Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR}

Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR}

The Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR} was established in 2022 with funding from a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (Prof. Vincent C. Müller) at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU, est. 1742). At PAIR, we do philosophy on themes related to AI, particularly philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, epistemology, normative ethics, meta-ethics, and political/cultural philosophy. In our research, we aim for intellectual progress and societal impact. PAIR aims to develop a positive societal vision for AI; and it aims to develop a positive vision for philosophy in the era of AI and computing.

PAIR has a world-wide network of collaborations with other prominent centres in our field. This includes exchange of visiting fellows, workshops and conferences, invited speakers, a journal, a society, mailing lists, joint publications, joint funding initiatives, etc. We also cooperate closely with colleagues in AI, as well as in the social sciences and the cognitive sciences.

The team at PAIR consists of a dozen researchers, half pre-doc and half post-doc, plus administrators and visiting fellows. We offer a stimulating, supportive and pleasant research environment at our state-of-the-art offices. We share a building in the centre of beautiful Erlangen with departments on AI, Data Science, Medical Informatics, and Digital Humanities and Social Sciences. The working language at PAIR is English.

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