ICYMI (Philosophy) Daily Digest report

Suppose you proposed to do a reading group on SciSci (science of science) classics, with researchers in AI, but they misread and thought you meant SciFi... Which science fiction classic would you propose to read with people who are interested in science & computers?
Bonus points if the story is very short (say, up to 10 pages) and if it is available online. Philosophical relevance would be nice.
We're checking our home library, will post what we find.

@SylviaFysica https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaround_(story)

@SylviaFysica https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Billion_Names_of_God

Aileen Cannon is an embarrassment. She doesn’t even try to go through the motions of being a judge, instead using her position to grandstand, to showcase her political views.

As I told my students at the end of term: a big challenge for rule of law is how lawyers committed to it should interact with judges and other attorneys who clearly are not. #LawFedi

Looking forward to my presentation at @NACCB2024 #NACCB2024 ! I give a brief overview of how my forthcoming book, The Land Is Our Community, can help resolve a longstanding debate in conservation biology over ecocentrism.

#ecology #ConservationBiology #EnvironmentalEthics #philbio

This Saturday in Classic Metal Class, Scott & I are considering the question again what makes "best" albums of a band the best? We're focusing on L.A. bands. If you think one of these DLR-era Van Halen albums is "the best", which is it? And more importantly, WHY do you think so?

To celebrate passing the 150,000 subscribers mark (after 13 years of producing videos) in my main channel, I've decided to host a little online party. I'll be live-streaming, enjoying some NA beers, and chatting with viewers about philosophy this Sunday!

https://youtube.com/live/CMH8TGiQJ2M

Dass wir das noch erleben dürfen:
#HRK macht echte Anstalten, unbefristete wissenschaftliche Stellen NEBEN der Professur zu etablieren! Schöner Anlass für 1 gemeinsamen Text mit @DrKEichhorn @SebastianK. Denn: Es bleiben Fragen offen. Mehr in #ArbeitInDerWissenschaft!

#IchBinHanna

https://open.substack.com/pub/arbeitinderwissenschaft/p/neben-der-professur-und-im-departmentmodell?r=26dsaw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Viele wichtige und gute Punkte in der Leitlinie der HRK. Aber wieso soll auf Teufel komm raus diesen Stellenprofilen der Professorentitel vorenthalten werden? Die machen selbstständige Forschung und lehren an Universitäten. Beim Researcher ist es besonders auffällig, aber es gilt für alle drei Profile.

https://www.hrk.de/positionen/beschluss/detail/leitlinien-fuer-unbefristete-stellen-an-universitaeten-neben-der-professur/

#wisszeitvg #ichbinhanna

Wonder if what some call “hallucinations” in #AI is an instance of non-identity according to #Adorno.

It is not only essential to generative AI, it is essential to language and concepts themselves. Systems that are language-only do have neither a sense of their potential to be wrong nor an ability to correct their wrong concepts via acting, as there are no acts at all, which need autonomy at least.

Language alone may not be the domain of right and wrong.

#nature #ethics #philosophy

Thank you, @poetaster, @SJohnRoss and @vcaston, for liking this perfect toot and keeping my faith in the fediverse alive. 🤡

The website for the next AWPL, in Feb 2025 in Kolkata, is up. Submission deadline is Aug 15.

https://sites.google.com/view/awpl2025/home

One of my pieces of flash fiction - Threatening Weather - just appeared at Tabi’s Flash Tuesdays:

https://www.litmoralitmag.com/tabis-flash-tuesdays

From McSweeney's: ChatGPT Now Has PhD-Level Intelligence, and the Poor Personal Choices to Prove It https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/chatgpt-now-has-phd-level-intelligence-and-the-poor-personal-choices-to-prove-it

Noch ein Aspekt der #HRK Nomenklatur:

Viel Spass dabei, sich von einer als "Academic Manager" bezeichneten Stelle auf eine Professur zu bewerben. Da wird man direkt als "Verwaltung" abgestempelt werden.

@tschfflr @felwert @sebgiessmann @OliverCzulo

#ichbinhanna