Ramón Alvarado
Associate Professor of Philosophy. Editor-in-Chief of Global Philosophy. President of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) and the Association for Philosophy and Computing (APC). Philosopher of computational methods.
- Dogmatic anthropocentric and social analysis of #AI is at best limited, at worst misguided. It gets in the way of understanding its actual capacities —and hence potential harms. Like focusing on the limitations of a jet fighter because it doesn’t fly like a hummingbird. #philtech #AIethics #philsci
- IACAP CfP extension for this year’s conference at the University of Kansas. #philtech #philsci #AIethics
- 🚨I am pleased to announce that IACAP (The International Association for Computing and Philosophy) has extended its call for papers for its 2026 Conference. Please see further details and submit your paper here: pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/cfp Looking forward to seeing your submissions,
- 🚨I am pleased to announce that IACAP (The International Association for Computing and Philosophy) has extended its call for papers for its 2026 Conference. Please see further details and submit your paper here: pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/cfp Looking forward to seeing your submissions,
- Whatever you think abt a technology, the motivations behind it, or the power dynamics of its adoption, “head in the sand” arguments are just mediocre arguments/fallacies. This is exactly what Turing called them in 1951. That’s why #AIethics is so lost. A code of ethics needs to make sense. #philtech
- Reposted by Ramón AlvaradoKare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
- I may be biased, but this book has some of the best stuff out there from #philsci on Machine Learning.
- Reposted by Ramón AlvaradoLast term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out. As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class. Here's what happened:
- This sounds to me like what I take publishing to be.
- My son just released his first solo EP. Not only is he a great songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, but he recorded and produced everything with his phone! It would mean a lot if some of you bought his music, it’s only $4.99 music.apple.com/us/album/fru... #music #musicsky #newmusicfriday
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- Before we can say whether AI can or cannot address loneliness, we need to do some conceptual work on both AI as a distinct kind of technology and the distinct kinds of Loneliness. Here’s a video of some research I’m working on related to this exact problem. #philtech #philsci #philsky #AIethics
- Can AI address Loneliness? In this episode of DatOS I introduce some necessary conceptual clarification before we can begin answering this question. AI as as an epistemic technology may be able to address one kind loneliness—epistemic loneliness— but only to a certain extent. #philtech #AIethics
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- It’s not that they are ‘true enough’, in fact sometimes they are plain false but they play very specific epistemic functions. Pincock explained what these may be a decade ago in detail from idealizations to abstractions to fictions and falsities of models. #philsci global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Interested in the intersection of #philsci and machine learning? This open access book is where the most recent contributions by the leading voices in such debates are taking place. Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
- 🚨 My new paper challenging the adequacy of computational reliabilism as an epistemological framework for AI is now out in the Synthese book Philosophy of Science for Machine Learning , ed. Giorgia Pozzi and Durán. (Open access) #philsci #philtech link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
- 🚨 Another call for nominations: The Herbert Simon Award. (IACAP) seeks nominations to recognize scholars at an EARLY stage of their academic career (i.e., <10y after PhD) who are likely to reshape debates at the nexus of Computing and Philosophy by their original research. #philsci #philtech
- 🚨 The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) seeks nominations for the 2026 Covey Award. The Covey Award recognizes senior scholars with a substantial record of innovative research in the field of computing and philosophy. #philtech limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/23...
- Francis Bacon as philosopher of science and epistemologist: - invents social epistemology/falsifiabilism/externalism/process reliabilism/automated science - tackles the problems of induction/demarcation/verification. Historians of science: he was personally and politically problematic 🤦♂️ #philsci
- I have to say, this whole microworkshop concept is where it’s at. Some of the most enriching and thoughtful exchanges happen in this kind of intimate setting. I hope it catches on. So grateful for those that flew and drove across states, countries and continents just to be here. #philsci
- Day 2: AI and scientific discovery, automating mathematical proofs, AI’s strange error, and human-shape constrains for agentic AI’s reasoning. Really memorable two days of conversation about computational methods in science. I should organize these microworkshops more often! #philsci #philtech
- Day 1 of our microworkshop on computational methods in science: Occam’s Razor in machine learning, computational opacity, program analysis and scientific choice, and the possibility or desirability to automate decisions in science. Can’t wait for today’s conversation. #philsci
- This year I was elected President of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP). As such, it is my pleasure to announce the venue & 🚨CfA for IACAP2026. Would love to see you there! #philsci (special track ML in science) #philtech #AIethics www.iacap.org/2025/10/10/i...
