Oxford University Department for Continuing Education
Date: Sat 08 Feb 2025
Time: 10:15am-5:30pm
Location: Online or Rewley House 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA
For full details and to join the event, visit the website here.
Overview
Robots, cyborgs and AI systems fire our imaginations and have inspired many movies, from HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey to Data in Star Trek and Skynet in The Terminator. What moral issues do they raise?
This day will explore the question of whether AI, robots and cyborgs (part biological, part machine) could ever be conscious and/or deserving of moral consideration, and the ethical implications of their use.
Is AI really a threat to us, and if so, how? Might robots and AI make us morally worse, or perhaps morally better?
This event will be of interest to anyone fascinated and concerned about rapid developments in technology, AI and robotics. The talks are highly accessible and non-technical from leading researcher(s) in these fields.
Please note: this event will close to enrolments at 23:59 UTC on 5 February 2025.
Programme details
10.15am
Registration at Rewley House reception (in-person attendees)
10.30am
Might machines think and feel, and even deserve moral consideration?
Stephen Law
11.45am
Tea/coffee
12.15am
Human-AI Collaboration and Group Accountability
David Storrs-Fox
1.30pm
Lunch
2.30pm
Lecture title TBC
Jen Semler
3.45pm
Tea/coffee
4.15pm
Discussion
David Storrs-Fox and Jen Semler, chaired by Stephen Law
5.30pm
End of day
Fees
| Description | Costs |
| Course Fee – in-person attendance (includes tea/coffee) | £120.00 |
| Course Fee – virtual attendance | £110.00 |
| Baguette Lunch | £7.30 |
| Hot Lunch | £19.25 |