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The Intrinsic Value of Diversity

Artificial Intelligence as Strange Intelligence: Against Linear Models of Intelligence (New Paper in Draft)

Does Global Workspace Theory Solve the Question of AI Consciousness?

Is Signal Strength a Confound in Consciousness Research?

AI Mimics and AI Children

Humble Superintelligence

Writings of 2025

"Severance", "The Substance", and Our Increasingly Splintered Selves

How Much Should We Give a Joymachine?

Debatable AI Persons: No Rights, Full Rights, Animal-Like Rights, Credence-Weighted Rights, or Patchy Rights?

Can We Introspectively Test the Global Workspace Theory of Consciousness?

Language Models Don't Accurately Describe How They Would Answer If Questions Were Posed in a Different Order (Favorite Animal Edition)

Four Aspects of Harmony

Representational Realism and the Problem of Tacit Belief

We Are God's Equals in Intrinsic Moral Value

Debatable Persons in a Voluntary Polis

Letting Pass

Two Dimensionalism about Other Minds, and Its Implications for Brain Organoids and Robots

Eek! The Plummeting Philosophy Major in the U.S.

Is AI Conscious? A Primer on the Myths and Confusions Driving the Debate

New Book in Draft: AI and Consciousness

Why Philosophy?

Early Career Hugo Nominations -- Yes, They Definitely Happen

The Searle Chair

DigiDan's "Mistake": Fidelity vs Novelty in Digital Replicas

The Social Semi-Solution to the Question of AI Consciousness

Women Earned 37% of U.S. Philosophy Doctorates in 2024, Up from 28% Ten Years Ago

Are Weird Aliens Conscious? Three Arguments (Two of Which Fail)

Sacrificing Humans for Insects and AI: A Critical Review

Defining "Artificial Intelligence"

Minimal Autopoiesis in an AI System

Top Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines 2025

Evolutionary Considerations Against a Plastic Utopia

The Argument from Existential Debt

Yayflies and Rebugnant Conclusions

The Emotional Alignment Design Policy

Three Epistemic Problems for Any Universal Theory of Consciousness

The Conceptual and Methodological Challenges of Developing a Moralometer

Does the Arc of History Bend Toward Justice? Outline of an Empirical Test

Types and Degrees of Turing Indistinguishability; Thinking and Consciousness

New Paper in Draft: Against Designing "Safe" and "Aligned" AI Persons (Even If They're Happy)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philosophy: Good Practices Guide

Ten Purportedly Essential Features of Consciousness

The Awesomeness of Bad Art

Everything Is Sandcastles

When Is a Theory Superficial?

People with Unusual, Minority, Culturally Atypical, or Historically Underrepresented Experiences and Worldviews Should be Overrepresented in Philosophy, Rather than Underrepresented