Dr. Prashant Kumar
Junior Fellow at the Center for Science and Thought and Assistant Professor at Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi.
Projects
Desirable Digitalisation
Rethinking AI for Just and Sustainable Futures.
We investigate how to design AI (artificial intelligence) and other digital technologies in a responsible way, placing the questions of social justice and environmental sustainability at the very heart of our work.
Our research program is a collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Bonn and numerous international partners, and is funded by the Mercator Foundation in Germany.
Focus of Study
Areas of Specialisation
He investgstes philosophy while exploring questions at the crossroads of ontology, digital culture, and artificial intelligence. He recently finished a volume titled 'Why Philosophy?' that establishes the relevance of the discipline in the techno-automated world. He has published several articles at the intersection of AI, ontology, self and subjectivity.
Areas of Competence
Analytic Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Ontology, Metaontology, and Memes.
Project: In Between Sense and Digital Nonsense.
This research investigates a precise philosophical question: are artificial intelligence and their results discernible without incorporating humans? Find out more about Dr. Kumars Project here: In Between Sense and Digital Nonsense.
Contact
Work Address
Universität Bonn
Institute for Philosophy
Center for Science and Thought
Contact
Address
Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1-3
53227 Bonn