Alessandra Tanesini
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Alessandra Tanesini
@ale1808.bsky.social
· Feb 17
An Existentialist Challenge to the Babel Fish
Could advanced translation technologies solve linguistic injustice in the world? Activists and scholars hear this question being asked quite often, and sometimes with a slight skeptical tone sugges…
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Alessandra Tanesini
@ale1808.bsky.social
· Dec 24
The “affective” in affective polarization
Public opinion in many contemporary democracies shows increasing signs of polarization. In particular, animosity and dislike across political lines have become increasingly characteristic of Wester…
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Alessandra Tanesini
@ale1808.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Philosophical Foundations for Chatbot Regulation
In an age where we increasingly converse with artifacts – whose interfaces include AI, a pressing question emerges: Who, or what, are we really talking with? As AI-based chatbots, often terme…
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Alessandra Tanesini
@ale1808.bsky.social
· Nov 25
AI regulation and the right to meaningful explanation. Pt 2: How (if at all)?
Earlier, I argued that we should safeguard the right to a meaningful explanation of life-changing decisions, even when such decisions are made by complex AI algorithms. Here, I argue that the compl…
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Alessandra Tanesini
@ale1808.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Alessandra Tanesini
@ale1808.bsky.social
· Nov 11
AI regulation and the right to meaningful explanation. Pt 1. Why (not)?
Ask anyone except a gun rights activist, and they will agree that the rise of new technologies requires the implementation of new regulations. Not too long ago, a law against human cloning would ha…
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Alessandra Tanesini
@ale1808.bsky.social
· Oct 14
How should we lead our intellectual lives?
This question has long preoccupied philosophers, but has recently taken on greater public urgency in response to fears about misinformation, disinformation, bullshit, tribalism, and other perceived…
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Alessandra Tanesini
@ale1808.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Values and Virtues in Philosophy and Psychology
During the recent general election campaign in the UK, I received a flyer through my door from a local independent candidate who claimed to value, among other things, humanitarianism. He also wante…
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Alisa Bokulich
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· Aug 30
Professor of Philosophy - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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The highly ranked Department of Philosophy is seeking excellent junior candidates for multiple tenure/tenure-track faculty positions. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous resear...
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