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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…

  5. A in the UK's avatar
  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

As I first observed more than five years ago…

…philosopher Rachel McKinnon (Charleston) is unhinged, and everything since has served to confirm that, including the ugliness noted here.  However, it is not the job of the College of Charleston to police her public statements.  Her public speech, albeit tasteless and often worse, is not unlawful, and is none of the College's business.

UPDATE:  A reader points out that the other toxic "Rachel McK" on philosophy twitter–philosopher Rachel McKinney (Suffolk)–has actually "deleted her account" (as the Twitter joke goes).  We may only hope the even more noxious Rachel McK (above) follows suit, for her sake and ours.

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