First (?) review of *Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence* (edited by me, Atoosa Kasirzadeh & John Zerilli), by Brendan Shea, out now, in *Philosophy in Review*, available here: journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pi... #aiethics #philosophy

A great Faculty Research Day last Friday: excellent talks, inspiring posters, and many conversations across different areas of philosophy. A good reminder of how much interesting work is happening around us. Thanks to everyone who contributed, and to the Siemens Stiftung for the warm hospitality.

Bristol is recruiting a Lecturer in Philosophy, with specialisation in one of and teaching competency in at least three of: Aesthetics Ethics Philosophy of AI Philosophy of Education Political Philosophy Value Theory 24 month post with teaching orientation. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

LMU Philosophy Faculty member Dr. Benjamin Lange's essay "Keeping Your Distance" has been shortlisted for the inaugural Aeon Philosophy Prize. For more info, see below. #philosophy www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Coming up next week: Eddy Chen (UCSD) will give a talk in the interdisciplinary Philosophy & Physics Colloquium at LMU Munich: "AI Meets Philosophy of Science" Thu, 21 May 2026, 6pm (s.t.) Room F107, LMU Main Building #philosophy #ai #philosophyofscience

"Through a Kantian lens" - learn more about Andrew Stephenson, who recently joined the LMU Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies as Professor of Philosophy, in particular the history of philosophy from modernity to the present, here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

"Humanoid Robots Are the Next Phase of the AI Hype Cycle" - Bloomberg Weekend story, featuring some quotes from me: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #aiethics #humanoidrobots #robots

Sven Nyholm reviews Timothy Aylsworth and Clinton Castro’s “Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy: Duty and Distraction” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/739659 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Here's a short text in Swedish (based on ideas from my book *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence*) I wrote for the excellent @svenskfilosofi.se website: "Hur AI skapar ansvarsluckor" ("How AI creates responsibility gaps"): svenskfilosofi.se/2026/05/05/h... #AIEthics #philosophy #svenskfilosofi

Postdoc opportunities in philosophy at LMU Munich: Up to two one-year postdoctoral positions in political/legal/moral philosophy at LMU Munich, Chair in Philosophy & Political Theory. Application deadline: Friday 22 May 2026 Planned start date: October 1st, 2026. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/4...

Coming up at at FAU's PAIR center this Thursday and Friday: The "Beyond Responsibility: New Gaps with AI Systems?" workshop, organized by Eleonora Catena, featuring my presentation "Authorless Texts? Generative AI, Authorship, and the Future of Writing": www.pair.fau.eu/events/overv... #aiethics

"AI in the Classroom: Rethinking Education in the Age of AI." Many thanks to Aashna Jain for having me as a guest on her podcast AITHOS! Aashna and I discussed the pros and cons, and the opportunities and risks, of using AI tools in educational settings: open.spotify.com/episode/3GbX... #aiethics

If you're looking to start or update an applied philosophy/ethics course, Hackett has some great resources: hackettpublishing.com/the-ethics-o... hackettpublishing.com/applied-epis... hackettpublishing.com/an-introduct... hackettpublishing.com/the-hackett-... hackettpublishing.com/environmenta...

HoPWaG Volume 8, on Philosophy in the Reformation, is out! Here it is with its happy author. You can get it from Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro... #philsky #philosophy#hopwag #reformation

(2/2) This distinction is also relevant to Bentham’s discussion of Maillardet’s automaton, which neither thinks nor suffers, but which writes letters and draws pictures. The moral question of the automaton is about how an assemblage of levers and cams enters culture as a writer of polite messages.

(1/2) Jeremy Bentham is mentioned in this discussion with @svennyholm.bsky.social on the ethics of AI, with reference to Bentham’s view that the key question to ask in our ethical relationship with animals is not whether they think, but whether they suffer.

I recently had the pleasure of speaking w/ James Hughes & Nir Eisikovits about a range of topics from my new book, *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence*. Our discussion is featured on the latest episode of their great Prosthetic Gods podcast: prostheticgods.podbean.com/e/sven-nyhol... #aiethics

Do we have reason to regret AI-produced content online and elsewhere instead of human-produced art, music, literature, etc? I contributed some input to this article by Kristofer Ahlström that was published today in the Swedish national newspaper DN: www.dn.se/kultur/krist... #AIEthics

The latest issue of *Ethics* has just been published. It features a review I wrote of Timothy Aylsworth and Clinton Castro's excellent book *Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy: Duty and Distraction*. Check it out, here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #philosophy #aiethics

Good news: not just one open job, but two! Both are postdocs in philosophy of science/ML working with my @technomoralfutures.bsky.social co-Director Dr Emily Sullivan on issues in ML scientific understanding and explanation. Ads for a 3 year post and 2 year post are linked below, apply by 20 April

Terrific(ally unreliable) writeup on LinkedIn, regrettably by me. www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-h... Excuse the excitability, I've obviously been far too long on social media.

Weird but groovy!

Out now: I am thrilled that my new book - *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction* - has just been published by Hackett. Available from all major book sellers. #aiethics #philosophy #ethicsofai

"Macht AI unser Leben besser – oder nur bequemer, Prof. Sven Nyholm?" - new podcast interview (in German) on the #digdeep podcast hosted by Frauke Kreuter & Christof Horn: digdeep.de/2026/03/12/m... #aiethics #podcast #philosophy

"How AI Robs Us of Meaning" - I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Reid Blackman and our discussion has just been featured on the latest episode of his excellent podcast *Ethical Machines*. Check it out here: www.ethicalmachinespodcast.com/season-3/how... #aiethics #philosophy #podcast

My wife, Katharina Uhde, just received author copies of her great new book, *The Art of Musical Ciphers, Riddles and Sundry Curiosities* - highly recommended! Co-author: Larry Todd. More info here: www.amazon.com/Musical-Ciph... #musicology #ciphers #book Katharina: www.linkedin.com/in/katharina...

LMU Munich's Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy, Peter Adamson (@histphilosophy.bsky.social), will give a number of talks in California in March & early April. More info here: www.historyofphilosophy.net/going-to-cal... #philosophy

Now it can only be a matter of days before my book sees the light of day and hopefully finds some human readers! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb... I would be delighted if some of you would suggest their libraries to include it in their collections.

I am excited that my new book - The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction - is currently Amazon's number 1 best-seller in the category "ethics". The book is coming out on March 23, but pre-orders are already possible: #aiethics #philosophy

"The hidden cost of letting AI make your life easier. Philosopher Sven Nyholm on reclaiming achievement from the machines." - Many thanks to Shai Tubaly for this great article in Big Think based on an interview w/ me about some ideas from my new book appearing in March: bigthink.com/philosophy/t...

Applications open for the summer school on Reasoning & Agency in AI (Venice International University) organised by LMU Munich's chair of phil of mind Ophelia Deroy, together with Hermann Cappelen (HKU), Rachel Stern (HKU), Alex Grzankowski (KCL), & Barry Smith (IP): forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

"Agentic Advances and Annoying Slop: What’s Next for Generative AI?", article by Karen Emslie, and for which I was one of the people interviewed: cacm.acm.org/news/agentic... #aiethics

The PhD will research how concepts in ethics and political philosophy might give us new perspectives in philosophy of science about concepts of idealization, representation and model use. Find out more & apply 👇 edin.ac/46cHXPd @shannonvallor.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social

Good news - we have a new ERC-funded 4-year PhD Studentship at the University of Edinburgh, based in Philosophy and our Centre @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, supervised by Dr Emily Sullivan; the project applies philosophy of science to assessing ML's epistemic & social value. Apply by 16 March!

The LMU Munich chair of metaphysics is advertising a PhD position. For details, see below: #phdopportunity #philosophy #metaphysics

We are advertising a PhD position (2026-2027) in our chair. Please see details below. In Deutsch: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f... In English: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/e...

Author copies extravaganza: today I received copies of two new books I have co-edited: *Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence* (w/ Atoosa Kasirzadeh & John Zerilli) and *Social Robots and Cultural Sustainability* (w/ Raul Hakli, Marco Nørskov, & Sladjana Nørskov). #aiethics

In a new blog post, LMU Professor Peter Adamson (Chair of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy) suggests "Ten Rules for Writing about the History of Philosophy". Check out Prof Adamson's recommendations here: www.historyofphilosophy.net/rules-writin... #philosophy #writing #history

"In the philosophy lab" - new interview with Professor Hannes Leitgeb (Chair of Logic and Philosophy of Language), here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/... #philosophy #mathematics #mathematicalphilosophy

There is a new book on Social Robots and Cultural Sustainability, excellently edited by @raulhakli.bsky.social @svennyholm.bsky.social Marco Nørskov & Sladjana Nørskov! My chapter focuses on the importance of #relationships for #robots in #religious contexts doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ethics #culture

Rules for writing about the history of philosophy #7: MIND THE GAPS. On the importance of transitions. www.historyofphilosophy.net/rules-writin...

Coming soon: my new book *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction*. More info - including three very generous blurbs from @davidgunkel.bsky.social, @briandavidearp.bsky.social, & Crystal L'Hote, PhD - here: hackettpublishing.com/new-forthcom... #aiethics #philosophy

Out now: *Social Robots and Cultural Sustainability*, edited by Raul Hakli, me, Marco Nørskov, & Sladjana Nørskov. My chapter is called "Social Robots: Culturally Sustainable or Socially Disruptive? The Case of Humanoid Robots": link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #aiethics #philosophy #socialrobots

The book "Social Robots and Cultural Sustainability" @Palgrave edited by @raulhakli.bsky.social, @svennyholm.bsky.social, Marco Nørskov and Sladjana Nørskov is now out and available. I contributed a chapter titled: "Flip the Script: From Ontology to an Ethics of Otherness." doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Look at this CFP for a Topical Collection of Synthese: link.springer.com/journal/1122... Deadline: July,31, 2026

First of a series of "rules" giving advice on academic writing about history of philosophy. I'll be posting this as a series over the coming days. Hope people will find this useful and interesting! Feedback more than welcome. www.historyofphilosophy.net/rules-writin... #philsky #philosophy

Out now: the e-book version of *Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence*, co-edited by me, Atoosa Kasirzadeh @atoosakz.bsky.social & John Zerilli. Print version out on Jan 21: www.amazon.com/Contemporary... #aiethics #philosophy

"The AI Wager: Betting on Technology’s Future w/ Philosopher & Author Sven Nyholm". Interview on the Creative Process Podcast, available, in two versions: one shorter "highlights" version, and one longer version: www.creativeprocess.info/interviews25... #aiethics #podcast #philosophy

Out soon: *Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence*, co-edited by me, @atoosakz.bsky.social & John Zerilli. Out on Jan 21, but preview already available on Google books: books.google.de/books?id=beK... #aiethics

Great talk by Carissa Veliz (see below):