Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

I’m shining the Bat-Signal

Maybe you’ve seen my Work-in-Progress talk on AI and the Future of Work. Maybe you even liked it! If so, I have good news: In less than a...

Two Styles of Comedy

This week, I got to headline back-to-back shows for the biggest English-speaking comedy club in Barcelona, which means I got to try out...

My talk on Superintelligence and Suicide

This week I gave a Zoom talk as part of the AI Futures Work-in-Progress Series at Indiana University (a thing I totally started but it’s...

Letting Students Write the Rules

I mentioned before that I’m driving to the University of Kentucky eSports Lounge this weekend to give a talk on how rules structure a...

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...

The Politics of Age of Empires II

I’ve been playing a lot of Stellaris lately, but as a kid, the only computer game I really played much was Age of Empires II (AoE2, as in...

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”...

I'm on Twitch now

So here's an argument: In Utopia, our practical problems would be solved. (There'd be nothing we had to do.) But if we sat around all...

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....

Ricky Mouser