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It would be a shame if bad philosophy of mind got us all killed. AI can absolutely have desires and…
Does AI really pose an existential risk? Answer: Yes. Reason: There is a pattern of people leaving these companies (foregoing…
This is a load of cobblers. Philosophers need to read more Searle & watch less 2001. Computers, however fancy, are…
I wonder how feasible and time-intensive it would be to make it a standard policy check for undisclosed AI usage.…
One provocative read (if you can get past the sensationalistic headline) is econ blogger Noah Smith’s substack post from last…
Yes. This topic is hard to talk about because it ticks all the boxes for what one might rave about…
Not sure it is obvious that it is the dog wagging the tail. It might well be that the tail…
Authors and/or publishers kindly sent me these new books this month:
John D. Arras, Elizabeth Fenton, & Rebecca Kukla (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Bioethics (2015).
Timothy Williamson, Tetralogue: I'm Right, You're Wrong (Oxford University Press, 2015).
Richard McAdams, The Expressive Powers of Law: Theories and Limits (Harvard University Press, 2015).
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