Can Automated Science and AI Preserve Serendipity in Scientific Inquiry? If Not, Will We Miss It?
Speaker: Prof. Ramón Alvarado
DEIB - Beta Room (Bld. 24)
July 7th, 2025 | 5.00 pm
Contact: Prof. Stefano Canali
DEIB - Beta Room (Bld. 24)
July 7th, 2025 | 5.00 pm
Contact: Prof. Stefano Canali
Sommario
On July 7th, 2025 at 5.00 pm the seminar titled "Can Automated Science and AI Preserve Serendipity in Scientific Inquiry? If Not, Will We Miss It?" will take place at DEIB Beta Room (Building 24).
This talk will focus on the implications that the use of computational methods, such as extractive and generative AI technologies (e.g., ML/LLMs), to automate science have on the presence or absence of serendipity— i.e., the finding of things not sought— in scientific inquiry (Andel, 1994; Arfini et al., 2020; Copeland, 2019; Copeland et al., 2023) and explore the extent to which these implications matter to the aims of science and our scientific epistemology (Lenhard, 2019).
This talk will focus on the implications that the use of computational methods, such as extractive and generative AI technologies (e.g., ML/LLMs), to automate science have on the presence or absence of serendipity— i.e., the finding of things not sought— in scientific inquiry (Andel, 1994; Arfini et al., 2020; Copeland, 2019; Copeland et al., 2023) and explore the extent to which these implications matter to the aims of science and our scientific epistemology (Lenhard, 2019).
Biografia
Ramón Alvarado is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon.
He is interested in the philosophical implications of the design, development and deployment of computational methods and technologies in science and society. In particular, he writes on the philosophy of computer simulations, AI ethics, data Ethics, and the epistemology of science as related to computer technology.
He is interested in the philosophical implications of the design, development and deployment of computational methods and technologies in science and society. In particular, he writes on the philosophy of computer simulations, AI ethics, data Ethics, and the epistemology of science as related to computer technology.
