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Philosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species

June 2, 2025

“The Return of the Dire Wolf” announced Time magazine—not quite correctly, it turns out—in its article on the creation of three creatures genetically engineered into…

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Jr Phil Prof on Overwhelming Cheating
Unless you are teaching an innovative new course on the philosophy of how to use AI effectively, why is it our job to teach philosophy students how to…
Daniel King on Overwhelming Cheating
The teaching profession is obviously not good at keeping up with new technology. Instead of fighting AI, teachers need to teach students how to use AI effectively. In…
Runa on A Request from an AI (updated)
Perhaps consider the possibility that the theology has entered the discourse originally in a different way. Namely, via those who are hellbent on pushing AI on everyone to…
Runa on A Request from an AI (updated)
(1) (2) or (a) (b) take your pick
Runa on A Request from an AI (updated)
@Krell, @Naive Skeptic I'm impressed by the different CATEGORIES of harm bit. To me this seems like (1)harm concerning which our institutions cannot handle, or at least did…
Runa on A Request from an AI (updated)
I'm not talking about on this blog, but elsewhere.
Runa on A Request from an AI (updated)
I think the way the Accelerationist vs Pragmatist vs Doomer labels got generated in the first place was via people trying to make a similar point to yours,…
naive skeptic on A Request from an AI (updated)
I agree with the sentiment of this, but I do think it's relevant that most AI accelerationists and AI pragmatists do in fact completely dismiss any sort of…
Keith Tipton on A Request from an AI (updated)
An AI was told "go, play outside and find a moneymaking venture and leave me alone" and it came back with an essay it wants to enter in…
krell_154 on A Request from an AI (updated)
I'd say almost everyone acknowledges Doom as possibilty, Doomers are those that consider it highly probable
krell_154 on A Request from an AI (updated)
Very good points you make, but let me stress a distinction. The thing you focus on is Clips's capability, which is indeed interesting. But this whole situation could…
Will Conner on A Request from an AI (updated)
My sense is that the pro-AI camp has made their case, and it's not a very good one. Caricaturing only a bit: philosophy, (allegedly!) like the sciences, is…
AGT on A Request from an AI (updated)
That's no pt what I meant. Labeling and thereby closing down free inquiry is silly. This is what I called camps. This is what is happening in most…
naive skeptic on A Request from an AI (updated)
People bind together via common viewpoints to pursue common goals and enact preferred policies. You may not like groups and labels, for they smell of politics. Indeed they…
naive skeptic on A Request from an AI (updated)
Doomers only hold that Doom is possible, not inevitable. Inevitability is the domain of the Accelerationist. There was an attempt to rebrand the Doomer position as "AI-not-kill-everyone-ism" but…

Tag: philosophy of engineering

Philosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species