Prof. Vincent C. Müller
Centre for Philosophy and AI Research (PAIR)
Vincent C. Müller is AvH Professor for Philosophy and Ethics of AI and Director of the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research (PAIR) at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg – as well as Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute (London), President of the European Society for Cognitive Systems and Chair of the euRobotics topics group on ‘ethical, legal and socio-economic issues’. He was Professor at the Technical University of Eindhoven (2019-22) and at Anatolia College/ACT (Thessaloniki) (1998-2019), as well as James Martin Research Fellow at the University of Oxford (2011-15) and Stanley J. Seeger Fellow at Princeton University (2005-6). Müller studied philosophy with cognitive science, linguistics and history at the universities of Marburg, Hamburg, London and Oxford.
Müller works mainly on philosophical problems connected to artificial intelligence, both in ethics and in theoretical philosophy. His publications are cited >1/day. Müller edits the “Oxford handbook of the philosophy of artificial intelligence” (OUP), wrote the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on Ethics of AI and Robotics and has a book forthcoming with OUP on “Can Machines Think?”, as well as a book with CUP on “Artificial Minds” (with G. Löhr). He frequently presents invited talks around the world and he has organised ca. 25 conferences or workshops, among them a prominent conference series on the Philosophy and Theory of AI (PT-AI). Currently, Müller is one of the 32 experts on the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) and he is a member of the OECD Network of Experts on AI. In 2022, he was awarded the personal science prize “Alexander von Humboldt Professor“, worth €3.5M, together with a professorship and matching funds from the university (ca. €1.5M). He has generated ca. €9.8M research income for his institutions.
Main projects
- A. v. Humboldt Professor, personal grant (2022-27), €3.5M at FAU (+ ca. €1.5M from FAU) – PI
- k3i-cycling, BMBF (2020-25), €13.5M total, sub-project €273,000 at FAU – Co-I
- AI-Planner, TU/e & ESCF.nl (2022-25), sub-project €400K at TU/e – Co-I
- popAI, H2020-SU-AI-2020 CSA (2021-23), €1.6M (€88K at TU/e) – PI
- IA-AI, EC (2020-2023, ended 2021), €2.5M – PI
- ESDT, NWO (2020-2029), €26.8M (ca. €5M at TU/e) – Management Board & Co-I
- AI4EU, H2020 ICT-26-2018 (2019-2021), €20M (€141K at ULeeds) – Co-I
- INBOTS, H2020 ICT-28-2017-1 (2018-2020), €3M (€112K at ULeeds) – PI
- DiDIY, H2020 ICT-31-644344 (2014-2017), €2M (€230K at AC) – PI
- EUCogIII, FP7 INFSO-ICT-269981 (2012-2014), €2M (€1.64M at AC) – Coordinator & PI
- EUCogII, FP 7 INFSO-ICT-231281 (2009-2011), €1.8M (€1.7M at AC) – Coordinator & PI
No projects found.
2026
- Müller, V.C. (2026). Short-Term or Long-Term AI Ethics? A Dilemma for Ethical Singularity Only. wiley.
- Müller, V.C., Dung, L., Löhr, G., & Rumana, A. (2026). Editorial Note. In (pp. v-). Springer Science and Business Media B.V..
2025
- Müller, V.C. (2025). Deep Opacity in AI: A Threat to XAI and Standard Privacy Protection Mechanisms. In Martin Hähnel, Regina Müller (Eds.), A Companion to Applied Philosophy of AI. (pp. 71-81). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
- Müller, V.C. (2025). Philosophy of AI: A Structured Overview. In Martin Hähnel, Regina Müller (Eds.), A Companion to Applied Philosophy of AI. wiley.
2023
- Erler, A., & Müller, V.C. (2023). AI AS IA: The use and abuse of artificial intelligence (AI) for human enhancement through intellectual augmentation (IA). In Fabrice Jotterand, Marcello Ienca (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement. Taylor and Francis.
- Müller, V.C. (2023). The History of Digital Ethics. In Carissa Véliz (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics. (pp. 3-19). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2022
- Muller, V.C., & Cannon, M. (2022). Existential risk from AI and orthogonality: Can we have it both ways? Ratio, 35(1), 25-36. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rati.12320
- Müller, V.C. (2022). Basic Issues in AI Policy. In María Amparo Grau Ruiz (Eds.), Interactive Robotics: Legal, Ethical, Social and Economic Aspects. (pp. 3-9). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
2021
- Muller, V.C. (2021). Is it time for robot rights? Moral status in artificial entities. Ethics and Information Technology, 23(4), 579-587. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10676-021-09596-w
- Müller, V.C. (2021). Deep opacity undermines data protection and explainable artificial intelligence. In AISB Convention 2021: Communication and Conversations. Online: The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour.
- Müller, V.C. (2021). Ethics of artificial intelligence. Taylor and Francis Inc..
2020
- Bruneau, G.A., Gilthorpe, M., & Müller, V.C. (2020). The ethical imperatives of the COVID-19 pandemic: A review from data ethics Los imperativos éticos de la pandemia de COVID-19: Un análisis desde la ética de los datos. Veritas : Revista de Filosofía y Teología , 46, 13-35.
- Müller, V.C. (2020). Measuring Progress in Robotics: Benchmarking and the ‘Measure-Target Confusion’. In Fabio Bonsignorio, Elena Messina, Angel P. del Pobil, John Hallam (Eds.), Metrics of Sensory Motor Coordination and Integration in Robots and Animals. (pp. 169-179). Springer Verlag.