Tag: technology
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“Gpt could easily get a PhD on any philosophical topic”
“If you do it right, talking with Gpt is like talking with someone who’s seriously studied and thought hard about philosophy. Gpt could easily…
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Harness AI to Help Your Students Learn Basic Logic (and more) (guest post)
Michael Rota, professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, has been using AI in his teaching, and is trying to make it…
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When Publishers Want to License Your Book to Generative AI Firms (updated)
Is it part of your book contract that your publisher may license your book to the makers of ChatGPT or other large language models…
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Have an Idea for a Philosophy App?
About five years ago, Caleb Ontiveros, a former philosophy graduate student who went into software engineering, wrote a guest post for Daily Nous about…
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New “Human-Centered AI Lab” at Oxford
The Human-Centered AI Lab (HAI Lab) is a new initiative at the University of Oxford that aims to “create a space for technologists and…
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New Philosopher-Led Bitcoin Research Institute
The University of Wyoming has launched a Bitcoin Research Institute, headed by associate professor of philosophy Bradley Rettler.
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OpenAI Has Kept Secret an Accurate ChatGPT Detector for Two Years
According to The Wall Street Journal, “OpenAI has a method to reliably detect when someone uses ChatGPT to write an essay or research paper” but…
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AI Generated Content and Academic Journals
What are good policy options for academic journals regarding the detection of AI generated content and publication decisions?
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Play a Game to Improve a Philosophical Research Tool (guest post)
“What papers talk about P?” “Who argues that P?”
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Grad & Undergrad Philosophy Programs Focusing on Science/Technology
Earlier this month I reported on a new MA program in philosophy and computing at the University of Bayreuth and another in philosophy and…
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How Is Your Administration Spying on You?
The administration at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has been secretly video-recording at least one of its professor’s courses.
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Plato’s Last Night
Further deciphering of the carbonized Herculaneum papyri, which recently produced information about Plato’s burial place (publicized last week), also detailed the philosopher’s final hours,…
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Say Hello to this Philosopher’s ExTRA
Appropriately enough, Luciano Floridi (Yale), known for his work in the philosophy of information and technology, may be the first philosopher with a… well,…
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Using Generative AI to Teach Philosophy (w/ an interactive demo you can try) (guest post)
Philosophy teachers—Michael Rota, a professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), is about to make your teaching a bit better and your life…
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Further Progress on Vesuvius Scrolls
“Epicureanism says hi, with a text full of music, food, senses, and pleasure!”
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New Teaching Philosophy with Technology Prize
Oxford University Press and the American Philosophical Association (APA) have teamed up to launch the new “Oxford University Press Teaching with Technology Prize.”
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Teachers: Was the Semester AI-pocalyptic or Was It AI-OK?
A survey conducted at the end of last year indicated that 30% of college students had used ChatGPT for schoolwork. Undoubtedly, the number has…
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NEH Creates New Funding for Ethics & AI Research
The Biden administration yesterday called for legislation about and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), the development and implementation of which will involve expertise in…
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Policing Is Not Pedagogy: On the Supposed Threat of ChatGPT (guest post)
“ChatGPT has just woken many of us up to the fact that we need to be better teachers, not better cops.”