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Personal avatars and Dementia: New paper in Philosophy and Technology that seeks to build on the research of those working on the ethics of ghostbots/ deathbots/ continuing bond bots and apply it to dementia care.

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Why did it take me so long to discover Marilynne Robinson? I have now developed a small obsession.

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📰 Check out our @paulasweeney.bsky.social's latest paper, 'Persons, Unique Value and Avatars', in which she explores whether personal avatars / digital duplicates might undermine the value humans hold by virtue of their uniqueness. Now out in Minds and Machines!

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Perfect excuse to watch the Royal Tenenbaums for the twentieth time. ❤️

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“Where no proxy has gone before…”. I will continue my painfully difficult exploration of how avatars will undermine the value of human uniqueness despite being proxies. The inaugural event of Mihaela Constantinescu’s ERC project ❤️ avataresponsibility.ccea.ro/current-edit...

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Universities need a regulator. President of British Academy www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/just-li...

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“Professors like me… should be part of the embodied change we seek: turning off our computers and phones, taking all our annual leave, refusing to answer emails out of hours and only scheduling meetings within work hours everyone—including colleagues with caring responsibilities—can make.” #academia

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This is so sad. And what exactly is the evidence for the claim that students don’t want to study philosophy?

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Early career scholar discusses their research with a relevant senior colleague. Nice format!

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Just in time for my lecture on Nyholm’s Chapter 6: responsibility and technology: mind the gap(s).

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Three PhD Positions in Philosophy at the University of Vienna - Cluster of Excellence: philjobs.org/job/show/25742 Three PhD Positions in Philosophy at the University of Vienna - PACE Project: philjobs.org/job/show/25738 The deadline for applications is March 6, 2024.

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Why does writing self-promotional social media posts feel so awkward? Buy my book and find out! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Friggin awesome youtu.be/cZXnJ4UYh40?...

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Erm..not sure that this is the message that we want to put across to our students, University of Aberdeen.

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University admins claim to be "data-driven" and "run universities like a business," but when study after study finds liberal arts majors get good outcomes, are cheap to run, and are in fact profit centers, admins cut them anyway for ideological reasons. ncnewsline.com/2023/11/16/n...

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New in AI and Society. I argue that a robot being a loved ‘significant other’ is not itself a reason for granting robot rights. But I also propose that, under certain conditions, the destruction of a beloved robot could be a hate crime. @kamilmamak.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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I am once again reminding all you BlueSky peeps that there's no algorithm here. Don't just like posts - repost them well - or no one will see the post you like so much!

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“[T]hat is just what it means to be Jewish – to empathize with the innocent victims of mass killing, no matter their identity.” - Jason Stanley

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We're looking for a new interdisciplinary PhD researcher to join the Centre for Technomoral Futures (w/ 4 yrs funding!), appointed to U of Edinburgh's Law School, working with Dr Emily Postan on the ethics of AI-constructed health categories. Details to apply here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/study/resear...

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Cover proofs are in! Coming soon (mid December)—my new book on social robots. Many thanks to Sven Nyholm and @coeckelbergh.bsky.social for their kind comments for the cover.

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AI specialism included in this fixed term lecturer position at university of Bristol.

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Interesting article. Includes Margaret Mitchell making excellent use of the difference between focussing on risks or focussing on harms.

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The required reading for my Ethics of AI course next semester. It’s perfectly pitched for an intro book: engaging topics, with depth for added interest and very readable. Highly recommended for anyone looking for an introduction to the subject! www.amazon.co.uk/This-Technol...

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Want to work with me? New postdoc vacancy (6 years) jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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📣2 TT Asst Prof jobs @bostonu.bsky.social deadline November 1st: 1. Philosophy Dept: AOS: Philosophy of Science philjobs.org/job/show/24278 2. BU cluster hire, incl Philosophy AOS: Philosophy of data, computing, & AI philjobs.org/job/show/24614 If relevant please apply both! #philsci #philtech

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philjobs.org/job/show/24902 come be our postdoc! or, if you're post-postdoc, pls spread the word! low teaching load (1-2) with the freedom to teach what you want, small classes of great students, friendly and supportive colleagues, & research support. reach out w any qs!

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Do people who post on here also still post on the other place? If so, is there a way of doing both automatically?

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