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If think that if you talk to anyone in math, they will agree that AI is revolutionizing the subject and…
Not entirely parody. David Wallace complains that the Chinese Room Argument has been much criticised. My rejoinder: So what? Every…
I think this is a significant misreading of Dennett, but it would probably take us too far afield to settle…
“So fine, AI is dangerous, it poses potentially catastrophic risks. But so does many other things, let me add, from…
I think there is little to question about these remarks concerning risks – especially by those, like me, who have…
My “headline” was a reference to the earlier thread on “existential” risk. I’ve written multiple times about the threat to…
St. Cloud State University is poised to selectively fire tenured faculty in some targeted programs, pleading financial exigency, but in violation of its own rules and policies for such cases. If any reader knows of a good employment lawyer in Minnesota, please shoot me an e-mail (bleiter@uchicago.edu): time is of the essence! Thanks.
UPDATE: Many thanks for suggestions from several readers; the faculty member in question now has legal counsel.
Let us agree to disagree about Dennett. I still maintain that it really does matter that we try to understand…