I'll be posting less regularly until early August. Professor Sisk and colleagues at St. Thomas are working on a new scholarly impact study, and I will make time for thost results as they become available.
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I agree with what you’re saying, but I want to bring up a possible non-sequitor: I’m confused by why the…
Exactly! The question is not whether AI is conscious or forms human-like intentions. The question is whether AI–in carrying out…
Unfortunately, this piece seems quite out of date now that the Hugging Fact incident has been exposed. I’m not sure…
This is a very strange comment. Searle’s Chinese Room, and his general position on intentionality, were controversial, and criticized (correctly,…
Hey Paul, thanks for giving this a shot! If want to send me your transcript or the broad outlines of…
Something that gives me pause is the very idea that the relevant issues (AI consciousness, welfare, etc.) could be resolved…
I don’t think it’s that the philosophical debates will become irrelevant in your example, so much that your example demonstrates…