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johannesbrinz.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of Osnabrück 📚 Working on the philosophy of (Neuromoprhic) AI, mind, and science.
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CDU Anfrage zielt auf #Greenpeace, #Foodwatch, #PeTA, #BUND und #OmasgegenRechts. Man munkelt “Schattenstrukturen”. Ziel ist es, Förderungen in Frage zu stellen. — klar, die Gefahr für die Demokratie kommt ja von Omas gegen Rechts, etc…. dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/150/2...

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Brazilians hail strength of democracy as Bolsonaro is called to account

Call for abstracts: Workshop “Evaluating Artificial Consciousness”: eac-2025.sciencesconf.org 10-11 June 2025 at RUB Bochum #PhilMind #consciousness #consci #sentience #Ethics #CogSci

Mit nur 5 Stunden Schlaf haben wir zu sechst fast 24h gebraucht, um die komplette Wahlarena zu faktenchecken. Hier jetzt alle Fakes. Und die Frage, warum wir das machen mussten und die ARD das nicht selbst macht - Danke fürs Teilen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53p...

New preprint: I examine the applicability of the Chinese Room Argument (CRA) to LLMs. Although the CRA was initially developed for GOFAI, I argue that it is still relevant. I introduce a thought experiment called “the flashcard sorter” to support this position. #philsky philpapers.org/rec/BRITFS-2

Very good summary of all the insane stuff unfolding in the US- solidarity to all my colleagues over there

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Philosophy of Neuromorphic AI! 🌐 Open Access Publication. Submission Deadline: August 31, 2025. Learn more: journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/ph... Journal: Philosophy of AI ed. @loehrgui.bsky.social Co-edited with @gualtiero.bsky.social #philsky #consci

Again, this isn't funny & it would have immediately ended any previous presidency in the post-WWII era. It's a direct violation of our NATO & UN obligations & obscene in a moment where 🇷🇺 is occupying 20% of 🇺🇦 & denying the sovereignty of another country. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

If you’ve ever complained about free speech on college campuses but aren’t upset about this, you’re not serious. Can’t even do mainstream economics while avoiding this list.

Computerphile's #DeepSeek video is a great explanation. Good breakdown. 🤖👌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY4Z... @computerphile.bsky.social

The Case Against Medium Independence: "with medium dependent signalling[...] there will not be one level of abstraction at which we can represent all the code-relevant properties" philosophyofbrains.com/2024/10/04/t... via @philosophyofbrains.com

Highly recommend Sipser's @mitofficial.bsky.social Theory of Computation course to anyone interested in computation. Thorough and clear introduction. Plus, it’s FREE and available online! 🌐📚 ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-4... #ComputerScience #TheoryOfComputation #OnlineLearning

Yesterday in Nature. A new place for science 👌

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A PhD position is open in @peelen.bsky.social Lab at the Donders Institute - please spread the word and consider applying if you are interested about how imagery and perception relate to each other www.ru.nl/en/working-a... - plus we are fun people to work with ! :)

Please help us spread the word about this job opening in the research group of my colleague Professor Alyssa Ney at LMU Munich.

We have a new online collection of papers on #memory and from tomorrow they will all be open access for a month! www.tandfonline.com/journals/cph... Enjoy #philsky!

Three-year postdoctoral fellowship opening at the MCMP; please help us spread the word.

60+ German universities leave #X for obvious reasons. Among them, my former uni (@tudresden.bsky.social), unfortunately not yet my current one (@uniosnabrueck.bsky.social). www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

A new article has been published on #PhiMiSci as part of our special issue on dreaming and mind wandering: „Exploring ‚lucid sleep’ and altered states of consciousness using meditation and visual stimulation: A case series study“ by T. Campillo-Ferrer, A. Alcaraz-Sánchez and S. G. Torres-Platas.

Just discovered the Mechanical Neural Network: A mechanical take on a Multilayer Perceptron. Built from wooden levers and strings. Adjusting clamps lets you intuitively tweak weights and see the effects! #AI #MachineLearning #NeuralNetworks www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEzk...

Elon urges his followers to stop donating to #Wikipedia because they spend too much money on diversity, equity, and inclusion. No joke. Just donated some extra. #SaveWikipedia @wikipedia.bsky.social #Musk

Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978? 100%? 500%? Try 1,085% Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

📚 For me, this is the best philosophy book of 2024! 🌟 Highly recommend it to anyone interested in the philosophy of (neuro)science. Plus, it's open access! Check it out here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon... #Philosophy #Neuroscience #OpenAccess

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆? Neuroscience AND philosophy! Join us at this cool new meeting. Hopefully we can crack all the challenging conceptual issues in St. Louis :-) www.philandneuro.com

👇 And come say hi in Bamberg! - It's next door 😉 #consci

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Shaun Gallagher's new article „Molyneux and motor plasticity“ is now available on #PhiMiSci. In it, he argues that the key to answering Molyneux’s question involves properly understanding plastic changes not just in the visual areas of the brain, but also in areas involved in motor control.

The University of Missouri’s Department of Philosophy is accepting applications to our five-year PhD program. Winning applicants will receive a teaching assistantship, including a stipend, tuition waiver, and health care. Please encourage philosophy majors who would thrive in our program. 1/6

our talk about the mapping consciousness science project can be found with all the other amazing talks on youtube ⤵️

Thank you @johanneskleiner.bsky.social for organizing such an interesting conference!

„Are artificial neurons neurons?“ My talk at Models of Consciousness 5 Conference at Bamberg #university is now online on #YouTube. #MoC5, #AI, #Consciousness, #neuromorphicAI #artificialintelligence #artificialneurons

Das Institut für Philosophie @tudresden.bsky.social hat eine sog. Lektor*innen-Stelle im Angebot, für Fachdidaktik der Philosophie und Ethik. 100%, 12 SWS, unbefristet. Deadline: 06.12. -- Gerne teilen! Wir sind ein sehr nettes, junges Institut (hab ich gehört 😏) #philsky

Full speed ahead towards the end of my career! 🫣😉

We’re launching a special issue on “Philosophy of Neuromorphic AI” in the journal Philosophy of AI! 🧠✨ 📅 Deadline for submissions: August 2025. For details, check our page: t.co/Fj8vj1beLj! #PhilosophyOfAI #NeuromorphicAI @Gualtiero.bsky.social

Call for abstracts for SIFA (Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy) 2025 in Turin! Join us, there are exciting talks, symposia and even prizes for ECRs! sifaphilosophy.eu?page_id=5448 #philsky

Less than 3 weeks to apply! Please reach out via email before applying!

The sixth batch is online! 🥳 www.youtube.com/@models-of-c... #consci A huge thank you to all speakers!

Philosopher Mazviita Chirimuuta wins a big book prize...

Re-upping: Postdoc position (two-to-three years) at the Santa Fe Institute on cogsci-inspired AI approaches to multimodal reasoning. Start date flexible: target is Summer / Fall 2025. Req: PhD in AI, ML, CogSci, or related area (by start date). Apply by Nov. 22. santafe.edu/about/jobs/p...

Second and third batch of #MoC5 talk recordings are online! 🥳 youtube.com/@models-of-c... Thanks to all speakers! We'll continue to upload more talks as soon as they are processed. #consci

🌟 Join us for a one-day workshop on Integrated Information Theory (IIT) at Uni Osnabrück on Nov 14, 2024! Designed for beginners, this workshop will cover the basics of IIT with lead instructor @wanjawiese.bsky.social. Register by Nov 10: [email protected]. 🧠✨ philevents.org/event/show/1...