AI and Fairness:
Authored the philosophical section of an interdisciplinary survey paper with computer scientists from Rutgers and UT Dallas, comparing philosophical and computational conceptions of bias, highlighting points of convergence and divergence.
Griefbots:
Writing a paper on the prudential value of griefbots—technologies designed to replicate deceased loved ones—arguing that such systems can be harmful by obstructing the grieving process, and proposing an alternative technological system called transformative bots to avoid such worries.
AI and Moral Status:
Participated in and helped lead a discussion group examining whether AI can possess moral status, analyzing competing definitions of moral status and applying them to current AI systems.
AI and Loneliness:
Writing a paper arguing that AI cannot meaningfully alleviate loneliness on the grounds that it fails to fulfill the moral obligations between persons required to resolve loneliness.
AI and Interesting Experiences:
Writing a paper on AI’s impact on interesting experiences as a distinct experiential good in older adults, using a case study of a specific technology to assess whether and how AI can promote this good.