Jen Semler
@jensemler.bsky.social
Philosopher of AI and ethics | Postdoc at Cornell Tech's Digital Life Initiative
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And now, I'm thrilled to be starting a postdoc at Cornell Tech as part of the Digital Life Initiative!
August 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And now, I'm thrilled to be starting a postdoc at Cornell Tech as part of the Digital Life Initiative!
Officially Dr. Semler! Graduated from Oxford with a DPhil (PhD) in Philosophy for my dissertation "On Artificial Moral Agency"! Special thanks to my wonderful supervisors @carissaveliz.bsky.social and Alison Hills; examiners Roger Crisp and David Shoemaker; and mentors, friends, and family.
August 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Officially Dr. Semler! Graduated from Oxford with a DPhil (PhD) in Philosophy for my dissertation "On Artificial Moral Agency"! Special thanks to my wonderful supervisors @carissaveliz.bsky.social and Alison Hills; examiners Roger Crisp and David Shoemaker; and mentors, friends, and family.
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Can we teach ethics to machines? And if we can, should we? Join @jensemler.bsky.social online on Wednesday 23rd to find out more...
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#Bitesize #ethics #AI #onlineeducation #PhilosophyMatters
July 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Can we teach ethics to machines? And if we can, should we? Join @jensemler.bsky.social online on Wednesday 23rd to find out more...
uehiro.web.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
#Bitesize #ethics #AI #onlineeducation #PhilosophyMatters
uehiro.web.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
#Bitesize #ethics #AI #onlineeducation #PhilosophyMatters
I'm also excited to share that another paper of mine, co-authored with Helena Ward and Rhys Southan, "A Timing Problem for Instrumental Convergence," is out in Philosophical Studies! doi.org/10.1007/s110...
A timing problem for instrumental convergence - Philosophical Studies
Those who worry about a superintelligent AI destroying humanity often appeal to the instrumental convergence thesis—the claim that even if we don’t know what a superintelligence’s ultimate goals will ...
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July 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I'm also excited to share that another paper of mine, co-authored with Helena Ward and Rhys Southan, "A Timing Problem for Instrumental Convergence," is out in Philosophical Studies! doi.org/10.1007/s110...
I'm so excited to share that the first paper from my dissertation, "Moral Agency without Consciousness," is now out at the Canadian Journal of Philosophy! doi.org/10.1017/can....
Moral Agency without Consciousness | Canadian Journal of Philosophy | Cambridge Core
Moral Agency without Consciousness
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July 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I'm so excited to share that the first paper from my dissertation, "Moral Agency without Consciousness," is now out at the Canadian Journal of Philosophy! doi.org/10.1017/can....