Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre-Lingnan University

Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre-Lingnan University

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A research centre on global catastrophic and existential risks hosted by the Department of Philosophy at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

10/10/2025

Join us for the Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre's Hybrid Research Seminar: "Maximising Rationality and Saving the Greater Number" by our new colleague Prof. Leora Sung!
๐Ÿ“… Oct 13, 2025 | 4:45-6:15 PM HKT ๐Ÿ“ LKK302 or Zoom (links in the pic)

26/09/2025

Join our own Prof. Peter Hawke for a seminar on โ€œDe Morganโ€™s Laws and Epistemic Languageโ€ on Sep 29, 16:45-18:15 HKT at LKK107 (Lingnan main campus) or via Zoom. All are welcome!

14/09/2025

Join us tomorrow for a hybrid seminar with Prof. Jacob Stegenga (NTU) on "Heart of Science"!
๐Ÿ“… Sep 15, 2025 (Mon)
๐Ÿ•” 16:45โ€“18:15
๐Ÿ“ LKK107 & Zoom
Scan QR or click link to join. All welcome!

All Play and No Work? AI and Existential Unemployment - The Journal of Ethics 13/04/2025

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10892-025-09522-y

New paper by HKCRC fellow Gary O'Brien: โ€˜All Play and No Work? AI and Existential Unemploymentโ€™. Available open access

All Play and No Work? AI and Existential Unemployment - The Journal of Ethics Recent developments in large language models and image generation software raise the possibility that AI systems might one day replace humans in some of the intrinsically valuable work through which humans find meaning in their lives โ€“ work like scientific and philosophical research and the creati...

21/03/2025
07/02/2025

๐Ÿ“ฃใ€๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซใ€‘ ๐๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿค–

The BA (Hons) in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence (BAPAI) is a distinctive senior year programme offered by the Department of Philosophy. It aims to foster a culture of AI literacy and responsibility, enabling graduates to effectively engage with the philosophical and ethical issues surrounding new AI technologies. Join us to enhance your critical thinking skills and debate the most pressing issues on the nature, future, and implications of AI technology. Apply now!

Programme Brochure: issuu.com/luphilosophy/docs/bapai_brochure
Programme Website: ln.edu.hk/philoso/programmes/BAPAI
Apply Now: https://apply.ln.edu.hk/

๐Ÿ“ฃใ€ๆ–ฐๆ–‡ๅญธๅญธๅฃซ่ชฒ็จ‹ใ€‘ๅ“ฒๅญธ่ˆ‡ไบบๅทฅๆ™บ่ƒฝ๏ผˆๆฆฎ่ญฝ๏ผ‰ๆ–‡ๅญธๅฃซ่ชฒ็จ‹็พๆญฃๆ‹›็”Ÿ๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿค–

ๅ“ฒๅญธ่ˆ‡ไบบๅทฅๆ™บ่ƒฝ๏ผˆๆฆฎ่ญฝ๏ผ‰ๆ–‡ๅญธๅฃซ๏ผˆ BAPAI ๏ผ‰่ชฒ็จ‹ๆ˜ฏๅถบๅคงๅ“ฒๅญธ็ณปๆไพ›็š„ไธ€้ …็จ็‰น็š„้ซ˜ๅนด็ดš่ชฒ็จ‹ใ€‚ๆœฌ่ชฒ็จ‹ๆ—จๅœจๅŸน้คŠ AI ็Ÿฅ่ญ˜ๅ’Œ่ฒฌไปปๆ–‡ๅŒ–๏ผŒไฝฟๅญธ็”Ÿ่ƒฝๅค ๆœ‰ๆ•ˆๅœฐๅƒ่ˆ‡ๅœ็นžๆ–ฐ AI ๆŠ€่ก“็š„ๅ“ฒๅญธๅ’Œๅ€ซ็†ๅ•้กŒใ€‚ ๅŠ ๅ…ฅ BAPAI๏ผŒๆๅ‡ไฝ ็š„ๆ‰นๅˆคๆ€งๆ€่€ƒ่ƒฝๅŠ›๏ผŒไธฆๅฐฑ AI ๆŠ€่ก“็š„ๆœฌ่ณชใ€ๆœชไพ†ๅŠๅฝฑ้Ÿฟ็ญ‰่ญฐ้กŒ้€ฒ่กŒ่พฏ่ซ–ใ€‚ๆญก่ฟŽ่ธด่บ็”ณ่ซ‹๏ผ

่ชฒ็จ‹ๆ‰‹ๅ†Š๏ผšissuu.com/luphilosophy/docs/bapai_brochure
่ชฒ็จ‹็ถฒ็ซ™๏ผšln.edu.hk/cht/philoso/programmes/BAPAI
็ซ‹ๅณ็”ณ่ซ‹๏ผšhttps://apply.ln.edu.hk/

#ๅถบๅ—ๅคงๅญธ #ๅ“ฒๅญธ่ˆ‡ไบบๅทฅๆ™บ่ƒฝๆ–‡ๅญธๅฃซ #ๅ“ฒๅญธ #ไบบๅทฅๆ™บ่ƒฝ #ๅญธๅฃซ่ชฒ็จ‹ #้ฆ™ๆธฏๅญธๅฃซ #ๆ–‡ๅญธ้™ข

07/02/2025

๐ŸŽ“ใ€๐“๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”ใ€‘
๐ŸŽ“ใ€ๆ–‡ๅญธ้™ขไฟฎ่ชฒๅผ็ ”็ฉถ็”Ÿ่ชฒ็จ‹๏ผˆ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”ๅนดๅบฆ๏ผ‰ใ€‘

// ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Œ๐€ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž //
// ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ปไบบๅทฅๆ™บ่ƒฝ่ˆ‡ๆœชไพ†ๆ–‡ๅญธ็ขฉๅฃซ่ชฒ็จ‹ //

The MA in Artificial Intelligence and the Future offers a humanities-based perspective on Artificial Intelligence. This programme equips students with a fundamental understanding of AI and exploring the ethical and social issues arising from AI technologies. It offers a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum that combines philosophy, computer science, logic, psychology, and literature. Graduates will find ample opportunities in technology, healthcare, finance, and government sectors, both in Hong Kong and abroad.

๐Ÿ“ฃApplication deadline: 31 May 2025

// ๐ŸŒ๐Œ๐€ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š //
// ๐ŸŒ็’ฐ็ƒไบžๆดฒ็š„ๆ•ธไฝๆญทๅฒๆ–‡ๅญธ็ขฉๅฃซ่ชฒ็จ‹//

The MA in Digital History in Global Asia is the first MA of its kind both within Hong Kong and the wider region. This programme provides a foundation in Asia's global history, encompassing social, political, economic, environmental and cultural perspectives. Additionally, students will gain practical training in digital techniques and methodologies for processing, organizing, digitizing, interpreting and presenting historical information. These skills and knowledge are highly sought after in various fields including education, creative media, cultural management, heritage preservations, and academia.

๐Ÿ“ฃApplication deadline: 31 May 2025

Online Application๏ฝœ็ถฒไธŠๅ ฑๅ๏ผš
https://apply.ln.edu.hk/
Programme Information๏ฝœ่ชฒ็จ‹่ณ‡่จŠ๏ผš
https://www.ln.edu.hk/arts/prospective-students/taught-postgraduate-programmes/postgraduates?fbclid=IwY2xjawIRXcVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHakFX5VmoyYS_Satg6Di_bqcdcdOkxYF5DdtfuRbH0PdNnrUdiEizy7o7Q_aem_hOVy8HgCL50McosfQBeCQA
Faculty Prospectus๏ฝœๅฐๅ†Šๅญ๏ผš
https://www.ln.edu.hk/arts/prospective-students/faculty-prospectus?fbclid=IwY2xjawIRXc1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRmV_eIYNhn1xvz9qc72L43jdjW81pbTfS96fq3a6DVGU2JmI3fNFBKdnQ_aem_J4BcVNoDP8GxVeoaIodXSQ

#ๅถบๅ—ๅคงๅญธ #ๅถบๅคง #ๅถบๅ—ๅคงๅญธๆ–‡ๅญธ้™ข #ๆ–‡ๅญธ้™ข #็ขฉๅฃซ #็ขฉๅฃซ่ชฒ็จ‹

Ethics and Global Catastrophic Risks: A free online course 06/02/2025

Ethics and Global Catastrophic Risks: A Free Online Course offered by the HKCRC. Available in English and Simplified/Traditional Chinese.

Ethics and Global Catastrophic Risks: A free online course Explore our comprehensive learning journey: 8 interactive modules with text and video content. No experience needed to get started. ๆไพ›ไธญๆ–‡็‰ˆๆœฌ๏ผ›ๅณไธŠ่ง’ๅˆ‡ๆ›่ชž่จ€ใ€‚

06/02/2025

The HKCRC is organising a public event on the ethics of war and peace with Prof. Helen Frowe! Join us online or on campus next week.

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