Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 03/03/2026A new piece from Dr Tatiana Bur and I. There is a lot of cross over between AI and religion - but we track some ancient examples of how technology enhanced religious experience. From the oracle of Delphi to giant mechanical snails dripping slime 🐌...Yeah. Check it out! www.abc.net.au/religion/tec...abc.net.auTechnology and religion have long been intertwined — what’s different about AI? - ABC Religion & EthicsTechnology has long been used to facilitate divine contact, to combine tradition and innovation, and to help spread religious messages — what the historical perspective allows us to see is what is uni... 000
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The culmination of my ABC Top5 experience is out - I made a radio show! I interview @jordanmck.bsky.social about our emotional reactions to the future. We talk about prepping, parenthood and emotional uses of technology. Give it a listen! 🎧abc.net.auImagining the future — sci-fi, doomsday preppers and hope punks - ABC listenThe way we imagine the future matters. Not only does it change how we feel, those feelings change how we live today — and that might just change how things actually turn out! 222
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Past two weeks I was fortunate to take part in the ABC Top5 Humanities media residency, this has been the most enriching career experience imaginable. The program is set up for early-career academics to learn and communicate with media. I have more (including a radio spot) to come out soon! 000
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Is an "Unbaised AI" a fantasy? I have a short piece on top-down ideology in AI. Love to hear your thoughts! #AI #AIETHICS #Philosophy theconversation.com/ai-free-from...theconversation.comAI free from bias and ideology is a fantasy – humans can’t organise data without distorting realityAI models are not politically neutral nor free from bias. In fact, it may not even be possible for them to be unbiased. 133
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 11/08/2025I had such an great conversation with three remarkable thinkers. Thank you to Sami Shah for asking some blisteringly difficult questions about the nature of God, whether AI can replace religious leaders, and if this technology signals the biblical end times. #AI www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...abc.net.auIs God in the machine? - ABC listenCan we know God through machines? Can machines know God? And could machines, one day, become godlike themselves? While AI is still in its infancy, it is evolving at lightning speed, and ingraini... 002
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 15/07/2025New Paper! I look at #AI training - in particular reinforcement learning through human feedback (RLHF) and biases which can result. To my knowledge there hasn't been much philosophical work on this training process - maybe you know of some? #philosophy link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comAI’s Epistemic Harm: Reinforcement Learning, Collective Bias, and the New AI Culture War - Philosophy & TechnologyGenerative AI is increasingly used as an epistemic tool to aid inquiry, broaden our knowledge and generally help us find things out. It is now embedded in internet search functions to condense informa... 121
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Great to hear so many amazing philosophy talks this week #philosophy #australianphilosophy 000
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I am over the moon to be chosen as one of the ABC TOP 5 Humanities for 2025! This 2-week media residency is a fantastic chance to work alongside some of the nation's best communicators. And to promote philosophy and ethics to the general public. #abc #media #abctop5 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...abc.net.auTOP 5 2025: WINNERS - ABC listenThe ABC is pleased to introduce the 2025 winners in Science, Humanities and Arts Top5 programs.The successful applicants will spend two weeks in residence at ABC Radio National. 011
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Long shot - does anyone (in Australia) know a PhD student or similar who would be interested in sessional teaching (online post-grad level) in the Ethics of Technology/Cybersecurity space? Let me know! #philosophy #academicsky #philsky #australia #university 032
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I think seeing Elon Musk lie about being amazing at Path of Exile 2 sealed my desire not to be on X Now I am here - wanting to talk and share all thing AI Ethics and Philosophy! I also blog here: ethicsdot.substack.com #AI #Philosophy #Ethicsethicsdot.substack.comethics.exe | Declan Humphreys | SubstackDiscover the ethical side of new and emerging technology. I share my research into philosophy, AI, cybersecurity, technology in society - and maybe even some videogames - written by philosophy and cyb... 060
Declan Humphreys @dhump.bsky.social · 20/01/2025AI audiobooks are giving out medical advice on Google, Apple, Spotify and Audible. There is seemingly no fact checking or moderation going on in this space #AI #ethicsopen.substack.comAI Generated Audiobooks are giving medical advice on Spotify, Apple and GoogleSome of the world's biggest platforms books written and read by AI giving advice on loneliness, anxiety, depression and alcohol addiction. 010