Joey Pollock

@joeykpollock.bsky.social

Philosopher at UiO. Working on communication and social epistemology. Worried about AI in education. Interested in science fiction, invertebrates, and angry music (she/her)

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

Excited to share my recent interview with Fintan Mallory (@fintanmallory.com) about his paper 'Fictionalism about chatbots', in which he reflects on meaning, make-believe, and the ideological significance of the terms we use to describe chatbots.

INTERVIEW: Fintan Mallory on 'Fictionalism about chatbots'

​Fintan Mallory (he/him) is an assistant professor of philosophy at Durham University and an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Algorithmic Life. At the moment, his research focusses on...

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Honoured to be included in this volume, continuing my longstanding campaign to reanimate semantic holism.

Víctor M. Verdejo@victormverdejo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Well yes! Sharing Thoughts is now published!! @oupphilosophy.bsky.social With amazing fresh pieces from C Peacocke, I Dickie, G Longworth, F Recanati, J Pollock, M García-Carpintero, S Sawyer, S Prosser, L and F Schroeter, A Onofri, JL Bermúdez, R Goodman, A Gray. academic.oup.com/book/60759

Hi folks! We're hiring another 3-year postdoc to join a project on human-LLM communication. Based in the philosophy dept but also open to candidates from other relevant fields (e.g., linguistic pragmatics, experimental psychology). Application deadline 30th April. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher - "Artifical Intelligence: Human-LLM Communication" (276987) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow/Researcher - "Artifical Intelligence: Human-LLM Communication" (276987), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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