Ramón Alvarado
@ramonalvarado.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Philosophy. Editor-in-Chief of Global Philosophy. President of the Association for Philosophy and Computing. Philosopher of computational methods and technologies in science and society.
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Beyond ecstatic to be able to put together this lineup for our little workshop on the Philosophy of Computational Methods in Science.
#philsci
#philsci
Day 2: AI and scientific discovery, automating mathematical proofs, AI’s strange error, and human-shape constrains for agentic AI’s reasoning. Really memorable two days of conversation about computational methods in science. I should organize these microworkshops more often!
#philsci #philtech
#philsci #philtech
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Day 1 of our microworkshop on computational methods in science: Occam’s Razor in machine learning, computational opacity, program analysis and scientific choice, and the possibility or desirability to automate decisions in science.
Can’t wait for today’s conversation.
#philsci
Can’t wait for today’s conversation.
#philsci
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Day 1 of our microworkshop on computational methods in science: Occam’s Razor in machine learning, computational opacity, program analysis and scientific choice, and the possibility or desirability to automate decisions in science.
Can’t wait for today’s conversation.
#philsci
Can’t wait for today’s conversation.
#philsci
This year I was elected President of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP).
As such, it is my pleasure to announce the venue & 🚨CfA for IACAP2026. Would love to see you there!
#philsci (special track ML in science) #philtech #AIethics
www.iacap.org/2025/10/10/i...
As such, it is my pleasure to announce the venue & 🚨CfA for IACAP2026. Would love to see you there!
#philsci (special track ML in science) #philtech #AIethics
www.iacap.org/2025/10/10/i...
IACAP 2026 – University of Kansas, USA, July 15-17 - International Association for Computing and Philosophy
Call for papers for the 2026 Annual Conference of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy.
www.iacap.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This year I was elected President of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP).
As such, it is my pleasure to announce the venue & 🚨CfA for IACAP2026. Would love to see you there!
#philsci (special track ML in science) #philtech #AIethics
www.iacap.org/2025/10/10/i...
As such, it is my pleasure to announce the venue & 🚨CfA for IACAP2026. Would love to see you there!
#philsci (special track ML in science) #philtech #AIethics
www.iacap.org/2025/10/10/i...
🚨 CfP.
We’re particularly interested in #philosophy perspectives that interrogate conventional assumptions on the challenges, limitations, or promises of the possibility of friendships, care, parenting, mentorship, romance, etc., involving #AI.
#sts #philtech #AIethics
We’re particularly interested in #philosophy perspectives that interrogate conventional assumptions on the challenges, limitations, or promises of the possibility of friendships, care, parenting, mentorship, romance, etc., involving #AI.
#sts #philtech #AIethics
🚨 Call for papers: Close personal relationships and AI technologies.
Great opportunity for global perspectives on the philosophical implications of Close Personal Relationships and AI-driven technologies (from Chatbots to robots). Please share! (Reach out if interested).
#AIethics / #philtech
Great opportunity for global perspectives on the philosophical implications of Close Personal Relationships and AI-driven technologies (from Chatbots to robots). Please share! (Reach out if interested).
#AIethics / #philtech
Global Philosophy: Global Perspectives on Technology and Close Personal Relationships (CPR)
This special issue invites globally diverse perspectives on the moral, cultural, and technological dimensions of close personal relationships. In particular, we invite authors to consider variants on ...
philevents.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🚨 CfP.
We’re particularly interested in #philosophy perspectives that interrogate conventional assumptions on the challenges, limitations, or promises of the possibility of friendships, care, parenting, mentorship, romance, etc., involving #AI.
#sts #philtech #AIethics
We’re particularly interested in #philosophy perspectives that interrogate conventional assumptions on the challenges, limitations, or promises of the possibility of friendships, care, parenting, mentorship, romance, etc., involving #AI.
#sts #philtech #AIethics
🚨 Call for papers: Close personal relationships and AI technologies.
Great opportunity for global perspectives on the philosophical implications of Close Personal Relationships and AI-driven technologies (from Chatbots to robots). Please share! (Reach out if interested).
#AIethics / #philtech
Great opportunity for global perspectives on the philosophical implications of Close Personal Relationships and AI-driven technologies (from Chatbots to robots). Please share! (Reach out if interested).
