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Congratulations to Dr. Alexis Morin-Martel!

��VR��Ƶ — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:39:24 +0000

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

Alexis will be a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the department of philosophy at Chapel Hill, starting in September 2026.

New Publication: "Pour un tournant institutionnel en éthique de l’IA"

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:55:17 +0000

This chapter, co-authored by Jocelyn Maclure and Alexis Morin-Martel was published in Donner un sens à l’éthique publique: Mélange en l’honneur de Luc Bégin edited by Patrick Turmel.

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure Publish a Chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding

��VR��Ƶ — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:19:57 +0000

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure publish a chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding in Vocabulaire critique de l’intelligence artificielle, a book edited by Thierry Ménissier.

The book was published in November 2025.

Read chapter: AI and Semantic Understanding

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

��VR��Ƶ — 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: Between precedent autonomy and the patient's best interests

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

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:32:36 +0000

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

��VR��Ƶ — Wed, 28 May 2025 00:55:42 +0000

We are pleased to share that Hugo Cossette Lefebvre, a postdoctoral researcher for the Jarislowsky Chair, recently co-authored a paper with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University). The paper is titled "Neither Direct, Nor Indirect: Understanding Proxy-Based Algorithmic Discrimination" and was recently published in the latest issue of the Journal of Ethics. Please see below to read the abstract, and the paper.

Alexandre Thien-Tam Dao receives ARIA fellowship for "AI Agents: The Ethical Implications of Personified AI Chatbots on Wellbeing"

��VR��Ƶ — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:19:02 +0000

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 "AI Agents: The Ethical Implications of Personified AI Chatbots on Wellbeing"!

New Publication: AI Ethics’ Institutional Turn in Digital Society

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:55:24 +0000

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.

AIOLIA: A Global Initiative for Ethical AI Governance

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 02:52:15 +0000

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’s guidelines evolve into an analytic toolbox for key international AI dialogues and processes.

Interview for Chilean newspaper El Mercurio

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 02:48:13 +0000

Jocelyn Maclure was recently interviewed for the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio.

Read the article

Overcoming Online Echo Chambers Requires Institutional and Individual Commitment

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:42:36 +0000

Jocelyn Maclure to Speak at Congreso Futuro in Chile's Senate on January 13th

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:22:06 +0000

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.

See here for more information

Jocelyn Maclure on echo chambers

��VR��Ƶ — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:27:10 +0000

The holder of the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology recently published an article entitled “Que sont les chambres d'écho?”.

Analysis: How the new version of ChatGPT generates hate and disinformation on command

��VR��Ƶ — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:01:50 +0000

Jocelyn Maclure, a philosophy professor and the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology at ��VR��Ƶ was interviewed by CBC News in regards to a Radio-Canada investigation on GPT-4o.

New publication from CEST: Intelligence artificielle générative en enseignement supérieur : enjeux pédagogiques et éthiques

��VR��Ƶ — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 20:58:48 +0000

This report, produced jointly with the Conseil supérieur de l'éducation, proposes 20 recommendations aimed at promoting a judicious use of generative AI in Quebec colleges and universities should a normalization of its use occur.

Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre joins the Jarislowsky Chair as an IVADO postdoctoral fellow

��VR��Ƶ — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 16:43:28 +0000

Congratulations to all the recipients of the IVADO postdoctoral fellowship competition for their outstanding achievements and contributions to our flagship R3AI project for robust, reasoning and responsible AI!

Interdisciplinary Dialogues: The Major Risks of Generative AI

��VR��Ƶ — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 22:51:16 +0000

The current chairholder of the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, Jocelyn Maclure, recently took part in a publication by OBVIA called “Interdisciplinary Dialogues: The Major Risks of Generative AI”.

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

��VR��Ƶ — 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.

Interview: “Les secrets de ‘La mafia médicale’: Le prix de la liberté”

��VR��Ƶ — 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.

Interview: Jocelyn Maclure et les choix éthiques de l'IA

��VR��Ƶ — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:35:11 +0000

In this interview, Jocelyn Maclure, president of the Quebec Commission on Ethics in Science and Technology and professor in the Department of Philosophy at ��VR��Ƶ, discusses the ethical challenges raised by AI, particularly in the context of its increasing democratization. This extensive discussion covers crucial issues such as the need for regulatory oversight, managing algorithmic bias, and the importance of digital and ethical education for the general public.

Radio-Canada Special: L’intelligence artificielle décodée

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 04:07:49 +0000

Artificial intelligence represents a true revolution that could profoundly change our world. For better or for worse? Patrice Roy explores this question in « L’intelligence artificielle décodée », a two-hour special broadcast live from the Maison de Radio-Canada in front of a studio audience.

Publication of an opinion by the CEST on the ethical challenges of algorithmic management

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 04:05:21 +0000

This opinion continues and expands upon the reflections initiated by the CEST on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) systems on the world of work, focusing this time on the ethical challenges related to the algorithmic management of the workforce.

Jarislowsky Chairholder participates in a workshop on epistemic rights in AI policy

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 04:02:58 +0000

Eindhoven Center for the Philosophy of AI

Workshop on epistemic rights and AI policy (with a focus on explainable AI, LLMs and generative AI, and fairness and accountability).

The ethics of artificial intelligence await the law

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 04:00:59 +0000

Quebec should take the lead and adopt its own legislative framework setting out principles that should govern AI.

Read the article in Policy Options

Nineteen ��VR��Ƶ researchers honoured by the Royal Society of Canada

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 03:57:49 +0000

Today, The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 101 new Fellows and 58 new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. The class of 2023 includes fifteen Fellows and four Members from ��VR��Ƶ, who will be inducted at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement (COEE) on November 16 and 17, in Waterloo, Ontario.

Read more in The ��VR��Ƶ Reporter