Dave Anctil
A professor of philosophy and AI at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, I am also an affiliated researcher with the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology (OBVIA) at Université Laval and an associate researcher at the Centre for Research in Ethics (CRÉ) at Université de Montréal.
Positions held
| 2023-2024 to today | Associate researcher(s) |
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Biography
As a philosophy and AI professor at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf since 2010, I am also an affiliated researcher with the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology (OBVIA, Université Laval) and an associate researcher at the AI ethics division of the Centre for Research in Ethics (CRÉ, Université de Montréal).
My current research in ethics and technology policy focuses on the comprehensive assessment of risks and benefits in the design and implementation of generative AI and AI assistants (AIA). By combining insights from research in computer engineering with experimental research in the humanities, my goal is to better inform ethical debates and policy decisions on AI. This approach translates not just into scientific conferences and publications, but also into public outreach in the media and consulting activities with organizations.
After receiving my Ph.D. in political philosophy (2007), I served as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in ethics and political philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at the Université de Montréal and at the Faculty of Political Science and Law at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Since 2016, my research and publications have primarily focused on artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, and social robotics. Since 2012, I have also been dedicated to integrating technology, technological knowledge, and issues into the teaching of philosophy, law, and the human sciences. I have also published numerous educational works for college education and led various initiatives in educational innovation.
In addition, I am a co-founder, along with Simon Dubé (Kinsey Institute), of a new transdisciplinary research field in social robotics called “erobotics”: a theoretical and experimental framework for better studying the biopsychosocial and ethical factors of AI agent technologies in human intimacy and sexuality. Our contributions to erobotics have also led to the inclusion of technosexuality themes in the study of human factors in space exploration research (psychology, sexology, and medicine).
dave.anctil@brebeuf.qc.ca
