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KU wins grant to increase Lawrence campus awareness of university values
The University of Kansas won a nearly $700,000 grant to help raise awareness and extend the impact of KU’s IRISE Culture Charter for the Lawrence campus. The project will seek to infuse character and KU’s IRISE values into 30 courses and the campus culture.
AI can imitate morality without actually possessing it, new philosophy study finds
In a new paper, a philosophy scholar at the University of Kansas addresses the moral agency of artificial intelligence. Although AI does not currently have practical judgment, the researcher shows it has a functionally equivalent mechanism, transformer models, which can allow it to form maxims that consider morally salient facts.
Evolution of distinctively human cognition explored in new book
In a new book, Armin Schulz, professor of philosophy at the University of Kansas, explores what makes human cognition unique, suggesting its evolution is built on a feedback loop of innate representations, forms of cultural learning and technology.
Educate & Act spring series will center on topics of technology and democracy, the Kansas Legislature and climate legislation
The Educate & Act series resumes in spring 2025 at KU, offering students opportunities to learn more about contemporary issues affecting U.S. democracy and how to connect to resources for learning more.