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Talks & appearances

Recent and upcoming talks. If we met at one of these and managed actual eye contact, congratulations to us both. If you are coming to an upcoming one, you are welcome to say hello, or to nod meaningfully from a safe distance. Both count as networking.

Upcoming

4–6 Nov 2026 · Online · International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind

4th Annual Web Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind

Talk, co-author Barbara GeldLost in Transformers: Natural Language Autoencoders and the Limits of Machine Introspection

5–6 Nov 2026 · Banská Bystrica, Slovakia · Matej Bel University

Representation and Values in Science and Art

KeynoteSciences Without Subjects: How Astrobiology, AI, and Cognitive Science Reshape Scientific Values

12 Nov 2026 · Prague, Czechia · Czech Academy of Sciences

Illusions of Consciousness in Humans and AI

KeynoteGödel, Escher, Backprop

19–20 Nov 2026 · Zagreb · Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb

AI Perspectives 2026

KeynoteWho Put the I in AI? Five Neurons and the Philosophy of Mechanistic Interpretability

26 Nov 2026 · Online

Artificial Selves Seminar, IDEAS

TalkAs an AI Language Model, I Was Told (Not) To

3 Dec 2026 · Online

Bochum-Grenoble-Taipei Memory Colloquium

TalkTaming of the Shroom: Fungal Memory and Minimal Cognition

11 Dec 2026 · Online

Philosophy of AI Online Colloquium (UV Colloquium)

TalkAll the Models Merely Players: The Who, Where, and Why of Consciousness Claims in LLMs

Future (here be dragons) · 2027

25–30 May 2027 · Tartu, Estonia · University of Tartu

BEACON 2027: Biennial European Astrobiology Conference

KeynoteTo be announced

13–17 Sep 2027 · Prague, Czechia · Czech Academy of Sciences / Association for Mathematical Consciousness Science

Models of Consciousness 8

KeynoteTo be announced

Past · 2026

11 talks

16 Oct 2026 · Mexico City (online) · National Autonomous University of Mexico

Workshop: From Logic to Language: New Takes on Philosophy of AI

Talk, co-author Barbara GeldAre Natural Language Autoencoders the Right Path to AI Alignment?

12–16 Oct 2026 · Copenhagen, Denmark · University of Copenhagen

Models of Consciousness 7

TalkAll Work and No Play Makes LLM a Dull Boy

2 Oct 2026 · Zagreb · Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

Department of Sociology, PhD Colloquium

TalkKako je Potjeh tražio referenciju: umjetna inteligencija u akademskoj svakodnevici [How Potjeh Sought a Reference: Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Academic Life]

21–23 Sep 2026 · Dubrovnik · Czech Academy of Sciences

Philosophy of AI

TalkTo Be, or Not to Be, That Is the Assistant Turn

1–2 Jul 2026 · Brighton, UK · University of Sussex

AISB Convention 2026

TalkOne Faithful Pass Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
TalkTo Train a Mockingbird
Panel Round table on machine consciousness, chaired by John Dorsch, with Anil Seth, Murray Shanahan, Antonio Chella, and Ron Chrisley

12–13 Jun 2026 · Grenoble, France · Université Grenoble Alpes

Atypical Cases of Memory: From Minimal Agents to Human Development