The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Network Talks (PAINT) is a biweekly international online seminar series that connects philosophers working on normative aspects of AI, including moral and political philosophy, philosophy of science and technology, epistemology, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and aesthetics.
We are hosting a two-day in-person workshop at University of Toronto on September 25th and 26th, 2026. We invite submissions of abstracts for contributed talks and self-nominations for commenters.
The theme of the workshop is Philosophy of AI and Science. We welcome papers on any philosophical aspect of artificial intelligence, including but not limited to philosophy of science, epistemology of science, philosophy of mind, metascience. We are interested in work that engages with both foundational questions about the nature of AI applications in science and normative questions about its development, deployment, and regulation.
Invited Speakers:
Rosa Cao (Stanford University)
Jamee Elder (Tufts University)
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Submission Guidelines: Abstracts should be no more than 500 words and should clearly describe the main question, argument, and contribution of the paper. Abstracts should be prepared for anonymous review (no identifying information in the document).
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The submission deadline is July 31st, 2026.
Travel Support: Limited funding is available to support travel costs for workshop participants, with priority given to graduate students. Further details will be communicated to authors of accepted abstracts.
Further information: Abstract submissions are due July 31st. Decisions will be communicated by August 7th. Each accepted paper will be assigned a commentator. Accepted speakers must submit full paper drafts by August 31st.
Questions may be directed to karina.vold@utoronto.ca
For a complete list of past seminar presentations see the Talks page.
The seminars are held on Zoom and last 60 minutes. Our seminars will typically have one of the following formats
Format 1: 30 min presentation + 30 min discussion
Format 2: two flash talks, 15 min presentation + 15 min discussion each
Kathleen Creel (Northeastern)
Sina Fazelpour (Northeastern)
Karina Vold (University of Toronto)
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