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Every Problem Is a Prediction Problem
On true belief and explanation, Popper and Deutsch, knowledge in AI, and the nature of understanding
Dec 23
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Can AI Have Free Will?
On entities and events, AI alignment, responsibility and control, and consciousness in machines.
Dec 16
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Solving the Trolley Problem and Other Moral Dilemmas
On the trolley problem, dissolving moral dilemmas, and why civilization means fewer tragic choices.
Dec 9
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Overcoming the Naturalistic Fallacy
On the open-question argument, goodness, the objectivity of moral truths, and the science of morality.
Aug 7
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Bryan Caplan on Ethical Intuitionism
On common sense realism, moral knowledge, naturalism, G.E. Moore, Ayn Rand, and moral motivation.
May 6
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Michael Shermer on Morality and Science
On Enlightenment values, science and ethics, the fact-value distinction, utilitarianism, and free will.
Feb 4
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Review of Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments
On prosperity, moral pluralism, longtermism, self-defeating modernity, and the foundations of ethical concern.
Jan 11
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A Conversation with Garett Jones on Democracy
On democracy and oligarchy, courage, open borders, political legitimacy, and metaethics.
Nov 26, 2024
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