Graduate Students

Grief and Memory in Radically Extended Lives

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:09:15 +0000

Lecture by Michael Cholbi

Leacock 232

Reception to follow

Open to all, registration required

Enculturating ML models: Why we need 'Abundant Intelligences'

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:31:09 +0000

Lecture by Ceyda Yolgörmez

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required

To register, please email alessandra.destison [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Workshop on AI and the philosophy of grief

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:18:45 +0000

Workshop by Michael Cholbi

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required

To register, please email alessandra.destison [at] mail.mcgill.ca

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

AI and Public Reason. Notes on the Explainability Debate

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:34:06 +0000

Presentation at the 4th International Conference on the Ethics of AI

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

Regina Rini Conference: "Science: the Intellectual Leviathan"

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

�� 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.

RGHNV: Discussion on Ranalli and Malcom's paper on echo chambers

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:57:27 +0000

On December 13th, the Lin Centre Research Group on Human Nature and Values in the Digital Age (RGHNV) and Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology will hold a group discussion on Ranalli &

Final Report on the Governance and Regulation of AI published by the Quebec Council for Innovation

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:15:26 +0000

The Quebec Council for Innovation, for which Jocelyn Maclure was a co-leader for the working group on the societal impacts of AI, published a final report on the governance and regulation of AI. See below to read the report.

Interview: "Les secrets de "La mafia médicale": Le prix de la liberté"

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:33:34 +0000

Jocelyn Maclure, the chairholder for the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, appeared on the Radio Canada podcast "Dérives" to be interviewed on the topic of academic freedom and disinformation. See the link below to listen to the interview.

Graduate Students

Grief and Memory in Radically Extended Lives

Enculturating ML models: Why we need 'Abundant Intelligences'

Workshop on AI and the philosophy of grief

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

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

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

AI and Public Reason. Notes on the Explainability Debate

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

Regina Rini Conference: "Science: the Intellectual Leviathan"

������ Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together

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

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

RGHNV: Discussion on Ranalli and Malcom's paper on echo chambers

Final Report on the Governance and Regulation of AI published by the Quebec Council for Innovation

Interview: "Les secrets de "La mafia médicale": Le prix de la liberté"

�� Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together