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Epistemic Debt: How Performed Competence Sustains AI Productivity Gains by Depreciating Human Value
A draft of the newest research initiative I’m considering.
AI ethics, examined.
Researcher, podcaster, and practitioner exploring the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
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The “Kill Switch” Problem
Why one of the most-used phrases in AI safety policy carries several different meanings, how polysemous language is now being voted into law, and the realities of what a shutdown can and cannot do.
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John Rawls and the Right to Meaningful Work
Using John Rawls’s theory of justice as fairness, we examine whether a society that willfully eliminates the conditions for meaningful work can be considered just, regardless of how many new jobs it creates.
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Race After Technology
Benjamin’s concept of the "New Jim Code" — technology that reinforces racial hierarchies under the guise of neutrality — is one of the most important conceptual contributions to AI ethics in recent ye
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The “Kill Switch” Problem
Why one of the most-used phrases in AI safety policy carries several different meanings, how polysemous language is now being voted into law, and the realities of what a shutdown can and cannot do.
Epistemic Debt: How Performed Competence Sustains AI Productivity Gains by Depreciating Human Value
A draft of the newest research initiative I’m considering.
Philippa Foot
This interview with philosopher Philippa Foot explores her journey in moral philosophy, her opposition to subjectivism, and her development of a theory of "natural goodness."
What is the distinction between ethics and morality?
A short commentary of the differences and relationship between two of the biggest concepts in normative ethics.