Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre
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Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre
@hugocl.bsky.social
Dr. of Philosophy

Chercheur postdoctoral à IVADO/McGill U. Philosophie Politique, Éthique Appliquée, Éthique de l'IA.
How do algorithms shape us? 🤖

My new chapter with Natalie Stoljar, "Automated Gatekeepers," is out! We analyze how recommender systems negatively impact autonomy,and how they could be redesigned to support it.

Read it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

#Philosophy #AI #Ethics
Automated Gatekeepers: How Recommender Systems Shape and Constrain Autonomy
This chapter explores the impact of recommender systems on autonomy. We draw on feminist relational approaches to argue that recommender systems can threaten autonomy in four key ways. (i) Recommender...
link.springer.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Reposted by Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre
Our upcoming December workshop on the Ethics of Griefbots has a poster!

Looking forward to hosting the event with @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social and @hugocl.bsky.social at
@UofTEthics.bsky.social

Thanks to our sponsors @UofT-IHPST.bsky.social @forea-virtue.bsky.social and
@torontosri.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🎉New Publication! 🎉
My paper on relational egalitarianism & wrongful indirect discrimination is out in Law & Philosophy!

Available in full here: rdcu.be/emKzl

#discrimination #philosophy #philosohyoflaw #relationalequality #equality
When Do Unequal Results Amount to Wrongful Indirect Discrimination?
rdcu.be
May 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My paper, co-authored with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, on how AI challenges traditional conceptions of discrimination is now published in The Journal of Ethics!

Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Neither Direct, Nor Indirect: Understanding Proxy-Based Algorithmic Discrimination - The Journal of Ethics
Discrimination is typically understood to be either direct or indirect. However, we argue that some cases that clearly are instances of discrimination are neither direct nor indirect. This is not just...
link.springer.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I will present my paper "Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning" at McGill next week. Don't hesitate to join if you are in Montréal!

www.mcgill.ca/jarislowsky-...
Work-in-Progress Session- Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre: "Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning"
The Jarislowsky Chair will be hosting Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, a Postdoctoral Researcher for the chair, for a WIP session on March 17, 2025 at noon. This event is open to all. Please write to julia.hou...
www.mcgill.ca
March 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reposted by Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre
Fall/Automne
GRIPP Political Philosophy Colloquium / Conférences en philo politique

24 Sep: Rainer Forst (Frankfurt)
8 Oct: Serena Parekh (Northeastern)
29 Oct: Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus)
12 Nov: @catherinelu.bsky.social (McGill)
26 Nov: @hugocl.bsky.social (Aarhus)
10 Déc: Naïma Hamrouni (UQTR)
September 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Très heureux d'annoncer officiellement que je vais pouvoir continuer mes recherches sur la philosophie politique de l'IA cet automne avec @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social grâce au soutien de IVADO!

ivado.ca/2024/05/01/i...
IVADO annonce son soutien à 11 projets postdoctoraux, dont 2 en cofinancement avec l’Obvia | IVADO
ivado.ca
May 1, 2024 at 3:44 PM
New publication out now in Bioethics on structural (in)justice and procreative justice! w Joona Räsänen @drbengtson.bsky.social and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A critical take on procreative justice
Bioethics is a medical ethics journal that combines biomedical & social sciences to tackle the moral aspects of topics such as organ transplants, ageing, & stem cells.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 22, 2024 at 7:15 AM
C'est demain, 17 janvier!
Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre (U. of Aarhus)
Conférence du midi: présentation intitulée « Defining Structural Discrimination ».
www.lecre.umontreal.ca
January 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM