Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre

🚨 HKCRC Hybrid Seminar: All Learning is Generative
Prof. Boris Babic (HKU) debunks the "Generative AI Myth".
📅 3 Nov 2025 🕔 4:45–6:15 pm (HKT) 📍 LKK105 & Zoom
#AI #MachineLearning

Join us for the Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre's Hybrid Research Seminar: "Maximising Rationality and Saving the Greater Number" by our new colleague Prof. Leora Sung (@LingnanU)!
📅 Oct 13, 2025 | 4:45-6:15 PM HKT 📍 LKK302 or Zoom (links in the pic)

Join our own Prof. Peter Hawke for a seminar on “De Morgan’s Laws and Epistemic Language” on Sep 29, 16:45-18:15 HKT at LKK107 (Lingnan main campus) or via Zoom. All are welcome! #Philosophy #LingnanUniversity

Join us for a hybrid seminar with Prof. Nate Sheradin (The University of Hong Kong) on "The Default Argument for Cognitive Enfeeblement" - 22 Sep 2025, 4:45-6:15 PM (HKT) at LKK107 & Zoom 🎙️📚.

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📚 Seeking a Research Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Lingnan University! Teach courses like Set Theory, Critical Thinking, or Philosophy of AI. PhD required, strong publication record preferred. Apply: lingnan.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

On the love for humanity and future generations I argue for a qualified version of the claim that we love humanity. In particular, I suggest that our reactions to a series of scenarios describing different possible futures reveal that, after all...

New paper now published open access:
"Do we love humanity? And does this give us reasons to care about future generations?" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New paper forthcoming in Utilitas by @andreasauchelli Rule consequentialism and demandingness: The wrong solutions? (Open access) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Limits of Machine Learning Models of Misinformation - AI & SOCIETY Judgments of misinformation are made relative to the informational preferences of the communities making them. However, informational standards change over time, inducing distribution shifts that thre...

New paper by HKCRC member Adrian Yee: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

On a whim - Synthese Whims are philosophically interesting and play a role in debates concerning free will, luck, and responsibility. However, philosophers have had little to say about what whims are. One exception is Lac...

New paper by HKCRC fellow Jesse Hill : link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New paper on pessimism and anti-natalism now available open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#pessimism #anti-natalism #evil

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy The Department of Philosophy at Lingnan University is one of the best for analytic philosophy in Asia. In addition to having a thriving research comm...

JOB ALERT: Research Assistant Professor in Philosophy of AI and/or Ethics of Risk at Lingnan University.
Areas: Philosophy of AI, Ethics of Risk
Teaching: 3 courses per year
Start date: flexible until Jan 2026
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Deadline: Open until filled #PhilosophyJobs

All Play and No Work? AI and Existential Unemployment - The Journal of Ethics Recent developments in large language models and image generation software raise the possibility that AI systems might one day replace humans in some of the intrinsically valuable work through which h...

New article by HKCRC fellow Gary O’Brien: ‘All Play and No Work? AI and Existential Unemployment.’ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Ethics and Global Catastrophic Risks: A free online courseWhat is Risk?Rational Decisions under RiskMoral Permissibility of Risk ImpositionRisk, Value and Future GenerationAI RiskEnvironmental Global ... Explore our comprehensive learning journey: 8 interactive modules with text and video content. No experience needed to get started. 提供中文版本；右上角切換語言。

Hey everyone, check out this free online course on the ethics of global catastrophic risks. There are modules on the notion of risk, rational decision, future generations, AI risk, and much more. It’s in English with Chinese translation: ln.edu.hk/philoso/hkcrc/risk #catastrophicrisks #freecourse

The HKCRC is hosting a public event on the ethics of war and peace with Prof. Helen Frowe! Join us online or on campus

Normative Philosophy of Computing Newsletter | Seth Lazar | Substack News and opportunities for anyone interested in analytic philosophy on normative questions raised by computing, from aesthetics to AI ethics. Click to read Normative Philosophy of Computing Newsletter...

News and opportunities for philosophers working on normative questions raised by computing:

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The Ethics of AI conference in Hong Kong on the 5th and 6th of December. #aiethics #ai #appliedethics Join us on campus or online!

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Online Seminar by Prof. Julia Nefsky 'Rescuing Ourselves from the Pond'. Eastern (EST): 9:00 PM Monday, November 11; Hong Kong Time: 10 AM Tuesday, November 12.

Acceptance‐Based or Teaching‐Based Rule Consequentialism? Is an action obligatory if and only if it is prescribed by a code that is the best to be taught to the next generation? This paper discusses whether this version of rule consequentialism is superior ....

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Dr. Mogensen (@GPIOxford )’s online research seminar @HKCRC22 is titled ‘Desire-Fulfilment and Consciousness’. 14 October 4:30 (HK time). Everyone is welcome to join (details in the poster below).

Prof. Harvey Lederman’s research seminar at HKCRC is titled ‘Infinity and Incompleteness’. Details on how to join us this Monday on the poster below.

Fei Song, Julia Mosquera, Julia Adler, Adam Gibbons, Snow Li, Karim Jebari.

Workshop on ethics, technology and the future in collaboration with the Mimir Center for Long Term Futures Research (Stockholm) and the Project of Innovative Ethics (Kobe). Speakers: Anders Sandberg, Eiji Maruyama, Takuya Niikawa, Adam Bradley, Joe Roussos,

MA in 'Artificial Intelligence and the Future' -- an MA on the philosophical and ethical aspects of AI @philosophy_LU @HKCRC22 . Full scholarships available! #AIEthics

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The HKCRC is hiring up to 2 research assistant professors/postdoctoral fellows in AI ethics! Start date: AUG 2024, generous compensation, contract up to 3years & renewable.
#aiethics #appliedethics #academia

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