Centre for Philosophy and AI Research (PAIR)

The Centre for Philosophy and AI Research (PAIR) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen, Germany was founded in 2022. PAIR’s goal is to become one of the leading-edge research centers for the study of the philosophy and ethics of AI. PAIR is located within a new university department of Science and Technology Studies (STS). The director of the centre is Alexander von Humboldt Professor Vincent C. Müller. Müller is past professor in the Philosophy and Ethics Group at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands and past full professor at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was also the 2018 Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute in London, United Kingdom. Müller is author and editor of a large number of books on the philosophy and ethics of artificial intelligence, including Risks of Artificial Intelligence (2016).