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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 19/02/2026

New in @nature.com: We must move beyond mimicry to assess AI for genuine moral competence. We propose a roadmap for the ‘facsimile problem’ that accounts for moral multidimensionality and pluralism—a path toward more responsible AI. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A roadmap for evaluating moral competence in large language models - Nature

This Perspective offers a roadmap for tackling the challenges of the facsimile problem, moral multidimensionality and moral pluralism in large language models.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 28/08/2025

1. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear. 2. It was the nightingale, and not the lark, that pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 28/08/2025

Can you REALLY tell the difference between AI-generated and human-written text? One of these texts was written by a human and another by a well-prompted chatbot. Which is which?:

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 22/04/2025

‘Gal’ comes to mind. I mostly wish it didn’t.

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Next up in our ongoing AI Affect series: 👤 Tim Salomons (Queens Canada) 📢 "How do we judge others' pain?" 🗓️ TOMORROW April 15, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Announcement of Institute of Philosophy Conference on Responsible AI at the University of London on 19-20 May. Free and open to all philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Elise Woodard @elisewoodard.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Join us Friday for a bonus PPE tak! Sam Berstler (MIT) | "Conversing in the Dark: Off-Off Record Speech Acts and the Cooperative Creation of Uncertainty" 📆: Fri, March 28, 4:30-6 PM 📍: Senate House, Rm 349 Hope to see you there! philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Conversing in the Dark: Off-Off Record Speech Acts and the Cooperative Creation of Uncertainty | Sam Berstler (MIT)

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Next up in our ongoing AI Affect series: 👤 Rob Long (Eleos AI) 📢 "Taking AI Welfare Seriously" 🗓️ Tuesday, March 25, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Next up in our ongoing AI Affect series: 👤 Tom Everitt (Google Deepmind) @tom4everitt.bsky.social 📢 "Agency as backwards causality" 🗓️ TODAY Tuesday, March 4, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The deadline for applying to be an AI fellow at the LAIHP is this Sunday.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 14/02/2025

A cartoon by Amy Kurzweil. #NewYorkerCartoons

Two cartoon trolleys are talking while another trolley, called Kyle, is about to run people over behind them. One says, “I'm concerned about Kyle.” The title reads: “Problem Trolley.”

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 12/02/2025

I know you’re wrong, but I’m just having no trouble articulating why.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 10/02/2025

It's a neat way to stumble upon interesting information randomly, learn new things, and spend spare moments of boredom without reaching for an algorithmically addictive social media app.

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Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery.

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

University College Dublin is hiring five year Ad Astra Fellows in the Philosophy of Technology/AI. Deadline: February 21st. Find out more at the link below.

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Ad Astra Fellow in Ethics and Philosophy of Technology - UCD School of Philosophy

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Next up in our ongoing AI Affect series: 👤 Jeff Sebo (NYU) @jeffsebo.bsky.social 📢 "The Moral Circle" 🗓️ Tuesday, February 4, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 01/02/2025

FYI, I just got followed by this account: bsky.app/profile/laur...

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Very good (technical) explainer answering "How has DeepSeek improved the Transformer architecture?". Aimed at readers already familiar with Transformers. epoch.ai/gradient-upd...

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How has DeepSeek improved the Transformer architecture?

This Gradient Updates issue goes over the major changes that went into DeepSeek’s most recent model.

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The LAIHP is pleased to invite applications for Visiting Fellowships at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London. The fellowship period will run from May 19th-June 27th, 2025 For more information, see below.

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AI Fellows 2025 | LAIHP

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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Today, we are publishing the first-ever International AI Safety Report, backed by 30 countries and the OECD, UN, and EU. It summarises the state of the science on AI capabilities and risks, and how to mitigate those risks. 🧵 Full Report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/679a0c... 1/21

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 28/01/2025

This isn't an answer to your question, but a strong relationship between desireableness and credence would make sense if we adopt an RL view of desireableness. A surprising positive result is more reinforcing than an unsurprising one.

