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AI, Philosophy and Religion

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

May 13, 2024, University of Warsaw, Poland

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About the Conference

Linking Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy and Religion leads to fascinating outcomes.

AI is opening new paths for philosophical exploration, bringing up key questions about ethics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and even philosophy of religion itself as it evolves. Next, LLM-powered chatbots and visual models create a challenge for religious awareness and religious life, offering new ways to access religious knowledge and possibly enhancing religious experiences. The chatbots also open new analytical perspectives for the analysis of religious discourse, as they can automatically and systematically examine it on different levels, including in such analyses philosophical theories. Finally, philosophy and religion is a source of non-standard theories and concepts which can be a challenge for chatbots, and as such they can be a good material for testing chatbots capacities and performance. At the same time, it is good material to learn how to play with the chatbots, and learn proper prompt engineering skills.

Various topics, new possibilities, astonishing ideas and applications, which should be shared among the scholars who join AI with philosophy or studies on religion. For this reason, we decided to organise a conference “AI, Philosophy and Religion”.

After the successful debates during the workshop “Logic, Religion, and AI” organised on September 7, 2023 as part of the 4th World Congress on Logic and Religion (Sinaia, Romania), we know that such topics are extremely promising and worth being discussed.

Submission

The conference will be in person only. However, we will organise a follow-up webinar soon, so you can still submit papers for the webinar. We also invite all scholars to submit scholarly articles for future journal proceedings.

Venue

The conference will be held at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, which is located in the charming historical part of Warsaw at 3 Krakowskie Przedmiescie Str., in a wonderful area, which in May is full of green and blooming flowers.

Organizers

The institutional organizer of the conference is the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw.

The conference is a part of the project “Testing AI as a Rational Theologian,” which is a part of the University of Oxford project “New Horizons for Science and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe” funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

The organisers also cooperate with the Science Philosophy Religion Foundation.

Organizing Committee


Marcin Trepczyński

Marcin Trepczyński

co-chair

Furkan Ozcelik

Furkan Ozcelik

co-chair

Dawid Przygoński

Dawid Przygoński

member

Stanisław Szeląg

Stanisław Szeląg

member

Program

9.30-9.50REGISTRATION
9.50-10.00OPENING
10.00-10.40Bruno Banelli: The Good, the Bad and the AI: AI News&Overview
10.40-11.15Ines Skelac, Bruno Banelli: A Multidimensional Language Model for Argumentation in Theological Texts
11.15-11.30COFFEE
11.30-12.00Nursena Çetingül, Mehmet Bulgen: Neurolaw in the Age of AI: A Critical Reading from the Perspective of Kalām
12.00-12.30Emilia Kaczmarek: Comparing the Risks of Under-Attributing and Over-Attributing Moral Status to AI
12.30-14.00LUNCH
14.00-14.30Furkan Ozcelik: Exploring Prompts and Identities for the Arguments of God's Existence on LLMs
14.30-15.00Marcin Trepczyński: Skills and Biases of LLM-Powered Chatbots in the Field of Theology and Philosophy
15.00-15.15COFFEE
15.15-15.45Shreyoshi Ghoshray: Cognition, Consciousness, and Common Heritage: AI System's Convergence Difficulty with Human Intelligence
15.45-16.15Roman Krzanowski: What Is Synthetic Philosophy?
16.15-16.30COFFEE
16.30-17.00Stanisław Krajewski: Can AI Take Part in Dialogue?
17.00-17.30Stephen L. Singsit: Reimagining the Sacred: A Theoretical Exploration of AI-Generated Religious Content and Protestant Christianity (Tentative)
17.30-17.45COFFEE
17.45-18.30STUDENT SESSION

Stanisław Szeląg: The Quest for Genuine Artificial Intelligence: What Are We Looking For
Karol Sajnok: From Divine Logic to Quantum Minds: Bridging Theology and Quantum Optical Neural Networks
Dawid Przygoński: Chatbots vs Math, or Rather: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

19.00DINNER

Venue

The conference will be held at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw at 3 Krakowskie Przedmiescie Str. in the centre of Warsaw, Poland, in the main faculty hall (Maria Ossowska Hall, room 116).

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Fees

Fees will cover meals and other organisational expenses.

Accepted speakers who will confirm their participation will be asked to issue a proper fee. They will receive all details necessary for the payment (via bank transfer).

Persons who want to participate as audience and are interested in having meals together with the speakers should also issue fees. They are kindly asked to contact the organisers before the event.

Contact Us

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw

3 Krakowskie Przedmiescie Str, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland

m.trepczynski@uw.edu.pl

furkan.ozcelik@nyu.edu

The conference is financed by the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw.

The conference is a part of the project “Testing AI as a Rational Theologian,” which is a part of the University of Oxford project “New Horizons for Science and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe” funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The organisers also cooperate with the Science Philosophy Religion Foundation.