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AI Sessions #1: AI - A Normal Technology or a Superintelligent Alien Species?
Watch now (77 mins) | Is Artificial Intelligence Just Another Technology or Potentially Something Fundamentally Different and Extremely Dangerous?
Sep 18 • Dan Williams
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Against Bluesky (and Blueskyism)
Politics, echo chambers, and the difference between persuasion, propaganda, and performance on social media
Sep 14 • Dan Williams
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Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: 10-Week Syllabus & Readings
Can computers think and feel? Will "super-intelligent" machines cause human extinction? How will advances in AI transform democracy, society, the…
Sep 7 • Dan Williams
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Against Political Chmess
Why too much political philosophy studies a game that nobody plays
Aug 28 • Paul S
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Domination and Reputation Management
How ideologies of liberation become tools of oppression
Aug 24 • Dan Williams
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Will AI Change Everything?
How similar is ChatGPT-5 to the human mind? How should we measure AI progress? How close are we to transformative AI? Are "super-intelligent" AI systems…
Aug 19 • Dan Williams and HenryShevlin
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The Stench of Propaganda Clings to Everything
Deception, Self-Deception, and Epistemological Vertigo
Aug 8 • Dan Williams
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The Case Against Social Media is Weaker Than You Think
The evidence that social media broke America is surprisingly weak. So why are so many people convinced it did?
Jul 26 • Dan Williams
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