Ramón Alvarado
@ramonalvarado.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Philosophy. Editor-in-Chief of Global Philosophy. President of the Association for Philosophy and Computing. Philosopher of computational methods and technologies in science and society.
Beyond ecstatic to be able to put together this lineup for our little workshop on the Philosophy of Computational Methods in Science.
#philsci
#philsci
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Beyond ecstatic to be able to put together this lineup for our little workshop on the Philosophy of Computational Methods in Science.
#philsci
#philsci
Making flour tortillas at home is weird because—despite being so simple, making them makes me feel like I’ve achieved whatever level of enlightenment Sor Juana Inez de La Cruz wanted Aristotle to be at when she suggested he should’ve spent more time in the kitchen.
#philsci
#philsci
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Making flour tortillas at home is weird because—despite being so simple, making them makes me feel like I’ve achieved whatever level of enlightenment Sor Juana Inez de La Cruz wanted Aristotle to be at when she suggested he should’ve spent more time in the kitchen.
#philsci
#philsci
Strolling through the Stuttgart forest talking to atmospheric scientist, physicists, engineers, computer and data scientist about Machine Learning in science.
Very interesting developments and considerations as we pondered discovery, knowledge transfer, and artifactual epistemology.
#philsci
Very interesting developments and considerations as we pondered discovery, knowledge transfer, and artifactual epistemology.
#philsci
October 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Strolling through the Stuttgart forest talking to atmospheric scientist, physicists, engineers, computer and data scientist about Machine Learning in science.
Very interesting developments and considerations as we pondered discovery, knowledge transfer, and artifactual epistemology.
#philsci
Very interesting developments and considerations as we pondered discovery, knowledge transfer, and artifactual epistemology.
#philsci
Flash trip back to Stuttgart to give a keynote on AI and scientific discovery. I’m really looking forward to the written version of this paper on serendipity, science, and computational methods. Hopefully by the end of Fall I’ll compile all the feedback from this year.
#philsci
#philsci
October 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Flash trip back to Stuttgart to give a keynote on AI and scientific discovery. I’m really looking forward to the written version of this paper on serendipity, science, and computational methods. Hopefully by the end of Fall I’ll compile all the feedback from this year.
#philsci
#philsci
As I traced back the origins of our contemporary data world all the way back to Francis Bacon, I found this beautiful piece by Czech philosopher Petr Šourek in a Media Studies book from 2011. I’m hoping to help him write a more internet-friendly version for Global Philosophy soon. #AIethics
September 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
As I traced back the origins of our contemporary data world all the way back to Francis Bacon, I found this beautiful piece by Czech philosopher Petr Šourek in a Media Studies book from 2011. I’m hoping to help him write a more internet-friendly version for Global Philosophy soon. #AIethics
For ~2 years and I’ve been reading all I can about Francis Bacon as a #philsci and #philtech guy. One could read many more books about him without mentioning science, tech, or philosophy and it would all be as impressive. Definitely up there with Descartes and others.
This summer’s readings!
This summer’s readings!
September 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So lucky I got to see @firepile.bsky.social twice elaborate on why she thinks “Hell is Other Robots”, specially ones that simply cant collaborate. Once at SPT and now at IACAP.
July 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So lucky I got to see @firepile.bsky.social twice elaborate on why she thinks “Hell is Other Robots”, specially ones that simply cant collaborate. Once at SPT and now at IACAP.
June 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
5 weeks, 4 countries, 10 cities, 6 talks, 2 panels. Week one/first talk at the Society for the Philosophy of Technology, done!
Doing different presentations of different papers for different expert audiences on #philtech, #philsci, and a bit of #AIethics as well! Living the dream :)
Doing different presentations of different papers for different expert audiences on #philtech, #philsci, and a bit of #AIethics as well! Living the dream :)
June 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Excellent opening keynote at PST by @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social. Thought-provoking messaging against AI hype in science. A bit lacking on #philsci that acknowledges successful ML use in hard sciences, but a needed corrective to sloppy general industry narratives.
#philtech
#philtech
June 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Excellent opening keynote at PST by @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social. Thought-provoking messaging against AI hype in science. A bit lacking on #philsci that acknowledges successful ML use in hard sciences, but a needed corrective to sloppy general industry narratives.
#philtech
#philtech
I wrapped my Data/ #AIethics grad seminar with the liberating insights of Denisa Kera—from Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv—who showed us through her work (thinking and tinkering) that we don’t have to be passive victims of technology. Rather, we can decide our own level of involvement.
#philtech
#philtech
June 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This week I gave an online lecture abt my research on #AIethics at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv. I’m always nervous about online lectures because I’m a walker/hand gesture speaker. But apparently I managed! This is one of the nicest comments I’ve ever received abt my talks.
#philtech
#philtech
May 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Such an honor, privilege and pleasure to talk about my research on AI and values— mainly AI and Serendipity in Science, and AI and loneliness— to students and faculty in Tel Aviv at the "Critical Studies of Emergent Technologies" Masters Program of Bar Ilan University.
#AIEthics #Philtech #Philsci
#AIEthics #Philtech #Philsci
May 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This past week, I had the pleasure of welcoming Oluwaseun Sanwoolu from the Center for Cybersocial Dynamics at our department’s Colloquium to talk about her research on the possibility of close personal relationships with AI. Excellent talk and conversations throughout her stay.
May 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This past week, I had the pleasure of welcoming Oluwaseun Sanwoolu from the Center for Cybersocial Dynamics at our department’s Colloquium to talk about her research on the possibility of close personal relationships with AI. Excellent talk and conversations throughout her stay.
Sunrise over the Kansas River.
March 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sunrise over the Kansas River.
I did this by changing the question when I was invited to talk about “Teaching with AI”. I inverted the discourse to reflect on the things we should rescue and protect in the classroom: in person interactions, Socratic method, up to 50% participation, critical thinking vs rhetorical writing, etc.
March 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I did this by changing the question when I was invited to talk about “Teaching with AI”. I inverted the discourse to reflect on the things we should rescue and protect in the classroom: in person interactions, Socratic method, up to 50% participation, critical thinking vs rhetorical writing, etc.
I’ve seen a lot of artists and poets and computer scientists doing very interesting stuff, pushing it to its limits, for things that it wasn’t intended for, to subvert other models, to extract patterns we couldn’t, etc. to play. You know, the usual stuff one does with this kind of new technology.
March 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’ve seen a lot of artists and poets and computer scientists doing very interesting stuff, pushing it to its limits, for things that it wasn’t intended for, to subvert other models, to extract patterns we couldn’t, etc. to play. You know, the usual stuff one does with this kind of new technology.
Report number 42. Day 15340.5 on Earth. Attempts to engage failed once more. It seems I may have overestimated Socrates’ charming methods. Maybe I should finish reading Plato’s account to see how Socrates finally manages to harmoniously engage with the Athenians.
March 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Report number 42. Day 15340.5 on Earth. Attempts to engage failed once more. It seems I may have overestimated Socrates’ charming methods. Maybe I should finish reading Plato’s account to see how Socrates finally manages to harmoniously engage with the Athenians.
I’ve read both of those even before it was cool :). Because I engage critically with this literature, I buy some and I question some. So, my question stands. Which particular harms and which particular tech are you referring to? (GPTs, Diffusion, DNNs, etc., on their own or Chatbots, etc.)
March 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I’ve read both of those even before it was cool :). Because I engage critically with this literature, I buy some and I question some. So, my question stands. Which particular harms and which particular tech are you referring to? (GPTs, Diffusion, DNNs, etc., on their own or Chatbots, etc.)
AI is giving us an opportunity/forcing us to do some soul searching to rediscover what we teach, why we teach it, and why we teach it the way we do. Whichever path you choose, this is an opportunity to make it more meaningful. These were my opening slides for a recent event with a similar prompt.
March 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
AI is giving us an opportunity/forcing us to do some soul searching to rediscover what we teach, why we teach it, and why we teach it the way we do. Whichever path you choose, this is an opportunity to make it more meaningful. These were my opening slides for a recent event with a similar prompt.
Sometimes philosophers have good ideas abt what goes on in tech. Sometimes these ideas even influence others in fundamental ways. Sometimes, for some reason, we forget to cite them and even accuse them of merely “theorizing in the face of harms” as we benefit from their labor.
#philtech #AIethics
#philtech #AIethics
March 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM