Students

Karina Vold: "Learning from Machines: Using Artificial Intelligence as Scaffolding for Human Learning"

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:06:18 +0000

New Publication : Between precedent autonomy and the patient's best interests: a reasonable path for advance medical assistance in dying requests

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:45:55 +0000

This chapter, written by Jocelyn Maclure and Naïma Hamrouni, was published in Research Handbook on Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Regulation and Practice edited by Ben White. Access the work here

On the Implausibility of Moral Machines: Ai, Moral Agency and the Congnitive Role of Emotions

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:21:30 +0000

Presented by Jocelyn Maclure and Christophe Facal

Room 927 Leacock building

Pre-read session. To obtain a copy of the paper and register, please email

New Publication : "Avatars numériques post mortem et deuil : un point de vue éthique"

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:32:36 +0000

Written by Jocelyn Maclure, Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, Karina Vold, Christophe Facal, and Isabelle Dumont

Can chatGPT be your friend? Join us for a conversation on AI companionship

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:08:33 +0000

Join us for a conversation on AI companionship

Free for Students, $5 for the public. Please register here.

Speakers: Jocelyn Maclure, Michael Inzlicht, Karina Vold, more TBA

Horizons démocratiques

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Sun, 11 May 2025 02:48:24 +0000

Regina Rini Conference: "Science: the Intellectual Leviathan"

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:16:13 +0000

91ֱ�� Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:10:16 +0000

Expert panel discussion including Jocelyn Maclure on the impact of AI on our lives

SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT THE WELFARE OF AI? ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH HEATHER ALEXANDER, JONATHAN SIMON AND JOCELYN MACLURE

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:11:50 +0000

Reading Group Discussion: "Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?"

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:36:20 +0000

Reading Group Discussion on "Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?" by Stephen M. Campbell, Pengbo Liu & Sven Nyholm.

Hugo Cossette Lefebvre Co-Authors New Paper in Journal of Ethics

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Wed, 28 May 2025 00:55:42 +0000

We are pleased to share that Hugo Cossette Lefebvre, a postdoctoral researcher for the Jarislowsky Chair, recently co-authored a paper with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University). The paper is titled "Neither Direct, Nor Indirect: Understanding Proxy-Based Algorithmic Discrimination" and was recently published in the latest issue of the Journal of Ethics. Please see below to read the abstract, and the paper.

Workshop- The Ethics of Griefbots: LLMs, Generative Ghosts, and Wellbeing

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Wed, 28 May 2025 00:33:21 +0000

Reading Group Discussion: "Can Chatbots Preserve Our Relationships with the Dead?"

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:06:09 +0000

Please RSVP by sending an email to julia.houwen [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Alexandre Thien-Tam Dao receives ARIA fellowship for "AI Agents: The Ethical Implications of Personified AI Chatbots on Wellbeing"

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:19:02 +0000

The Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology would like to congratulate Alexandre Thien-Tam Dao on receiving an ARIA fellowship with the chair for a project titled "AI Agents: The Ethical Implications of Personified AI Chatbots on Wellbeing"!

91ֱ�� Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:42:26 +0000

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