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Patrick Lin
@patricklin1.bsky.social
Cal Poly philosophy professor, former US National Space Council advisor, other affiliations. Frontier ethics (e.g., outer space, Arctic) and technology ethics (e.g., AI, security & defense, etc.). Bio: https://philosophy.calpoly.edu/faculty/patrick-lin
TEACHERS: If you're looking for a reading to assign, to help explain why you're banning AI from your classroom, here ya go.

There didn't seem to be one article that rounds up all the major issues. I tried to do that here, so it's a long read. Feel free to use/share as you like.
Why We’re Not Using AI in This Course, Despite Its Obvious Benefits
A reading for your students
emergingethics.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
May 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is what's happening right now:
February 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
February 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
January 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A meditation for the New Year:
January 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A reminder that AI/LLMs have no intrinsic connection to the truth, only statistical predictions of what the next words should be, which depend on its training data.
December 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
"You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society." — Kurt Vonnegut
December 20, 2024 at 6:35 PM
November 22, 2024 at 10:48 PM
"Competition is the law of the jungle, but cooperation is the law of civilization.” — Pyotr Kropotkin
November 21, 2024 at 7:09 PM
"The Center for the Study of Space Crime, Piracy, and Governance Forms Advisory Board"

Another one of my projects. We may be too early in thinking about this, but it's much better than being too late. (And the odds of being right on time are slim to none.)

cscpg.org/news/the-cen...
November 21, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Glad to see more imaginative scenarios in conversations about space security now. They help to bring hidden threats to life and underscore the urgency to be prepared. Abstract scenarios (e.g., "someone hacked our satellite") can't really do that work.
A Frightening Future: Experts Outline the Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks Against Space Systems
Ransomware in space and the possibility of satellite kidnapping were just two of the scary future threats against space systems discussed at the CyberSat conference.
www.satellitetoday.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Setting expectations with my first post here:
November 19, 2024 at 7:38 PM