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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…
MOVING TO FRONT FROM DEC. 23–UPDATED
Details of this sorry episode are here.
UPDATE: Several law faculty have sent me a statement disputing Prof. Sheinman's account; I have posted it at the original link, above.
ANOTHER: Hebrew U's David Enoch responds to the preceding.
DEC. 28 UPDATE: Alon Harel (Hebrew U) weighs in.
I respond to this report here https://jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/on-the-philosophical-muddle-that