The 2026 Fangtang Forum opened at Xijiao Hotel in Beijing on June 22. Under the theme “AI’s Next Step: Philosophical Answers to Key Questions,” the Forum considered foundational questions arising as AI becomes deeply embedded in human society.
Its four thematic sessions addressed AI epistemology, computational philosophy and AI ethics, the reconfiguration of human value in a post-work era, and the reorganization of knowledge production and humanistic scholarship in the age of AI.
Discussions and talks
AI for Humanity: Knowledge Production and the Reorganization of Humanities Scholarship
The 2026 Fangtang Forum identified knowledge production and the reorganization of humanities scholarship in the age of AI as a thematic direction.
Computational Philosophy and AI Ethics
The 2026 Fangtang Forum identified computational philosophy and AI ethics as a thematic direction.
AI Epistemology: Questioning What Machines Know
The 2026 Fangtang Forum considered knowledge, judgment, and ways of knowing in the age of artificial intelligence.
The Post-Work Era: Rethinking Human Value
The 2026 Fangtang Forum identified the reshaping of human value in a post-work era as a thematic direction.
The Fangtang Questions: From Ethical Relations in the AI Age to Breakthroughs in a New Axial Age
Address at the second Fangtang annual forum in 2026.
AI Virtue
Alan Liu asks what counts as good knowledge in the age of generative AI, and examines the values by which AI-mediated knowledge work might be judged.
The Way of AI
Huang Tiejun's Fangtang Forum keynote on the technical paths of artificial intelligence, embodied intelligence, and the relationship between structure and function.
Richard Sutton and Xiang Biao: Fangtang's Ultimate Question
A dialogue on how humanity may find its place in the age of AI.
Forum record
Closed Roundtable of the 2026 Fangtang Forum
A closed roundtable of the 2026 Fangtang Forum was held at the Fangtang Institute, Tsinghua University, continuing the Forum's scholarly exchange.
The 2026 Fangtang Forum Opens
The Forum explored philosophical responses to key questions raised by artificial intelligence as it becomes embedded in human society.
Fangtang Night Explores Film Experimentation and Image-Making in the AI Age
Fangtang Night brought together discussion of film experimentation and image-making in the age of AI.
Downloads
PDF 2026 Fangtang Forum Handbook
Original handbook for the 2026 Fangtang Forum.
PDF 2026 Fangtang Forum Schedule
Original English-language schedule for the 2026 Fangtang Forum.