This article introduces the concept of virtual trespassing, a novel privacy violation enabled by photographic virtual reality (VR). Photographic VR refers to VR experiences that allow users to inhabit...

A pressing question for the philosophy of personal identity in the digital age is the extent to which people can be identical to their various digital self-representations, from virtual avatars and .....

AI and Ethics - AI sycophancy is the tendency of large language models to prioritize user approval over truth. While there has been recent technical research characterizing the phenomenon, it...

AI sycophancy is the tendency of large language models to prioritize user approval over truth. The sycophantic behavior of LLMs has been documented to cause significant harm, such as feeding users’ .....

In this episode, I speak with my former student, Aiden Gilroy. Aiden is currently a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Political Science and Philosophy, and working as a researc…

Intellectual Humility Without Open-Mindedness: How to Respond to Extremist Views

In this eighth episode of our series on brain-computer interfaces, we are joined by Stefan Lorenz Sorgner. Dr. Sorgner is a philosophy professor at John Cabot University in Rome, Director and Co-Found...

MindFest 2025: Sentience, Autonomy and the Future of Digital Agency March 12–13, 2025 | The Center for the Future Mind | Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Join us at MindFest...

In this seventh episode of our series on brain-computer interfaces, we are joined by Sara Goering. Dr. Goering is Professor of Philosophy, and Core Faculty for the Program on Ethics and the Disability...

In this sixth episode of our series on brain-computer interfaces, we are joined by Frederic Gilbert. Dr. Gilbert is an Associate Professor in Ethics and the Head of the Discipline for Philosophy at th...

How should we respond to extremist views that we know are false? This paper proposes that we should be intellectually humble, but not open-minded. We should own our intellectual limitations, but ...

How should we respond to extremist views that we know are false? This paper proposes that we should be intellectually humble, but not open-minded. We should own our intellectual limitations, but ...

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Walter Veit, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Reading. Walter is a wide-ranging philosopher working primarily at the intersections of the …