Outreach

The Normative Network

The Normative Network is the McGill PTP Lab’s blog, exploring questions at the intersection of ethics, tech, and policy. It features research insights, commentary, and analysis from lab members and external researchers on topics across all of the Lab's research pillars.

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Team Lead: Radheesh Ameresekere

A Philosophical Lexicon of Machine Learning

The Philosophical Lexicon of Machine Learning is a glossary designed to make machine learning concepts accessible to humanities scholars and ethicists. Each entry explains technical terms—from neural networks to gradient descent—in clear language that bridges CS and humanities disciplines.

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Team Lead: Asya Ciftci

PTP Lab Podcast

The PTP Lab Podcast features in-depth conversations with researchers and experts who contribute to The Normative Network blog. Each episode explores cutting-edge thinking about platform governance, AI ethics, data policy, and other urgent questions where philosophy, tech, and policy converge.

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Team Lead: Alexander Carty

Artificial Intelligence Myths and Misinformation Workshop

The AI Myths and Misinformation Workshop brings together philosophers, cognitive scientists, social scientists, and computer scientists to examine popular misconceptions about artificial intelligence using the toolkit of analytic epistemology. Findings are disseminated widely to public audiences.
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Team Lead: Maryna Nekrasova