Speaker Series 2025
What’s new for 2025?
Sessions aligned with Colloquium topic.
New Ways to Participate
- Interactive Sessions ($99): Engage with the speaker and fellow participants through live chat, Q&A, and dynamic discussions.
- Livestream ($50): Access the session conveniently from anywhere, with the flexibility to learn at your own pace.
Reserve Your Spot
Our first session will be on February 22, 2025 at 2PM CT and will feature renowned philosopher Dr. Peter Steeves. He will explore the intersections of Human Intelligence, AI, and Personhood. Reserve your spot to join the conversation on intelligence.
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Dr. Peter Steeves is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Director Emeritus of the Humanities Center at DePaul University, specializing in phenomenology, ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of science. A prolific scholar, he has authored 11 books, including The Things Themselves: Phenomenology and the Return to the Everyday and Being and Showtime, with five additional works forthcoming. Steeves has published over 140 book chapters and articles and delivered more than 220 public and academic lectures worldwide.
Steeves’ achievements include a U.S. Presidential Medallion, a Senior Fulbright Fellowship, and numerous teaching excellence awards. He has held visiting positions at Stanford University and the University of Zulia, Venezuela, and has collaborated with NASA on astrobiology research and Google Energy’s GREEN Project. His work explores cosmology, astrobiology, and the origins of life and the universe.
Beyond academia, Steeves is an accomplished artist, musician, and performer. Known for his “lecture-performances,” he blends scholarly insights with music, theater, and audience engagement, delivering thought-provoking experiences worldwide. His work has been featured in galleries, museums, and media outlets like CNN, NPR, and The L.A. Times. More details about his work can be found here.
Theme
HI, AI, & Personhood
We are told that A.I. is the future, whether we want it or not. Such an ethically and politically questionable assumption aside, it makes sense for us to think about what, exactly, we are creating when we strive to create Artificial Intelligence. Is technologically-manufactured intelligence different at all from human intelligence? Is an A.I. that is conscious automatically a person (with moral standing)? What, in fact, is consciousness? And, indeed, what is a person?
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