"By describing as superhuman a thing that is entirely insensible and unthinking, we implicitly erase or devalue the concept of a human" noemamag.com/the-danger-of-… via Noema Magazine @ShannonVallor

'Poeta chileno' / 'La peor persona del mundo'

anatomy of a hug 🥺

Got to admire the hubris with which the AI pioneer John McCarthy, speaking in 1973, confesses to have coined the term "artificial intelligence" as a fund-raising gimmick.

“Instead of simply going along with your immediate gut reaction, step back and take those feelings under advisement ... : ‘Is this new thing actually bad, or does it just feel that way because it’s unfamiliar?’"

Many thanks to all the researchers who participated in the workshop 'Analytic Philosophy and E-Cognition', from June 25th to 27th at the Carmen de la Victoria (Granada), with the Alhambra in the background. Hopefully, it can be repeated! #FiloLab #UGR

La irresistible manía del lector (vía Michelle Petit)

Vivimos en una sociedad que asocia bondad con debilidad y falta de carácter, cuando es todo lo contrario. Que este maravilloso texto de Irene Vallejo nos ayude a darle espacio a la bondad y a hacer de ella nuestro faro de vida. Hay que reivindicar sin complejos la bondad.

Javier Marías sobre la literatura.

esto de Glück

Socrates: No reason to fear death Aristotle: Death is the most fearful thing Epicurus: Death does not concern us Seneca: It takes a whole life to learn how to die Heidegger: Death is a self-possibility of Existence Nietzsche: Death is inevitable Arendt: Let's talk about natality.

wachter.substack.com/p/from-countle…

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Marcela Cubillos prepara su postulación al Fondecyt Regular

This would be funny if it weren't sad... Coming from the "giants" of AI. Or maybe this was posted out of context? Please clarify. I can't process this...

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I've just published a piece on Substack: "WEIRD-Level AI: Cultural bias in AI’s quest for generality" open.substack.com/pub/wachter/p/…

Un megaproyecto eléctrico pone en riesgo los cielos de Chile y su potencial astronómico. Los datos e informe son de ESO Chile ESO , urge que se detenga y/o se reubique en otro sector ✨ Ayuden compartiendo 💫 Ministerio de Ciencia Cancillería Chile 🇨🇱 Ministerio de Energía

"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen." — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism