David Jacob Harrison
@davdjacobharrison.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy of AI at Philosophy Department at Lingnan University and the HKCRC. Formerly: University of Cambridge, Department of History and Philosophy of Science. 🏳️🌈 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qlNi3AoAAAAJ&hl=en
The hot topic of the day in phil of mind is a dispute between biological naturalism and computational functionalism about artificial consciousness. Building on my recent work, I'm excited to share a preprint of a paper that brings an active matter lens to the topic. philpapers.org/rec/HARPON-5
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I'm pleased to share that my paper, "Rethinking the Nature of Matter: Active Matter Physics and the Naturalisation of Teleology," is now published (Open Access) in the journal Erkenntnis!! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Rethinking the Nature of Matter: Active Matter Physics and the Naturalisation of Teleology - Erkenntnis
Contemporary efforts to naturalize teleology typically locate intrinsic purposiveness in the self-organizing dynamics of far-from-equilibrium biological systems, most prominently within the organizati...
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I am thrilled by the engagement with my new paper in AI & Society on the Reverse Alignment Problem so far. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The message hidden within the pattern: a reverse alignment problem for debates in artificial intelligence - AI & SOCIETY
This paper explores what I call the reverse alignment problem (RAP). The alignment problem in artificial intelligence (AI) is the challenge of ensuring that superintelligent AI systems harmonize and p...
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It feels like, at long last, the half-jocular, half-serious end point of the rhetorical question 'what stage of capitalism is this?' has finally been reached with this product. gudtrip.com
I'm very excited to announce my first Postdoctoral publication in AI & Society entitled 'The Message Hidden Within the Pattern: A Reverse Alignment Problem for Debates in Artificial Intelligence'. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The message hidden within the pattern: a reverse alignment problem for debates in artificial intelligence - AI & SOCIETY
This paper explores what I call the reverse alignment problem (RAP). The alignment problem in artificial intelligence (AI) is the challenge of ensuring that superintelligent AI systems harmonize and p...
link.springer.com