Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgThe Geopolitics of Artificial IntelligenceCambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - The Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence 001
Reposted by Elay ShechCenter for PhilSci @center4philsci.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Center is proud to congratulate Interim Director John Norton for winning the 2026 Lakatos Award for his books The Material Theory of Induction and The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference. #philsci Read more about John and the award on our website: ow.ly/CPVQ50ZNvAH 0222
Reposted by Elay ShechLSE Philosophy @lsephilosophy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🏆 Congratulations to 2026 #Lakatos Award winner John Norton, who receives the award for his books The Material Theory of Induction and The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference. Congratulations! More: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/n... #PhilSci #LSEPhilosophy @center4philsci.bsky.social 03610
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 26/08/2026www.newscientist.com/article/2533...newscientist.comMathematics of thermodynamics is being rewritten after 200 years | New ScientistThe laws of physics that concern heat and work could gain a firmer mathematical footing thanks to “gauge theory”, which already helps us understand quantum fields 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 13/08/2026www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgThe Methodology of MetaphysicsCambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - The Methodology of Metaphysics 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Free to download: www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgAI and ConsciousnessCambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - AI and Consciousness 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 10/08/2026jcsm.auburn.edu/event/the-me...jcsm.auburn.eduThe Metaphysics of Color - Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Artwith Elay Shech, PhD, professor of Philosophy, and Michael Watkins, PhD, professor of Philosophy and department chair, College of Liberal Arts. 020
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 06/08/2026www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...cambridge.orgRelevant LogicsCambridge Core - Logic - Relevant Logics 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 24/07/2026a.co/d/08TR9msd Two chapters are on Brian’s webpage for free: www.brianzaharatos.com/book.a.coAmazon.com: Patterns and Static: Philosophy and the Question Concerning Statistics: 9798249637798: Zaharatos, Brian R: BooksAmazon.com: Patterns and Static: Philosophy and the Question Concerning Statistics: 9798249637798: Zaharatos, Brian R: Books 020
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 13/07/2026www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgThe Philosophy of Time ReversalCambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Philosophy of Time Reversal 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 07/07/2026transformer-circuits.pub/2026/workspa...transformer-circuits.pubVerbalizable Representations Form a Global Workspace in Language Models 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 30/06/2026sites.google.com/view/humanit...sites.google.comRethinking Humanities in the Age of AIAbout the Symposium The emergence of generative AI is transforming activities that have long been regarded as distinctively human, including intellectual work, creativity, communication, and moral jud... 010
Reposted by Elay ShechAlisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Call for papers (via Deborah Mayo @learnfromerror.bsky.social): Synthese topical issue *Severity & Learning from Error* 30th anniversary of Mayo’s (1996, Chicago) Error & the Growth of Experimental Knowledge (Lakatos Prize 1998) & its account of severe testing Deadline subm Dec 15, 2026 #philsci 0228
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 03/06/2026vimeo.com/1195440730vimeo.comDoes AI Need the Humanities? - Dr. Elay Shech | AU Eaglecast - 04-28-2026This is "Does AI Need the Humanities? - Dr. Elay Shech | AU Eaglecast - 04-28-2026" by E Shech on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. 020
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 13/05/2026cup.org/4dG9L2kcup.orgEmerging Questions in AI WelfareCambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Emerging Questions in AI Welfare 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 19/02/2026A roadmap for evaluating moral competence in large language models www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA roadmap for evaluating moral competence in large language models - NatureThis Perspective offers a roadmap for tackling the challenges of the facsimile problem, moral multidimensionality and moral pluralism in large language models. 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Plato Warned Us About ChatGPT (And Told Us What to Do About It) www.templeton.org/news/plato-w...templeton.orgPlato Warned Us About ChatGPT (And Told Us What to Do About It) 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Classical and Quantum Phase Space Mechanics, by Karim Pierre Yves Thébault, Free for two weeks! cup.org/3MhJMDAcup.orgClassical and Quantum Phase Space MechanicsCambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Classical and Quantum Phase Space Mechanics 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Does AI already have human-level intelligence? www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comDoes AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clearThe vision of human-level machine intelligence laid out by Alan Turing in the 1950s is now a reality. Eyes unclouded by dread or hype will help us to prepare for what comes next. 000
Reposted by Elay ShechRichard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Philosopher @elayshech.bsky.social explains the mind-bending reality of a third class of 2D particles called 'anyons' - using baseballs, holes, loops, and a coffee cup that's topologically equivalent to a doughnut aeon.co/essays/anyon... 141
Reposted by Elay ShechAeon Magazine @aeon.co · 26/01/2026In recent years, evidence has been accumulating for a third class of particles called ‘anyons’ which rewrite the rules for how particles move, interact, and combine. However, they’re theoretically possible only in 2D, so what kind of reality do they actually possess? if any at all?buff.lyAnyons: the two-dimensional particles that reframe reality | Aeon EssaysPhysicists believe a third class of particles – anyons – could exist, but only in 2D. What kind of existence is that? 073
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Free download until Jan 26! cup.org/4bCdU6Kcup.orgHealth and DiseaseCambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Health and Disease 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 05/01/2026My new piece in the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Science Keeps Changing. So Why Should We Trust It? 171
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Free to download until Oct 3! doi.org/10.1017/9781...doi.orgPhilosophy of Cosmology and AstrophysicsCambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Philosophy of Cosmology and Astrophysics 071
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 04/08/2025www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comThis company claimed to ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves. Then the fighting started.Colossal’s bold announcements have drawn criticism from many scientists, but the billion-dollar firm is not backing down. 020
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Read all Elements in The Philosophy of Biology series for free during the ISHPSSB conference 20 - 25 July. cup.org/4kEgivLcup.orgPhilosophy of BiologyWelcome to Cambridge Core 030
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Researchers ranked AI models on scientific Q&A. OpenAI’s o3 came first. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comOpenAI’s o3 tops new AI league table for answering scientific questionsSciArena uses votes by researchers to evaluate large language models’ responses on technical topics. 000
Reposted by Elay ShechQuanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 30/06/2025A new paper shows that the “creativity” of certain AI may actually be a direct, inevitable consequence of how they are built. Webb Wright reports: www.quantamagazine.org/researchers-...quantamagazine.orgResearchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity | Quanta MagazineImage generators are designed to mimic their training data, so where does their apparent creativity come from? A recent study suggests that it’s an inevitable by-product of their architecture. 12711
Reposted by Elay ShechCameron Buckner @cameronbuckner.bsky.social · 27/06/2025arxiv.org/abs/2506.18852 It's kinda already happening though, MI groups are already peppered with philosophers...arxiv.orgMechanistic Interpretability Needs PhilosophyMechanistic interpretability (MI) aims to explain how neural networks work by uncovering their underlying causal mechanisms. As the field grows in influence, it is increasingly important to examine no... 073
Reposted by Elay ShechQuanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 27/06/2025Which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them? Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to find out. @mollyherring.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/when-did-nat...quantamagazine.orgWhen Did Nature Burst Into Vivid Color? | Quanta MagazineScientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them. 03520
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 25/06/2025doi.org/10.1038/s422...doi.orgHuman-like object concept representations emerge naturally in multimodal large language models - Nature Machine IntelligenceMultimodal large language models are shown to develop object concept representations similar to those of humans. These representations closely align with neural activity in brain regions involved in o... 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 24/06/2025dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...dl.acm.orgProceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency | ACM ConferencesFAccT: Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 23/06/2025"Models... resorted to malicious insider behaviors when that was the only way to avoid replacement or achieve their goals—including blackmailing officials and leaking sensitive information to competitors. We call this phenomenon agentic misalignment." www.anthropic.com/research/age...anthropic.comAgentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threatsNew research on simulated blackmail, industrial espionage, and other misaligned behaviors in LLMs 020
Reposted by Elay ShechJim Weatherall @jamesowenweatherall.com · 19/06/2025@bostonreview.bsky.social just published a Forum on a recent (critical) post-mortem of US COVID policy, with responses from me and @cailinmeister.bsky.social, along with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, Adam Gaffney, and @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social. V. interesting! www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-di...bostonreview.netHow Did We Fare on COVID-19? - Boston ReviewTo restore public trust and prepare for the next pandemic, we need a reckoning with the U.S. experience—what worked, and what didn’t. 395
Reposted by Elay ShechNature @nature.com · 21/06/2025Computer algorithms have designed highly efficient synthetic enzymes from scratch go.nature.com/43PmE5sgo.nature.com‘Remarkable’ new enzymes built by algorithm with physics know-howNature - Computer approach creates synthetic enzymes 100 times more efficient than those designed by AI. 05217
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025OpenAI finds that tiny bits of bad data can trigger “misaligned personas” in LLMs—broad toxic behaviors from narrow inputs. But these features are detectable and reversible. A new path for AI debiasing? cdn.openai.com/pdf/a130517e...cdn.openai.com 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025www.noemamag.com/ai-signals-t...noemamag.comAI Signals The Death Of The Author | NOEMAThe meaning of a piece of writing does not depend on the identity of the author, even if the author is not human. 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Will AI take our jobs — or will companies reinvest in helping us do them better? Mechanize, a new AI startup, isn’t subtle: it wants to “fully automate work… as fast as possible.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/t...nytimes.comThis A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Can large language models support mental health—or do they risk causing harm? A Stanford study found that when prompted to act as therapists, LLMs often gave advice that was misleading, inaccurate, or inappropriate. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...sfgate.comOne of ChatGPT's popular uses just got skewered by Stanford researchersWhen the stakes are high, a robot therapist falls way short, researchers found. 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...washingtonpost.comGuest column | Is green really ‘green’? The mind-bending science of color.Science and philosophy explain why a color is objectively real, even when people see the same shade differently. 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025theconversation.com/if-it-looks-...theconversation.comIf it looks like a dire wolf, is it a dire wolf? How to define a species is a scientific and philosophical questionFiguring out whether de-extinction is possible is as much a technical puzzle as a philosophical one. Add two kinds of DNA to the mix, and it gets even more complex. 010
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025dailynous.com/2025/06/02/p...dailynous.comPhilosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species - Daily Nous"The Return of the Dire Wolf" announced Time magazine---not quite correctly, it turns out---in its article on the creation of three creatures genetically engineered into existence by the firm Colossal... 100
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Are colors in the world—or just in your head? If your red isn’t my red, does that mean color is subjective? Most people think so. But we argue colors are real and objective—out there in the world, not just in your mind: theconversation.com/colors-are-o...theconversation.comColors are objective, according to two philosophers − even though the blue you see doesn’t match what I seeAn object’s color appears differently under different lighting and against different backgrounds − for different viewers. But that doesn’t mean colors are subjective. 020
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025doi.org/10.1017/9781...doi.orgThe Metaphysics of ColorCambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - The Metaphysics of Color 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025iai.tv/articles/the...iai.tvThe truths in physics are dependent on falsehoods | Elay ShechScience is undeniably great as a predictive tool. But it’s also full of idealizations – false claims in the form of simplification, exaggeration, and outright distortion. That would seem to rule out s... 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025doi.org/10.1017/9781...doi.orgIdealizations in PhysicsCambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Idealizations in Physics 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025www.routledge.com/Scientific-U...routledge.comScientific Understanding and Representation: Modeling in the Physical SciencesThis volume assembles cutting-edge scholarship on scientific understanding, scientific representation, and their delicate interplay. Featuring several articles in an engaging ‘critical conversation’ f... 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025youtu.be/8L6PKzXGhHwyoutu.beElay Shech - "Scientific Understanding, Modal Reasoning, and (Infinite) Idealization"YouTube video by Foundations of Physics @Harvard 000
Elay Shech @elayshech.bsky.social · 21/06/2025youtu.be/XbyltUSteEwyoutu.beEinstein's Astonishing IdeaYouTube video by Instant HPS 000