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I’m not a philosopher, just a mathematician who reads a lot. I do work in AI, though, and I hope…
I majored in philosophy as an undergrad back in the late 80s. I can still hear one professor saying the…
I would be disinclined to characterize the understanding described in the last paragraph as truths creditable to philosophy or philosophers.…
I like this, but it isn’t a virtue of philosophy that we appear to be able to flog dead horses…
Hard agree!
I have no scientific expertise on this subject, but I do wonder, likely influenced by my reading of Roko’s basilisk…
The poem by Wallace Stevens is called “Men Made Out Of Words” not “Machines Made Out Of Words.” This timely…
There is a strong statement of the case by Geoffrey Stone (Law, Chicago) here, which emphasizes, as we have, the danger Judge Alito poses during a time when legal and constitutional restraints on authoritarian rule are being challenged.
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