Psychoanalysis and AI, keynote by Adrian Johnston.

A two-day conference, "New Relations: Interrogating Machine Unconsciousness," opens with a keynote by Adrian Johnston, Chair of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico, titled "Oedipus in the Clouds: An Infinite Greed for Knowledge." The event is presented by Philosophy at The New School for Social Research. It asks whether psychoanalysis extends to artificial systems, exploring whether large language models can host an "algorithmic unconscious" or lack the division and repression that structure the human subject. Speakers including Todd McGowan, Patricia Clough, and Luca Possati continue the discussion on the second day, alongside a moderated roundtable.