Hey everyone, a collective I'm part of is starting a radical bookshop and community space in Newcastle, a city where the last radical bookshop closed around 40 years ago. We've just launched our crowdfunder. Please take a look a share widely!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booksfromb...

INTERVIEW: Fintan Mallory on 'Fictionalism about chatbots' ​Fintan Mallory (he/him) is an assistant professor of philosophy at Durham University and an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Algorithmic Life. At the moment, his research focusses on...

Excited to share my recent interview with Fintan Mallory (@fintanmallory.com) about his paper 'Fictionalism about chatbots', in which he reflects on meaning, make-believe, and the ideological significance of the terms we use to describe chatbots.

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Honoured to be included in this volume, continuing my longstanding campaign to reanimate semantic holism.

Nonverbal marginalization The nonverbal cues that accompany speech (for example, facial expressions, gestures, and eye gaze) can be as communicatively significant as the content of the speech itself. I identify what I argue i....

This is a good paper about a common phenomenon that has tips for how we can be better people: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Hi folks! Excited to share a new interview to the Knowledge Communication blog. Here is Anna Drożdżowicz and Yael Peled talking about their recent paper, 'The complexities of linguistic discrimination':
www.joeykpollock.net/blog/intervi...

This looks like a valuable paper for any educational institution interested in developing an evidence-based policy on LLM usage (if such an institution exists)

Sharing Thoughts. Oxford University Press.

Proofs are here! Sharing Thoughts is becoming real. Co-edited with @mthsvlnt.bsky.social & J.L. Bermúdez. Out soon with OUP.

Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher - "Artifical Intelligence: Human-LLM Communication" (276987) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher - "Artifical Intelligence: Human-LLM Communication" (276987), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Hi folks! We're hiring another 3-year postdoc to join a project on human-LLM communication. Based in the philosophy dept but also open to candidates from other relevant fields (e.g., linguistic pragmatics, experimental psychology). Application deadline 30th April.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Delighted to share that @hugormota.bsky.social has passed his doctoral trials to become Dr Hugo Mota! A fascinating discussion of a brilliant dissertation. Many thanks to everyone involved!!

Spectrum 10K - Autism Research Centre Statement from the Spectrum 10K research team, 30th January 2025 Today we are publishing the Spectrum 10K consultation report and announcing the next steps for the project. We know this announcement h...

Spectrum 10k has been permanently halted. A historic win for autistic communities, which will likely have a significant impact on how research funding is allocated in the future. Nothing about us without us! (ht/ @drstevenkapp.bsky.social) www.autismresearchcentre.com/projects/spe...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Researcher - "How do we understand machines that talk to us?" (265907) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Researcher - "How do we understand machines that talk to us?" (265907), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, November 1, 2024

Come and work with us. 3-yr postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oslo for experimental work on the human side of interaction with LLMs: how we interpret LLMs, whether we trust what they (seem to) say, and more. #pragmatics #linguistics #philosophy #psychology
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...