Margins of AI鈥檚 Philosophy: French Theory, Gender Safety Filters, and LLMs
Event: Margins of AI鈥檚 Philosophy: French Theory, Gender Safety Filters, and LLMs
Date: Thursday 28 May 2026
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Venue: Faculty of Arts Library, 2nd Floor, Old Humanities Building, University of Malta
Convenors
This talk examines a philosophical limit of large language models through a case study involving Baudrillard, Derrida, and trans theory.
It argues that LLMs tend to domesticate French philosophy by clustering, safety filtering, and normalisation, restricting non-canonical interpretations. This reveals how algorithmic mediation reshapes the conditions of philosophical thought and its radical potential.
Speaker's Bio
holds a PhD in Philosophy and works at the intersection of French Philosophy, Speculative Realism, and German Idealism. He is currently a Master’s by Research student at the University of Malta, under the supervision of Prof. Niki Young.
