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William Hasselberger (PhD, Philosophy, University of Virginia) is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Political Studies of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), and the Director of the UCP Digital Ethics Laboratory (LED), a center for advanced study of the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies. He is also a Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, USA. William's areas of research include ethics, moral psychology, phenomenology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and human-technology relations.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The Ideals of Agency: Autonomy, Sociality, Individuality", University of Virginia
Award Date: 1 Sept 2012
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Laboratório de Ética Digital. Primeiro evento com tema: "The Ethics of Everyday Digital Surveillance in the Home.” Os temas seguintes serão: "Social Robotics and Human Relationships" e "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Military Conflict."
Hasselberger, W. (PI)
1/11/22 → 31/10/27
Project: Research
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CIEP: Research Centre of the Institute for Political Studies
Alves, A. A. (PI), Mateus, A. (Full Professor), Azevedo, A. (Student), Leitão, T. C. (Invited Assistant Professor), Duarte, A. R. (Other career/Public sector), Ramos, A. F. (Other career/Public sector), Garschagen, B. (Student), Pacatolo, C. (Student), Almeida, C. M. D. (Invited Assistant Professor), Cabrita, C. (Private Sector), Silva, D. (Scholarship holder), Correia, E. P. (Private Sector), Gonçalves, F. J. (Private Sector), Garcia, F. P. (Invited Associate Professor), Ribeiro, G. M. (Professor non-higher education), Varajidás, H. (Private Sector), Chelo, H. (Assistant Professor), Correia, I. (Private Sector), Gregório, I. (Research Assistant), Moreira, I. (Invited Assistant Professor), Câmara, J. B. (Student), Espada, J. C. (Full Professor), Coutinho, J. P. (Assistant Professor), André, J. G. (Assistant Professor), Moreira, J. M. (Full Professor), Castello Branco, J. T. (Invited Assistant Professor), Quintino, K. H. (Student), Pinto, L. V. (Other career/Public sector), Cruz, M. B. D. (Full Professor), Gambôa, E. (Invited Assistant Professor), Barroso, L. D. (Student), Franco, L. (Assistant Professor), Mendonça, M. (Assistant Professor), Morgado, M. (Assistant Professor), Dias, M. (Assistant Professor), Amado, N. M. (Private Sector), Sampaio, N. (Invited Assistant Professor), Samões, O. (Assistant Professor), Ferro, P. (Private Sector), Moreira, P. (Private Sector), Duque, R. (Invited Assistant Professor), Brito, R. (Assistant Teacher), Mangerona, S. (Private Sector), Cajarabille, V. (Other career/Public sector), Hasselberger, W. (Assistant Professor) & Ribeiro, S. (Invited Assistant Professor)
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Communication and Artificial Intelligence. Multidisciplinary perspectives
Dias, P. (Project Coordinator), Andrade, J. G. (Project Coordinator), Ilharco, F. (Project Coordinator), Pereira, A. (Researcher), Machado, A. T. (Researcher), Durães, D. (Researcher), Marcondes, F. (Researcher), Bonito, G. F. G. (Researcher), Campos, I. (Researcher), Santaela, L. (Researcher), Volz Ferreira, M. (Researcher), Souto, N. (Researcher), Shevchenko, P. (Researcher), Krolow, P. (Researcher), Tavares, S. B. (Researcher), Hasselberger, W. (Researcher) & Raposi Santos, Z. (Researcher)
1/01/23 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
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Rising Authoritarian Powers and Liberal Democracies: Investment, Technology, Surveillance
Garcia, F. P. (Project Coordinator), Hasselberger, W. (Project Coordinator), Machado, P. (Scholarship holder), Matos, C. (Scholarship holder), Faria, L. L. D. (Scholarship holder), Torres, M. P. (Scholarship holder), Monteiro, M. (Scholarship holder) & Lozovan, C. (Scholarship holder)
1/02/20 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
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With friends like these: love and friendship with AI agents
Lott, M. & Hasselberger, W., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Topoi. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Why AGI could not be (just) a tool: goals, life, and general intelligence
Lott, M. & Hasselberger, W., Dec 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Inquiry (United Kingdom). 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Will algorithms win medals of honor? Artificial intelligence, human virtues, and the future of warfare
Hasselberger, W., 2024, In: Journal of Military Ethics. 23, 3-4, p. 289-305 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Where lies the grail? AI, common sense, and human practical intelligence”
Hasselberger, W. & Lott, M., 31 Oct 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Laboratory happiness or human flourishing: the empirical science of wellbeing in phenomenological perspective
Hasselberger, W., Mar 2022, In: Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 46, 1, p. 115-138 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Artificial Intelligence
Hasselberger, W. (Speaker)
May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Automated Virtual Utopias? Imagining the Human Future in a World of Intelligent Machines
Hasselberger, W. (Keynote speaker)
Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Artificial Intelligence in the Clinic: Virtue and the Ethics of Precision Medicine
Scherz, P. (Speaker), Freitas, M. D. S. (Speaker) & Hasselberger, W. (Speaker)
20 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Artificial Intelligence and Geopolitical Rivalry
Hasselberger, W. (Speaker) & Alves, A. A. (Speaker)
11 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Automated Virtual Utopias? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Human Flourishing
Hasselberger, W. (Invited speaker)
May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk