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Come visit us at the Philosophy table at the upcoming UAlbany Accepted Students Open House this Sunday!

I’ll be giving a talk entitled “How do we calibrate trust in artificial intelligence?” on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 3:00 during the @ualbany October Research Coffee Hour sponsored by the Division for Research

My talk – “Distrust as a Defensive Stance” for the Wellcome Center for Ethics is uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msf3e0gCCLI

D’Cruz flyer

I challenge the common view that trust is characteristically risky compared to distrust by drawing attention to the moral and epistemic risks of distrust. Distrust that is based in real fear yet fails to target ill will, lack of integrity, or incompetence, serves to marginalize and exclude individuals who have done nothing that would justifyContinue reading ““Humble Trust” now published in Phil Studies. Here’s the abstract:”

I’m giving a talk at Siena College on the topic of “Humble Trust” this afternoon at 4 pm. Sienna Hall, 4th floor.

DCruz Poster

https://politicalphilosopher.net/2017/03/03/featured-philosopher-jason-dcruz/

I’ll be giving a talk alongside Karen Jones (Melbourne/Princeton) this Thursday at McGill. Details here: https://www.lecre.umontreal.ca/ai1ec_event/to-trust-or-not-to-trust/?instance_id=

For Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 I’ll be a visiting scholar and the Centre de recherche en éthique (CRE) at Université de Montréal where I’ll be working on a book on the moral psychology of trust and distrust. http://www.lecre.umontreal.ca/chercheur-e/jason-dcruz/