Professor of Philosophy, UC Riverside belief, consciousness, AI, science fiction, moral psychology, classical Chinese philosophy, metaphysics....
Riverside, CA
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Should We Build AI Guardian Angels?
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Answer: no (in response to @dioscuri), in part because each generation should nurture the next, not the other way around.
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New interview of me on possible AI consciousness, including the "Leapfrog Hypothesis", according to which the first conscious AIs will have sophisticated consciousness rather than simple "frog-like" experiences:
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Chapter Zero of my new book in draft, Humanlike: A Defense of AI Rights (comments warmly welcomed!), here: schwitzsplinters.blogspot.co…
ALT Humanlike: A Defense of AI Rights, Eric Schwitzgebel, under contract for Princeton University Press
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New paper in draft! I've been working on this one since 2018, never satisfied, redrafting over and over. I'm sure it still needs considerable work, but I'm finally ready to circulate it.
Walking the Walk
Ethicists who advocate moral principles without trying to live by them 1/5
ALT Walking the Walk title page
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content, such as “don’t eat meat”, is difficult to fully understand without living by it: A meat-eating professor who recommends vegetarianism will generally have only a thin grasp of the way of life they recommend. These limitations give us reason to discount the 4/5
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understanding of ethicists who don’t attempt to live by their principles, even when their arguments are beautiful on the page.
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Types and Conditions of Moral Order
If the world is morally ordered, the virtuous thrive and the wicked suffer. Today's post explores some versions of this view and what might explain, undermine, or reverse a correlation between virtue and thriving:
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New podcast interview of me, at High Variance, on AI consciousness and the future of what I call "debatable persons".
dannybuerkli.com/podcast/202…
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I've posted a 3000-word summary of the main ideas of my 2024 book *The Weirdness of the World* (part of a forthcoming symposium at JCS).
Celebrate National Cherry Popsicle Day by learning the main ideas of *Weirdness* in a 10-minute read:
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I'll be at WorldCon (the world's largest science fiction convention) in Anaheim next Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Thursday I'll be doing a panel with Eric Linus Kaplan on robot and alien consciousness. Here's his announcement, including of his new animated 1/3
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Ethical AI?
Aug 29: The Laws of Robotics and Other Ways AI Might Learn from Aug 30: Beam Me Up, Scotty! How Close Are We to Teleportation?
Larry Niven (!) will be one of the other panelists on teleportation.
I hope to see a few of you there. IM if you'd like to meet up. 3/3
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I've released my 12th annual ranking of the prestige of science fiction and fantasy magazines, based on awards and best-of selections.
This year, @reactormag edges out @clarkesworld for the top spot by half a point, with @UncannyMagazine very close behind -- basically a 1/6
ALT Beginning of blog post "Top Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines 2026"
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6. @fandsf (95.5)
7. @BCSmagazine (63)
8. @strangehorizons (incl @samovarmag) (55.5)
9. @Analog_SF (39.5)
10. @apexmag (39)
11. @NightmareMag (38.5)
12. @fiyahlitmag (30)
13. Slate / Future Tense (23.5) (ceased 2024)
14. Fireside (20.5) (ceased 2022)
15. @thedarkmagazine (18)
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16. @FantasyMagazine (16.5) (off and on during the period)
17. The Sunday Morning Transport (14.5) (started 2022)
18. Interzone (13.5)
19. @diabolicalplots (12.5)
20. @thedeadlands (12) (started 2021)
Full methods and list down to #61 here:
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