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Rhys Southan

@rhysso.bsky.social
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Philosophy PhD student at the University of Oxford

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Rhys Southan @rhysso.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
New Works in Philosophy posted our summary of "A Timing Problem for Instrumental Convergence" newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/a-timing-p...
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“A Timing Problem for Instrumental Convergence” - Rhys Southan, Helena Ward, and Jen Semler (all @University of Oxford)
Philosophical Studies, 2025
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Jakob Lohmar @jakoblohmar.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
My paper on "The Moral Importance of Low-Welfare Species" is now available online first: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/news/207/ It discusses whether benefits for species with small welfare ranges can outweigh significant human goods.
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The Moral Importance of Low-Welfare Species. Forthcoming article by Jakob Lohmar
Abstract: Many species seem to have much smaller welfare ranges than we do. Which importance should we assign to the welfare of these low-welfare species when we have to decide …
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Rhys Southan @rhysso.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Will a superintelligence preserve its goals just because that makes it better at achieving its goals? We argue no: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A timing problem for instrumental convergence - Philosophical Studies
Those who worry about a superintelligent AI destroying humanity often appeal to the instrumental convergence thesis—the claim that even if we don’t know what a superintelligence’s ultimate goals will ...
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Rhys Southan @rhysso.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Has anyone written about whether Barron Trump's being a student at NYU protects NYU against Trump's attacks on universities? Last I checked, NYU wasn't on Trump's list of universities to defund
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Rhys Southan @rhysso.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Nice takedown of the phrase "moral blackmail": benthams.substack.com/p/the-phrase...
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The Phrase "Moral Blackmail" Has Become A Figleaf For Psychopathy
As has its twin, the phrase emotional blackmail
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Rhys Southan @rhysso.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Every time I get a head rush, I think about whether my life would be worth living if I had a head rush every waking moment, and I can never settle on an answer
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Rhys Southan @rhysso.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Hehehe good thing no one can see what I'm writing in my secret scratchpad
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Rhys Southan @rhysso.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
"Jonathan Birch is for Terminator/Hal 9000. Eliezer Yudkowsky is for you." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI could cause ‘social ruptures’ between people who disagree on its sentience
Leading philosopher says issue is ‘no longer one for sci-fi’ as dawn of AI consciousness is predicted for 2035
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