Philosophy Magazine

ARTICLES BY PAPERBLOGGERS

• Building a Machine God

  Cade Metz, At the Epicenter of A.I., Pope Leo’s Warnings Are Dismissed, NYTimes, May 26, 2026. Jeremy Nixon is the 33 cofounder of A.G.I. House in San Francisco... Read more

  The 26 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Walking is Good for Creative Thinking

  Marily Oppezzo and Daniel L. Schwartz, Give Your Ideas Some Legs: The Positive Effect of Walking on Creative Thinking, Journal of Experimental Psychology:... Read more

  The 26 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Eh? So Much for “Magnifica Humanitas.” Lots of Words, the Substance is Weak.

  Matthew Walther, The Pope Should Be Going to War Against A.I. Why Isn’t He? NYTimes, May 26, 2026. This is not exactly the Unabomber manifesto. One is even... Read more

  The 26 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Going to Jersey City on the Light Rail

  

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  The 26 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• R.I.P. Sonny Rollins - September 7, 1930 - May 25, 2026

  

  Jazz Video Guy (Brett Primack): Rollins sits at the intersection of two things that rarely coexist: absolute technical mastery and genuine spontaneous... Read more

  The 26 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• The Old Religion (Christianity) Vs. the New (A.I.)

  David Streitfeld, As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words, NYTimes, May 25, 2026. A dozen paragraphs or so into the article: Magnifica... Read more

  The 25 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Three Flowers

  

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  The 25 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Pope Leo Presents Magnifica Humanitas While Standing Next to a Tech Founder

  Motoko Rich and Elisabetta Povoledo, Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical, NYTimes, May 25, 2026. Leo’s declaration came in the form of... Read more

  The 25 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• Jaron Lanier Talks Sense About AI with Neil deGrasse Tyson [Homo Ludens]

  

  YouTube: There Is No AI Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier Is the internet too far gone or can we still fix it? Neil deGrasse Tyson, and co-hosts Negi... Read more

  The 24 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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• LLMs Can't Distinguish Between What They Know and Where They're Guessing

  But then how could they possibly know that? Google just figured out why AI lies with confidence. Large language models still make confident mistakes on simple... Read more

  The 24 may 2026 by   Bbenzon
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