Invited Talks (selected)
05 April 2024. Panel member in The BOX Panel and Opening Event, 2024 Edinburgh Science Festival, Inspace, April 2024. 21 March 2024. `What is the Value of Generative AI for Creativity?', Leith. Creative Agency. 12 October 2023. 'Toward Human-Centred Co-Creativity with Technology', Design Informatics Webinar, The University of Edinburgh. 17 May 2023. `Imagination, Creativity, and Agency', Conference: Imagination and Creativity, Geneva, Switzerland. 25 March 2023. `Hybrid Creativity: AI and the Future of Creative Industries', First Summit of the Alumni del Collegio Superiore, Università di Bologna. 16 June 2022. 'Shared Agency and Causation in Human-AI Interaction Dynamics', Conference on Formal Models of Causation in Law, ZeRdiT centre, University of Hamburg. 10 June 2022. Discussion Group on Causal Reasoning and Creativity, 2022 Edition of the CapoCaccia Workshops toward Neuromorphic Intelligence, Alghero. 25 April 2022. 'Artificial Creativity: Promises and Challenges’, Guest lecture for the course on Philosophy of Technology and AI, led by Luca Possati, University of Porto (online). 22 April 2022. ‘From Availability to Interaction’, Impulse Talk at the International Colloquium of the Centre for Human Data Society, University of Konstanz. 15 March 2022. 'Causal Representation: Toward a More Robust Artificial Intelligence'. Research Colloquium on Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, University of Bern. 18 February 2021. 'What’s the Point of Machine Art? Reflecting on AI Art and its Discontents’, Scottish Aesthetics Forum Talk, University of Edinburgh, online. 8 January 2021. 'Disclosing Musical Works’ Meaning: A Comment on Dodd’s “Being True to Works of Music”’, American Philosophical Association Eastern Meeting 2021, online. |
Other Selected Talks
19 October 2023. 'AI and Art: Non-Human, Still Human, or All Too Human?', 7th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC), Warsaw, Poland (presented by Oreste Campagner).
24 March 2023. `The Generative Revolution: How AI will Transform Creativity', KI Camp 2023, online.
13 March 2023. 'The Role of Embodiment in Perceptions of Creativity' (poster), Interdisciplinary College 2023}, Möhnesee-Günne, Germany.
29 September 2022. 'Prediction: An Algorithmic Principle Meeting Neuroscience and Machine Learning Halfway', 3rd International Workshop on Human-Like Computing at the 2nd International Joint Conference on Learning & Reasoning (IJCLR) 2022.
7 July 2022. 'Perceptions of Creativity in Artistic and Scientific Processes’, Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, Coimbra.
30 June 2022. 'The (Artificial) Physicality of Creativity: How Embodiment Influences Perceptions of Creativity’, International Conference on Computational Creativity 2022, Bozen.
3 February 2022. 'Climbing the Ladder: How Agents Reach Counterfactual Thinking', 14th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, online.
28 September 2021. 'Reaching Out-of-Distribution Generalization Through Robustness’, 4th Conference on "Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence", online.
7 June 2021. ‘Is Artistic Creativity Necessarily Human?’, XPhiEU2021, online.
8 April 2021. ‘On the Relevance of Understanding for Creativity’, AISB2021, online.
20 March 2021. ‘Everyone Can Change a Musical Work’, American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting, online.
8 July 2020. ‘Humans Don’t Like AI Art’, xCoAx Conference: 8th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, online.
12 June 2019. ‘Intentionality and Creativity in AI-generated Music’, Ernst Mach Workshop: Posthumanism, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague.
16 April 2019. ‘AI-Generated Music: Creativity and Autonomy’, Philosophy After AI: Language, Imagination, and Creativity Symposium, AISB Convention 2019, Falmouth University.
15 April 2019. ‘Generative Adversarial Networks as a Creative Model of Music Composition’, British Society of Aesthetics Connections conference 2019: Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences, Bristol.
26 July 2018, 'Robo-Bach: Can Artificial Intelligence Be Musically Creative?', Creativity in the Arts, Science, and Mind conference, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge.
5 April 2018, 'Authenticity in Practice: An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity', ASA Pacific Meeting, Asilomar, California, U.S.
20 May 2017, ‘A Revisionary Account of Musical Improvisation and Authenticity within Musical Stage Theory’, Conference on Authenticity versus Improvisation in the Philosophy of Music, University of Bern, Switzerland.
15 October 2016, ‘A Defence of Musical Stage Theory’, Arché 9th Graduate Conference, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
24 May 2016, ‘An Alternative Account for the Ontology of Musical Works: Musical Stage Theory’, McGill Philosophy Workshop, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
19 October 2023. 'AI and Art: Non-Human, Still Human, or All Too Human?', 7th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC), Warsaw, Poland (presented by Oreste Campagner).
24 March 2023. `The Generative Revolution: How AI will Transform Creativity', KI Camp 2023, online.
13 March 2023. 'The Role of Embodiment in Perceptions of Creativity' (poster), Interdisciplinary College 2023}, Möhnesee-Günne, Germany.
29 September 2022. 'Prediction: An Algorithmic Principle Meeting Neuroscience and Machine Learning Halfway', 3rd International Workshop on Human-Like Computing at the 2nd International Joint Conference on Learning & Reasoning (IJCLR) 2022.
7 July 2022. 'Perceptions of Creativity in Artistic and Scientific Processes’, Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, Coimbra.
30 June 2022. 'The (Artificial) Physicality of Creativity: How Embodiment Influences Perceptions of Creativity’, International Conference on Computational Creativity 2022, Bozen.
3 February 2022. 'Climbing the Ladder: How Agents Reach Counterfactual Thinking', 14th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, online.
28 September 2021. 'Reaching Out-of-Distribution Generalization Through Robustness’, 4th Conference on "Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence", online.
7 June 2021. ‘Is Artistic Creativity Necessarily Human?’, XPhiEU2021, online.
8 April 2021. ‘On the Relevance of Understanding for Creativity’, AISB2021, online.
20 March 2021. ‘Everyone Can Change a Musical Work’, American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting, online.
8 July 2020. ‘Humans Don’t Like AI Art’, xCoAx Conference: 8th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, online.
12 June 2019. ‘Intentionality and Creativity in AI-generated Music’, Ernst Mach Workshop: Posthumanism, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague.
16 April 2019. ‘AI-Generated Music: Creativity and Autonomy’, Philosophy After AI: Language, Imagination, and Creativity Symposium, AISB Convention 2019, Falmouth University.
15 April 2019. ‘Generative Adversarial Networks as a Creative Model of Music Composition’, British Society of Aesthetics Connections conference 2019: Creativity Across the Arts and Sciences, Bristol.
26 July 2018, 'Robo-Bach: Can Artificial Intelligence Be Musically Creative?', Creativity in the Arts, Science, and Mind conference, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge.
5 April 2018, 'Authenticity in Practice: An Ontological Justification for Contextual Authenticity', ASA Pacific Meeting, Asilomar, California, U.S.
20 May 2017, ‘A Revisionary Account of Musical Improvisation and Authenticity within Musical Stage Theory’, Conference on Authenticity versus Improvisation in the Philosophy of Music, University of Bern, Switzerland.
15 October 2016, ‘A Defence of Musical Stage Theory’, Arché 9th Graduate Conference, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
24 May 2016, ‘An Alternative Account for the Ontology of Musical Works: Musical Stage Theory’, McGill Philosophy Workshop, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.