Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

May 10

Quantity as Quality?

I need to take a break from proofreading my dissertation (I’m turning it in today to defend this summer!) to write something else. So...

Apr 19

What makes You think you’re so Special? (a reluctant defense of X-Risk)

I spent this past week at The Midwest Ethics Symposium on AI presenting my research and meeting lots of great folks from academia and...

Apr 5

Fake Experts

Recently I’ve started thinking more about the political role of experts in society. Who counts as an expert anyway? We expect a lot from...

Mar 1

I made a Video Essay

Two weeks ago, I had no idea how to use Adobe Premiere Pro. But now, I’m pretty good at Googling. Indiana University is holding a...

Nov 24, 2023

So there’s this psychology paper I keep thinking about

It starts, like all psychology papers, with a competitor for the most boringest sentence ever: One of the essential insights from...

Oct 13, 2023

Someone could get it Wrong

I had a really interesting conversation about art criticism this week. So here we go: What does it mean to be great at jazz? Look, I know...

Sep 8, 2023

Game Values vs. Real-Life Values

My friend Kjell and I noticed there just aren’t enough podcasts, so we decided to help. Our first episode takes an early look at some of...

Jul 14, 2023

Twilight Imperium and Instrumental Convergence

I got to play Twilight Imperium last weekend and I was so powerful I didn’t know what to do. I like to describe Twilight Imperium as 8...

Jun 30, 2023

I had to write a research statement about what I’m working on. Here’s my first draft.

Let me know what you think! I'm still figuring out how to summarize my research program and instill confidence I’ll be a “productive”...

Ricky Mouser