AIM-LIFT:
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Interdisciplinary Forum for Theory

We are a reading and discussion group on AI & machine learning and their social, political, and scientific implications. We meet by Zoom every 1st and 3rd Tuesday, from 12pm-1pm, to discuss pre-circulated papers and articles. Researchers and professionals with interests in AI & machine learning are welcome to participate.

Zoom link:
https://morganstate.zoom.us/j/98897246926

Tuesday, June 4, 12:00pm-1:00pm: 
Topic: Attributions of consciousness to LLMs
(1) Colombatto & Fleming, “Folk psychological attributions of consciousness to large language models” (2024)
(2) Chalmers, “Could Large Language Models be Conscious?” (2022)
[Thanks to Daniel Brunson for recommending (1).]

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The AI-ML Interdisciplinary Forum for Theory (AIM-LIFT) Mission Statement:
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly evolving with still uncharted benefits and costs. Steering a course for an AI in society, and society alongside AI, demands technical competence and theoretical imaginativeness that is still too rare. AIM-LIFT contributes to better AI futures through technically informed and theoretically sophisticated discussion of AI/ML in its full context, drawn from multiple disciplines, skills, and backgrounds.

We meet on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month, from 12pm-1pm, by Zoom to discuss pre-circulated papers. Someone gives a short introduction to the papers (5-10 minutes) and the group discusses. 

AIM-LIFT is co-organized by
Gabriella Waters (gabriella.waters@morgan.edu) and
Phillip Honenberger (jaywilliam.honenberger@morgan.edu), both at
CEAMLS (the Center for Equitable AI & ML Systems) at Morgan State University.
The group is hosted by CEAMLS.