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Luciano Floridi

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Philosopher (Yale/Bologna), digital ethics, AI ethics, philosophy of information, philosophy of technology, http://tinyurl.com/ywku22yr

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Luciano Floridi is an Italian and British philosopher. He is John K. Castle Professor in the Practice of Cognitive Science and Founding Director of the Digital Ethics Center at Yale University. He is also a Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Bologna, Department of Legal Studies, where he is the director of the Centre for Digital Ethics. Furthermore, he is adjunct professor at the Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C. He is married to the neuroscientist Anna Christina Nobre. .. more

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 1d

Sono felice che la Mondadori abbia pubblicato il mio nuovo libro:
"La differenza fondamentale. Artificial Agency: una nuova filosofia dell'intelligenza artificiale" buona lettura! 🤓
www.mondadoristore.i...

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 6d

A Conjecture on a Fundamental Trade-Off Between Certainty and Scope in Symbolic and Generative AI

Correction to: A Conjecture on a Fundamental Trade-Off Between Certainty and Scope in Symbolic and Generative AI

Philosophy & Technology -

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 6d

Ci vediamo il 9 Ottobre a Napoli di persona per questo bellissimo evento 🤓

NEXT GEN AI "Primo summit internazionale sull’Intelligenza Artificiale nella scuola" Napoli, 8 - 13 ottobre 2025

NEXT GEN AI "Primo summit internazionale sull’Intelligenza Artificiale nella scuola" Napoli, 8 - 13 ottobre 2025 - NEXT GEN AI "Primo summit internazionale sull’Intelligenza Artificiale nella scuola" Napoli, 8 - 13 ottobre 2025 - MIM

NEXT GEN AI "Primo summit internazionale sull’Intelligenza Artificiale nella scuola" Napoli, 8 - 13 ottobre 2025 Mercoledì, 01 ottobre 2025 ...

www.mim.gov.it

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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 8d

Check out the latest #research from the SSRN #blog which includes the top downloaded papers for Q3 on #AI in Law.

Read More: spkl.io/63329ApUcX

#Law #AcademicChatter

Top Papers on AI in Law

This list includes the top downloaded papers on AI in Law posted in Q1 2025. It also includes the Top 5 Organizations that downloaded the research during this period.

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 11d

Information, Possible Worlds and the Cooptation of Sceptism papers.ssrn.com/sol3...

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 12d

È uscita la nuova puntata:
Tra bene e male: una RESPONSABILITÀ umana | UMANITÀ in Orbita - FILOSOFIA con Luciano Floridi

Tra bene e male: una RESPONSABILITÀ umana | UMANITÀ in Orbita - FILOSOFIA con Luciano Floridi

In questa nuova puntata di Orbits - Luciano Floridi, si esplora una delle questioni più antiche e urgenti della filosofia: perché esiste il male morale e come possiamo affrontarlo? Attraverso un viaggio che parte da Socrate e arriva fino alle sfide contemporanee, viene analizzata la natura umana e l

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 12d

A short, invited article (many thanks to the Spanish Robotic Association - AER)) to be published in INSIGHT'25, in connection with the 2025 Barcelona Declaration.

"A Humanistic and Ethical Approach to Robotics, Automation, and Digitalisation"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3...

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 12d

On a stolen football (series: notes to myself)

On a stolen football (series: notes to myself) When I was a child, my brother and I had a beautiful football. We liked it a lot and were quite proud of it among the kids in our group. One day it …

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 14d

Le prime 10 puntate di filosofia e digitale sono disponibili su
ORBITS - www.youtube.com/@Luc...
Buona visione 🤓

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 15d

Spending on AI Is at Epic Levels. Will It Ever Pay Off?
Tech companies pour hundreds of billions into data centers, taking on heavy debt, but current revenue is relatively tiny; echoes of dot-com bubble
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/...

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 15d

Pleased that my and @floridi.bsky.social's article on US state #AI legislation is an Editor's Pick in the latest issue of the Journal of AI Law & Regulation! Want to understand the major tensions in AI regulation?
🔗👇, + our other piece on the US AI Action Plan.
#STS #philtech
@yaledec.bsky.social

A screenshot showing that From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States is an Editor's Pick in the Journal of AI Law and Regulation

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Claudio Novelli @claudionovelli.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 New pre-print out:
AI and Investment Services in EU Law: The Case for MiFID III

Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

@floridi.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 21d

On memories about the future (series: notes to myself)

I don’t mean future memories, those that I will acquire. I mean memories about what will happen. We all have them, but nobody ever taught…

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 22d

Yale's Digital Ethics Center is advertising a new, possibly 4-year, postdoctoral position.

We are seeking researchers with expertise in cybersecurity, or cyber conflicts, or the digital economy.

Much more information here:
dec.yale.edu/join-us...

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 25d

🚨 new preprint from me and @floridi.bsky.social! We put the #AI Action Plan in context—how is it a continuation of existing US #AIgovernance efforts, what’s new, and what does it mean for China competition? 🔗👇
@ssrn.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
#academia #sts #philtech

SSRN page for Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · 25d

Two spoons of magic, a pinch of superstition, as much ignorance as you wish, and a garnish of scaremongering, and the soup is ready.
Many thanks to @[email protected] (and she who must be obeyed).

Magical Thinking on AI

Magical Thinking on AI

A Response to Thomas Friedman's Recent AI Columns in the New York Times

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Alexander Doria @dorialexander.bsky.social · 26d

Actually for quality content main issue: there is so few and transformers has a high data inertia (and don’t like abusive repetitions either: that’s actual model collapse). So we need to "replay" the data somewhat, hence distant writing.

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Sep 10

On collecting quotations (series: notes to myself) medium.com/@lfloridi...

This Note is part of the 4th edition of Notes to Myself, to be published in the future.
All other Notes, corrected, edited, and updated, are available in the 3rd edition on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/ahE8ps8

On collecting quotations (series: notes to myself)

Newton. Phrases that roundly capture juicy thoughts. Nothing to add, nothing to subtract, impeccable syntax, perfect semantics. Tiny shiny…

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Sep 10

On why it is essential to get some closure about all the evil suffered (from Northern Ireland to Gaza)...

"The Epistemological Asymmetry of Good and Evil: Celebration, Closure, and the Design of Memories" papers.ssrn.com/sol3...

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚀 Excited to share our new paper: "Augmented Democracy in Action: AI Systems for Legislative Innovation in the Italian Parliament", co-authored with @AnnaAscani, Vice President @Montecitorio
📖 Free on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
📰 Forthcoming in Minds and Machines

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Jakob Mökander @jakobmokander.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨: Embodied AI (incl. AI-powered drones, self-driving cars and robots) is here, but policies are lagging. We analyzed the EAI risks and found significant gaps in governance

arxiv.org/pdf/2509.00117

Co-authors Jared Perlo @fbarez.bsky.social Alex Robey & @floridi.bsky.social

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wie wird KI unsere Welt im Jahr 2035 prägen? - brand eins online www.brandeins.de/mag...

Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Sep 1

A new note to myself is out:

On want and miss (series: notes to myself) medium.com/@lfloridi...

This is part of a future edition.

All other notes, corrected, edited and updated, are available in the 3rd edition on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6pR6Wbp

On want and miss (series: notes to myself)

To miss is to lack what one wishes. But to want may not be quite to miss; it may be more like to wish what one never had.

medium.com

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Sep 1

È uscito il 9o episodio di Orbit - Philosophy
(la lista completa è nell'immagine):
Cos’è (veramente) l’INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE? | AI in Orbita – FILOSOFIA con Luciano Floridi www.youtube.com/watc...

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Aug 30

This Could Kill Tesla | by Will Lockett - Freedium freedium.cfd/wlocket...

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Raffaella Isidori @zetaraffix.com · Aug 29

Ooohhhh 🤩
Interesting use of tech.
Thanks @floridi.bsky.social

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Explore the work of Luciano Floridi, a professor at Yale University through unique pedagogical approaches.

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Markus Frischhut @mrfrischhut.bsky.social · Aug 28

Now in @mcinnsbruck.bsky.social library, as #eBook: @floridi.bsky.social & Taddeo, M. (Eds.). (2025). A Companion to #DigitalEthics (1st ed.). Wiley. doi.org/10.1002/9781...

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Aug 27

A new note to myself is out:

On knowing myself as a foreigner (series: notes to myself) medium.com/p/84f9dac...

This is part of a future edition.
All other notes, corrected, edited and updated, are available in the 3rd edition on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6pR6Wbp

On knowing myself as a foreigner (series: notes to myself)

Two verses gently merge on the shoreline of my mind, like waves of different seas, ages apart, separated by cultures, unrelated by meanings, both misappropriated, neither read contextually, yet mixed…

medium.com

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Aug 25

There is a fake account that pretends to be me, already reported but better be careful, sorry.

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Luciano Floridi @floridi.bsky.social · Aug 21

And here is the paperback version of
Notes to Myself: Third Edition 🤓
https://a.co/d/8RMmSAx

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