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If think that if you talk to anyone in math, they will agree that AI is revolutionizing the subject and…
Not entirely parody. David Wallace complains that the Chinese Room Argument has been much criticised. My rejoinder: So what? Every…
I think this is a significant misreading of Dennett, but it would probably take us too far afield to settle…
“So fine, AI is dangerous, it poses potentially catastrophic risks. But so does many other things, let me add, from…
I think there is little to question about these remarks concerning risks – especially by those, like me, who have…
My “headline” was a reference to the earlier thread on “existential” risk. I’ve written multiple times about the threat to…
These are excellent points, but I think they serve to emphasize the importance of getting our psychological terms straight. While…
Thaddeus Metz (ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law), Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, has accepted appointment as Humanities Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. (Metz was both the youngest professor and the only philosopher to get the highest rating by the National Research Foundation in South Africa earlier this year.)
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