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I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that
For what it’s worth, I agree. I have, with some trepidation, given it a bunch of my papers and asked…
Looking at some of the AI-amplified cranks on philpeople, it is hard to agree with the assessment of this article.…
Perhaps a useful distinction here is between replacing philosophers and changing the conditions under which philosophical work gets done. LLMs…
Conditional on the hypothesis that journal editors sometimes desk reject high-quality papers written and commended by world experts on a…
Some users seem to have conflicting impressions about the (absolute level of) abilities of current iterations of the LLMs. But…
One thing I appreciate about Greco’s piece is the very helpful distinction between instrumental and intrinsic value, which he lays…
The 2008 electees for Philosophy are Elizabeth Anderson (Michigan), Nuel Belnap (Pittsburgh), and Calvin Normore (UCLA, moving to McGill). Two Foreign Honorary Members were also elected: David Armstrong (Emeritus, Sydney) and Simon Blackburn (Cambridge University, who is also now a part-time Research Professor at North Carolina).
The full list is here.
The AAAS has now corrected half of the egregious omissions noted a few years ago. Some other thoughts on the sins of omission.
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