A Philosopher's Blog

  In utopian science fiction, machines free humans so they can enjoy a life of leisure and enlightenment. In dystopian stories, machines enslave or exterminate humans. Reality has been, on

  Students and employers often complain that college does not prepare them for the real world of filling jobs and this complaint has some merit. But what is the real

  One of the many fears about AI is that it will be weaponized by political candidates. In a proactive move, some states have already created laws regulating its use.

  When ChatGPT and its competitors became available to students, some warned of an AI apocalypse in education.  This fear mirrored the broader worries about the over-hyped dangers of AI.

While the anti-abortion movement claimed a great victory when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Republican Party has learned that this victory proved deeply unpopular with the American

  Description: This fallacy occurs when someone uncritically rejects a prediction or the effectiveness of the responses to it when the predicted outcome does not occur: Premise 1: Prediction P

  Since I often reference various fallacies in blog posts I decided to also post the fallacies. These are from my book 110 Fallacies. Description: This fallacy is committed when

  The pager attack attributed to Israel served to spotlight vulnerabilities in the supply chain. While such an attack was always possible, until it occurred most security concerns about communication