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Iwan Williams

@iwan-williams.bsky.social
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Philosophy postdoc @ CPAI, University of Copenhagen. Researching artificial intelligence, mental representation, representational formats, concepts. 🏠 iwanrwilliams.wordpress.com

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Iwan Williams @iwan-williams.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📆 CFA / Event Announcement: Workshop on Functions & Representations in AI Systems Copenhagen, 16–17 Nov 2026 Confirmed Speakers: Rosa Cao, Dimitri Coelho Mollo, Jumbly Grindrod Abstracts (300–500 words) due 21 Sept: philevents.org/event/show/152957
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Workshop on Functions and Representations in AI Systems
Call for Abstracts: Workshop on Functions and Representations in AI Systems16th–17th November 2026Copenhagen, Denmark (Carlsberg Academy)CFA Deadline September 21stWe invite abstract submissions...
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Iwan Williams @iwan-williams.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
[1/7] My paper "Can structural correspondences ground real-world representational content in large language models?" is now out at Mind & Language. Q: Can text-only LLMs represent things in the real world, even though they never directly interact with it? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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Iwan Williams @iwan-williams.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I recently sat down with Sam Bennett on the AITEC podcast to talk about my thoughts on intentions in Large Language Models. This was a fun conversation! 👂 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3sm9... 📃 Read the preprint here: philpapers.org/rec/WILIRI-4
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#26 Iwan Williams: Do Language Models Have Intentions?
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Iwan Williams @iwan-williams.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Join us for a public talk by Prof. Anandi Hattiangadi (Stockholm University) Center for Philosophy of AI (University of Copenhagen). Artificial General Intelligence: A Philosopher’s Manifesto 📅 Dec 10, 18:30-20:00 📍HUSET, Rådhusstræde 13, 1466 Copenhagen. Register: cpai.ku.dk/events/artif...
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Artificial General Intelligence: A Philosopher’s Manifesto
Public talk by Anandi Hattiangadi, Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University.
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Iwan Williams @iwan-williams.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🧠🤖 Join us for the launch of the Center for Philosophy of AI (University of Copenhagen)! 📅 Sept 3, 13:00-17:00 📍CPH Conference Keynotes on philosophy of LLMs by @parismarx.com, Ellie Pavlick, @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy, Tom Sterkenburg & @zhijingjin.bsky.social Register: cpai.ku.dk
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Center for Philosophy of AI: Launch
Half-day workshop
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Iwan Williams @iwan-williams.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
My paper with Tim Bayne "Chatting with bots: AI, speech acts, and the edge of assertion" is now up at Inquiry. Our question: can large language model powered chatbots make assertions (can they state, claim or affirm things)? [1/5] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Chatting with bots: AI, speech acts, and the edge of assertion
This paper addresses the question of whether large language model-powered chatbots are capable of assertion. According to what we call the Thesis of Chatbot Assertion (TCA), chatbots are the kinds ...
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