Phillip H. Kieval
Philosopher of AI. University of Guelph.
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Universisty of Guelph.
I primarily work on the philosophy of artificial intelligence. Much of my current research concerns the ethical and epistemological consequences of the increasingly widespread application of AI in science. I am also interested in what artificial neural networks can teach us about the architecture of the mind. While my research is grounded in the philosophy of science and cognitive science, I have additional interests in social-political philosophy, value theory, and the history of philosophy, especially where these areas intersect with aspects of machine learning.
Before coming to Guelph, I was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Florida. I did my PhD in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge where I was a Gates Cambridge Scholar.