Michael Lazarou

Mr Michael Lazarou

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

PhD Candidate

School of Humanities

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics


Hello!I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy. My research is broadly in the area of the Ethics of AI. More specifically, I'm interested in how AI systems model and represent the world, and how they do so in a manner different from - or similar to - how humans model and represent the world. I am especially interested in considering how answers to the above can inform our approach to questions in ethics, especially those relating to holding people and institutions responsible or accountable for outcomes that may be the result of opaque or inscrutable AI systems, and in considering vulnerabilities emerging from distinct system architectures. Previously, my MPhil was on the topic of vagueness, wherein I offered a novel solution to the "Problem of the Many". My thesis was accepted without revision and received a Dean's Commendation for Thesis Excellence.Professionally, I love teaching; I've taught in philosophy and interdisciplinary courses across a number of years, and have guest lectured in computer science. I received a Faculty of Arts Excellence in Teaching Prize in 2019 in recognition of my teaching, and I look forward to continue helping others explore and engage with the richness of philosophy.I have also worked at the University's Writing Centre for over 7 years, and was its coordinator from late 2021 to early 2024. I love helping others to better communicate ideas, and to help translate what are often nebulous thoughts into a form that others can understand. Outside of the academy, I love playing chess (and being involved in the University's marvellous chess club!), boxing, hiking and trail running, and reading political economy.

Course Coordinator/Lecturer

ARTS 1007OL The Enquiring Mind

Lecturer

COMP SCI 1104 Grand Challenges in Computer Science
PHIL 1103 Morality, Society, and the Individual

Tutor

PHIL 2053 AI and Human Life: Ethics, Politics, Subjectivity
PHIL 2050 Philosophy of Science 
PHIL 1110 Introduction to Logic 
PHIL 1103 Morality, Society and the Individual 
PHIL 1101 Argument and Critical Thinking
ARTS 1007 The Enquiring Mind 

Prizes

Faculty of Arts Excellence in Teaching Prize

- Awarded on the basis of ‘approaches to the support of learning and teaching that influence, motivate, and inspire students to learn’ and ‘respect and support for the development of students as individuals’ (two prizes awarded annually across the Faculty).

  • Position: PhD Candidate
  • Email: michael.lazarou@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Napier, floor Seventh Floor
  • Room: 720
  • Org Unit: School of Humanities

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