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    Sagar’s claim that LLMs pose an “existential threat” to universities rests on a set of conflations that do not survive…

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    Generative AI has the potential to do catastrophic harm to higher education. This is because learning is a biological process…

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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…

In Memoriam: Raimo Tuomela (1940-2020)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM NOVEMBER 25–UPDATED

Best-known for his contributions to philosophy of action and philosophy of social science, Professor Tuomela was emeritus at the University of Helsinki, where he spent most ofhis career.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.

UPDATE:  A memorial notice from the International Social Ontology Society, including remembrances of Professor Tuomela by various philosophers (including Margaret Gilbert, Michael Bratman, Philip Pettit, and others).  (Thanks to Michael Schmitz for the pointer.)

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