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dmoralesp.bsky.social
Check out this CfP on Ethics and Philosophy of Descentrilized Technologies. Consider submitting if this topic is down your alley! 👇

#philsky #philtech #ethics
pathumm.bsky.social Patrik Hummel @pathumm.bsky.social · 9h
Georgy Ishmaev and I have the pleasure of co-editing a special issue on the "Ethics and Philosophy of Decentralized Technologies", in the journal Ethics and Information Technology. Submission by 23 Apr 2026. Check out the CfP: link.springer.com/collections/...
Ethics and Philosophy of Decentralized Technologies
After more than a decade of development, blockchain-based systems and applications continue to progress as a research field and as an industry. Blockchains ...
link.springer.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
alex-fisher.bsky.social
A new issue of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research is out, featuring my article on moral concerns about the corruptive effects of imagination in games/VR.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19331592...

You can read a short summary here:

newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/imaginativ...

#philtech
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
butlerintheworld.bsky.social
Here's a CFP for this year's Digital Worlds Workshop. It's a great conference for trying out new ideas and a pretty friendly group.
Digitalworldsworkshop.com/virtual-workshop
#philsky #philtech #philosophy #philosophyoftechnology
Virtual Workshop
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at digitalworldsworkshop@gmail.com. You can also sign up here for updates:
Digitalworldsworkshop.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
mrwryt.bsky.social
This period in technology is the new Gold Rush. 🤔

'Who can generate the most compute per square foot' is the race.

#philtech
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ramonalvarado.bsky.social
It took a while for philosophers of mind to get into the new AI game. Regrettably, they seem to be playing the PR game with outdated terms like “consciousness”. Given the popular appeal of this strategy, I foresee years of unbearable and retrograde debate for philosophy of AI.

#philtech #AIethics
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
drjoeslater.bsky.social
Just went to a really great talk by @shannonvallor.bsky.social. It was so rich and made so much sense of a lot of the (increasingly) dominant views regarding generative AI. #PhilTech
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
drtiffpetricini.bsky.social
One of the biggest messages I try to enforce to my students. AGI takeovers are science fiction and distract us from real AI problems, like bias, water consumption and electricity rate spikes. #aiethics #philtech #philai
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...
www.technologyreview.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
ramonalvarado.bsky.social
I really enjoyed the rejoinder, Sabina, it signals a longer and important conversation. The interrogation and/or the rescuing of intelligence will be one of the most important (and fundamental) debates in our fields ( #philtech #philsci and #AIethics). Long overdue.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
ramonalvarado.bsky.social
🚨New paper! My response to @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social’s Environmental Intelligence. In short: maybe we should stop using ‘intelligence’ altogether and recognize these technical artifacts as what they are: epistemic technologies with new and distinct affordances.

#AIEthics #Philsci #Philtech
Artifactual Epistemology and Environmental Intelligence
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
drjoeslater.bsky.social
There were a couple of typos (my fault) when this first came out. Those have now been fixed, which I think counts as an excuse to repost.
#LLMs #PhilTech
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
mnagenborg.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy
I am looking forward to the #bms #research day at #utwente today and to give a brief talk on #sensors and why we need to pay more attention. #philtech https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/organisation/departments-institutes/department-ldt/BMS-Research-Conference-2025/
Information | BMS Research Conference | Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS)
www.utwente.nl
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
masssimons.bsky.social
For the next two days, I will be at 'The human phenomenon. Plessner's crossroads' conference in Cologne, talking about Helmuth Plessner's reception history in Dutch philosophy of technology and science #hopot #hopos #philsci #philtech philevents.org/event/show/1...
The human phenomenon. Plessner's crossroads
Among the great European thinkers of the 20th century, HelmuthPlessner occupied a special position. Having studied medicineand zoology and then turning to philosophy, his thought articulatesvarious ce...
philevents.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
msuarez.bsky.social
#philsci #hps #histsci #philsky #sts #philtech #metascience
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
msuarez.bsky.social
My response to Ambrosio, Bird and Westerblad is now out in SHPS - as part of a book forum on Inference and Representation: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Make sure to check and download it before the curtain closes on December 21.

#philsci #hps #histci #philsky #sts #philtech #metascience
www.sciencedirect.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
hptsociety.bsky.social
Some great history of philosophy of technology happening in Brussels next couple of days #philtech
masssimons.bsky.social Massimiliano Simons @masssimons.bsky.social · 23d
I will be at this great conference in Brussels on Arendt and philosophy of technology for the next few days #philtech

ethu.research.vub.be/conference-c...
Poster of conference on 'coming to terms with technology'
October 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
masssimons.bsky.social
I will be at this great conference in Brussels on Arendt and philosophy of technology for the next few days #philtech

ethu.research.vub.be/conference-c...
Poster of conference on 'coming to terms with technology'
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
drybis.bsky.social
Article in Chinese on AI and affective injustice through the case of Moxie's decommission.

#EmotionalAI #AIEthics #PhilTech
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
drjoeslater.bsky.social
A short piece of mine has just been published in the @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social blog. If you're interested, check it out!
I think I get more nerd points for (only slightly gratuitous) Star Trek references.
justice-everywhere.org/education/ll...
#PhilTech #NerdPoints #PhilSky #StarTrek
LLMs can be harmful, even when not making stuff up
This is a guest post by Joe Slater (University of Glasgow). Provided by author It is well known that chatbots powered by LLMs – ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, etc. – sometimes make things up. People have s…
justice-everywhere.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
jcbublitz.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12152-025-09612-6

#neuroethics #bioethics #philtech #techgovernance
A Moratorium on Implantable Non-Medical Neurotech Until Effects on the Mind are Properly Understood - Neuroethics
The development of non-medical consumer neurotechnology is gaining momentum. As companies chart the course for future implanted and invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) in non-medical populations...
link.springer.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
keithwilson.eu
#PhilJobs #PhilAI #PhilTech #PhilSci #AIEthics
October 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
alisabokulich.bsky.social
#Philjobs #philsci #philtech
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
ramonalvarado.bsky.social
Download open source models, fine tune them or untune them with weird data, explore glitches and capabilities. Create local agents for garage projects, or like my friends say: make them feral.

#philtech #AIethics
ramonalvarado.bsky.social Ramón Alvarado @ramonalvarado.bsky.social · Oct 7
I found that hanging out with artists and creatives helps transcend the whole “use or refuse” dichotomy and discourse. There are so many interesting and cool ways to appropriate this technology and push its limits and capabilities to take it into fascinating directions. Very similar to street art.
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
ramonalvarado.bsky.social
I found hanging out with artists and creatives helps transcend the whole “use or refuse” dichotomy and discourse. Sooo many interesting ways to appropriate this technology and push its limits and capabilities to take it into fascinating directions. Very similar to street art.

#philtech #aiethics
abeba.bsky.social Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Oct 7
ideally, the only places i want to be in AI are spaces for resistance, refusal and community organising

in reality, i find myself in spaces where AI governance, regulatory or institutional/scientific decisions are made where either i my input is paid lip service or entirely ignored
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
clpskuleuven.bsky.social
Is our world driven by technology—and is #technology itself neutral? Is #AI really disruptive? A new book by @lodelauwaert.bsky.social & Bartek Chomanski examines technologies from hammers & drills to autonomous cars & ChatGPT 🤖👇 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsky #philtech #HPS
Book cover of "We, Robots: Questioning the Neutrality of Technology, Ethical AI and Technological Determinism" by Lode Lauwaert and Bartek Chomanski, published by Springer. The design features large white and dark blue text on a bright orange background.
October 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
danfulvi.bsky.social
Hey #philsky #philtech #envhum people: my paper (co-authored with Kian Mintz-Woo) on Carbon Dioxide Removal and just transition is out and open access!
Our point is simple: CDR can be part of a just transition, and the moral hazard framing is not conducive to more justice.
👇🏻🤓
doi.org/10.1080/2155...
Assessing Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies Through Transitional Justice: Challenging the Moral Hazard Argument
We analyze the moral aspects of Carbon Dioxide Removal technologies (CDRs) through what we call ‘transitional justice.’ Experts currently consider CDRs to be essential for mitigating climate change...
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM