I'm a DPhil (PhD) candidate in philosophy at the University of Oxford. I work on the ethical questions raised by technology, particularly artificial intelligence.
My research is guided by questions about artificial moral agency—that is, whether AI systems are genuine moral agents (capable of acting morally wrongly and responsibly) and why we should care. My supervisors are Carissa Véliz and Alison Hills. I'm an Oxford-Reuben scholar, and I'm affiliated with the Institute for Ethics in AI, the Oxford BioXPhi Lab, and the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab.
I hold an MPhil in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, an MA in Medieval Icelandic Studies from the University of Iceland, and a BA in Philosophy and Public Policy from Duke University.
Feel free to contact me at: jen.semler[at]philosophy.ox.ac.uk.