2.0 -//Pentabarf//Schedule//EN PUBLISH ARTTDT@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -ARTTDT From Artifacts to Agents: Socializing the Epistemology of Evidence in Law en en 20260715T093000 20260715T100000 003000 From Artifacts to Agents: Socializing the Epistemology of Evidence in Law PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/ARTTDT/ Apollo Auditorium Alejandro D. Tamez PUBLISH TPPY77@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -TPPY77 Why We Need a New Framework for Emotional Intelligence in AI en en 20260715T100000 20260715T103000 003000 Why We Need a New Framework for Emotional Intelligence in AI PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/TPPY77/ Apollo Auditorium Max Parks Kheli Atluru Meera Vinod PUBLISH KKGGCY@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -KKGGCY Feminist Epistemologies and Trusting Chatbots en en 20260715T103000 20260715T110000 003000 Feminist Epistemologies and Trusting Chatbots PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/KKGGCY/ Apollo Auditorium Alicia Patterson Libby Southgate PUBLISH JCREFP@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -JCREFP The Movement of Thought: Navigation as Neurocognitive Architecture (IACAP Covey Award Keynote) en en 20260715T112000 20260715T123000 011000 The Movement of Thought: Navigation as Neurocognitive Architecture (IACAP Covey Award Keynote) PUBLIC CONFIRMED Keynote https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/JCREFP/ Apollo Auditorium Gualtiero Piccinini PUBLISH 3GBMA9@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -3GBMA9 Some Computations are Experiments en en 20260715T133000 20260715T140000 003000 Some Computations are Experiments PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/3GBMA9/ Apollo Auditorium Nico Formánek PUBLISH NENCN8@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -NENCN8 Epistemic Transparency: Meanings, Models and the Limits of Knowledge en en 20260715T140000 20260715T143000 003000 Epistemic Transparency: Meanings, Models and the Limits of Knowledge PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/NENCN8/ Apollo Auditorium Hajo Greif PUBLISH EHVMWL@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -EHVMWL Evaluating Existential Risk from AI en en 20260715T143000 20260715T150000 003000 Evaluating Existential Risk from AI PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/EHVMWL/ Apollo Auditorium John Symons PUBLISH F7ZYNY@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -F7ZYNY Why We Should Discuss the Identity of Software Products en en 20260715T152000 20260715T155000 003000 Why We Should Discuss the Identity of Software Products PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/F7ZYNY/ Apollo Auditorium Jeroen de Haas PUBLISH KGWHWV@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -KGWHWV Simulation is All You Need en en 20260715T155000 20260715T162000 003000 Simulation is All You Need PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/KGWHWV/ Apollo Auditorium Phillip Honenberger PUBLISH BGJSHQ@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -BGJSHQ Deep Learning Models in Science: Explanation without Representation? en en 20260715T164000 20260715T171000 003000 Deep Learning Models in Science: Explanation without Representation? PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/BGJSHQ/ Apollo Auditorium Conny Knieling PUBLISH 8WSMGL@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -8WSMGL Computational Methods and Artifactual Epistemology en en 20260715T171000 20260715T174000 003000 Computational Methods and Artifactual Epistemology PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/8WSMGL/ Apollo Auditorium Ramon Alvarado PUBLISH FXACJC@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -FXACJC What is ‘Meaningful Human Control’ in Autonomous Weapons Systems? en en 20260715T093000 20260715T100000 003000 What is ‘Meaningful Human Control’ in Autonomous Weapons Systems? PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/FXACJC/ Executive Conference Room Thomas M. Powers PUBLISH HYUPSB@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -HYUPSB When Nothing Needs to Be Said: Silence, Presence, and Close Personal Relationships with AI en en 20260715T100000 20260715T103000 003000 When Nothing Needs to Be Said: Silence, Presence, and Close Personal Relationships with AI PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/HYUPSB/ Executive Conference Room Oluwaseun Sanwoolu PUBLISH YBFJJF@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -YBFJJF Algorithmic Elaboration and Agency en en 20260715T103000 20260715T110000 003000 Algorithmic Elaboration and Agency PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/YBFJJF/ Executive Conference Room Caroline Wall PUBLISH SQL7NB@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -SQL7NB What Machines Reveal about the Principle of Proportionality en en 20260715T133000 20260715T140000 003000 What Machines Reveal about the Principle of Proportionality PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/SQL7NB/ Executive Conference Room Naomi Korem Tammar Shrot Hadassa Daltrophe PUBLISH WJXDCR@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -WJXDCR Assessing whether LLMs Provide Acceptable Substitutes for Human Judgments in a Digital Philosophy Project en en 20260715T140000 20260715T143000 003000 Assessing whether LLMs Provide Acceptable Substitutes for Human Judgments in a Digital Philosophy Project PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/WJXDCR/ Executive Conference Room Colin Allen Nazhah Mir PUBLISH MBVT87@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -MBVT87 "If I Only Had a Heart": A Plug-In Emotion Variable for Consciousness-Based Models en en 20260715T152000 20260715T155000 003000 "If I Only Had a Heart": A Plug-In Emotion Variable for Consciousness-Based Models PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/MBVT87/ Executive Conference Room Robert Marc Schwartz PUBLISH ZMZBXC@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -ZMZBXC What Would Count as Evidence of Syntax in LLMs? Center-Embedding Diagnostics and Attractor Interference en en 20260715T155000 20260715T162000 003000 What Would Count as Evidence of Syntax in LLMs? Center-Embedding Diagnostics and Attractor Interference What would count as evidence that large language models use syntactic structure during generation, rather than producing output that merely looks well-formed? I argue that the current debate, organized around a contrast between stochastic parrots and emergent human-like syntax, does not exhaust the possibilities. After distinguishing human-theoretic syntax, alien syntax, and fragmentary versions of each, I present diagnostic tests that separate structure-sensitive behavior from surface heuristics. Doubly center-embedded sentences are a useful stimulus class: their nested dependencies are rare in ordinary corpora, and correct agreement requires maintaining non-local dependencies across embedded clauses: >[The mayorₙ₁ [the `reporters`ₙ₂ [the investigatorₙ₃ questionsᵥ₃] `interview/s`ᵥ₂] is late.] Language models are known to make agreement-attraction errors consistent with a nearest-noun heuristic: >"The `keys`ₙ₁ in the cabinetₙ₂ `is/are` on the desk" matching the verb to the nearest noun rather than to its syntactic controller. Center-embedding puts the hierarchical rule and the heuristic into direct competition: at V₂, the nearest noun (N₃) is not the controller (N₂). I introduce a dataset of 2,000 sentence families yielding 6,000 minimal pairs, testing agreement at three sites within the same sentence (N₁–copula, N₂–V₂, N₃–V₃) while manipulating whether N₁ and N₃ match N₂ in number. I evaluate eleven open-weight autoregressive base models (GPT-2, Pythia, Llama, and Qwen families) from 124 million to 72 billion parameters. The results complicate two views. Against the inference from scale to syntactic competence, larger models show substantial accuracy drops at V₂ under attractor interference. Against the nearest-noun account, mismatch at N₁, the noun farthest from V₂ and irrelevant to its agreement, interferes at V₂ at least as strongly as mismatch at the adjacent N₃ in several models, and the two mismatches interact. The upshot is both methodological and philosophical. Success at isolated agreement tasks is weak evidence of syntax use; interference profiles under center-embedding discriminate more finely among hypotheses. And structured failure on human-syntactic tasks may indicate syntactic rules that differ from human-theoretic syntax while playing a functionally similar role in generation. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/ZMZBXC/ Executive Conference Room David Miguel Gray PUBLISH LE9H8F@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -LE9H8F Epistemological Concerns of Missing Data en en 20260715T164000 20260715T171000 003000 Epistemological Concerns of Missing Data PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/LE9H8F/ Executive Conference Room Chelsea Schwartz PUBLISH 9YLPZK@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -9YLPZK Trustworthy AI and the King Midas Problem en en 20260715T171000 20260715T174000 003000 Trustworthy AI and the King Midas Problem PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/9YLPZK/ Executive Conference Room Thomas Mitchell PUBLISH 9KFS3Z@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -9KFS3Z What is the Epistemic Threat of Digital Fakes? en en 20260715T174000 20260715T181000 003000 What is the Epistemic Threat of Digital Fakes? PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/9KFS3Z/ Executive Conference Room Kay Mathiesen Don Fallis PUBLISH 9QMNAP@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -9QMNAP The Epistemic Dimension of Value Alignment: Why Understanding Matters More Than Knowledge en en 20260716T093000 20260716T100000 003000 The Epistemic Dimension of Value Alignment: Why Understanding Matters More Than Knowledge PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/9QMNAP/ Apollo Auditorium Bada Kim PUBLISH CCSV33@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -CCSV33 Anticipatory Agents: A Framework for Human-AI Partnership Grounded in Pragmatist Epistemology en en 20260716T100000 20260716T103000 003000 Anticipatory Agents: A Framework for Human-AI Partnership Grounded in Pragmatist Epistemology PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/CCSV33/ Apollo Auditorium Michael Lissack PUBLISH XDWPNX@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -XDWPNX Trustworthy AI and Narrow-Scope Models en en 20260716T103000 20260716T110000 003000 Trustworthy AI and Narrow-Scope Models PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/XDWPNX/ Apollo Auditorium Philip Nickel PUBLISH