Abstract
The Hong Kong philosopher Yuk Hui (b. 1985) is one of the leading contemporary thinkers in the field of technology and on its impact on social and political transformation in the planetary age.
His latest book, Kant Machine: Critical Philosophy After AI, addresses the fundamental questions of the possibility of knowledge raised by Immanuel Kant. The author proposes to revise Kant’s critical project at an age when human knowledge is being reframed by the explosive growth of AI-related technologies.
AI is regarded as one of the greatest challenges to Western metaphysics, particularly to the line of thought inspired by Kant, which focuses on the possibility of knowledge, the foundations of morals, and the prospects for perpetual peace.
Kant Machine consists of three parts: the first part addresses the question of whether AI can be ‘intelligent’, the second discusses whether it is capable of being ‘moral’, and the third part examines the possibility of realising Kant’s project of the peaceful resolution of conflicts.
The philosophers Petar Bojanić, Sanja Bojanić, Masumi Nagasaka and Evgeny Blinov will take part in the discussion with the author.
Profile
Yuk Hui is Professor of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam and director of its Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Technology. Originally trained in computer engineering in Hong Kong, he completed his PhD under Bernard Stiegler at Goldsmiths, University of London, and later earned his Habilitation in philosophy from Leuphana University Lüneburg. Hui is the author of major works on technology and philosophy, including On the Existence of Digital Objects and The Question Concerning Technology in China, and has led the Research Network for Philosophy and Technology since 2014.
Programme
Friday, 5 June 2026
16:15 – 16:20 Opening
16:20 – 16:40 Masumi Nagasaka,
The Epigenesis of Reason Faced with Antinomies:
A Brief Introduction to Yuk Hui’s Kant Machine
16:40 – 17:00 Petar Bojanić,
AI and Philosophy. Stiegler’s intuitions
17:00 – 17:20 Evgeny Blinov
17:20 – 17:30 Break
17:30 – 18:00 Sanja Bojanić,
From Hallucination to Protocol:
Stiegler, Hui, and the Infrastructures of Agency
18:00 – 18:40 Yuk Hui
18:40 – 19:40 Discussion (Questions and Answers)
19:40 – 19:45 Closing
Speaker
Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Discussants
Petar Bojanić / Evgeny Blinov / Sanja Bojanić / Masumi Nagasaka
Date & Time
Friday, 5 June 2026, 16:15 – 19:45
Venue
Building 26, Basement, Multi-purpose lecture room,
Waseda Campus, Waseda University
Prospective Audience
Students, Graduate students, Faculty members, Research members, General Participants
Language
English
Organiser
Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) / School of International Liberal Studies (SILS)
Registration
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