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Tim Crane

@timcrane.bsky.social

Philosopher and Pro-Rector at CEU Vienna. Director of Research, FWF Cluster of Excellence, 'Knowledge in Crisis'. Author of The Mechanical Mind, Elements of Mind, The Objects of Thought, Aspects of Psychologism, The Meaning of Belief www.timcrane.com

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Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Adaptation needs to grow up. To mature it cannot remain a technocratic exercise in flood defences and heatwave plans. It has to become a project of national (and local and international) resilience." We need to build resilience or we will be shaped by crisis. www.resilience.org/stories/2026...

Escalating climate and geopolitical shocks force a choice: build resilience or be shaped by crisis

Britain is in the grip of its worst-ever, record-shattering midsummer heatwave — even before the impacts of a predicted super El Niño of “Godzilla” strength are fully felt. In this stark context,...

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Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · yesterday

In Europe we don’t even call them trolleys. Trolleys are the things you push around the supermarket. The ones that run on rails are called trams. Running people over with a trolley would be rude, but not particularly injurious. 😄

Tim Crane@timcrane.bsky.social · 2d ago

Last month I received the devastating news of the death of my former PhD student Alexander Greenberg. I taught him at UCL, at Cambridge, & he worked with me on the 'New Directions' project in Cambridge from 2015-17. He was a lovely man, wonderful company, & a fine philosopher. He was loved by many.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Hungary comes ‘within millimetres’ of shutting down nuclear power plant amid drought crisis – Europe live

Hungary comes ‘within millimetres’ of shutting down nuclear power plant amid drought crisis – Europe live

PM Péter Magyar says country nearly forced into decision as extreme heat and low water levels in Danube pose challenges in region Hungary has come “within millimetres” of having to shut down its nuclear power plant overnight, prime minister Péter Magyar said, as low water levels in the Danube continue to pose challenges for countries in south-eastern Europe. “Around 1:30 a.m. we were a few millimetres away from completely shutting down the Paks Power Plant, but then the water level stopped falling and by morning it had risen 1.5 centimetres. The last turbine is currently operating safely,” Magyar said on social media. Continue reading...

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Knowledge in Crisis@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 5d ago

How smart are machines, anyway? @timcrane.bsky.social recently joined David Rutledge to discuss on ABC Australia's The Philosopher's Zone! Listen here: buff.ly/vGSjTLa (Or tune in to ABC Radio National! Airing August 2 at 5.30am and 3.05pm, August 6 at 12:05am, and August 7 at 8:30pm.) #PhilSky

How smart are machines, anyway? - ABC listen

Ever since AI was founded in the 1950s, people have talked and written about 'intelligence' as though we all broadly agree on what that word means. But there's considerable debate on that score, and…

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Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

CEU Philosophy Department@ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · last wk.

TODAY at 10:30 am in Australia - "Against Intelligence". In this Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture, Professor Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social shares insights on how the philosophy of AI can help us tackle the real, practical problems that today's AI presents. Info 👇️ #philsky #AI

Against Intelligence

In this Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture, discover insights on how philosophy can help us tackle the real, practical problems with today's AI.

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Michael@michaeljsc.bsky.social · last wk.

mildly funny that X is having blazing rows about Nolan’s Odyssey because he cast black people in it and Bluesky is having blazing rows about whether a noted Homeric translator’s LRB review of it misses the point or not

Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · last wk.

I’ve got the hand computer, the wrist computer, the lap computer, the other lap computer, the tabletop computer. Hell, I’ve even got the ear computers. But I draw the line at the face computer. 🙅‍♂️

Hugh Jones@hbsj.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is very good to see Also, I wonder if a reason for the Spanish men's team's success - obviously aside from their great skill and tactics - is in part that they are humble and understand the need to rely on each other and recognise others' worth This encourages teamwork, and its a team sport

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 2w ago

In case you didn’t have enough reasons to love Spanish football, here’s some more wholesome content of the male players paying their respects to the women’s team, which also won the world cup www.instagram.com/reel/DbEsgxe...

Kim Lane Scheppele@kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hungarian President Sulyok has signed the 17th Amendment to the constitution therefore removing himself from office. It’s been amazing to watch. Orban's Fidesz has been falling apart before our eyes. 🧵