JZE3MG@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -JZE3MG A Taxonomy of AI Alignment Problems en en 20260716T112000 20260716T123000 011000 A Taxonomy of AI Alignment Problems PUBLIC CONFIRMED Keynote https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/JZE3MG/ Apollo Auditorium Karina Vold PUBLISH HFSAWV@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -HFSAWV Affordance Mixtures in Robotics and AI: Novelty of Designed Systems without Anthropomorphism en en 20260716T133000 20260716T140000 003000 Affordance Mixtures in Robotics and AI: Novelty of Designed Systems without Anthropomorphism PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/HFSAWV/ Apollo Auditorium Arzu Formanek PUBLISH AKNVTR@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -AKNVTR Can A Robot Dance? (Duration 60 mins) en en 20260716T140000 20260716T150000 010000 Can A Robot Dance? (Duration 60 mins) PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/AKNVTR/ Apollo Auditorium Ahmed Amer Maria Kyrarini PUBLISH XWS7BD@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -XWS7BD Challenges in Comparing the Performance of Quantum and Classical Computing en en 20260716T151500 20260716T154500 003000 Challenges in Comparing the Performance of Quantum and Classical Computing PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/XWS7BD/ Apollo Auditorium Jack K. Horner PUBLISH HBUZC8@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -HBUZC8 Separating Use from Usability in the Individuation of Computations en en 20260716T154500 20260716T161500 003000 Separating Use from Usability in the Individuation of Computations PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/HBUZC8/ Apollo Auditorium Mathew Smith PUBLISH HSCAX7@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -HSCAX7 IACAP Book Club--Speakers: Ramon Alvarado, Hajo Greif, Ben Recht en en 20260716T093000 20260716T110000 013000 IACAP Book Club--Speakers: Ramon Alvarado, Hajo Greif, Ben Recht PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/HSCAX7/ Executive Conference Room Nico Formánek PUBLISH BW8E8M@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -BW8E8M AI Needs Alignment: Navigating the AI Ethics/Value Alignment Dichotomy en en 20260716T133000 20260716T140000 003000 AI Needs Alignment: Navigating the AI Ethics/Value Alignment Dichotomy PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/BW8E8M/ Executive Conference Room William A. Bauer PUBLISH UA39XC@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -UA39XC The Role of Ethical Principles in AI for Cybersecurity en en 20260716T140000 20260716T143000 003000 The Role of Ethical Principles in AI for Cybersecurity PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/UA39XC/ Executive Conference Room Yeslam Al-Saggaf PUBLISH CBWBAM@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -CBWBAM Creativity without creators? On why we are reluctant to praise AI creativity. en en 20260716T143000 20260716T150000 003000 Creativity without creators? On why we are reluctant to praise AI creativity. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/CBWBAM/ Executive Conference Room Deborah Marber PUBLISH XXLYH8@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -XXLYH8 What Does it Take to Simulate a Mind? Digital Duplicates as Simulation Models en en 20260716T151500 20260716T154500 003000 What Does it Take to Simulate a Mind? Digital Duplicates as Simulation Models PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/XXLYH8/ Executive Conference Room Clint Hurshman PUBLISH T89WHU@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -T89WHU Hallucination as a Property of Processing Mode en en 20260716T154500 20260716T161500 003000 Hallucination as a Property of Processing Mode PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/T89WHU/ Executive Conference Room Lev Sukherman PUBLISH JYXD9T@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -JYXD9T The Philosophy of Learned Operators: a New Kind of Scientific Model en en 20260717T093000 20260717T100000 003000 The Philosophy of Learned Operators: a New Kind of Scientific Model PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/JYXD9T/ Apollo Auditorium Conor Rowan PUBLISH MDMVBW@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -MDMVBW Social Triangulation and Representational Stability: A Quinean-Davidsonian Framework for AI Architecture en en 20260717T100000 20260717T103000 003000 Social Triangulation and Representational Stability: A Quinean-Davidsonian Framework for AI Architecture PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/MDMVBW/ Apollo Auditorium Justin Mullins PUBLISH ND8TVG@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -ND8TVG Understanding How It Works Defeats Mental Attribution en en 20260717T103000 20260717T110000 003000 Understanding How It Works Defeats Mental Attribution PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/ND8TVG/ Apollo Auditorium Yunlong Cao PUBLISH JM3AQY@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -JM3AQY Occam's Razor in Machine Learning (IACAP Simon Award Keynote) en en 20260717T112000 20260717T123000 011000 Occam's Razor in Machine Learning (IACAP Simon Award Keynote) PUBLIC CONFIRMED Keynote https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/JM3AQY/ Apollo Auditorium Tom Sterkenburg PUBLISH WEWDMH@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -WEWDMH Reports on Courses in the Philosophy of Computing--Speakers: Ramon Alvarado, Nico Formanek en en 20260717T133000 20260717T150000 013000 Reports on Courses in the Philosophy of Computing--Speakers: Ramon Alvarado, Nico Formanek PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/WEWDMH/ Apollo Auditorium Robin K Hill PUBLISH WVDHTL@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -WVDHTL The Conscious Turing Machine through the Lens of Analytic Idealism: Limits, Reinterpretations, and Prospects for CTM en en 20260717T152000 20260717T155000 003000 The Conscious Turing Machine through the Lens of Analytic Idealism: Limits, Reinterpretations, and Prospects for CTM PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/WVDHTL/ Apollo Auditorium Anurag Pandey PUBLISH JRQBMW@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -JRQBMW The Sovereign Prosthesis: Toward a Functional Sophimatics of Cognitive Extension en en 20260717T155000 20260717T162000 003000 The Sovereign Prosthesis: Toward a Functional Sophimatics of Cognitive Extension PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/JRQBMW/ Apollo Auditorium Michael Bouchard PUBLISH D97D7V@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -D97D7V The Ontic-Epistemic Distinction: Implications for Robust General Intelligence en en 20260717T164000 20260717T171000 003000 The Ontic-Epistemic Distinction: Implications for Robust General Intelligence PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/D97D7V/ Apollo Auditorium Shreya Ishita PUBLISH S9ED88@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -S9ED88 How not to Argue against AI Thought en en 20260717T171000 20260717T174000 003000 How not to Argue against AI Thought PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/S9ED88/ Apollo Auditorium Aleks Knoks PUBLISH UFWD39@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -UFWD39 IACAP Members' Meeting en en 20260717T181500 20260717T183000 001500 IACAP Members' Meeting PUBLIC CONFIRMED General assembly https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/UFWD39/ Apollo Auditorium Open to all conference participants PUBLISH WJKXXV@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -WJKXXV Workshop: Artificial Wisdom – Making AI More Human and Humans Less Mechanical en en 20260717T093000 20260717T104500 011500 Workshop: Artificial Wisdom – Making AI More Human and Humans Less Mechanical PUBLIC CONFIRMED Workshop https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/WJKXXV/ Executive Conference Room John Sullins Alejandro D. Tamez PUBLISH QJEKGW@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -QJEKGW The Answer Is 42: Delegated Autonomy and Intransparent Reasoning in Public Sector Decision-Making en en 20260717T133000 20260717T140000 003000 The Answer Is 42: Delegated Autonomy and Intransparent Reasoning in Public Sector Decision-Making PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/QJEKGW/ Executive Conference Room Laura Crompton Josefine Ruppenthal PUBLISH SKTBZE@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -SKTBZE The Fundamental Skills Approach to Deskilling en en 20260717T140000 20260717T143000 003000 The Fundamental Skills Approach to Deskilling PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/SKTBZE/ Executive Conference Room Kaisa Kärki Michael Laakasuo PUBLISH GMCEVH@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -GMCEVH (Remote Presentation) Alignment as Theodicy: Non-Human Agency and the Instability of Moral Order en en 20260717T143000 20260717T150000 003000 (Remote Presentation) Alignment as Theodicy: Non-Human Agency and the Instability of Moral Order PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/GMCEVH/ Executive Conference Room Denisa Reshef Kera PUBLISH MTLXY9@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -MTLXY9 Algorithms, Tasks and Data structures en en 20260717T152000 20260717T155000 003000 Algorithms, Tasks and Data structures PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/MTLXY9/ Executive Conference Room Caterina Mosca PUBLISH R9GNNW@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -R9GNNW Spontaneity, Agency, and the Limits of Predictive Computation en en 20260717T155000 20260717T162000 003000 Spontaneity, Agency, and the Limits of Predictive Computation PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/R9GNNW/ Executive Conference Room Lilia Endter PUBLISH EV9QNH@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -EV9QNH An Overlooked Challenge for the “Emergent Multi-Scale Causality” Framework for Modelling Complex Systems. A Brief Philosophical Note en en 20260717T164000 20260717T171000 003000 An Overlooked Challenge for the “Emergent Multi-Scale Causality” Framework for Modelling Complex Systems. A Brief Philosophical Note PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/EV9QNH/ Executive Conference Room Oriol Roca-Martín PUBLISH HBPULL@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -HBPULL Can We Please Say What We Mean By Program? en en 20260717T171000 20260717T174000 003000 Can We Please Say What We Mean By Program? PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/HBPULL/ Executive Conference Room Nick Wiggershaus PUBLISH 9GZYBV@@pretalx.iacapconf.org -9GZYBV Locality and Analog Computing en en 20260717T174000 20260717T181000 003000 Locality and Analog Computing PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/talk/9GZYBV/ Executive Conference Room Chirine Laghjichi