Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

Philosophy Books or Articles?

Hey! I’ve started reading more and more philosophy of science in the lead-up to my new postdoc in September. Today I wanna discuss a...

DEEP DIVE: Simplicity and Complexity

Hi I’m a four-year-old child learning 8 new words every day. So help me out: What’s a chef? Uhh…a chef is someone who cooks food. Oh...

I’m in Norway

This week I’ve been pretty busy hiking through Norway. So instead of a regular blog post, here’s what’s up... My article “Writing with...

Look at me I’m on a Panel

Last week, I was sick as a dog and downright loopy. What a perfect time to be invited to an APA Panel on AI ethics! Fortunately, I...

I got Published

Neat! You can check out a free version of my paper “Mutual Aid as Effective Altruism” here. (The final, professionally edited and typeset...

I got my guy!

So here’s the mind-blowing keynote for Who’s Responsible for ChatGPT? Apparently I have a very expressive face. Anyway, I’ll give you a...

No blog post BUT...

Come check out Who’s Responsible for ChatGPT?, the free Zoom conference Cargile and I have been organizing for months! It starts...

Being a Coach

I don’t love talk of ‘smart’ or ‘high IQ’ basketball. I got to coach a youth basketball team recently, and it was awesome. For a lot of...

The Problem of Alien Minds

How do you know that I have a mind? If we’ve never met, you’re engaging with text on the internet in a world with ChatGPT-4. But...

Shit and Bullshit jobs

One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share....

Writing with ChatGPT

Let's talk about games. Do you know the difference between purposes and goals? The goal of a game is the target we aim at during the...

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