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Rob on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
Very interesting interview with Professor Schwarcz on the latest episode of Ipse Dixit podcast: https://shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/episodes/daniel-schwarcz-on-ai-and-human-legal-reasoning
Dan Schwarcz on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
*Yes, you are correct that the synthesis task required participants both to read the source material and draft a memo.…
Milan Markovic on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
Thank you, Dan. Your “synthesis task” required students to both read the packet and write a legal memo on a…
Andrew Mamo on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
Thanks for a very interesting paper as we try to understand this new technology and how to work with it.…
Stefan Sciaraffa on In Memoriam: Barry Allen (1957-2025)April 14, 2026
Please see this link for the final version of the McMaster Philosophy Department’s notice for Barry Allen. There is some…
Patrick S. O’Donnell on The increasing risk of nuclear warApril 14, 2026
Perhaps one can quibble with this or that statement or claim, and of course speaking about probabilities or risk estimates…
Mark on The increasing risk of nuclear warApril 14, 2026
There’s a couple of issues here: On point 3, it’s been a long time since I looked into this, so…