Clayton Littlejohn

@cmlittlejohn.bsky.social

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Melbourne based philosopher. Dianoia RIP. Senior Research Associate, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg. Epistemology and ethics. #philsky #melbourne #democrats It ain't easy being blue .. more

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

I was thinking about this about reading on FB someone who had a policy of automatic failure if a student used AI in any form. I had no idea whether Microsoft products (e.g.) were using AI to check grammar, spelling, etc.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 2d

Anyway, thanks to ChatGPT or Claude for recommending R&R.

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 2d

To celebrate the new year, I'm reading the referee report that just hit my inbox that, it seems, is at least partially generated by AI. I think it was more helpful and charitable than the one that seems to have been authored by a human, but there were some telltale signs that were quite amusing.

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 3d

Btw, if you want a copy...

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2swfq...

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 5d

My new years resolution is that facebook stops recommending as friends people you had one bad Hinge date with

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 5d

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

Too easy

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 9d

Fab! Thanks for sending this. (I'll give it a cite in the next batch of work.)

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 10d

I like the idea. Reading the actual paper? Different story

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 10d

My first paper on disinformation just published. I argue that disinformation should be understood in pragmatic terms (e.g., changing content to influence choice) not epistemic terms (e.g., inducing inaccurate beliefs). You can view with this link. Spoiler in title.

link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

Disinformation is for degrading the value of information, not confirming falsehoods

link.springer.com

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Daniel Rubio @dkfrubio.bsky.social · 10d

New paper out in Nous

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

Most fun was probably George Saunders, Liberation Day. (Short stories. Who has time to read one long, big story?)

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

ugh

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

And d!

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

And if you're keeping score, mater and pater had strategically and covertly planned 3-4 ways of getting me into church on this two week trip. One trip fell through, but they have two shots left.

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

Experiencing a bit of culture shock. In a coffee shop that doesn't serve flat whites and where you're clearly in a minority if you're not talking about your church or reading a Bible. Missing that Australian naturalism/commitment to excellent coffee

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

But how did your fish end up in a box??? Made of questions here

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

I don't even drive, Matt! And I'd never just run over a box if I were driving.

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

Secretly the correct answer.

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

merry xmas, you bastard

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

In this box, Inge rationally believes, is her cat. It's been run over. She doesn't realise that in this box was her goldfish.

Which response is fitting?
a the grief she'd feel upon losing a cat
b the grief she'd feel upon losing a goldfish
c the question is ambiguous
d I hate this question/you

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 13d

Shocking

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 14d

Help? I need a cache of a page from 2020 but the wayback machine doesn't have a shot. If anyone can help with alternatives, plz let me know. (Will welcome DMs if you want to know the specific page I need help with.)

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 15d

"Bayesian view and supervenience claim - You cite Sprenger and Hartmann 2019, good"

Claude, proofreading my paper/revealing its ideological bias (which, pleasingly, favours Sprenger and Hartmann)

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 15d

God it's boring to write up a paper from a handout. Not as boring as reading it, dear reader, but it's awful even if the paper isn't. Hopefully coming soon to a journal near you 🤞

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 15d

What if the free speech & intellectual diversity grift is a grift?

"Avishai said she had been drawn to UATX initially because she experienced "ideological tribalism" at Harvard. But Avishai said ... she never expected to also find "ideological litmus tests" at UATX"

www.chron.com/culture/arti...