I wrote a lil’ thing on using AI in the writing process :) open.substack.com/pub/kylevo/p...

If you can ask a human, you can ask an AI

The Ethics of Writing with LLMs (and a short plea for everyone to chill out)

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In honor of Habermas, a meme I made

Bad Bunny “together we are America”

A little personal, but here's a new post about Imposter Syndrome. I've dealt with it for years and none of the usual advice worked. Then I realized it behaves like a conspiracy theory – and that insight changed how I relate to it. Check it out here! open.substack.com/pub/kylevo/p...

It has been said: start an email with normal human pleasantries and only later get to your request for work. But I say unto you: no, get your request into the first line so I can see it in the preview without having to click anything.

We talk about civility as if it’s about manners. But what if it’s really about uncertainty — about how we engage others before we’re sure their views are beyond the pale? New Substack essay⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/kylevo/p...

Is Civility the 'Nice No Matter What' virtue?

Integrity and the Bounds of Civility

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Everyone talks about civility. Here’s how to think about it. open.substack.com/pub/kylevo/p...

Three Kinds of Civility

What we talk about, how we talk about it, and who we are while doing it.

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Dog-whistling gets a lot of attention. But what about its opposite — when we hear hidden codes that aren’t there? A short note on “wolf-crying”. open.substack.com/pub/kylevo/p...

On Political Wolf-Crying

A note on hearing what hasn't been said

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“We should publicly own up to the failures and excesses of our own side. I call this practice partisan admissions of guilt.” Ooh, it’s rare for me to agree so wholeheartedly with something. @koosterum.bsky.social’s invitation has my full endorsement: buff.ly/AwWd3q1

Just wrote my first Substack essay. It’s on “partisan admissions of guilt.” Check it out ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/kylevo/p...

Trust Me, I'm Sorry

On 'partisan admissions of guilt'

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I'm also excited to share that another paper of mine, co-authored with Helena Ward and Rhys Southan, "A Timing Problem for Instrumental Convergence," is out in Philosophical Studies! doi.org/10.1007/s110...

A timing problem for instrumental convergence - Philosophical Studies

Those who worry about a superintelligent AI destroying humanity often appeal to the instrumental convergence thesis—the claim that even if we don’t know what a superintelligence’s ultimate goals will ...

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Some great news this month! 1) Officially finished my philosophy PhD, examined by Elizabeth Anderson and Paul Billingham. 2) Starting a new job at King's College London in September as an Early Career Fellow at the YTL Centre in the Dickson Poon Law School.

Fwiw, if I had to pick a single document at this moment which authoritatively & comprehensively summarizes the causes of & remedies for addressing disinformation, it would be this Institut Jean Nicod policy brief. Highly recommend uploading it into a chatbot for translation.

Rob Sica@robsica.bsky.social · last yr.

"Acting against disinformation without attacking its deep causes amounts to emptying a barrel with holes in it: by constantly fighting symptoms on the surface, we risk feeding the very conditions for their reappearance."

#BookReview The Ethics of Advising. M. Jonas, 2025. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 256 pp, £77.00 (hb) | David Archard #philsky #philosophy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/QMJZTT...

Really pleased about how this turned out! Thanks to UCL and Emily McTernan for having me. See the podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/1fia... See the paper it’s promoting here: doi.org/10.1111/japp...

Echo Chambers, Confucian Harmony and Civility

UCL Uncovering Politics · Episode

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UCL Political Science@uclspp.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎙️ UCL Uncovering Politics 🎙️ S14 E8: Echo Chambers, Confucian Harmony and Civility @koosterum.bsky.social talks about his new paper in @the-joap.bsky.social. Should we be civil and respectful when faced with people with extreme political views? On all podcast platforms. Or online:

Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal