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Markus Pantsar

@markuspantsar.bsky.social

Philosopher of AI, mathematics, and science at the RWTH Aachen University. Also a football author in Finland as a side gig. www.markuspantsar.fi

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Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We shouldn't be calling chatbot mistakes "hallucinations", "bullshit", or preferably by any other mental metaphor. Here's why by @reginafabry.bsky.social and me: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Why mental metaphors do not help us understand chatbot mistakes - Synthese

Synthese - The function of chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT is based on detecting probabilistic patterns in the training data. This makes them vulnerable to generating factual mistakes in their...

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Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This book is finally out, co-edited with Alin Olteanu, Frederik Stjernfelt and Gabriele Gramelsberger. Includes my paper "Two Approaches to Developing Human-Like Artificial Mathematical Intelligence". Please let me know if you're interested but don't have access. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

This edited book gathers different perspectives on AI research and the role of AI in society, highlighting some key philosophical issues involved in AI

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Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Wondering what to do with your cutting-edge research on epistemic agency and AI? Well, submit it to the Synthese Topical Collection I am editing with Stefan Buijsman and Giorgia Pozzi! Deadilne Feb 1 2026. link.springer.com/collections/...

Epistemic Agency in the Age of AI

The use of opaque AI systems complicates our epistemic agency, broadly understood as the ability to form and revise beliefs, share information and knowledge, ...

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Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · last yr.

Check this out, it includes my first football article in English, about Alemannia Aachen and German football.

The Blizzard@theblizzard.bsky.social · last yr.

Issue 56 of The Blizzard, edited as ever by @jonawils.bsky.social, is out now, jam-packed with excellent football writing from @samindrakunti.bsky.social, @chrislepkowski.bsky.social, @stuartroyclarke.bsky.social, @rogerdom1.bsky.social and more. More here 👇 theblizzard.co.uk/shop/issues/...

Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · 2y ago

A new philosophy of AI paper out in Topoi, it is part of the very interesting collection "Meaning and Understanding via Proofs". This one is also open access. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How to Recognize Artificial Mathematical Intelligence in Theorem Proving - Topoi

One key question in the philosophy of artificial intelligence (AI) concerns how we can recognize artificial systems as intelligent. To make the general question more manageable, I focus on a particula...

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Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · 2y ago

My new paper "Intelligence is not deception: from the Turing test to community-based ascriptions" is out in AI & Society, open access of course: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Intelligence is not deception: from the Turing test to community-based ascriptions - AI & SOCIETY

The Turing test has a peculiar status in the artificial intelligence (AI) research community. On the one hand, it is presented as an important topic in virtually every AI textbook, and the research di...

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Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · 2y ago

In the new "clean" FIFA, voting doesn't need to be rigged. They just rig the application process so that there's only one candidate to vote for. It's a much more efficient and reliable mode of corruption. #fifa #worldcup #football www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

2034 Fifa World Cup: Saudi Arabia confirmed as tournament hosts

Fifa confirms the 2034 World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia, while Spain, Portugal and Morocco will serve as joint hosts for the 2030 tournament.

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Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · 2y ago

Don't get fooled by views like this, it's another case of creating polarization that's just not there. Carefully considered AI skepticism is badly needed, including sober analyses like those by Marcus. But pieces like this make AI skeptics sound like uninformed Luddites. bsky.app/profile/case...

Casey Newton@caseynewton.bsky.social · 2y ago

One of the most important debates in tech right now is the group of folks who think AI is fake and sucks vs. the people who think AI is real and dangerous. I wrote about why I'm in the latter camp, and talked about my differences with Gary Marcus www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-...

Most people know these systems are flaws, and adjust their expectations and usage accordingly. The “AI is fake and sucks” crowd is hyper-fixated on the things it can’t do — count the number of r’s in strawberry, figure out that the Onion was joking when it told us to eat rocks — and weirdly uninterested in the things it can. And that’s a problem, because just as these systems are more honest and helpful than they have ever been, they are also causing greater harm. And to name a real harm, already happening today, I offer the chief security officer of Amazon, CJ Moses, who had this to say about how generative AI is being used in efforts to disrupt critical infrastructure in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last month: We’re seeing billions of attempts coming our way. On average, we’re seeing 750 million attempts per day. Previously, we’d see about 100 million hits per day, and that number has grown to 750 million over six or seven months. This is the ongoing blind spot of the “AI is fake and sucks” crowd. This is the problem with telling people over and over again that it’s all a big bubble about to pop. They’re staring at the floor of AI’s current abilities, while each day the actual practitioners are successfully raising the ceiling.
Markus Pantsar@markuspantsar.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy Independence Day to Finland! Following the Finnish media and discussion on social media, one could get the impression that the country is in terrible shape. But while there are reasons to be cautious, and some of the recent political developments are worrying, there's still a lot to celebrate!