Congratulations to Dr. Alexis Morin-Martel!
Alexis Morin-Martel successfully defended his PhD dissertation on March 18.
Title of the dissertation: The Value of Trust
Jury members: Jocelyn Maclure, Natalie Stoljar, Daniel Weinstock, Mauro Rossi, Mark Alfano
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Alexis will be a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the department of philosophy at Chapel Hill, starting in September 2026.
New Publication: 鈥淧our un tournant institutionnel en 茅thique de l鈥橧A鈥�
This chapter, co-authored by Jocelyn Maclure and Alexis Morin-Martel was published in听Donner un sens 脿 l鈥櫭﹖hique publique听: M茅lange en l鈥檋onneur de Luc B茅gin听edited by Patrick Turmel.
For more information, visit the Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval siteFlavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure Publish a Chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding
Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure publish a chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding in听Vocabulaire critique de l鈥檌ntelligence artificielle, a book edited by Thierry M茅nissier.听
The book was published in November 2025.
New Publication : Between precedent autonomy and the patient's best interests: a reasonable path for advance medical assistance in dying requests
This chapter, written by Jocelyn Maclure and听Na茂ma Hamrouni, was published in听Research Handbook on Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Regulation and Practice听edited by听Ben White.
Access the work: Between precedent autonomy and the patient's best interestsNew Publication: 鈥淎vatars num茅riques post mortem et deuil : un point de vue 茅thique鈥�
Written by Jocelyn Maclure, Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, Karina Vold, Christophe Facal, and Isabelle Dumont
Hugo Cossette Lefebvre Co-Authors New Paper in Journal of Ethics
We are pleased to share that Hugo Cossette Lefebvre, a postdoctoral researcher for the Jarislowsky Chair,听recently co-authored a paper with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University).
The paper is titled 鈥淣either Direct, Nor Indirect: Understanding Proxy-Based Algorithmic Discrimination鈥� and was recently published in the latest issue of the Journal of Ethics.听
Alexandre Thien-Tam Dao receives ARIA fellowship for 鈥淎I Agents: The Ethical Implications of Personified AI Chatbots on Wellbeing鈥�
The Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology would like to congratulate Alexandre Thien-Tam Dao on receiving an ARIA fellowship with the chair for a project titled 鈥淎I Agents: The Ethical Implications of Personified AI Chatbots on Wellbeing鈥�!
New Publication: AI Ethics鈥� Institutional Turn in Digital Society
A paper by researchers at the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, Jocelyn Maclure and Alexis Morin-Martel, was recently published in Digital Society.听
AIOLIA: A Global Initiative for Ethical AI Governance
AIOLIA gives a robust 3-tier response to the complex challenges posed by the need to operationally interpret the EU AI Act and global AI regulation. Resolutely European, AIOLIA's vision propagates beyond EU, embracing global cooperation with leading universities and think tanks in China, South Korea, Japan, and Canada. Utilizing UNESCO platform with its reach to Africa and South Asia, AIOLIA鈥檚 guidelines evolve into an analytic toolbox for key international AI dialogues and processes.
Interview for Chilean newspaper El Mercurio
Jocelyn Maclure was recently interviewed for the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio.
Read the article: Las humanidades frente a la revoluc铆on digitalOvercoming Online Echo Chambers Requires Institutional and Individual Commitment
Politics have always made it hard to accept facts and opinions that challenge our preexisting beliefs. Artificial intelligence algorithms make it even worse.
Jocelyn Maclure to Speak at Congreso Futuro in Chile's Senate on January 13th
On January 13th, Jocelyn Maclure, the chairholder of the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology will speak at the Congreso Futuro at the Senate of Chile.
Congreso Futuro 2025Jocelyn Maclure on echo chambers
The holder of the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology recently published an article entitled 鈥淨ue sont les chambres d'茅cho?鈥�.听
Analysis: How the new version of ChatGPT generates hate and disinformation on command
Jocelyn Maclure, a philosophy professor听and the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology at 成人VR视频 was interviewed by CBC News in regards to a听Radio-Canada investigation on听GPT-4o.
New publication from CEST: Intelligence artificielle g茅n茅rative en enseignement sup茅rieur : enjeux p茅dagogiques et 茅thiques
This report, produced jointly with the Conseil sup茅rieur de l'茅ducation, proposes 20 recommendations aimed at promoting a judicious use of generative AI in Quebec colleges and universities should a normalization of its use occur.