AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012
Plese visit http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/turing12/ for the conference Web site
In line with the celebrations of Alan Turing’s life and work in 2012, and given the significance of Turing’s work both to AI and to the philosophical ramifications of computing, the 2012 IACAP Conference will be replaced by the AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 (initial website: http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/turing12/). AISB is the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behavior (http://www.aisb.org.uk/).
The intent of the conference is to stimulate a particularly rich interchange between AI and Philosophy on any areas of mutual interest, whether or not directly inspired by Turing’s own work. Two plenary keynote speakers have so far been secured, namely Aaron Sloman (a Fellow of AISB) and Luciano Floridi (former President of IACAP).
The Congress will have a similar structure to AISB conventions, and a call for symposia etc. will be announced in due course. It will be held at the University of Birmingham, July 2nd to 6th. It will be co-chaired by Tony Beavers, President of IACAP, and John Barnden, Vice-Chair of AISB, with Manfred Kerber (Birmingham) as Local Chair. The Organizing Committee is largely constituted of representatives of AISB and IACAP.
Some research themes we have identified as being especially appropriate for the Congress are as follows, but are in no way exclusive:
- the fundamental nature and limits of computation
- computational theory of mind
- the nature and possibility of AI
- testing for intelligence
- consciousness (natural or artificial)
- creativity (artistic and otherwise), aesthetics, etc.
- people’s attitudes towards and relationships with intelligent machines
- ethics of AI and computing in general, and how AI may ultimately affect ethics
- the philosophical nature & ramifications (e.g. for notions of self) of intelligent software agents in cyberspace.
We are also interested in holding, in conjunction with the Congress, artistic events (in any area of the arts) that are relevant to such themes.
Please contact Tony Beavers (afbeavers@gmail.com) if you have ideas for any aspect of the Congress (e.g., an idea of a symposium) or for possible cultural events.
