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  1. F.E. Guerra-Pujol's avatar

    Apropos of Sagar’s wish to foist the A.I. industry by its own petard, this article appeared in print in yesterday’s…

  2. Claudio's avatar

    I teach both large courses, like Jurisprudence and Critical Legal Thinking (a.k.a Legal Argumentation), and small seminar-based courses at Edinburgh…

  3. Charles Pigden's avatar

    Surely there is an answer to the problem of AI cheating which averts the existential threat. . It’s not great,…

  4. Mark's avatar

    I’d like to pose a question. Let’s be pessimistic for the moment, and assume AI *does* destroy the university, at…

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  6. Jonathan Turner's avatar

    I agree with all of this. The threat is really that stark. The only solution is indeed in-class essay exams,…

  7. Craig Duncan's avatar

Chalmers to Take Up Half-Time Post at NYU for Next Three Years

David Chalmers (philosophy of mind and language) at the Australian National University has accepted a half-time post at New York University, where he will teach each fall for the next three years; the rest of the year, he will be at the ANU (because of the differing academic calendars, this is tantamount to a regular post at the ANU).  Chalmers has also declined the senior offers from Princeton and Rutgers, and still has a full-time offer outstanding from NYU.

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