#AIethics / #philtech
Global Philosophy: Global Perspectives on Technology and Close Personal Relationships (CPR)
This special issue invites globally diverse perspectives on the moral, cultural, and technological dimensions of close personal relationships. In particular, we invite authors to consider variants on ...
philevents.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Beyond ecstatic to be able to put together this lineup for our little workshop on the Philosophy of Computational Methods in Science.
#philsci
#philsci
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Beyond ecstatic to be able to put together this lineup for our little workshop on the Philosophy of Computational Methods in Science.
#philsci
#philsci
Reposted by Ramón Alvarado
(WSJ) -- China's state-sponsored hackers used artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic to automate break-ins of major corporations and foreign governments during a September hacking campaign, the company said Thursday.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
(WSJ) -- China's state-sponsored hackers used artificial intelligence technology from Anthropic to automate break-ins of major corporations and foreign governments during a September hacking campaign, the company said Thursday.
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www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chin...
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www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chin...
It took a while for philosophers of mind to get into the new AI game. Regrettably, they seem to be playing the PR game with outdated terms like “consciousness”. Given the popular appeal of this strategy, I foresee years of unbearable and retrograde debate for philosophy of AI.
#philtech #AIethics
#philtech #AIethics
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reposted by Ramón Alvarado
David Fincher's THE SOCIAL NETWORK, and Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross's Oscar-winning score, turned 15 years old this fall. Here's some of my artwork for the album, created by manually corrupting images from the film by editing their raw hex data in a text editor, damaging them from the inside. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
David Fincher's THE SOCIAL NETWORK, and Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross's Oscar-winning score, turned 15 years old this fall. Here's some of my artwork for the album, created by manually corrupting images from the film by editing their raw hex data in a text editor, damaging them from the inside. 1/
Reposted by Ramón Alvarado
A truly fantastic piece Ramon, I enjoyed the exchange enormously and argued back for the need to rescue intelligence from anti-human AI, it’s too important a notion to both human and non-human interactions with the world - see this rejoinder hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/c5hq3by1.... #philsci
Rejoinder: Let Us Rescue Intelligence from Anti-Human AI
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A truly fantastic piece Ramon, I enjoyed the exchange enormously and argued back for the need to rescue intelligence from anti-human AI, it’s too important a notion to both human and non-human interactions with the world - see this rejoinder hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/c5hq3by1.... #philsci
🚨New paper! My response to @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social’s Environmental Intelligence. In short: maybe we should stop using ‘intelligence’ altogether and recognize these technical artifacts as what they are: epistemic technologies with new and distinct affordances.
#AIEthics #Philsci #Philtech
#AIEthics #Philsci #Philtech
Artifactual Epistemology and Environmental Intelligence
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
🚨New paper! My response to @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social’s Environmental Intelligence. In short: maybe we should stop using ‘intelligence’ altogether and recognize these technical artifacts as what they are: epistemic technologies with new and distinct affordances.
#AIEthics #Philsci #Philtech
#AIEthics #Philsci #Philtech
Making flour tortillas at home is weird because—despite being so simple, making them makes me feel like I’ve achieved whatever level of enlightenment Sor Juana Inez de La Cruz wanted Aristotle to be at when she suggested he should’ve spent more time in the kitchen.
#philsci
#philsci
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Making flour tortillas at home is weird because—despite being so simple, making them makes me feel like I’ve achieved whatever level of enlightenment Sor Juana Inez de La Cruz wanted Aristotle to be at when she suggested he should’ve spent more time in the kitchen.
#philsci
#philsci
Strolling through the Stuttgart forest talking to atmospheric scientist, physicists, engineers, computer and data scientist about Machine Learning in science.
Very interesting developments and considerations as we pondered discovery, knowledge transfer, and artifactual epistemology.
#philsci
Very interesting developments and considerations as we pondered discovery, knowledge transfer, and artifactual epistemology.
#philsci
October 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Strolling through the Stuttgart forest talking to atmospheric scientist, physicists, engineers, computer and data scientist about Machine Learning in science.
Very interesting developments and considerations as we pondered discovery, knowledge transfer, and artifactual epistemology.
#philsci
Very interesting developments and considerations as we pondered discovery, knowledge transfer, and artifactual epistemology.
