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- The Department of Philosophy is now offering an online certificate in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Employers in many industries are actively seeking employees who have experience grappling with the risks and ethical questions posed by artificial intelligence. The Ethics of AI... Read full story Department of Philosophy Launches Ethics of AI Certificate
- The Department of Philosophy is conducting an open search, with respect to subject matter, for a full-time, 9-month appointment, tenure system assistant/associate/full professor of philosophy. Read full story Illinois Philosophy is Seeking an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Philosophy
- The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that we’ve added two new online courses on artificial intelligence in the fall semester: PHIL 440: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and PHIL 442: The AI Revolution. Both courses meet in the second half of the fall semester (October 21-December 11... Read full story Two New Online Courses on Artificial Intelligence for Fall 2024 Semester
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Alumni Spotlight: Maggie Wave (University Administration)
Maggie Wave is the Senior Regional Director at Washington University in St. Louis. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 2012 with degrees in Philosophy and Political Science.
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Faculty Spotlight: Kevin Scharp
Professor Kevin Scharp is a Professor of Philosophy, with broad research interests in the philosophy of language, meta-ethics, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, theories of truth, the philosophy of science, and the history of analytic philosophy. He is widely considered a world leader in the fertile research program of “conceptual engineering,” which recommends that philosophers not just analyze concepts but also assess their worth and suggest replacement of those that are defective.