Keynote Speaker

Cheng Sumei, a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the chief editor of the journal "Philosophical Analysis", for a long time, she has been dedicated to the research of the philosophy of science and technology, and has published over 200 academic papers in authoritative journals such as "Social Sciences in China", "Philosophical Research", and "Academic Monthly". Eight monographs and ten translations have been published. She enjoys the special government allowance of the State Council, has been honored with titles such as Advanced Worker of Shanghai and March 8th Red Flag Bearer of Shanghai, and has been selected for the Shanghai Leading Talent Program. In terms of academic services, she has served as a council member of the Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (CLMPST), a standing council member of the Chinese Society for Dialectics of Nature, the deputy director of the Institute of Philosophy of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, and the president of the Shanghai Society for Dialectics of Nature. Currently, she is the deputy director of the Physics Philosophy Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Dialectics of Nature. Vice President of the Shanghai Philosophy Society.

Main Content

Generative artificial intelligence has greatly expanded the channels through which humans acquire knowledge, giving rise to artificial cognitive approaches and human-machine hybrid cognitive subjects. This will not only lead to the transfer of human cognitive power, the weakening of the authority of expert knowledge, the diversification of truth standards and the collapse of traditional value systems, but also may cause an irreparable intelligence gap, resulting in one-way human-machine interaction, generating post-humanist identity anxiety, and ultimately reconstructing the entire knowledge production chain, leading to a transformation of human cognitive paradigms. This report will elaborate on the ten cognitive challenges that generative artificial intelligence may lead to and the transformation of the fifth cognitive paradigm.

Time

October 14, 2025 (Tuesday), 19:30

Location

Coffee Beanery

Organizer

Advanced Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (AI-HSS)