#philsci
Download open source models, fine tune them or untune them with weird data, explore glitches and capabilities. Create local agents for garage projects, or like my friends say: make them feral.
#philtech #AIethics
#philtech #AIethics
I found that hanging out with artists and creatives helps transcend the whole “use or refuse” dichotomy and discourse. There are so many interesting and cool ways to appropriate this technology and push its limits and capabilities to take it into fascinating directions. Very similar to street art.
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I found hanging out with artists and creatives helps transcend the whole “use or refuse” dichotomy and discourse. Sooo many interesting ways to appropriate this technology and push its limits and capabilities to take it into fascinating directions. Very similar to street art.
#philtech #aiethics
#philtech #aiethics
ideally, the only places i want to be in AI are spaces for resistance, refusal and community organising
in reality, i find myself in spaces where AI governance, regulatory or institutional/scientific decisions are made where either i my input is paid lip service or entirely ignored
in reality, i find myself in spaces where AI governance, regulatory or institutional/scientific decisions are made where either i my input is paid lip service or entirely ignored
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Excited to be a keynote here. Talking about scientific discovery, serendipity and machine learning.
www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de/communicatio...
#philsci
www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de/communicatio...
#philsci
Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of Knowledge Infusion, Explainability, and Scientific Discovery | Cluster of Excellence SimTech Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science | University of Stuttgart
07 - 10 October 2025
www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de
October 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Excited to be a keynote here. Talking about scientific discovery, serendipity and machine learning.
www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de/communicatio...
#philsci
www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de/communicatio...
#philsci
Flash trip back to Stuttgart to give a keynote on AI and scientific discovery. I’m really looking forward to the written version of this paper on serendipity, science, and computational methods. Hopefully by the end of Fall I’ll compile all the feedback from this year.
#philsci
#philsci
October 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Flash trip back to Stuttgart to give a keynote on AI and scientific discovery. I’m really looking forward to the written version of this paper on serendipity, science, and computational methods. Hopefully by the end of Fall I’ll compile all the feedback from this year.
#philsci
#philsci
Speaking of Hinton, hate to say I told you so…
Should we replace radiologists with deep learning? Pigeons, error and trust in medical AI - Alvarado - 2022 - Bioethics.
#AI #AIethics #Philtech
Should we replace radiologists with deep learning? Pigeons, error and trust in medical AI - Alvarado - 2022 - Bioethics.
#AI #AIethics #Philtech
Should we replace radiologists with deep learning? Pigeons, error and trust in medical AI
The sudden rise in the ability of machine learning methodology, such as deep neural networks, to identify and predict with great accuracy instances of malignant cell growth from radiological images h...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Some of the knee-jerk resistance to understand the virtues and benefits of Artificial agents and caregivers is heavily culturally biased. In this paper, @smusab.bsky.social provides a broader #AIethics perspective. This is an excellent contribution to an otherwise stagnated discourse.
The virtue of artificiality: Islamic ethics and the reconceptualization of AI caregivers
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September 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Some of the knee-jerk resistance to understand the virtues and benefits of Artificial agents and caregivers is heavily culturally biased. In this paper, @smusab.bsky.social provides a broader #AIethics perspective. This is an excellent contribution to an otherwise stagnated discourse.
For ~2 years and I’ve been reading all I can about Francis Bacon as a #philsci and #philtech guy. One could read many more books about him without mentioning science, tech, or philosophy and it would all be as impressive. Definitely up there with Descartes and others.
This summer’s readings!
This summer’s readings!
September 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So lucky I got to see @firepile.bsky.social twice elaborate on why she thinks “Hell is Other Robots”, specially ones that simply cant collaborate. Once at SPT and now at IACAP.
July 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So lucky I got to see @firepile.bsky.social twice elaborate on why she thinks “Hell is Other Robots”, specially ones that simply cant collaborate. Once at SPT and now at IACAP.
Next week I’ll give the META lecture at Politecnico di Milano on Serendipty, AI, and automated science.
#philsci #philtech
#philsci #philtech
Ramón Alvarado (University of Oregon): “Can Automated Science and AI Preserve Serendipity in Scientific Inquiry? If Not, Will We Miss It?” – META | PoliMi
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July 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
