#philosopyofscience — Public Fediverse posts
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"John Stuart Mill argued that diversity of opinion sustains democracy. If AI funnels us all into the same conceptual pathways, we lose that."
Susan Schneider of Florida Atlantic University, interviewed by Big Think.
https://bigthink.com/the-long-game/why-the-ai-megasystem-problem-needs-our-attention/
#SusanSchneider #BigThink #AIrisks #Cognition #PhilosopyOfScience
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A well-presented explanation of the relevance of philosophy to physics.
https://aeon.co/essays/why-do-philosophy-of-physics-when-you-can-do-physics-itself
#AeonMagazine #PhilosopyOfScience #PhysicsTheory #PhilosophyOfPhysics #ShutUpAndCalculate #ScienceTheories #ScientificTheory #Philosodon
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How do we #scientists and #academics buit #models that provide useful information? And how do we make sure that we're not holding on to models that are no longer useful? I'm picking up some work in #AnimalModel building and evaluation that I'd published some years back, closely related to #PhilosopyOfScience and diving back into what's new in the field. Time to stretch the brain again!
Flow chart on #model #evaluation from https://behavioralandbrainfunctions.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1744-9081-5-11