David Gunkel
@davidgunkel.bsky.social
Professor - Northern Illinois University (USA). Award-winning author of the books The Machine Question, Robot Rights, Person-Thing-Robot, Of Remixology, and Deconstruction. https://gunkelweb.com
Interview about #GenerativeAI, authorship, and #ethics in the book "#AI Hokusai: Reflections on Art, #AI and Legacy" - aihokusai.art/report2025
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Interview about #GenerativeAI, authorship, and #ethics in the book "#AI Hokusai: Reflections on Art, #AI and Legacy" - aihokusai.art/report2025
Photos from the "Rights for Robots?" event at Knox College a few weeks ago. My thanks to Robert Geraci for organizing the event and showing me around Galesburg, IL.
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Photos from the "Rights for Robots?" event at Knox College a few weeks ago. My thanks to Robert Geraci for organizing the event and showing me around Galesburg, IL.
My talk at the "Workshop on Emerging Topics in #AI: Consciousness and Moral Patienthood" Google NYC. Presenting material from "The Machine Question" trilogy @mitpress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My talk at the "Workshop on Emerging Topics in #AI: Consciousness and Moral Patienthood" Google NYC. Presenting material from "The Machine Question" trilogy @mitpress.bsky.social
At Google NYC for the "Workshop on Emerging Topics in #AI: Consciousness and Moral Patienthood." And they are using one of my social media posts as the framing mechanism. I will be talking about "Person, Thing, Robot" @mitpress.bsky.social later this afternoon.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
At Google NYC for the "Workshop on Emerging Topics in #AI: Consciousness and Moral Patienthood." And they are using one of my social media posts as the framing mechanism. I will be talking about "Person, Thing, Robot" @mitpress.bsky.social later this afternoon.
Judge a book by its cover.
The book that @coeckelbergh.bsky.social and I wrote on #LLMs and #GenAI --"Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social--is featured on the @betterimagesofai.bsky.social blog.
blog.betterimagesofai.org/better-image...
The book that @coeckelbergh.bsky.social and I wrote on #LLMs and #GenAI --"Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social--is featured on the @betterimagesofai.bsky.social blog.
blog.betterimagesofai.org/better-image...
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Judge a book by its cover.
The book that @coeckelbergh.bsky.social and I wrote on #LLMs and #GenAI --"Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social--is featured on the @betterimagesofai.bsky.social blog.
blog.betterimagesofai.org/better-image...
The book that @coeckelbergh.bsky.social and I wrote on #LLMs and #GenAI --"Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social--is featured on the @betterimagesofai.bsky.social blog.
blog.betterimagesofai.org/better-image...
And it has an interesting resonance with that 1960 essay from Manfred Clynes and Nathan Kline that gave us the word "cyborg."
October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
And it has an interesting resonance with that 1960 essay from Manfred Clynes and Nathan Kline that gave us the word "cyborg."
LLM 101: Critical Introduction to Large Language Models
This Friday (31 October 2025), I will be presenting material from the book "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during a #NorthernExposureNIU workshop. 71 North Partnership Studio, Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University.
This Friday (31 October 2025), I will be presenting material from the book "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during a #NorthernExposureNIU workshop. 71 North Partnership Studio, Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University.
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
LLM 101: Critical Introduction to Large Language Models
This Friday (31 October 2025), I will be presenting material from the book "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during a #NorthernExposureNIU workshop. 71 North Partnership Studio, Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University.
This Friday (31 October 2025), I will be presenting material from the book "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during a #NorthernExposureNIU workshop. 71 North Partnership Studio, Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University.
I do not remember exactly, but it was definitely in that area. In any event, it was one of the best rental deals I ever had. I was in the area recently, and The Grandeur is a grand as it ever was.
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I do not remember exactly, but it was definitely in that area. In any event, it was one of the best rental deals I ever had. I was in the area recently, and The Grandeur is a grand as it ever was.
I am really excited about this new essay from Adrienne de Ruiter and published in "AI & Society." This just may be the most substantive, critical engagement with the relational turn as developed by @MCoeckelbergh and myself.
@springer.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
@springer.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I am really excited about this new essay from Adrienne de Ruiter and published in "AI & Society." This just may be the most substantive, critical engagement with the relational turn as developed by @MCoeckelbergh and myself.
@springer.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
@springer.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
Final paragraph for context:
October 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Final paragraph for context:
"Ultimately, Person, Thing, Robot @mitpress.bsky.social is a landmark text, essential for scholars in technology ethics, law, and philosophy." - New book review by Jianfeng Lan and published in "AI & Society" @springer.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Ultimately, Person, Thing, Robot @mitpress.bsky.social is a landmark text, essential for scholars in technology ethics, law, and philosophy." - New book review by Jianfeng Lan and published in "AI & Society" @springer.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
The most effective remedy for the "Irish Flu" is reading about #robotrights @mitpress.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The most effective remedy for the "Irish Flu" is reading about #robotrights @mitpress.bsky.social
What makes the #LLM so philosophically interesting and disruptive is that it topples one of the foundational pillars of modern European philosophy.
For the full story, see "Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
For the full story, see "Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What makes the #LLM so philosophically interesting and disruptive is that it topples one of the foundational pillars of modern European philosophy.
For the full story, see "Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
For the full story, see "Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Rights for Robots?
6pm Orpheum Theatre. Knox College. Galesburg, Illinois.
Presentation based on the book "Person, Thing, Robot" The MIT Press bit.ly/Gunkel-PTR
6pm Orpheum Theatre. Knox College. Galesburg, Illinois.
Presentation based on the book "Person, Thing, Robot" The MIT Press bit.ly/Gunkel-PTR
October 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Rights for Robots?
6pm Orpheum Theatre. Knox College. Galesburg, Illinois.
Presentation based on the book "Person, Thing, Robot" The MIT Press bit.ly/Gunkel-PTR
6pm Orpheum Theatre. Knox College. Galesburg, Illinois.
Presentation based on the book "Person, Thing, Robot" The MIT Press bit.ly/Gunkel-PTR
"AI for Communication" @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Book review written by Juan Luo and published in "Discourse Studies" @sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Book review written by Juan Luo and published in "Discourse Studies" @sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"AI for Communication" @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Book review written by Juan Luo and published in "Discourse Studies" @sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Book review written by Juan Luo and published in "Discourse Studies" @sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Rights for Robots?"
Tomorrow (7 October 2025) I will be at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois for an event at the Orpheum Theatre. The event is free and open to the public...including non-human persons, AI companions, and robots.
Tomorrow (7 October 2025) I will be at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois for an event at the Orpheum Theatre. The event is free and open to the public...including non-human persons, AI companions, and robots.
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Rights for Robots?"
Tomorrow (7 October 2025) I will be at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois for an event at the Orpheum Theatre. The event is free and open to the public...including non-human persons, AI companions, and robots.
Tomorrow (7 October 2025) I will be at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois for an event at the Orpheum Theatre. The event is free and open to the public...including non-human persons, AI companions, and robots.
Absolutely LOVE anything by Trinh T. Minh-ha. I assume you have read "Woman, Native, Other" @iupress.bsky.social But if not, drop everything and read it.
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Absolutely LOVE anything by Trinh T. Minh-ha. I assume you have read "Woman, Native, Other" @iupress.bsky.social But if not, drop everything and read it.
@coeckelbergh.bsky.social presenting "The Political Philosophy of #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during the "Seminal Texts in AI Ethics" at HBKU Doha, Qata
September 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@coeckelbergh.bsky.social presenting "The Political Philosophy of #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during the "Seminal Texts in AI Ethics" at HBKU Doha, Qata
🇶🇦 PTR - Qatar
Presenting "Person, Thing, Robot" @mitpress.bsky.social this morning at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University's Seminal Texts in #AI Ethics. With commentary from @aybig.bsky.social and Abootaleb Safdari.
Presenting "Person, Thing, Robot" @mitpress.bsky.social this morning at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University's Seminal Texts in #AI Ethics. With commentary from @aybig.bsky.social and Abootaleb Safdari.
September 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
🇶🇦 PTR - Qatar
Presenting "Person, Thing, Robot" @mitpress.bsky.social this morning at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University's Seminal Texts in #AI Ethics. With commentary from @aybig.bsky.social and Abootaleb Safdari.
Presenting "Person, Thing, Robot" @mitpress.bsky.social this morning at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University's Seminal Texts in #AI Ethics. With commentary from @aybig.bsky.social and Abootaleb Safdari.
@coeckelbergh.bsky.social during the opening plenary session "AI Ethics at a Crossroads" at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University conference "AI Ethics: The Convergence of Technology and Diverse Moral Traditions." Doha, Qatar.
September 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
@coeckelbergh.bsky.social during the opening plenary session "AI Ethics at a Crossroads" at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University conference "AI Ethics: The Convergence of Technology and Diverse Moral Traditions." Doha, Qatar.
#AI #Ethics: The Convergence of Technology and Diverse Moral Traditions - @HBKU Doha, Qatar. I will be speaking tomorrow as part of Plenary II: Rethinking the Human-Machine Relationship: Ethical Frontiers of AI, Rationality, and Responsibility. www.hbku.edu.qa/en/CIS-AIE?t...
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
#AI #Ethics: The Convergence of Technology and Diverse Moral Traditions - @HBKU Doha, Qatar. I will be speaking tomorrow as part of Plenary II: Rethinking the Human-Machine Relationship: Ethical Frontiers of AI, Rationality, and Responsibility. www.hbku.edu.qa/en/CIS-AIE?t...
Think Different
Analytic philosophy stumbles on and fails to grasp the significance of #LLM #AI. Continental philosophy and poststructuralism, by contrast, provide a more agile and philosophically responsive framework for making sense of these innovations. t.co/HFok8XgNk2
Analytic philosophy stumbles on and fails to grasp the significance of #LLM #AI. Continental philosophy and poststructuralism, by contrast, provide a more agile and philosophically responsive framework for making sense of these innovations. t.co/HFok8XgNk2
September 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Think Different
Analytic philosophy stumbles on and fails to grasp the significance of #LLM #AI. Continental philosophy and poststructuralism, by contrast, provide a more agile and philosophically responsive framework for making sense of these innovations. t.co/HFok8XgNk2
Analytic philosophy stumbles on and fails to grasp the significance of #LLM #AI. Continental philosophy and poststructuralism, by contrast, provide a more agile and philosophically responsive framework for making sense of these innovations. t.co/HFok8XgNk2
- The Différance Engine -
New essay on #LLMs and poststructuralist philosophy published in "AI & Society" @springer.springernature.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New essay on #LLMs and poststructuralist philosophy published in "AI & Society" @springer.springernature.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
- The Différance Engine -
New essay on #LLMs and poststructuralist philosophy published in "AI & Society" @springer.springernature.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New essay on #LLMs and poststructuralist philosophy published in "AI & Society" @springer.springernature.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...