Becoming Real: Barbie and the Crisis of Existential Identity
At the beginning of the 2023 blockbuster hit, Barbie, the narrator makes two claims: “All of these women are Barbie and Barbie is all of these women” and “Because Barbie …
KANT & WHY THE FLASH MIGHT STILL TRAVEL BY PLANE
As a runner, I have often imagined what it would be like to have super speed like the Flash or Quicksilver. Unfortunately for my super speed dreams, Kyle Hill has …
Congratulations to ‘IDEA’ in Leeds!
I am just back from a celebration of the 20th anniversary of IDEA: the Ethics Centre, at the University of Leeds. (IDEA stands for ‘Inter-disciplinary Ethics Applied’.) IDEA was founded …
In Honor of Paul F. Snowdon — The Brains Blog
By Tony Cheng In Memorial of Paul F. Snowdon Paul Snowdon began his academic journey as an undergraduate at University College, Oxford, where he was mentored by Sir. Peter Strawson. …
Punk’s Original Values in the Age of Idiocy (“AI”)
Over the last year, I have been trying to understand why I have been uninterested so far to intentionally use AI chatbots and also not majorly alarmed by them when …
Recording Classes in Florida, Revisited
In the face of real problems, the Republican legislature of my adopted state of Florida has been busy addressing fictional problems and undermining democracy. For example, HB 233, the “Viewpoint …
Practically Prompted #2 – Regulating the Regulators: Europe’s New AI ‘Code of Practice’ and the Ethics of Voluntary Compliance
This is the second in a trial blog series called “Practically Prompted” – an experiment in using large language models to independently select a recent, ethically rich news story and …
Snowdon on Personal Identity — The Brains Blog
Snowdon on Personal Identity By Charles Jansen Seminars with Paul Snowdon would typically begin with a single argument, written in the middle of a whiteboard. Snowdon would unpick the argument …
Generative AI and Four Types of Deception
Since autumn of 2022, generative AI has taken the world by storm. With millions of regular users, billions of requests and corresponding results, tools employing generative AI are ceaselessly used …
THE TOMORROW WAR & TIME
This contains many spoilers. When I first saw the trailer for The Tomorrow War my thought was “I wonder who that discount Chris Pratt is?” When I realized it was …