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Graham Culbertson
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Halfway between poetry and mathematics, AIdeas brings you the concepts from philosophy and science fiction which make sense of AI - and the concepts from AI which will help you understand the philosophy of thinking. Please believe in other minds.

  1. 01/23/2023

    Why Have There Been No Great Women Philosophers of Mind?

    Since at least Mary Shelley, women have been brilliantly writing about minds and consciousness. But very few of them have been "philosophers of mind." I'm not really sure why, but I know it's philosophy's fault The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

  2. 01/09/2023

    Frankenstein and AI with Eileen Hunt

    This episode's guest is Eileen Hunt, a professor of political theory at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Artificial Life after Frankenstein. Eileen and I discuss a number of topics related to AI and Frankenstein, including: Mary Shelley's upbringing as the daughter of two radical thinkersThe political and literary influences on the novelThe role of parenting in the novelThe similarities between The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

  3. 11/07/2022

    Ayer's Sociopaths

    Philosophy used to be the search for wisdom, but it's become a search for certainty. And if you send an AI on a search for certainty, you'll probably create a sociopath The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

  4. 10/17/2022

    Sidelining Sentience

    If sentience means "having senses," then your floodlights that turn on when someone walks by are sentient. But if floodlights are sentient, maybe sentience isn't quite the right word. The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

  5. 10/03/2022

    Things of Our World

    What kind of a weirdo collects dumb things like barbed wire?

  6. 09/19/2022

    Oscar Wilde's Machine Slavery

    Slave actually means Slav. And the word robot is a Slavic word. It means slave. Here's the article about American slavery that I mentioned by Nell Irvin Painter: How We Think About the Term "Enlsaved" Matters

  7. 09/12/2022

    Sudowrite, an AI Companion for Fiction Writers -- James Yu

    My guest today is James Yu, cofounder of Sudowrite, an AI companion for fiction writers. James and I discuss how neural networks process language, how AI can help writers, and the difficult path forward for using AI to help humans write without competing with them. Plus we imagine what it would be like if your favorite author turned out to be a robot! The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

  8. 09/05/2022

    Hume's Billiard Balls

    What caused you to to believe in causes?

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Halfway between poetry and mathematics, AIdeas brings you the concepts from philosophy and science fiction which make sense of AI - and the concepts from AI which will help you understand the philosophy of thinking. Please believe in other minds.

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  • Creator
    Graham Culbertson
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 Graham Culbertson
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