Dr. Karina Vold is a philosopher of cognitive science and artificial intelligence & an assistant professor at the University of Toronto's Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.

affiliations
> PI at the Periscope Research Lab
> AI2050 Early Career Fellow, Schmidt Sciences Foundation
> Research Lead at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society
> AI2050 Early Career Fellow, Schmidt Sciences Foundation
> Associate Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
> Graduate faculty at the University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy
> Faculty Fellow, Victoria College, University of Toronto
> Faculty Associate at the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics

upcoming events> 16 September 2025 | 3rd September Soiree in Technophilosophy, University of Toronto> 3 October 2025 | Symposium on AI in Mental Health, York University> 8 October 2025 | CARE-AI Speaker Series, University of Guelph> 24 October 2025 | Who's Afraid of AI?, BMO Lab, University of Toronto> 29 October 2025 | Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in Computing Speaker Series, Queen's University> 30 October 2025 | Durham AI Speaker Series, Trent University> 30-31 October 2025 | CRANIA (Center for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application) Conference, University Health Network, BMO Centre and Toronto Western Hospital> 14 November 2025 | Panel on Responsible AI, Disruptors & Dilemmas Series, University of Toronto> 7-10 January 2026 | Symposium on the Metaphyics of AI, Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Baltimore, MD> 13 January 2026 | Fellows Lunch Colloquium, Victoria College, University of Toronto> 17-19 January 2026 | Keynote, Philosophy of AI Conference, University of Manitoba

recent writing & research> Augmenting Military Decision Making with Artificial Intelligence
Forthcoming. Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance.> Avatars numériques post mortem et deuil: un point de vue éthique
2025. Psychologie Québec, Vol. 42(3): 23-24.> Ethical Considerations in using Artificial Intelligence in Organ Transplantation
Forthcoming. With Orlandi, M., Hall, J., Huynh, E., Katz, R., and Gross, J. Artificial Intelligence in Organ Transplantation. University of Toronto Press. Eds. M. Bhat and A. Sidhu.> AI Can Uncover Humanity's Unknown Unknowns
2025. With Hall, J. IAI News.> Finding Consensus on Trust in AI in Healthcare: Recommendations from a Panel of International Experts
2025. With Starke, G., Gille, F., Termine, A., et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research Vol. 27, e:56306.> The Hidden Risks of Neuralink
2024. With Hall, J., and A. Kush. IAI News.> Neuroprosthetics, Extended Cognition, and the Problem of Ownership
2024. With X. Liao. In Neuro-ProsthEthics – Ethical Implications of Applied Situated Cognition. Springer, B., Beck, O. Friedrich, and J. Heinrichs (Eds.): 1-20.> Human-AI Cognitive Teaming: Using AI to Support State-level Decision Making on the Resort to Force
2024. Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 78(2): 229-236.> Assessing AI Capabilities with Education Tests
2023. With Staneva, M., Baret, A., Gobert, J., et al. AI and the Future of Skills: Methods and evaluation AI capabilities, Vol. 2. OECD.> Your Prompt is My Command: Assessing the Human-Centred Generality of Multi-Modal Models
2023. Journal of AI Research, Vol. 77: 377-389. With W. Schellaert, J. Burden, F. Martinez-Plumed, P. Casares, B. Loe, R. Reichart, S. Ó hÉigeartaigh, A. Korhonen, and J. Hernández-Orallo.> ChatGPT: Rebel without a cause
2023. Blog post for Daily Nous: Philosophers on Next-Generation Large Language Models.> Full list of articles on Google Scholar

recent media
> 2025 | University of Toronto News interview about my research on AI work
> 2025 | Elle Canada Magazine on the use of generative AI for work
> 2025 | CBC News on social media being overrun by AI
> 2024 | Fashion Magazine on ethical issues around AI jewellery
> 2024 | The Guardian on generative AI and the value of higher education
> 2024 | Chinese Social Sciences Today on philosophy of virtual reality
> 2024 | University of Toronto Magazine on learning from AI
> 2023 | MIT Tech Review on existential risks from AI
> 2023 | Global News on existential risks from AI

courses
> Fall 2025 | HPS4011H: Graduate Seminar on Philosophy of AI
> Fall 2025 | HPS100H: Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science
> Winter 2025 | HPS4011H: Graduate Seminar on Cognitive Technologies
> Winter 2023 | HPS340H: The Limits of Machine Intelligence

> contact me at [email protected]
> @karinavold
> speaking enquiries