Bravo Syed

Now with all the official stuff taken care of, I can freely share that I was fortunate enough to secure a TT position for Fall '25 at the University of Texas-Arlington. Very thankful to @johnfsymons.bsky.social @sarahrobins.bsky.social, Brad Cokelet, @coreymaley.net & KU Phil. #philtech #philsky

Can we have close relationships with AI? In this new DatOS episode, Oluwaseun Sanwoolu walks us through her paper (w @johnfsymons.bsky.social) on why we are simply mistaken if we think we can. Hint: it’s our human limitations that make things special. youtu.be/2vw3XVZV4Ps?...

New Paper Alert: You've heard of lethal autonomous weapons and capital punishment.. what happens when they converge? An anticipatory analysis of how AI could reshape execution debates @reneeasirbu.bsky.social @floridi.bsky.social #philtech #moralphil #philsky #LawAI papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Super proud of my former student Ramón Alvarado discussing ethics of AI in public facing and highly accessible ways. He elegantly models how philosophy can be conducted at the highest levels of excellence while still being accessible and urgently relevant.

I had the chance to talk about philosophy & AI w Ben Yelin about close personal relationships, social agency & AI. My part starts at min 26It's an introduction to some of the recent work that I've done together with Oluwaseun Damilola Sanwoolu and Syed Abumusab. open.spotify.com/episode/6lqZ...

Lovely visit to University of Oregon. A delight to see Ramón and to talk philosophy with his brilliant and lively departmental community

Recent paper with Oluwaseun Damilola Sanwoolu : "Close Personal Relationships with People and Artifacts? Loneliness, Agent-Relative Obligations, and Artificially Intelligent Companions" is finally accepted for publication at Philosophy &Technology. johnsymons.net/wp-content/upl…

When we wrote about this issue related to computer simulations, @johnfsymons.bsky.social and I used an analogy to oracle worshipers. It’s OK, but it’s definitely not epistemologically hygienic scientific practice. AI is even more opaque.

Nice write up of our History and Philosophy of Materialism volume here news.ku.edu/news/article...

Jack Horner and I will be talking to High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart on "How to interpret quantum supremacy claims" join online, all talks will be broadcasted at unistuttgart.webex.com/meet/nico.form… reading: What Have Google’s Rand… Dec 13, 2024 16:00 hlrs.de/event/2024/how 

Center for Cyber Social Dynamics Lab ( most of us)

Happy Thanksgiving to all

Perceptions and attitudes toward artificial intelligence among frontline physicians and physicians’ assistants in Kansas: a cross-sectional survey doi.org/10.1093/jami... #AI #medicine #physician

St Nicholas, Lawrence, Kansas

Lovely to talk to the Computer Science Department at UTEP this morning! Talked about AI, social norms, and institutions among other things. #UTEP #AI #philosophy

Holy Archangel Michael & All Saints Skete. #orthodoxy

youtube.com/live/3r0bpun... My provocations about Thinking and Writing with AI. My talk begins at the 2 hour point. Posting this as an experiment. #AI #philsky #philosophy

Hello Bluesky!