The Laboratory for Human-Centered AI (HAI Lab)
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The Laboratory for Human-Centered AI (HAI Lab) is a research lab at the University of Oxford that bridges the gap between philosophy and AI, focusing on reason, agency, autonomy, and decentralisation. It brings together philosophers and technologists to put AI into the service of human flourishing, building a philosophy-to-code pipeline for open-source code. HAI Lab addresses the institutional siloing of expertise by providing a space for integrated projects that combine broad philosophical inquiry with the production of code. The lab seeks to amplify a perspective that sees AI as a powerful toolbox for the enhancement of human intelligence and human flourishing rather than its replacement, rooted in an understanding of human intelligence. It aims to cultivate a new kind of philosopher-technologist who asks how to build things that contribute to human flourishing. Current projects include modelling philosophical inquiry for knowledge-seeking AI, an open-source Python package for the Erotetic Theory of Reason, and the evaluation of human-like reasoning patterns in large language models.
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2024
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University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 2JD
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University Of Oxford
University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 2JD
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University of Oxford
Oxford
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