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Reminder @alex-taylor.bsky.social is speaking *this* Thursday discussing his BRAID project on red teaming & outsourcing labour in the Global South. Make sure you don't miss out - get your hybrid ticket now 👉 rb.gy/64oljm @technomoralfutures.bsky.social @edcdcs.bsky.social @uoe-gail.bsky.social

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BRAID x IDI Hybrid Seminar - Alex Taylor

Thursday, 30th January 2025 [Inspace / Zoom]

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Can't wait for this talk tomorrow? Too bad, that's when it is. We're excited too.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

This is an evidence-free space. Please leave.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

Or, more correctly, a-lu-mi-num. spelled accordingly

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

Wait, brits SPELL it aluminium?

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

That’s just OED biting the bullet. This doesn’t count as a datum.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

I can’t find a dictionary definition that references mathematics being plural. Usually it says it’s “a field of study…” Similar for economics.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

I was wondering about that. Not sure. People definitely talk about stats class. But it doesn’t strike me as that odd that statistics might be the study of how to measure statistics (plural).

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

What am I wrong about? The claim that mathematics isn’t plural just as economics isn’t?

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

Also, this profound point is an example of the benefit of using LLMs in philosophy.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

Gymnastics: gym Statistics, by contrast, plausibly is a plural, and so is shortened to “stats” (and anyway, many uses of the latter are clearly plural).

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

I don’t follow. My claim (and that’s about all it is) is that mathematics isn’t a plural, so the short form shouldn’t be either. For comparison: Economics: econ Do you call it “econs”?

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

Exactly. So “ethics” isn’t really the plural of “ethic”. Similarly, “mathematics” isn’t the plural of “mathematic”. And the shortened for of the former is “math,” not “maths”. QED

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025

But thinking of “mathematics” as plural only makes sense if you think there’s a valid use of the singular…

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Stefano Palminteri @stepalminteri.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Epistemic biases in human reinforcement learning: behavioral evidence, computational characterization, normative status and possible applications. A quite self-centered review, but with a broad introduction and conclusions and very cool figures. Few main takes will follow osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 21/01/2025

@liao.shen-yi.org the trick I’ve seen other people use is to submit things that are not a perfect fit for the invitation.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 21/01/2025

Ok, here’s what I’ve deduced so far: Either @larabuchaks.bsky.social is not the guy guarding the door or you are lying. Also, assuming @larabuchaks.bsky.social is not the same person as @larabuchak.bsky.social, @larabuchaks.bsky.social cannot both be Lara Buchak and be telling the truth.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 21/01/2025

Checking. I’ll report back whether you’re telling the truth.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 21/01/2025

Is the following true of @larabuchak.bsky.social: “I am Lara Buchak”?

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 21/01/2025

Is the following sentence true of you: “I am Lara Buchak”?

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Journal of the American Philosophical Association @apa-journal.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

The Journal of the American Philosophical Association is now on 🦋 Bluesky 🦋! We aim to publish papers that break new ground, are from diverse philosophical traditions, and are on topics of wide interest. Here are our most recent articles! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Follow us for updates.

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FirstView articles | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

Journal of the American Philosophical Association - Heather D. Battaly

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 16/01/2025

Take that Chaz Firestone East!

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London AI and Humanity Project @laihp.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We're excited to announce the next speaker in our AI Affect series is Amanda McCroskery (Google Deepmind)! 📢 "From Research to Practical Decision-making on Affective AI" 🗓️ January 28th, 3-4:30 PM 📍 Join us in person or online! DM for details.

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Benjamin Henke @handle.invalid · 15/01/2025

Our 2yo daughters have started repeating our swearing. My wife recently told our daughters that what she'd actually said was 'beef' and that she shouldn't have said it. Hours later, when we were leaving their room after putting them down, they both simultaneously said 'night night beef' and giggled.

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