Several members of the CRÉ will participate in the first annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (CAPAI), titled “Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence.”

Schedule:

• 10:00 a.m.: Martina Orlandi (Trent Durham), “Smooth Seas Don’t Make Skillful Sailors: In Defence of the Struggles that AI Eases”
• 11:00 a.m.: Nicholas Dunn (Lethbridge), “M(AI)D: Should an Algorithm Decide If You Get to Die?”
• 2:00 p.m.: Hugo Cosette-Lefebvre (McGill), “Looking Beneath the Behaviour: The Ethics of Algorithmic (Quasi-)Dispositions”
• 2:00 p.m.: Christopher Howard (McGill), “Power Diffusion Through Pluralism: The Case for Decentralized AI”
• 4:00 p.m.: Keynote, Jocelyn Maclure (McGill), “AI, Epistemic Opacity and Explainability”

The event is scheduled for May 1, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in Room 927 of the Leacock Building at McGill University, located at 855 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec.

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Hosted by the Canadian Association for the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (CAPAI), with support from the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, held by Jocelyn Maclure (McGill).