AI-Phi

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...

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

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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...

📢 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...

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
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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!

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 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 ...

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 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...

🧠 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
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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...

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
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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...

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

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

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?

📢 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 21 - Mehdi Khamassi - Ensuring Alignment With Human Values How can we ensure AI systems' alignment with human values?

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 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 🥳

🎂 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...