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Philosopher Launches Anti-Trans Website; Colleagues & Others Object

February 26, 2021

Holly Lawford-Smith, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Melbourne, has created a website that solicits and publishes anonymous complaints about the presence…

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Asking “How did I get here?” may help us reflect on the nature of personal identity in ways that asking “Who am I?” cannot — Marya Schechtman's 2024 Central Division Meeting Presidential Address
“Collecting is a game, but what kind of game? It is an imperfect information game of acquisition” — a theory of collecting, from Steven Hales
“A general human tendency: to overestimate how far we have come in the progress of human knowledge” — a lengthy interview with Thomas Nagel
“Many couples do not survive trauma like this” — A profile of Susan Brison—who was brutally attacked in 1990, and who wrote about it in Aftermath—and her husband, Thomas Trezise, who has now written his own book stemming from those events
“Bad AI Consciousness Takes” Bingo Card — Henry Shevlin's area of specialization is becoming a popular topic in popular discourse, and he can't stand the "cavalcade of terrible takes"
Does the principle of sufficient reason imply panpsychism? If it does, do we then ponens or tollens? — Sam Kimpton-Nye on these questions and the "demand for intelligibility"
PTSD flashbacks may be harmful, but they may also be helpfully “resupplying phenomenal experience” to those who, owing to trauma, are “grasp alienated” — Michaela McSweeney on trauma and "madness-as-strategy"
A look at the very first issue of Mind — Brett Mullins surveys its articles on the occasion of the journal's 150th anniversary
The most bizarre plagiarism-related story ever — featuring: a death, an investigator, a dissertation, a mysterious red book, and more
New data on earnings by major and university — though not all universities
“AI poses two different existential threats to [our] valuing practices” — Jordan MacKenzie offers an account of why negative judgments about AI taking over our creative and caring activities are justified
“Submission” is a humorous clicker-style game about starting a career in academic philosophy (or not) — created by Nat Hansen
“The best investment in education is to become the most human human—a challenging, fulfilling, exciting pursuit that connects us across generations” — an interview with Christa Acampora, philosopher and dean of Arts & Sciences at UVA
“What would happen if we tried to live without the mythology of agency at all?” — It's worth pondering, since "agency is just an internal command hallucination," says Alexander Douglas
“Reading List” is a free Mac app for keeping track of papers to read — philosophy PhD student Hayden Kajercline created this productivity tool for researchers, with help from Claude
How should we react to scary predictions about AI? “First: by asking questions” — "If you believe predictions uncritically, it amounts to obeying in advance," says Carissa Véliz
“I feel unbelievably lucky that I was able to make philosophy my profession” — Karen Ng reflects on her path into philosophy, at #first-genphilosophers
The ordinary concept of knowledge “doesn’t work at all the way philosophers said it does” — a round-up of studies shows how weird the philosophers' version of the concept is
1000 or so psychiatrists were asked to diagnose standardized clinical case vignettes. “Two doctors agreed on the diagnosis only 55% of the time” — What does this tell us about psychiatry? Or about other fields in which experts disagree?
Where Aristotle taught Alexander — "this newest dig may be the most revealing yet, offering insight into the specifics of Alexander the Great’s education"

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Patrick Lin on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Make Oracles Great Again (M.O.G.A.)! 🧘
Patrick Lin on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Thanks for the clarification, Wes. Ok, I've now read sec. 6.4.5. Just so I understand: Are you saying that “they would be so energy-intensive and impractical that it…
Hey Nonny Mouse on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Deciding what should be the currency of achievement in philosophy requires deciding what the professional point of our work is. We don't have agreement on this point. I…
Eric Steinhart on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
If AI really does start to do philosophy, then why are we talking about papers? Papers will be obsolete. Philosophical artifacts will be AIs themselves, built and trained…
Patrick Lin on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Here you go: "AI–AI bias: Large language models favor communications generated by large language models" https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2415697122
Dan Hooley on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
I know this isn't the focus of your report, but I'd be curious if Will or Wes have thoughts on the political feasibility of this proposal, compared to…
Will Fithian on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
> the proposed numbers seem really restrictive and like they go way beyond just pausing the frontier. This seems like it is intended to completely freeze the industry…
Derek Baker on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Thanks for the reply. China does express some concern, but their AI policy so far seems to indicate that they don't regard the more apocalyptic scenarios as that…
Runa on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
"… AI seems to assess AI driven-work more highly than human produced work (now called “AI bias”)." .Interesting. Can you point to any discussions/measurements of this?
Daniel on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Nothing is going to change. Just more of the same. More publications and less quality work. Standards will go up (now asking for more publications) but they are…
Meme on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Just a few CV heuristics, we’re such dummies!
Late-stage PhD on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Don't worry mate, it's been a goofy way of making a living anyway!
Wes Holliday on Is a “Hardwired Pause” of AI Possible?
Patrick, thanks for taking a look at the report. GPUs are an example of what we call "AI chips". We distinguish between datacenter-grade GPUs like H100s, H200s, etc.…
whatisgoodphilosophy on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
The other way to get around this is to have the journals (and the whole field) rethink the criteria of philosophical excellence. At some point, AI can definitely…
Michel on The Future Currency of Achievement in Human Philosophy
Yeah, it's tiresome.

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Philosopher Launches Anti-Trans Website; Colleagues & Others Object