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Machine Consciousness and Human Enfeeblement
New research and upcoming talks
Mar 27
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B. Scot Rousse
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Join me in San Francisco on Monday, March 16 for my talk: "Why Not Brain Rot: AI & Contemporary Nihilism"
The salon takes place at Frontier Tower on the Human Flourishing Floor
Mar 13
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B. Scot Rousse
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Waking Up in the Age of AI
A conversation with Polly Young-Eisendrath
Mar 7
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B. Scot Rousse
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Why Not Brain Rot: AI & Contemporary Nihilism
My talk at the American Society for Existential Phenomenology 2026 (which I will repeat in SF on March 16)
Jan 30
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B. Scot Rousse
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Why Care Matters for AI: New Conceptual Foundations for AI Alignment
A recent talk to the Computational Minds and Machines Lab at the University of Washington
Jan 16
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B. Scot Rousse
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The Limits of Care: Technology, Nihilism, and Giving a Damn, Part III
Hubert Dreyfus and Fernando Flores on Commitment and Care
Nov 28, 2025
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B. Scot Rousse
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Frictionless Spinning in the Void: Why Humans Are Not LLMs (Video)
AI is not "There" - A talk at the University of Kentucky
Nov 21, 2025
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B. Scot Rousse
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"What's Up with AI" (Terry Winograd's Life in AI)
Terry Winograd on the past, present, and future of being human in the age AI.
Oct 31, 2025
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B. Scot Rousse
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What We Owe the First Generation Growing Up with Generative AI
The skills for living well with the new AI technologies have not yet been invented. It is our great historical responsibility, and our extraordinary…
Oct 24, 2025
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B. Scot Rousse
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The Limits of Optimization: Technology, Nihilism, and Giving a Damn, Part II
The Emptiness of Optimization and Automation
Oct 10, 2025
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B. Scot Rousse
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AI, Embodiment, and the Limits of Simulation
Ken Goldberg, Hubert Dreyfus, and Richard Sutton on Reality's Rub
Sep 26, 2025
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B. Scot Rousse
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The Limits of Autonomy: Technology, Nihilism, and Giving a Damn, Part I
What's really at stake in our increasing deference to AI systems? Individual autonomy is only part of the answer. Care gives substance and direction to…
Sep 19, 2025
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B. Scot Rousse
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