Lisa is a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Philosophy, and looks forward to meeting the ICS community and explore collaborative research opportunities.
Research Interests
I work on issues regarding mind and intelligence. What makes intelligent systems different from other kinds of systems? What kinds of explanations of intelligent systems are possible, or most important? What are appropriate conceptions of real-world intelligent capacities like those for agency, knowledge, and rationality? How can conceptual clarity on these issues advance cognitive science and aid in the effective and ethical development and application of AI and robotic systems? My work draws together diverse literatures in the cognitive sciences, AI, robotics, epistemology, and ethics to systematically address these questions. I am currently writing a monograph tentatively titled More Intelligent Agents: Towards the Next Wave Effective and Ethical Intelligence Research, which develops a systematic approach to intelligence and its explanation, and facilitates the integration of ethical, feminist, and social justice concerns. Additionally I have a number of active collaborative projects, including work on the ethics of Autonomous Weapons Systems, the impact of the widespread feminization of AI on society, and how to best conceptualize complexity as related to cognition and behavior of biological and artificial systems.
Bio
Lisa Miracchi is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also affiliated MindCORE and GRASP (General Robotics Automation Sensing and Perception Lab) faculty. Previously she was a Bersoff Assistant Professor / Faculty Fellow at New York University. She received her PhD in Philosophy and Certificate in Cognitive Science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in 2014 and her A.B from Harvard University in 2009. She works on issues regarding the nature and explanation of mind and intelligence and the development and application of AI and robotics systems. She has published in high profile philosophy journals such as the Journal of Philosophy and Philosophical Studies, and has interdisciplinary publications in venues such as Frontiers in Neurorobotics. She is working on a monograph tentatively titled More Intelligent Agents: Towards the Next Wave Effective and Ethical Intelligence Research, which develops a systematic approach to intelligence and its explanation, and facilitates the integration of ethical, feminist, and social justice concerns. Her work draws together diverse literatures in the cognitive sciences, AI, robotics, epistemology, and ethics. Additionally, she works to make academia more diverse and inclusive, for example through service to Penn as a Faculty Wellness Advisor to graduate students in SAS, and as a member of the LGBTQ+ Faculty Working Group.
When not working, Lisa loves hiking, yoga, gardening, tending to my nine chickens, and spending time with her partner and step kids.
Lisa Miracchi
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania