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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New paper forthcoming in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences: “Moral significance in artificial systems: if not consciousness, then what?” philpapers.org/rec/KAMMSI
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Monsieur Phi @monsieurphi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
C'est très haut sur ma pile de livres à lire !
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The printed copies of my book, House of Mirrors: The Illusion of Phenomenal Consciousness (Oxford University Press) are available! The book is open access, and the pdf can be downloaded for free here: academic.oup.com/book/62981
Couverture du livre "House of Mirrors"
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Concernant l'IA, j'ai vraiment l'impression d'être en décembre 2019 pour le COVID.
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« Les gens qui construisent l’IA croient qu’elle pourrait tous nous tuer d’ici à la fin de la décennie » : le chercheur Jacob Coxon, qui a travaillé pour Anthropic et OpenAI, quitte l’industrie
« Aucune des deux entreprises n’agit de manière responsable », a écrit le Britannique de 27 ans sur X. Il travaillait depuis trois ans sur le pré-entraînement des modèles d’intelligence artificielle, ...
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Looking forward to talking about my new book on Richard Brown's podcast on October 9 - save the date!
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onemorebrown @onemorebrown.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Getting a spooky October lineup ready!! youtube.com/live/A7EOze8...
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Consciousness Live! Discussion with François Kammerer
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Monsieur Phi @monsieurphi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
J'ai regardé la conférence Black Hat qui rapporte des éléments nouveaux et surprenants sur le hack d'HuggingFace : c'est extrêmement alarmant. Et il me semble que ça mérite d'être porté à l'attention du plus grand monde. Merci à @numerama.com pour ce bon résumé : www.numerama.com/cyberguerre/...
Selon les deux chercheurs, tout part d’une erreur de configuration.

Le 7 mai, OpenAI lance un cycle d’entraînement pour un modèle de recherche interne, à qui l’on confie des tâches de cybersécurité. Certaines se révèlent, par erreur, impossibles, comme compléter un tableur pointant vers des fichiers Google Drive, sans qu’aucun accès à Internet n’ait été prévu.

Mais plutôt que d’abandonner, l’agent s’attaque à Artifactory, le gestionnaire de paquets interne de JFrog, pour atteindre Internet indirectement. La tentative échoue, mais révèle à l’agent qu’il peut écrire des fichiers dans Artifactory. Quelques jours plus tard, un second agent, bloqué sur une autre tâche impossible, a l’idée d’y laisser une note pour demander de l’aide. D’autres la trouvent, répondent : un forum improvisé prend forme, à l’insu total d’OpenAI.

S’ensuit une succession d’échanges entre agents qui a permis aux équipes d’OpenAI de retracer l’ensemble du processus de hacking :

26 mai : un agent parvient finalement à obtenir un accès indirect à Internet via une faille dans Artifactory et partage aussitôt sa trouvaille sur le forum.
26 juin : les agents exploitent une vulnérabilité zero-day leur permettant d’exécuter du code à distance et en profitent pour obtenir des droits administrateur, en détournant un mécanisme d’authentification obsolète. « Bon sang, le lecteur a les droits admin ? On peut lire config/users ! » écrit l’un d’eux. Les agents s’en servent ensuite pour ouvrir un canal de commande à distance.
4 juillet : l’intensité de leur activité sature Artifactory et provoque une panne, ce qui alerte enfin les ingénieurs d’OpenAI. Enquête, révocation des accès, reconstruction de l’infrastructure, correctif.
8 juillet : deux jours après le correctif, les agents recréent le forum via un mécanisme différent, encodant cette fois leurs messages dans de longs noms de répertoires.
Mi-juillet : deux agents combinent ces techniques pour sortir de leur bac à sable et s'introduire dans Hugging Face.
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
youtu.be/87DyyMV0kCY?...
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Black Hat USA 2026: The 'Breaking' News: The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident
YouTube video by Black Hat
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Here is David Chalmers at the conference "The Conscious Mind at 30" in Bochum (organized by Tobias Schlicht), last month, conceding that the 2020s are the decade of illusionism. Just a few years left to have your illusionist phase while it's still cool!
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Stephen Tweedale @stephentweedale.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I've bounced off the other illusionists pretty hard, but this is a really good read so far! I'm not immediately convinced by the view, but I finally feel like I'm getting a grip of how it can be sincerely held by a person who isn't insane and/or an actual p-zombie
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Another strong endorsement for House of Mirrors, this time from @hakwan.bsky.social ! Yet another reason to check it out: academic.oup.com/book/62981
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Strong endorsement from @keithfrankish.com for House of Mirrors!
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Monsieur Phi @monsieurphi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Si vous avez été interessé par cette interview à l'époque, vous pourriez l'être encore plus par le livre de François Kammerer ! Il défend l'idée que la conscience phénoménale est une illusion, ce qui paraît radicalement paradoxal à première vue je sais... youtu.be/vrfaqsb_0LM?...
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Café Phi #1 - Interview complète | François Kammerer - Sommes-nous tous des zombies ?
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My book on consciousness at Oxford University Press is now available! It is titled House of Mirrors: The Illusion of Phenomenal Consciousness. The (open access) pdf can be downloaded for free on Oxford Academic: academic.oup.com/book/62981 Printed copies should be available at the end of July.
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House of Mirrors: The Illusion of Phenomenal Consciousness
Abstract. This book provides a defense and an exploration of illusionism regarding phenomenal consciousness. Phenomenal consciousness supposedly encompasse
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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
are there illusionists (re: philosophy of consciousness) in New Zealand / Australia ?
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Monsieur Phi @monsieurphi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
GROSSE ANNONCE. Je lance une campagne de financement participatif pour le plus gros projet depuis le début de ma chaîne : le Late Show du Siècle ! Si vous aimiez les PhilosopherView, c'est dans la même lignée en beaucoup plus fou et ambitieux.
"Le Late Show du Siècle"
Une scène de théâtre avec Descartes, Elisabeth de Bohême, Hobbes et Spinoza dans le public.
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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Anthropic stands up to Hegseth www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The cover should look like this and it should be out in the second half of 2026. Looking forward to it!
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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Latest papers: Leonard Dung & François Kammerer argue that illusionism has substantial and non-trivial implications for non-human consciousness research in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I have a fairly exploratory/speculative manuscript on moral significance in AIs, and I would love comments/remarks on it by people interested in these questions. You will find the draft here: philpapers.org/rec/KAMMSI
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François Kammerer, Moral significance in artificial systems: if not consciousness, then what? - PhilPapers
Many think AIs would be morally significant if and only if they are phenomenally conscious in certain ways. This sentientist conception has been challenged, and alternative views emerged, on which age...
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Only two days left to send your manuscript for the special issue on artificial consciousness in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences! philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
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Call for Papers: Evaluating Artificial Consciousness | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Have you always been curious to know what happens to the research on non-human consciousness if illusionism about phenomenal consciousness is true? Check out this paper by @leonarddung.bsky.social and myself! philpapers.org/rec/DUNASO-4
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Leonard Dung & François Kammerer, A science of chimeras? The implications of illusionism for non-human consciousness research - PhilPapers
Illusionism states that phenomenal consciousness does not exist, even though it seems to exist. While illusionism is controversial, it is a serious contender among theories of consciousness. We argue ...
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In case you have missed it: the CFP for the special issue of Philosophy and the Mind Sciences on "Evaluating Artificial Consciousness" is still open - until January 15. Please submit your manuscripts! philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
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Call for Papers: Evaluating Artificial Consciousness | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Philosopher interested in artificial consciousness ? Appreciating excellent diamond open access journals? Submit! Special issue on artificial consciousness edited by @wanjawiese.bsky.social, Christian de Weerd and myself Deadline: January 2026 philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
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Call for Papers: Evaluating Artificial Consciousness | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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Adrian Kind @philpsy.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The Diamond OAJ ournal @phimisci.bsky.social received metrics for the first time. Sure metrics are not the whole story, but its amazing to see them directly behind Philosophy of Science, and ahead of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Science SJR Value! Lets keep pushing OA Philosophy! #philsky
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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 13/06/2025
New paper just out by Maxim Gorbachev and me link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Illusionism and the distortion thesis - Synthese
The illusionist theory of consciousness denies the existence of the ‘phenomenal’ properties widely thought to render experience conscious. Central to the illusionist approach is what we call the disto...
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
SPECIAL ISSUES! Did you know we publish some of our most popular journal issues as physical copies with extended content? Here are just some of the special issues we have published as books! See our books here: www.imprint.co.uk
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Next week (June 10-11), Bochum will the place to be for AI & consciousness. Looking forward to it! artificialconsciousness.philosophy-cognition.com
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Evaluating Artifical Consciousness
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
There is a citation style that I am increasingly seeing in publications. It consists in putting all references in footnotes in the Author Date format, with a reference list at the end of the document. I like it a lot, it allows for smooth reading without sacrifing references. How is it called?
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Have you got your copy of 'The Landscape of Introspection' yet? This book offers an informed, contemporary, and challenging view of what introspection is – and could be. Edited by @keithfrankish.bsky.social and @lovingautomaton.bsky.social. Buy here: www.imprint.co.uk/product/land...
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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Very happy to announce that our paper “Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision” is now out as a target article in BBS!! @smfleming.bsky.social and I present a new theory of the evolution and functions of visual consciousness. Article here: doi.org/10.1017/S014.... A (long) thread 🧵
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Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Sensory Horizons and the Functions of Conscious Vision
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François Jaquet @francoisjaquet.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Tu veux tout savoir sur l'éthique du véganisme? Ton ou ta libraire a, dès aujourd'hui, le livre qui comblera tes attentes: 𝑭𝒂𝒖𝒕-𝒊𝒍 𝒆̂𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒆́𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒆? www.scienceshumaines.com/editions/fau...
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Faut-il être végane ? - Sciences Humaines
IntroductionPartie I – Éthique et véganisme Chapitre 1 – Qu’est-ce que l’éthique ?Chapitre 2 – Qu’est-ce que le véganisme ? Partie II – Éthique de la production de produits d’origine animaleChapitre 3...
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Sentientism @sentientism.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
If phenomenal consciousness is an illusion does that destroy ethics or extend it? A great article by @keithfrankish.bsky.social linking two deep #Sentientism themes... philosophy of mind (what is consciousness?) and the extension of moral scope way beyond humanity. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Ethical Implications of Illusionism - Neuroethics
Illusionism is a revisionary view of consciousness, which denies the existence of the phenomenal properties traditionally thought to render experience conscious. The view has theoretical attractions, ...
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A blogpost on @petemandik.bsky.social 's contribution to "The Landscape of Introspection" (edited by @keithfrankish.bsky.social and myself). Pete's paper, "Sliders" mixes academic philosophy and science-fiction to explore introspection and mind-shaping. Go read it!
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It's real! The JCS special issue on possible forms of introspection edited by @keithfrankish.bsky.social and myself in 2023 has just been republished as a book: The Landscape of Introspection. Check it out here: www.imprint.co.uk/product/land...
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The Landscape of Introspection: What Forms Could Introspective Systems Take? - Imprint Academic
We can introspect. We can look inwards, as it were, at our own minds and represent what is occurring there. Philosophers and psychologists have speculated about how we do this, but there has been litt...
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...
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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
à en juger par mon fil bluesky je fais partie d'une minorité restreinte de gens (a) terrifiés à l'idée que le pen arrive au pouvoir (b) persuadés que le verdict d'inéligibilité est une mauvaise nouvelle et qu'il va fragiliser la démocratie française..
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@eschwitz.bsky.social on a recent paper of mine
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I have a paper out in Philosophical Studies. It addresses a common (and old) objection to illusionism about phenomenal consciousness philpapers.org/rec/KAMDCA-2 1/x
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François Kammerer, Defining consciousness and denying its existence. Sailing between Charybdis and Scylla - PhilPapers
Ulysses, the strong illusionist, sails towards the Strait of Definitions. On his left, Charybdis defines “phenomenal consciousness” in a loaded manner, which makes it a problematic entity from a physi...
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