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AI doom warnings are getting louder. Are they realistic? Researchers are increasingly sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence could end humanity. But such doomsday warnings carry their own risks.

Should you worry about AI killing us all? I looked at the evidence so you don't have to 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@nature.com Ft. @garymarcus.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social @gleave.me @andreamiotti.bsky.social @anthonyaguirre.bsky.social @ghadfield.bsky.social among others!

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Why mental metaphors do not help us understand chatbot mistakes - Synthese Synthese - The function of chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT is based on detecting probabilistic patterns in the training data. This makes them vulnerable to generating factual mistakes in their...

I am delighted to share Markus Pantsar's (@markuspantsar.bsky.social) and my new contribution to the philosophy of AI. Out now in Synthese (Open Access)! #philsky 1/3
doi.org/10.1007/s112...

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Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

Scientists invented a fake disease. #AI told people it was real. Humans didn’t spot the hoax and the fake research has been cited in peer-reviewed literature. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#techethics #healthtech #medtech #AIinResearch

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We are proud to announce our new talk series on "Inferences & Capacities" co-organized by me, Mariela Aguilera, and Matías Osta-Vélez!

Find below the 2026 lineup and info on how to register.

#philosophy #philosophySky

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Explanation, scope, and perspective: sources of schismogenesis in consciousness science Contemporary consciousness science faces an impasse: competing theoretical frameworks—structuralist versus functionalist, universal versus local, intrinsic versus extrinsic—appear to be inducing philo...

New open-access paper out in Trends in Cognitive Sciences:

Explanation, scope, and perspective: sources of schismogenesis in consciousness science
Francesco Ellia & Naotsugu Tsuchiya

A thread 1/n🧵

www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

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Claude Mythos Preview - Nur Mythos oder Gefahr für die Cyber-Sicherheit? Das Frontier-Modell gilt als Cyberwaffe, darum können nur Tech-Konzerne im Projekt Glasswing es nutzen. Der Chaos Computer Club sieht hier eine Werbekampagne.

"Es ist vor allem eine Ressourcenfrage." www.deutschlandfunk.de/claude-mytho...

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Btw, I really like your paper on biological computationalism! 🙂

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Not really on tests, though: bsky.app/profile/wanj...

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Jonathan Meese - Liest Heidegger "Sein und Zeit" in rasanter Geschwindigkeit
Jonathan Meese - Liest Heidegger "Sein und Zeit" in rasanter Geschwindigkeit YouTube video by jerrykinderman

Jonathan Meese erklärt, wie ein multimodales Foundation Model trainiert wird.👇 youtube.com/watch?v=K_F8...

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Die Straflosigkeit männlicher Gewalt muss endlich ein Ende haben.

250 Frauen aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur fordern von der Bundesregierung 10 konkrete Schritte zum Schutz vor männlicher Gewalt. Im digitalen und im analogen Raum.

Unterzeichne ihre WeAct-Petition! ➡️ campact.org/10Forderungen

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Animating scientific understanding - Philosophical Studies Philosophical Studies - The mainstream account of scientific understanding is explanationism. According to explanationism, scientific understanding is only achieved when a subject grasps a full or...

My paper is finally out on Phil Studies.

"Animating Scientific Understanding"

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#philsky #philosophy #understanding

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The book symposium can be found here: philosophymindscience.org

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#PhiMiSci has published a new book symposium on Mazviita Chirimuuta’s „The Brain Abstracted“, edited by Philipp Haueis. It features a précis by the author, seven commentaries, and her replies. Readers may also be interested in a #BrainsBlog post on the symposium, forthcoming later this week.

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CFP: The Architecture of Propositional Thought: From Cognitive Maps to Language and Reasoning

Link below:

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I am extremely proud of what Camilo, Moritz, and the whole team have put together for this year's Models of Consciousness #MoC7.

Stellar choice of topics and speakers, and an amazing social programme aimed at true exchange among participants.

Come join us! #ConSci Talk application is now open.

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Models of Consciousness 2026 – AMCS

The Association for Mathematical Consciousness Science (AMCS) is delighted to announce the 7th Models of Consciousness conference (MoC7) to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct 12-Oct 16, 2026. Applications are open for participant talks & posters (by June16). See
amcs-community.org/events/moc7-...

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#MoC7 will take place in Copenhagen, the most liveable city in the world! 👇

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🔥My first paper is out in Synthese — open access:

“From simulating to duplicating the brain”🔥

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Abstract below.

Would love to hear what you think (and especially any objections / counterexamples).

@springernature.com

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Congrats, Johannes! Great to see this paper published!

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Programm Kinder- und JugendUNI 2026 Spannende Vorlesungen und Führungen warten auf alle Wissbegierigen der 1. bis 10. Klasse. Das Programm richtet sich am ersten Tag an Schüler*innen der Klassenstufen 1 bis 4 und am zweiten Tag an Kinde...

Alle Schulkinder in Greifswald, schonmal vormerken und unbedingt vorbeikommen zur Kinder und Jugenduni - ich zeige am 27.5. spannende Kuriositäten zum Gehirn und wie wir überhaupt wissen, was unser Körper ist:
www.uni-greifswald.de/universitaet...

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And perception is not a controlled hallucination, either -- it's augmented reality! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Lists of classified Journals National agency for the evaluation of universities and research

Important news for our Italian colleagues: #PhiMiSci has been recognized as a Class A journal by the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR) in area 11/C2. We hope this will make #PhiMiSci an even more attractive venue for your work!

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The symphony of consciousness and the minimal experience of self | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

A new article has been published in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism in the science of consciousness: "The symphony of consciousness and the minimal experience of self" by Jeff Yoshimi and Jason Ford.

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The Newman problem of consciousness science | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

A new article in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism is out: “The Newman problem of consciousness science” by Johannes Kleiner. The paper introduces and examines the Newman problem, arguing that consciousness science can avoid it by carefully choosing its definition of structure.

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Linking the structure of neuronal mechanisms to the structure of qualia | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

The next article in the #PhiMiSci special issue on structuralism is out: “Linking the structure of neuronal mechanisms to the structure of qualia” by A. Maier and N. Tsuchiya. It surveys the key literature leading up to a structural approach to consciousness and rates the current state of the filed.

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Neurophenomenal structuralism and the role of computational context | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

#PhiMiSci published a new article in the special issue on structuralism: “Neurophenomenal structuralism and the role of computational context” by M. Paßler and A. Doerig.
It aims to challenges local structuralist theories that overlook the content-constituting role of computational context.

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Wanja Wiese, Inferring the presence (or absence) of consciousness in artificial systems - PhilArchive How should we assess which artificial systems could be conscious? Given uncertainty about the nature and distribution of consciousness, it is promising to look for indicators of consciousness that pro...

Wanna know how to infer the presence or absence of consciousness in artificial systems? Check out my new preprint: philarchive.org/rec/WIEITP #PhilMind #PhilConsc #Consciousness

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This is how free and open access works. There is no way to have a free and open access project and then go “wait, no, not like that”.

www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...

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📢 Just a few days left to submit a paper to our special issue on Evaluating Artificial Consciousness! #PhilMind #PhilConsc #Consciousness

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