Philosophy SIG Annual Conference: Navigating the Era of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Philosophy SIG Annual Conference 2024 | Emerging philosophical themes in psychiatry and mental health care: Navigating the era of machine learning and generative AI

The Philosophy Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is delighted to announce its upcoming online conference on Wednesday 2 October 2024, aiming to explore the impact of machine learning and generative AI in the field of psychiatry and mental healthcare.

Since its inception, the primary goal of this conference has been to create an event that will help its attendees develop the reflective ability to engage with technologies that are expected to cause significant disruption in most aspects of human activity, including healthcare. This is not a conference just for clinicians working in mental health, but also for every stakeholder involved, trying to tackle its complexity by embracing technological advances such as those emerging in the field of artificial intelligence.

Our confirmed distinguished line of speakers includes prominent researchers and thinkers in the field of artificial intelligence such as Prof Melanie Mitchell and Prof Murray Shanahan, distinguished scholar Dr Iain McGilchrist, and also philosophers working in the intersection of the fields of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and mental health such as Prof Shaun Gallagher, Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta and Dr Inês Hipólito. You can read more about each speaker below.

We are confident that this event will be a rewarding and illuminating experience. We look forward to seeing you virtually in October.

When you join the conference online you will be able to:

• View a video of the speaker alongside any slides
• Ask your questions to the speakers and chat with other delegates via the discussion forum/Q+A 
• All registered participants will also have access to this conference recording for up to 12 weeks post event