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Professor of Philosophy, Director, Center for Cyber Social Dynamics at University of Kansas.

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Bravo Syed

10.07.2025 22:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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

06.07.2025 17:12 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
Why AI Can’t Be Your Friend. DatOS Ep. 6: Oluwaseun Sanwoolu
Why AI Can’t Be Your Friend. DatOS Ep. 6: Oluwaseun Sanwoolu YouTube video by RamΓ³n Alvarado

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?...

18.06.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Execution by Lethal Autonomous Mechanism: How Anti-Capital Punishment Arguments Might Lead to Automated Executions-and Why Such Automation Must Be Prevented In this paper, we examine the potential integration of artificial intelligence into capital punishment through lethal autonomous mechanisms (LAMs), an extension

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....

21.02.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Super proud of my former student RamΓ³n 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.

19.04.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Caveat Live: FBI and KU Cybersecurity Conference. Caveat Β· Episode

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...

15.04.2025 03:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lovely visit to University of Oregon. A delight to see RamΓ³n and to talk philosophy with his brilliant and lively departmental community

18.03.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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…

25.01.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

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.

02.01.2025 23:10 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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History and philosophy of materialism A new book offers an in-depth look at materialism, the idea that all facts, events and objects are dependent on or reducible to physical processes. This multi-author work features 31 chapters that exp...

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

10.12.2024 22:03 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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
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05.12.2024 23:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Center for Cyber Social Dynamics Lab ( most of us)

05.12.2024 16:36 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Happy Thanksgiving to all

28.11.2024 17:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

25.11.2024 12:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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St Nicholas, Lawrence, Kansas

25.11.2024 04:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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22.11.2024 17:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

22.11.2024 17:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Holy Archangel Michael & All Saints Skete. #orthodoxy

21.11.2024 12:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#nobeard

19.11.2024 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My provocations about Thinking and Writing with AI. My talk begins at the 2 hour point. Posting this as an experiment. #AI #philsky #philosophy

19.11.2024 21:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Hello Bluesky!

16.11.2024 16:03 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1