At the Learning Planet Institute, we believe in learning transitions through interdisciplinarity, participatory science, collective intelligence and artificial intelligence (AI). We develop scientific theories, methods and tools to study planetary transitions, as well as learning transitions. At the beginning of the year, our seminar on the «Ethics of AI» brought together philosophers, mathematicians, computer scientists and sociologists to study the ethics of large-scale language models (« Large Language Models »or « LLM »).
On January 16 and 17, 2024, the R&D department of the Learning Planet Institute organized a seminar on the ethical dimensions of the answers provided by large-scale language models, such as ChatGPT, to users' sensitive questions and moral dilemmas.
Co-chaired by François Taddei, President of the Learning Planet Institute, and Martin Gibert, the’University of Montreal, The event welcomed 30 philosophers, mathematicians, computer scientists and sociologists, personally invited for the occasion. Every participant was eager to contribute and take part in the interactive presentations, hands-on sessions and in-depth discussions on the subject.
The two days produced excellent results. The general consensus was positive. Yes, we can learn ethics from AI, and the joint evolution of human ethics and AI ethics is key to the future of our planet.
Click here for a preview of the event:
A thought-provoking discussion at the latest LearningPlanet festival
The LearningPlanet festival is an annual event where students, teachers, academics, artists and innovators turn learning into a means of promoting a fairer, more ecological society. For this fifth edition, we explored the latest trends in education, as well as new learning models. To mark International Education Day, panelists and participants embarked on a journey into the ethical dimension of major language models, a discussion fueled by the seminar previously organized on this theme at the Institute.
Take a moment to listen to the recorded video here:
About the Learning Transitions Research Unit (UR LT)
The Learning Transitions Research Unit (UR LT) embodies the research component of the collaboration established in 2023 between CY Cergy Paris Université and the Learning Planet Institute.
Hosted on the Learning Planet Institute campus, based in Paris, the UR LT aims to develop scientific theories, methods and tools, based on interdisciplinarity, participatory sciences, collective intelligence and artificial intelligence, with a view to developing systemic approaches to planetary transitions.
The UR LT's vocation is to host researchers, for a fixed period of time, in order to set up interdisciplinary research projects with other researchers sharing the same interests around transitions.
