Shiqi Wang

I am a philosophy PhD student at The University of Manchester in the School of Social Sciences. I am working on a research titled as 'the meaningfuless of work and the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI)'. My research is supervised by Professor John O'Neill and Dr Thomas Smith.

My project addresses the fundamental question 'what is meaningful work?' by developing a multidimensional framework of meaningful work centered on the development of and realisation of one's core identity. Building upon this framework developed within the context of contemporary capitalism, I shall further investigate the impact of AI on meaningful work. My objective is to propose a perfectionist policy and human-centered design for AI applications in the workplace. This approach aims to enhance workers' productivity while perserving and even enhancing the meaningfulness of their labour, ultimately forstering greater meaning in their lives and thereby serving humanity and human flourishing.

My research interestes centre on:

philosophy of work,

AI applied ethics,

philosophy of technology,

perfectionism and liberalism.

Professor John O'Neill

Dr Thomas Smith