Declan Humphreys
@dhump.bsky.social
Lecturer Cyber Ethics and all things technology, AI and philosophy. @University of the Sunshine Coast https://ethicsdot.substack.com/
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Declan Humphreys
@dhump.bsky.social
· Jun 23
TOP 5 2025: WINNERS - ABC listen
The ABC is pleased to introduce the 2025 winners in Science, Humanities and Arts Top5 programs.The successful applicants will spend two weeks in residence at ABC Radio National.
www.abc.net.au
I am over the moon to be chosen as one of the ABC TOP 5 Humanities for 2025! This 2-week media residency is a fantastic chance to work alongside some of the nation's best communicators. And to promote philosophy and ethics to the general public. #abc #media #abctop5 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The culmination of my ABC Top5 experience is out - I made a radio show!
I interview @jordanmck.bsky.social about our emotional reactions to the future. We talk about prepping, parenthood and emotional uses of technology. Give it a listen! 🎧
I interview @jordanmck.bsky.social about our emotional reactions to the future. We talk about prepping, parenthood and emotional uses of technology. Give it a listen! 🎧
Imagining the future — sci-fi, doomsday preppers and hope punks - ABC listen
The way we imagine the future matters. Not only does it change how we feel, those feelings change how we live today — and that might just change how things actually turn out!
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The culmination of my ABC Top5 experience is out - I made a radio show!
I interview @jordanmck.bsky.social about our emotional reactions to the future. We talk about prepping, parenthood and emotional uses of technology. Give it a listen! 🎧
I interview @jordanmck.bsky.social about our emotional reactions to the future. We talk about prepping, parenthood and emotional uses of technology. Give it a listen! 🎧
Past two weeks I was fortunate to take part in the ABC Top5 Humanities media residency, this has been the most enriching career experience imaginable. The program is set up for early-career academics to learn and communicate with media. I have more (including a radio spot) to come out soon!
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Past two weeks I was fortunate to take part in the ABC Top5 Humanities media residency, this has been the most enriching career experience imaginable. The program is set up for early-career academics to learn and communicate with media. I have more (including a radio spot) to come out soon!
Is an "Unbaised AI" a fantasy? I have a short piece on top-down ideology in AI. Love to hear your thoughts!
#AI #AIETHICS #Philosophy
theconversation.com/ai-free-from...
#AI #AIETHICS #Philosophy
theconversation.com/ai-free-from...
AI free from bias and ideology is a fantasy – humans can’t organise data without distorting reality
AI models are not politically neutral nor free from bias. In fact, it may not even be possible for them to be unbiased.
theconversation.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Is an "Unbaised AI" a fantasy? I have a short piece on top-down ideology in AI. Love to hear your thoughts!
#AI #AIETHICS #Philosophy
theconversation.com/ai-free-from...
#AI #AIETHICS #Philosophy
theconversation.com/ai-free-from...
I had such an great conversation with three remarkable thinkers. Thank you to Sami Shah for asking some blisteringly difficult questions about the nature of God, whether AI can replace religious leaders, and if this technology signals the biblical end times. #AI
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Is God in the machine? - ABC listen
Can we know God through machines?
Can machines know God?
And could machines, one day, become godlike themselves?
While AI is still in its infancy, it is evolving at lightning speed, and ingraini...
www.abc.net.au
August 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I had such an great conversation with three remarkable thinkers. Thank you to Sami Shah for asking some blisteringly difficult questions about the nature of God, whether AI can replace religious leaders, and if this technology signals the biblical end times. #AI
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
New Paper! I look at #AI training - in particular reinforcement learning through human feedback (RLHF) and biases which can result. To my knowledge there hasn't been much philosophical work on this training process - maybe you know of some? #philosophy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
AI’s Epistemic Harm: Reinforcement Learning, Collective Bias, and the New AI Culture War - Philosophy & Technology
Generative AI is increasingly used as an epistemic tool to aid inquiry, broaden our knowledge and generally help us find things out. It is now embedded in internet search functions to condense informa...
link.springer.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
New Paper! I look at #AI training - in particular reinforcement learning through human feedback (RLHF) and biases which can result. To my knowledge there hasn't been much philosophical work on this training process - maybe you know of some? #philosophy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Great to hear so many amazing philosophy talks this week #philosophy #australianphilosophy
July 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Great to hear so many amazing philosophy talks this week #philosophy #australianphilosophy
I am over the moon to be chosen as one of the ABC TOP 5 Humanities for 2025! This 2-week media residency is a fantastic chance to work alongside some of the nation's best communicators. And to promote philosophy and ethics to the general public. #abc #media #abctop5 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
TOP 5 2025: WINNERS - ABC listen
The ABC is pleased to introduce the 2025 winners in Science, Humanities and Arts Top5 programs.The successful applicants will spend two weeks in residence at ABC Radio National.
www.abc.net.au
June 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I am over the moon to be chosen as one of the ABC TOP 5 Humanities for 2025! This 2-week media residency is a fantastic chance to work alongside some of the nation's best communicators. And to promote philosophy and ethics to the general public. #abc #media #abctop5 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Long shot - does anyone (in Australia) know a PhD student or similar who would be interested in sessional teaching (online post-grad level) in the Ethics of Technology/Cybersecurity space? Let me know! #philosophy #academicsky #philsky #australia #university
February 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Long shot - does anyone (in Australia) know a PhD student or similar who would be interested in sessional teaching (online post-grad level) in the Ethics of Technology/Cybersecurity space? Let me know! #philosophy #academicsky #philsky #australia #university
I think seeing Elon Musk lie about being amazing at Path of Exile 2 sealed my desire not to be on X
Now I am here - wanting to talk and share all thing AI Ethics and Philosophy!
I also blog here: ethicsdot.substack.com
#AI #Philosophy #Ethics
Now I am here - wanting to talk and share all thing AI Ethics and Philosophy!
I also blog here: ethicsdot.substack.com
#AI #Philosophy #Ethics
ethics.exe | Declan Humphreys | Substack
Discover the ethical side of new and emerging technology. I share my research into philosophy, AI, cybersecurity, technology in society - and maybe even some videogames - written by philosophy and cyb...
ethicsdot.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I think seeing Elon Musk lie about being amazing at Path of Exile 2 sealed my desire not to be on X
Now I am here - wanting to talk and share all thing AI Ethics and Philosophy!
I also blog here: ethicsdot.substack.com
#AI #Philosophy #Ethics
Now I am here - wanting to talk and share all thing AI Ethics and Philosophy!
I also blog here: ethicsdot.substack.com
#AI #Philosophy #Ethics
AI audiobooks are giving out medical advice on Google, Apple, Spotify and Audible. There is seemingly no fact checking or moderation going on in this space #AI #ethics
AI Generated Audiobooks are giving medical advice on Spotify, Apple and Google
Some of the world's biggest platforms books written and read by AI giving advice on loneliness, anxiety, depression and alcohol addiction.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM