A "reduction in force" went into effect last week at NEH. A union representing the employees warned that there has been no planning for the continuing of operations at NEH and that the reduced staff is an "existential threat" to individuals and institutions that rely on NEH support.

New paper arguing that sometimes rational persuasion is a bad thing. It's available open access here:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Moreover, that study indicates that the existential threat of AI wasn't necessarily to the profession of teaching (it is) but to the CAPACITY for our students to learn the skills we are trying to teach them. That study indicates that generative AI poses a serious threat to student learning CAPACITY.

I think the conclusion of this study is likely to be valid however it is worth noting that any attempts to localise cognitive tasks such as writing to a specific brain activation/connectivity is problematic because that's not how the brain works.

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Gloria Andrada and I are editing a special issue of Hypatia on feminist philosophy of mind! Deadline Jan 2026. If you write on feminist critiques of cog sci, bias/prejudice/essentialism, the politics of attention, cognitive aspects of oppression, etc., please submit! And spread the word 🙏 #philsky

Really great stuff in here! Would particularly like to highlight “Good Practices for Improving Representation in Philosophy” beginning on page 102. Hoping to circulate this within my department as well as use it as a resource for teaching and service!