Research Unit for Robophilosophy and Integrative Social Robotics

Robophilosophy Conference 2024

PROGRAM SCHEDULE RP2024

NOTE: All times are local Aarhus times (CEST).  The conference has 4-5 parallel tracks which all take place in lectures halls (auditoria) and workshop rooms in building 1441 (in rooms 011, 110, 112, 113, and 210). All sessions are streamed for remote participantion, and recorded to later viewing.

TUESDAY August 20, 2024

11:00 - 12:30 | Conference Foyer (Building 1441) 

REGISTRATION

 

12:30 - 12:45  | Auditorium 1 (1441-011)

WELCOME by Maja Horst, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Aarhus University

Welcome by the conference organizers Johanna Seibt, Peter Fazekas, and Oliver Quick

12:45 -14:00 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011)

PLENARY SESSION 1

Wendell Wallach: Re-Envisioning Ethics - From Moral Machines to Extensive Regulation

14:10-16:25 | Auditorium 2 (1441-112)

Session 1: Cultural Impact and Techno-Politics

14:10-14:40 | O. Sushchenko (...)

Losing Human Identity: Current Threats and Challenges

14:45 - 15:15  Dane Leigh Gogoshin 

AI and Agendas

15:20 - 15:50 | Jakob Stenseke

Optipolitics: Is Politics an Optimization Problem?

15:55 - 16:25 | Luca Possati

The Historical and Geopolitical Limit of Responsible Innovation

14:10 - 16:25 | Workshop Room 1 (1441-110)

Workshop 1: Physical and Digital GenAI Avatars

Presentations with extended discussion period.

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14:10 - 16:25 | Auditorium 3 (1441-113)

Workshop 2: Getting comfortable with robots: Artificial phronesis, inner speech, and sociomorphing

Panel presentations with extended discussion period.

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14:10-16:25 | Workshop Room 2 (1441-210)

Workshop 3: Can Robots Care and Be Trusted?

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16:25-16:45 | Foyer

COFFEE BREAK

16:45-18:00 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011)

PLENARY SESSION 2

Keynote: Sherry Turkle: Who Do We Become When We Talk to Machines?

Interlocutors: Kerstin Fischer and Bertram Malle

18:00 - 19:00 | Foyer

RECEPTION

WEDNESDAY August 21, 2024

8:30 - 9:00 | Conference Foyer (Building 1441) | REGISTRATION (onsite registration possible)

 

9:00 - 10:15 | Auditorium 1 (Building 1441, Room 011)

PLENARY SESSION 3

Anthony Elliot: May AI Be With You - Agency and Automation in the Age of Algorithmic Modernity

10:15 - 10:25 |  Foyer | COFFEE ON THE GO

10:25 - 12:05 | Auditorium 2 (1441-112)

Session 2: Methodology

10:25 - 10:55 | Daniel Estrada

Can A Robot Hand Grasp?

11:00 - 11:30 | Tom Poljanšek

A Dynamic Situation Ontology for Social Robotics

11:35 - 12:05 | Michael Funk

The Role of Personal Knowledge in Social robotics and its Ethics

10:25 – 12:05 | Auditorium 3 (1441-113)

Session 3: Responsibility and Moral Standing

10:25 - 10:55 | Jörg Löschke

Moral Obligations Towards Social Robots

11:00 - 11:30 | M. Hadi Fazeli

Praising and Blaming Robots

11:35 - 12:05 | Z. O’Reilly (...)

Justifications of Moral Responsibility Attributions Towards a Humanoid Robot

10:25 - 12:05 | Workshop Room 1 (1441-110)

Workshop 4: Social Robots in Mental Health Care

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10:25 -12:05 | Workshop Room 2 (1441-210)

Workshop 5: Robots as People – Theoretical Approaches, Ethics, and Design

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12:05 – 12:50 | Foyer

LUNCH BREAK

12:50 – 13:30 | Auditorium 2 (1441–112)

ART SESSION 1

Kristina Eiviler: Transmission: Revisited

12:50 – 13:30 | Auditorium 3 (1441–113)

ART SESSION 2

Janina Bower, John Slowik: PanOpt Industries

13:35 – 14:05 | Auditorium 2 (1441-112)

Session 4: Sociality in Human-Robot Interactions

13:35 – 14:05  | J. Contro, M. Brandao

Interaction Minimalism (...)

14:10 – 14:40 | L. Levinson, E. McGraw (...)

A Spectrum of Perceived Sociality  (...)

14:45 – 15:15  | R. Gigandet, T. Nazir

Inferring Human Perception of Robots through Event-Related Brain Potentials

13:35 – 16:35 | Auditorium 3 (1441-113)

Session 5: Emotion and Empathy in Human-Robot Interaction

13:35 – 14:05 | J. Stenseke, A. Tagesson

The Prospects of Artificial Empathy (...)

14:10 – 14:40 | Heike Felzmann

Customisable Social Robots – User Agency and Relational Experience

14:45 – 15:15 | Leda Berio

Normativity and Scripts in Human Robot Interaction

13:35 – 16:35 | Workshop Room 1 (1441-110)

Workshop 6: Robots in Groups

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13:35 –  16:35 | Workshop Room 2 (1441-210)

Workshop 7: Death by Algorithm – The Frontier of Algorithmic Killing

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15:15 – 15:30 | FOYER

COFFEE BREAK

15:30 - 16:35 | Auditorium 2 (1441-112)

Session 6: Care and Education

15:30 – 16:00 | N. C. Mossfeldt Nickelsen

Assemblage of Autonomy and Assemblage of Dependency (...)

16:05 – 16:35  | C. Zhou, E. Marchetti

Creativity and Care in Participatory Design of Social Robots

Session 5 continued...

15:30 – 16:00 | C. Chesher, J. Humphrey

Service – From A Robot's Perspective

16:05 – 16:35  | Ruby Hornsby

Me and My Friend, The Robot – On Recognising Our (Apparent) Mutual Love

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16:35 – 17:00 | Foyer

REFRESHMENTS

17:00-18:15 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011)

PLENARY SESSION 4

David Chalmers: Does Generative AI Extend the Mind?

Moderator: Anna Strasser // Interlocutors:  Susanna Schellenberg and Eric Schwitzgebel

20:30  - 21:30 | The Concert Hall of Aarhus / Musikhuset, Rytmisk sal

THEATRE PERFORMANCE:   REPLIK_A

For the purchase of tickets for this unique performance please see homepage.

THURSDAY August 22, 2024

8:30 - 9:00 | Conference Foyer (Building 1441) | REGISTRATION (onsite registration possible)

9:00 - 10:15 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011)

PLENARY SESSION 5

Emily Cross: Mind Meets Machine  – Neurocognitive Perspectives on Human-Robot Interaction

10:15 - 10:25 |  Foyer | COFFEE ON THE GO

10:25 - 12:05 | Auditorium 2 (1441-112)

Session 7: Robots in Healthcare

10:25 - 10:55 | M. Szondy, A. Zsila (...)

Artificial Intelligence in Psychotherapy (...)

11:00 - 11:30 | A. Dobrosovestnova (...)

Digital Shadows (...)

11:35 - 12:05  | S. Jarske (...)

“Maybe it Knows More Than Us” (...)

10:25 – 12:05 | Auditorium 3 (1441-113)

Session 8: Trust in Artificial Agents

10:25 - 10:55  | M. Undrum Smidt (...)

How Good Are We at Assessing the Trustworthiness of LLMs?

11:00 - 11:30 | L. Espinosa-Leal

On the meaning of trust, reasons of fear and the metaphors of AI (...)

11:35 – 12:05  | P. Salvini (...)

On Robots with Reasoning Capabilities (...)

10:25 - 12:05 | Session Room 1 (1441-110)

Session 9: Risk and Responsible Innovation

10:25 – 10:55 | Glenda Hannibal

A Metaphilosophical Analysis of the Trolley Problem (...)

11:00 – 11:30  | Naonori Kodate

Welfare technology developers’ views concerning responsible innovation (...)

11:35 - 12:05  | K. Zawieska (...)

Responsible Innovation 'bottom-up'? (...)

10:25 -12:05 | Workshop Room 2 (1441-210)

Workshop 8: Mind (And) the Robot: On the Epistemology and Ethics of the Attribution of Mental States to Robots

Presentations  with extended discussion period.

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12:05 – 12:50 | Foyer

LUNCH BREAK

12:50 – 13:30 | Auditorium 2 (1441–112) | Oliver Schürer 

ART SESSION 3

YouAI -- A Dance and Word Performance

12:50 – 13:30 | Auditorium 3 (1441–112) | Dylan Cawthorne

ART SESSION 4

(...) Cyborg Plants with Biological Intelligence (Sculptures + Performance) 

13:35 – 17:10 | Auditorium 2 (1441-112)

Session 10: Consciousness, Autonomy, and Meaning

13:35 – 14:05 | Jeeloo Liu

Could Social Robots without Phenomenology Be Morally Competent to Handle Moral Dilemmas?

14:10 – 14:40  | M. Beghili (...)

Ethical Perspectives on Natural Autonomy and Artificial Autonomy

14:45 – 15:15  | Jan Wasserziehr

The Moral Ambiguity of the AI Consciousness Debate

13:35 – 15:15 | Auditorium 3 (1441-113)

Session 11: Responsible Design 

13:35 – 14:05 | Lena Fiedler

Ethical Implications of Stereotyping Robots in Public Spaces

14:10 – 14:40  | Elodie Malbois

Beyond Value-Based Design (...)

14:45 – 15:15  | Samantha Stedtler

(...) Social Identity, Robot Errors and Blame Attribution

13:35 – 17:10 | Workshop Room 1 (1441-110)

Workshop 9: The Social Significance of Human Effort - What Are the Para­meters For Positive Human-Robot Interaction In the Context of Industry 5.0?

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13:35 –  17:10 | Workshop Room 2 (1441-210)

Workshop 10: Robot Rights - From Theory to Practice

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15:15 – 15:30 | FOYER

COFFEE BREAK

Session 10 continued...

15:30 – 16:00 CEST | Benjamin Gaskin

Symbol Grounding In The Age of LLMs (...)

16:05 – 16:35  | S. Bringsjord (...)

Robot Cognition That (...) Solves the Symbol Grounding Problem

16:40 – 17:10  | S. Incao (...)

A Roadmap for Embodied and Social Grounding in LLMs

15:30 - 17:10 | Auditorium 3 (1441-113)

Session 12: Case Studies

15:30 – 16:00 CEST | Naonori Kodate

An Irish ‘Traveling’ Air-Purification Robot In a Care Home in Tokyo (...)​​​​​​​

16:05 – 16:35  | Naonori Kodate

Assessing the Impact of Transfer Robots on Care Work (...)

16:40 – 17:10  | K. Kühne (...)

Robots at Arm's Length (...)

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17:10 – 17:30 | Foyer

REFRESHMENTS

17:30 - 18:45 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011)

PLENARY SESSION 6

Melanie Mitchell: AI's Challenge to Understanding the World

Moderator: Raja Chatila // Interlocutors: Selmer Bringsjord and Robin Zebrowski

19:30 - 22:00 | AROS Art Museum, Rooftop Restaurant

CONFERENCE DINNER

FRIDAY August 23, 2024

8:30 - 9:00 | Conference Foyer (Building 1441) | REGISTRATION (onsite registration possible)

9:00 - 10:40 | Auditorium 2 (1441-112)

Session 13: Perceptions of Robots

9:00 - 9:30 | S. Ivanov (...)

Robots Should Be Slaves (...)

9:35 - 10:05  | Hyungrae Noh

Folk Understanding of Artificial Moral Agency

10:10 - 10:40  | Fiorella Battaglia

Dehumanization (...)

9:00 – 10:40 | Auditorium 3 (1441-113)

Session 14: Future Responsibilities

9:00 - 9:30  | Marc Champagne

“Responsibility” Plus “Gap” Equals “Problem”

9:35 - 10:05  | Arzu Formanek

Versatile Interactions with Robotic Affordances (...)

10:10 – 10: 40  | S. S. Hansen (...)

Captivation Lures and Social Robots

9:00 – 10:40 | Session Room 1 (1441-110)

Session 15: Future Human-Robot Relations

9:00 – 9:30  | Ceyda Yolgormez 

Robo Ludens: A Playful Conception of Social

9:35 – 10:05  | L. Klautzer (...)

Changing the Narrative (...)

10:10 – 10: 40  | Nello Barile

Performative Ontologies and Phygital Fetishism (...)

9:00 – 10:50 | Workshop Room 2 (1441-210)

Workshop 11: Rethinking (Human) Bodies in HRI--Embodied Interactions Every Day

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10:40 – 10:55 | FOYER

COFFEE BREAK

10:55 - 12:00 | Auditorium 2 (1441-112)

Session 16: Future Robots

10:55 - 11:25  | Oliver Bendel 

The Universal Robot of the 21st Century

11:30 - 12:00  | A. Clodic (...)

Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Humans (...)

10:55 – 12:00 | Auditorium 3 (1441-113)

Session 17: Future Values

10:55 - 11:25 | Karen Lancaster

Time, Effort, Skill, and Creative Thought   (...)

11:30 - 12:00  | John Sullins

Open Discussion: Balancing Innovation with Ethical Considerations in AI Development

10:55 – 12:00 | Session Room 1 (1441-110)

Session 18: Limitations

10:55 - 11:25  | Nathaniel Gan

Learning the logic of simulation

11:30 - 12:00  | Anders Lisdorf

The Hard Problem of AI and the Possibility of Social Robots

10:55 – 12:00 | Workshop Room 2 (1441-210)

Workshop 12: AI needs a Prefrontal Cortex (and steps towards generating one)

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12:00 - 12:50 | Foyer

LUNCH BREAK

12:50 - 15:30 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011)

PLENARY SESSION: Human Futures with Social Robotics

12:50 - 13:30 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011) 

Plenary Session 7

Carme Torras: Robots in healthcare--Interdisciplinary Co-Design and Technoethics Education

Moderator: Raul Hakli // Interlocutors: Chunfang Zhou and Alan Winfield

13:30 – 13:50 | FOYER

COFFEE BREAK 

13:50 - 14:30 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011)

Plenary Session 8

Hiroshi Ishiguro: AI Avatars and the Future Society

Moderator: Ryuji Yamazaki // Interlocutors: Raja Chatila and Mihaela Constantinescu

14:40 - 15:30 | Auditorium 1 (1441-011) 

Concluding Panel Discussion

Panelists:  Raja Chatila, Kerstin Fischer, David Gunkel, Bertram Malle, Robert Sparrow, John Sullins and Alan Winfield

15:30 - 16:00 | Foyer

FAREWELL 

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Johanna Seibt