Jordi Vallverdú
ICREA Acadèmia Researcher, I do research on Philosophy of Computing, with special interest on Synthetic Emotions, cognition and the epistemology of computer science (simulations, proofs, e-science,....).
I work as Tenured-Assistant Professor
I hold AQU certification: Full Professor/Recerca Avançada/Catedrático
Degrees:
B.Phil, B.Mus, MSc, Ph.D.
Address: Philosophy Department
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
Catalonia
I work as Tenured-Assistant Professor
I hold AQU certification: Full Professor/Recerca Avançada/Catedrático
Degrees:
B.Phil, B.Mus, MSc, Ph.D.
Address: Philosophy Department
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
Catalonia
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Ethical design of artificial intelligence-based systems for decisionmaking
Ethical design of artificial intelligence-based systems for decisionmaking
para el desarrollo interdisciplinario del autor, fusionando filosofía y didáctica de la ciencia. La guía de Izquierdo no solo enriqueció la investigación del autor sobre controversias científicas, sino que también lo introdujo en el mundo de la educación cientíica, demostrando el valor del pensamiento crítico y la interdisciplinariedad. El legado de Mercè Izquierdo se manifiesta en el contínuo impacto de sus enseñanzas y la formación de un número significativo de discípulos agradecidos.
One of the more fundamental challenges for AI experts is to design machines that can understand the world, identifying the basic rules that govern reality. Statistics are powerful and fundamental for this process, but they are only one of the necessary tools. Counterfactual thinking is the other part of the necessary process that will help machines to become intelligent. This book explains the paths that can lead to algorithmic causality.
It is essential reading for those who are not afraid of thinking at the interface of various academic disciplines or fields (AI, machine learning, philosophy, neuroscience, anthropology, psychology, computer sciences), and who are interested in the analysis of causal thinking and the ways in which cognitive systems (natural or artificial) can act in order to understand their environment.
Professor Vallverdú is currently working on biomimetic cognitive architectures and multicognitive systems. His research has explored two main areas: epistemology and cognition. Since his early Ph.D. research on epistemic controversies, he has analyzed several aspects of computational epistemology.
His latest research has focused on the causal challenges of machine learning techniques, particularly deep learning. One of his most promising advances is statistics meets causal graph reasoning (via Directed Acyclic Graphs), which still has several conceptual paths that need to be explored and identified. Counterfactual reasoning is a fundamental part of these open debates, which are under the analysis of Prof. Vallverdú.
His current research is supported as part of the following projects: GEHUCT and ICREA Acadèmia.
2019). Such incompleteness in human thinking can be analyzed in all kinds of fields,
and the judical and law spheres are not free from that characteristic. Therefore,
new advances in such fields like computational law (HILDEBRANDT, 2017), legal
informatics, legal analytics, computational legal theory, AI Law, and engineering law (HOWARTH, 2013), among others, are biased in a different set of possibilities. Although it is affirmed that such computational technologies will bring transparency, justice, equity, and clarity to citizens, I have identified several challenges to completing such promises. I will explore them under four categories: Design Biases, Wrong causal models, Failed automatization, and Non-universality of Justice models.
bias: universal emotions. A real analysis of emotions in real health procedures shows
a completely different perspective: emotional responses in medical practices are
heavily culturally mediated. Therefore, situated and multicultural approaches must
be implemented into medical practices, taking special care of emotional variations.
Considering the fundamental role of emotional wellbeing for the good recovery and
health advances of options, such variability must be identified and implemented.
Here is suggested a way of applying such advice.
Vallverdú, J. (2017) “La filosofía japonesa en sus textos. Ed. por J. W. Heisig, T. P. Kasulis y J. C. Maraldo; edición española a cargo de Raquel Bouso García Barcelona, Herder Editorial, 2016. 1.352 pág. €49,80. isbn: 978- 8-4254-3319-1.”, European Journal of Japanese Philosophy, 2: 373-376.