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Month: October 2019
Susan Schneider: Artificial You
Susan Schneider’s new book is Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691180144/artificial-you “AI, metaphysics, and the future of life in the universe―Schneider writes about the biggest issues of our time with an engagingly light touch, and enviable insight and clarity. Highly recommended.”―Huw Price, academic director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of […]
Michael Lynch: 2019 Orwell Award
Michael Lynch has been awarded the 2019 Orwell Award which “recognizes writers who have made outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse”. A list of previous winners, including Noam Chomsky, Jon Stewart, Amy Goodman, Ted Koppel, Michael Pollan, can be found here.
Special Issue on Mitchell Green
The Austrian journal Grazer Philosophische Studien has just published a special issue devoted to articles responding to various aspects of Mitch Green’s research from over the last 25 years. The issue is entitled Sources of Meaning: Themes from Mitchell S. Green and is edited by Jan G. Michel. https://brill.com/view/journals/gps/96/3/gps.96.issue-3.xml