Declan Humphreys

Technology and religion have long been intertwined — what’s different about AI? - ABC Religion & Ethics Technology has long been used to facilitate divine contact, to combine tradition and innovation, and to help spread religious messages — what the historical perspective allows us to see is what is uni...

A new piece from Dr Tatiana Bur and I. There is a lot of cross over between AI and religion - but we track some ancient examples of how technology enhanced religious experience. From the oracle of Delphi to giant mechanical snails dripping slime 🐌...Yeah. Check it out!
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Shout out to @rjsalmond.bsky.social !

Imagining the future — sci-fi, doomsday preppers and hope punks - ABC listen The way we imagine the future matters. Not only does it change how we feel, those feelings change how we live today — and that might just change how things actually turn out!

The culmination of my ABC Top5 experience is out - I made a radio show!

I interview @jordanmck.bsky.social about our emotional reactions to the future. We talk about prepping, parenthood and emotional uses of technology. Give it a listen! 🎧

Amazing! Well done Yuri!

Past two weeks I was fortunate to take part in the ABC Top5 Humanities media residency, this has been the most enriching career experience imaginable. The program is set up for early-career academics to learn and communicate with media. I have more (including a radio spot) to come out soon!

AI free from bias and ideology is a fantasy – humans can’t organise data without distorting reality AI models are not politically neutral nor free from bias. In fact, it may not even be possible for them to be unbiased.

Is an "Unbaised AI" a fantasy? I have a short piece on top-down ideology in AI. Love to hear your thoughts!

#AI #AIETHICS #Philosophy

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Is God in the machine? - ABC listen Can we know God through machines?  Can machines know God?  And could machines, one day, become godlike themselves?  While AI is still in its infancy, it is evolving at lightning speed, and ingraini...

I had such an great conversation with three remarkable thinkers. Thank you to Sami Shah for asking some blisteringly difficult questions about the nature of God, whether AI can replace religious leaders, and if this technology signals the biblical end times. #AI
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AI’s Epistemic Harm: Reinforcement Learning, Collective Bias, and the New AI Culture War - Philosophy & Technology Generative AI is increasingly used as an epistemic tool to aid inquiry, broaden our knowledge and generally help us find things out. It is now embedded in internet search functions to condense informa...

New Paper! I look at #AI training - in particular reinforcement learning through human feedback (RLHF) and biases which can result. To my knowledge there hasn't been much philosophical work on this training process - maybe you know of some? #philosophy

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Great to hear so many amazing philosophy talks this week #philosophy #australianphilosophy

TOP 5 2025: WINNERS - ABC listen The ABC is pleased to introduce the 2025 winners in Science, Humanities and Arts Top5 programs.The successful applicants will spend two weeks in residence at ABC Radio National.

I am over the moon to be chosen as one of the ABC TOP 5 Humanities for 2025! This 2-week media residency is a fantastic chance to work alongside some of the nation's best communicators. And to promote philosophy and ethics to the general public. #abc #media #abctop5 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Long shot - does anyone (in Australia) know a PhD student or similar who would be interested in sessional teaching (online post-grad level) in the Ethics of Technology/Cybersecurity space? Let me know! #philosophy #academicsky #philsky #australia #university

Similarly in Norwegian the word "Faen" (meaning Devil) is used as 'fuck' or 'shit'. Devil off!

ethics.exe | Declan Humphreys | Substack Discover the ethical side of new and emerging technology. I share my research into philosophy, AI, cybersecurity, technology in society - and maybe even some videogames - written by philosophy and cyb...

I think seeing Elon Musk lie about being amazing at Path of Exile 2 sealed my desire not to be on X

Now I am here - wanting to talk and share all thing AI Ethics and Philosophy!

I also blog here: ethicsdot.substack.com

#AI #Philosophy #Ethics

AI Generated Audiobooks are giving medical advice on Spotify, Apple and Google Some of the world's biggest platforms books written and read by AI giving advice on loneliness, anxiety, depression and alcohol addiction.

AI audiobooks are giving out medical advice on Google, Apple, Spotify and Audible. There is seemingly no fact checking or moderation going on in this space #AI #ethics