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August 16, 2026

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February 17, 2024

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Summer 2022 Plans: a Note to Readers

May 24, 2022

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February 20, 2021

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November 4, 2020

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September 4, 2020

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Discussion About Discussions Here

July 10, 2020

Since there appears to be interest in discussing the recent experiments here regarding the comments (see some of the comments on the “Illusion and…

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WiseGuy on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
of course.. they gave it to him and not me.
David Wallace on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
Let’s stipulate that Dropbox genuinely has no ties to AI companies. What about using Gmail or OneDrive? I don’t see how one could consistently (e.g.) abjure using Gemini…
David Wallace on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
That’s my (4): no objection in principle but it is probably sensible to draw a bright line.
Meme on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
Surreptitiously
Michael on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
Yes, memory is narrative storytelling using context triggered neurological networks. Freud speculated about memory traces, Friston called the Bayesian probability clouds.
Luca Barlassina on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
Amazing! Congrats!
Patrick Lin on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
I assume they'll be using the rigorous standard set by the US Supreme Court: "I'll know it when I see it."
Nicolas Delon on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
How do you get credit anonymously?
Meme on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
Still need someone to start it (I’m more of an “ideas guy who will take all the credit” myself).
Jukka on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
That's a laudable editorial practice. But AI & Society and a social contract between readers and journals: well, I turn to Jill; https://jilltxt.net/misaligned-citations-and-llm-generated-scientific-fraud/
Dee on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
And if evidence of bad behavior from Dropbox comes to light, I'll trust them less than I do at the moment. Many of us have used Dropbox for…
Kate on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
Just on point 2. I don't really think that editors are asking for reviewers to know what *you* think of it in a way that excludes what you…
Sander Verhaegh on Analytic Philosophy and McCarthyism: A New Look (guest post)
Thanks Conner, interesting suggestion! I guess the list of philosophers targeted by Red hunters is too short to draw any firm conclusions. But even this short list does…
Protrepticus on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
“What exactly do you mean by…?” There is a potential demarcation problem here. Before asking whether AI can ‘do philosophy’, we need some account of what counts as…
Conner Schultz on Analytic Philosophy and McCarthyism: A New Look (guest post)
Thanks, Sander—this was an interesting read, and I appreciate you bringing (much needed) archival data to bear on this debate. Some aspects of the McCarthyist thesis have long…