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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…
[…] Brian Leiter has posted on the question: “The answer is still `emphatically’ yes. Lawprof Sloan Speck reviews some recent research…
I completely agree with both Professor Sagar’s diagnosis and treatment. Students who abuse LLMs in order to merely obtain grades…
In terms of pedagogy, I agree with Professor Sagar. In philosophy courses, at least, the exercise is the point; I…
The central claim is that LLMs (or AI more generally, I suppose) is an existential threat to universities. This gets…
I’m not at a university, so I don’t have a ton to contribute, but I want to subscribe to see…
My former colleagues at another university in Middle East have also been moved to online teaching indefinitely, with the students…
Robert A. Wilson (philosophy of mind, biology, and cognitive science), Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe University in Melbourne has accepted appointment as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia, effective November.
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