab | Feb 28, 2025 (Fri) | Jeffrey Howard | AIH lab seminar | here |
AIH Lab | Mar 5-6, 2025 (Wed, Thu) | Various | AI Consciousness and Well-Being | here |
HKEL | Mar 24, 2025 (Mon) | Prof Kit Fine | Open lectuer | here |
HKEL | Mar 25, 2025 (Tue) | Prof Kit Fine | Workshop for research students | here |
AIH Lab | Mar 26-27, 2025 (Wed, Thu) | Various | Philosophy of AI in Asia Workshop | here |
AIH Lab | Apr 11, 2025 (Fri) | Reginia Rini | AIH lab seminar | here |