Andreea
@ilogic21.bsky.social
I teach philosophy part time, and I work full time as a creative producer in NYC.
lithub.com/nothing-bett... I enjoyed this article on the love of reading and collecting books. I was also reminded of Umberto Eco's quote about how some people engage with books with a consumer mentality.
Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania
Desiderius Erasmus lived his happiest months from late 1507 into 1508 at the Venetian print-shop of Aldus Manutius. A peripatetic scholar, the Dutch scholar had lived in Rotterdam and London, Basel…
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November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
lithub.com/nothing-bett... I enjoyed this article on the love of reading and collecting books. I was also reminded of Umberto Eco's quote about how some people engage with books with a consumer mentality.
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Stop trying to make fetch happen
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents alike
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
restofworld.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Stop trying to make fetch happen
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A new post, on Robots, Ethics and Safety…. and the nature of human beings to self-engineer. The latter is being interfered with by AI technology.
A new post, on Robots, Ethics and Safety…. and the nature of human beings to self-engineer. The latter is being interfered with by AI technology.
On Robots, Ethics, Safety and (Again) Prometheus
"...to remain free, the future must be open."
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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A new post, on Robots, Ethics and Safety…. and the nature of human beings to self-engineer. The latter is being interfered with by AI technology.
A new post, on Robots, Ethics and Safety…. and the nature of human beings to self-engineer. The latter is being interfered with by AI technology.
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"Another 32 #data centers are planned to be built by 11 international firms by 2028, according to InvestChile... Data obtained through an information request... shows those... would add only 909 permanent positions during the operational phase, which lasts about 30 years." #ethics #AI #gov #tech
"An analysis of 17 data center projects that underwent environmental review since 2012 shows they would directly hire no more than 1,547 full-time operations employees... The facilities on average offer about 90 positions": restofworld.org/2025/data-ce... #ethics #AI #labor #tech #gov
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
Chile and tech giants promise economy-wide impact but permits show fewer onsite jobs after construction.
restofworld.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
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AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | When AI is Wrong, Cult of the Chatbot, Water Use, Generated Songs, Synthetic Data, Indicators of Consciousness, What Patients Want, Hallucinations, Normatively Meaningful Bias, + More mailchi.mp/7b9b25b2210e...
AI Ethics & Governance Roundup
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November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | When AI is Wrong, Cult of the Chatbot, Water Use, Generated Songs, Synthetic Data, Indicators of Consciousness, What Patients Want, Hallucinations, Normatively Meaningful Bias, + More mailchi.mp/7b9b25b2210e...
Love this quote, by Byung Chul Ha "the smart phone and the rosary serve the purpose of self monitoring and control...the smart phone is not just an effective surveillance apparatus; it is also a mobile confessional."
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Love this quote, by Byung Chul Ha "the smart phone and the rosary serve the purpose of self monitoring and control...the smart phone is not just an effective surveillance apparatus; it is also a mobile confessional."
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Some reflections on language and Ai , along Cioran ,
#philosophy #ai #language
Some reflections on language and Ai , along Cioran ,
#philosophy #ai #language
Morning Musings with Cioran on Mortality, Language, and the AI Technology
I believe speech to be a recent invention, and find it hard to imagine a dialogue that dates back beyond ten thousand years.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Some reflections on language and Ai , along Cioran ,
#philosophy #ai #language
Some reflections on language and Ai , along Cioran ,
#philosophy #ai #language
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the article quotes the cofounder and CEO of Uber saying that , "conversations with chat bots have gotten him 'pretty damn close' to breakthroughs in quantum physics.."
the article quotes the cofounder and CEO of Uber saying that , "conversations with chat bots have gotten him 'pretty damn close' to breakthroughs in quantum physics.."
AI Is Not Your Friend
How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
the article quotes the cofounder and CEO of Uber saying that , "conversations with chat bots have gotten him 'pretty damn close' to breakthroughs in quantum physics.."
the article quotes the cofounder and CEO of Uber saying that , "conversations with chat bots have gotten him 'pretty damn close' to breakthroughs in quantum physics.."
My new Substack on the Al slop economy is live. I had a lot of fun writing this, as I have first hand experience with Slop, having on a regular basis students submit Al-generated slop as their work.
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Slop is the new norm
The Aesthetic of Slop and the Ironic Undecidability
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November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My new Substack on the Al slop economy is live. I had a lot of fun writing this, as I have first hand experience with Slop, having on a regular basis students submit Al-generated slop as their work.
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Never [I meant actually to say 'that is always' ] a good day when Kant is featured in a publication of mass consumption.
I am usually curious about reading what is "deemed" an accessible interpretation of Kant's work. Philosophy should always be accessible.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I am usually curious about reading what is "deemed" an accessible interpretation of Kant's work. Philosophy should always be accessible.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Why Immanuel Kant Still Has More to Teach Us
A new introduction to the great philosopher’s work foregrounds its revolutionary nature and far-reaching impact.
www.newyorker.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Never [I meant actually to say 'that is always' ] a good day when Kant is featured in a publication of mass consumption.
I am usually curious about reading what is "deemed" an accessible interpretation of Kant's work. Philosophy should always be accessible.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I am usually curious about reading what is "deemed" an accessible interpretation of Kant's work. Philosophy should always be accessible.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It’s absurd ( bordering being idiotic) to think we’re still in a society where a woman’s path to being liked and succeeding requires constant, careful calculation of her actions, how persona, and her story. These kinds of books are problematic.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Corporate Feminism Went from “Love Me” to “Buy Me”
A decade ago, Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” aimed to tear down the obstacles that kept women from reaching the top. Now her successors want to tear down everything.
www.newyorker.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It’s absurd ( bordering being idiotic) to think we’re still in a society where a woman’s path to being liked and succeeding requires constant, careful calculation of her actions, how persona, and her story. These kinds of books are problematic.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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We live in the attention economy, where our attention is both a resource and a target. The more we propagate our attention, the less valuable and meaningful it becomes
October 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We live in the attention economy, where our attention is both a resource and a target. The more we propagate our attention, the less valuable and meaningful it becomes
"we live in a baroque inflation of moral competence, in a world whose main disorder risks being the fact that all its members feel morally in order, or that they all perceive their own disorder as negligible. L'enfer c'est les autres, we all seem to concede. Thus, le paradis c'est nous-mêmes" Pleșu
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"we live in a baroque inflation of moral competence, in a world whose main disorder risks being the fact that all its members feel morally in order, or that they all perceive their own disorder as negligible. L'enfer c'est les autres, we all seem to concede. Thus, le paradis c'est nous-mêmes" Pleșu
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As someone who goes to a lot of events about AI... This was really rather special!
Note that all 5 hours worth of the @royalsociety.org 's recent symposium, "Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test," with Alan Kay, Gary Marcus, and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, can be found on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK... (I'm gradually making my way through it...) #AI #science
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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October 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
As someone who goes to a lot of events about AI... This was really rather special!
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Nothing feels quite as wonderful as reading Plato at 5 am. It feels peaceful and sooo right.
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Nothing feels quite as wonderful as reading Plato at 5 am. It feels peaceful and sooo right.
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Historian, #philosopher, and activist Michel Foucault was born 99 years ago today. In 2018 Josh and Ken explored his life and thought with the late Gary Gutting from @notredame.bsky.social, author of several books on #Foucault as well as "Thinking the Impossible: French #Philosophy Since 1960."
October 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Historian, #philosopher, and activist Michel Foucault was born 99 years ago today. In 2018 Josh and Ken explored his life and thought with the late Gary Gutting from @notredame.bsky.social, author of several books on #Foucault as well as "Thinking the Impossible: French #Philosophy Since 1960."
Altman's vision of "user-aligned" AI dangerously shifts responsibility to the user under pretense of value neutrality and"solved" ethical issues. This pursuit of profit ignores embedded biases, promotes manipulative design, and risks eroding the public sphere. We must demand AI regulation!
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Altman's vision of "user-aligned" AI dangerously shifts responsibility to the user under pretense of value neutrality and"solved" ethical issues. This pursuit of profit ignores embedded biases, promotes manipulative design, and risks eroding the public sphere. We must demand AI regulation!
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John Searle, a philosopher who was best known for a thought experiment he formulated, decades before the rise of ChatGPT, to disprove that a computer program by itself could ever achieve consciousness, died at 93.
John Searle, Philosopher Who Wrestled With A.I., Dies at 93
His blunt debating and imaginative theorizing about artificial intelligence and the human mind made him a leading scholar. But sexual-harassment allegations ended his career.
nyti.ms
October 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
John Searle, a philosopher who was best known for a thought experiment he formulated, decades before the rise of ChatGPT, to disprove that a computer program by itself could ever achieve consciousness, died at 93.
Al chat bots do not care. Why do we not care that they do not care? In other words, they are incapable of caring, why don't we care that they can not care? Also, we want to care, AI chat bots don't
October 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Al chat bots do not care. Why do we not care that they do not care? In other words, they are incapable of caring, why don't we care that they can not care? Also, we want to care, AI chat bots don't
Giovanni Pico at his best, hehe ,
"He rebuked me violently while holding a rather big book in his hand and asking, how dare you, how can you defend Origen?..
Bring your witness on, reverend sir, I said, if you have the balls.
The witness is a big one, he said."
"He rebuked me violently while holding a rather big book in his hand and asking, how dare you, how can you defend Origen?..
Bring your witness on, reverend sir, I said, if you have the balls.
The witness is a big one, he said."
October 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Giovanni Pico at his best, hehe ,
"He rebuked me violently while holding a rather big book in his hand and asking, how dare you, how can you defend Origen?..
Bring your witness on, reverend sir, I said, if you have the balls.
The witness is a big one, he said."
"He rebuked me violently while holding a rather big book in his hand and asking, how dare you, how can you defend Origen?..
Bring your witness on, reverend sir, I said, if you have the balls.
The witness is a big one, he said."
Future of Work: Deskilling Through AI Delegation
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Deskilling Through AI Delegation
Will the pursuit of AI efficiency and delegation lead to deskilling, ultimately stripping human work of its essential value by undermining professional judgment and identity?
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October 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Future of Work: Deskilling Through AI Delegation
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Happy banned week , October 5-11, 2025!!
Let's all read one or more of these banned books. Your local library awaits you.
Let's all read one or more of these banned books. Your local library awaits you.
October 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy banned week , October 5-11, 2025!!
Let's all read one or more of these banned books. Your local library awaits you.
Let's all read one or more of these banned books. Your local library awaits you.