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philosophy industry funding open letter

Open Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy

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Mel Andrews lastpositivist.bsky.social Jack Stilgoe

“As philosophy rushes to claim expertise on AI, AI companies rush to control the philosophical narrative. Unlike other disciplines, philosophy has no standards for reporting conflicts of interest. This petition endeavors to change that: docs.google.com/forms…”

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Mel Andrews: As philosophy rushes to claim expertise on AI, AI companies rush to control the philosophical narrative. Unlike other disciplines, philosophy has no standards for reporting conflicts of interest. T…
Mel Andrews: It’s no accident that most philosophical work on AI sensationalizes the capabilities of these technologies in ways that manipulate public perceptions and global markets alike. Philosophy can do bet…
Mel Andrews: If you are a professional academic philosopher, please consider adding your signature.
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Established AI field signal Analysis 11d ago
self-driving car hype resistance essay

How to resist self-driving car hype

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Jack Stilgoe

“The Michelin restaurant guide is a lovely example of heterogeneous engineering. In order to sell tyres, the Michelin brothers invented the road trip, and they needed stops on the way. Here's the story driverlessfutures.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/h...”

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What drum machines can teach us about artificial intelligence

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Jack Stilgoe

“Musicians know that the work is the art. New technologies often help with the work. But they've always been critically discussed. Take the history of drum machines, which I wrote about here aeon.co/essays/what-...”

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Suno CEO music AI future interview

Mikey Shulman, CEO @Suno: The Future of Music, What is Gonna Happen? | E1244

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Jack Stilgoe

“We shouldn't look at how new technologies win games, we should look at how they change the rules. The CEO of AI music company Suno tells us about his 'love and respect for music’. But music is ‘not really enjoyable… it takes a lot of practice.’ www.youtube.…”

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9 experts · 46 posts · 17d ago
Emily M. Bender Alondra Nelson Maxim Raginsky M.J. Crockett Eryk Salvaggio SE Gyges Larry Hunter Jack Stilgoe
M.J. Crockett: Joseph Weizenbaum's 1976 book, Computer Power and Human Reason, has long been out of print - used copies sell for hundreds of dollars. It's wild that this is not more widely available given how muc…
M.J. Crockett: Weizenbaum was an MIT computer scientist who built one of the first chatbots, ELIZA. He wrote the book out of a growing sense of horror as he saw how “extremely short exposures to a relatively simp…
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