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    When the problem of AI-based papers started a few years ago, I immediately switched to in-class essay exams and told…

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    In terms of pedagogy, I agree with Professor Sagar. In philosophy courses, at least, the exercise is the point; I…

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    The central claim is that LLMs (or AI more generally, I suppose) is an existential threat to universities. This gets…

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In Memoriam: C. Michael Gelven (1937-2018)

The Philosophy Department at Northern Illinois University asked me to share this announcement:  "It is with sadness that we announce that our former colleague C. Michael Gelven passed away on June 1. Professor Gelven (1937-2018) taught at NIU for 46 years, inspiring generations of students. The author of a dozen books, he served as Distinguished Research Professor from 1997 until his retirement in 2011."

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