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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


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

Philosophy of AI

  • TalkTo be announced

12–16 October 2026 · Copenhagen · University of Copenhagen

Models of Consciousness 7

  • TalkAll Work and No Play Makes LLM a Dull Boy

16 October 2026 · Mexico City · 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?

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

Representations and Values in Science

  • KeynoteTo be announced

12 Nov 2026 · Prague · Czech Academy of Sciences

Illusions of Consciousness in Humans and AI

  • KeynoteTo be announced

19-20 November, 2026 · Zagreb · Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb

AI Perspectives 2026

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

1–25-20 May 2027 · Tartu, Estonia · University of Tartu

BEACON (Biennial European Astrobiology Conference) 2027

  • KeynoteTBA

Past · 2026


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

AISB Convention 2026

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

4–7 May 2026 · Grenoble · Université Grenoble Alpes

Atypical Cases of Memory: From Minimal Agents to Human Development

  • TalkThinking Without Neurons: How Fungi Remember

20 May 2026 · Zagreb · Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing

University of Zagreb

  • KeynoteKako um zna da nešto nije stvarno [How the Mind Knows Something Isn’t Real]

4–7 May 2026 · Zagreb · Faculty of Teacher Education

AI Literacy for Prospective Teachers in Early Childhood and Primary Education

  • KeynoteEverything Everywhere All At Once (Except for Understanding)

Podcast

Strange New Worlds: Science and Star Trek, Ep. 193

  • The Linguistics of “Darmok”

Past · 2025

8 talks


13–15 Mar 2025 · Online · Troy University

Conference on Domestic Cats in Literature

  • TalkWhat Is It Like to Be a Cat: Consciousness and Subjective Experience in Stray (2022)

9–10 Apr 2025 · Online · University of Kansas

Advancing Fairness in Machine Learning

  • TalkEthical Guardrails for AI: A Framework for Fairness and “Make Your Own Ethics”

25–26 Apr 2025 · Online · Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Philosophy in Technology (PiNT 2025)

  • TalkComputational Proto-Qualia

2–3 June 2025 · Prague, Czech Republic

Ernst Mach Workshop XIII: Conscious AI? Functionalism and its Alternatives

  • TalkDo Large Language Models Hallucinate Electric Fata Morganas?

1–5 July 2025 · Reykjavík, Iceland · Harpa

BEACON 2025: Biennial European Astrobiology Conference

  • TalkAstrobiology and the Transformation of Scientific Epistemology

17 Sep 2025 · Online

European Astrobiology Institute

  • TalkThe Boy Who Cried Life: False Positives and False Negatives in Astrobiology

21 & 28 Nov 2025 · Online · Erlangen-Nuremberg / CAS / Northeastern London

Online Workshop on Agentic AI

  • TalkHow to Miss a Mind

27–29 Nov 2025 · Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Budapest Workshop on Philosophy and Technology

  • TalkHow to Design an Artificial Mind