Travis LaCroix (@travislacroix.bsky.social)
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Dr // Asst. Prof // Philosopher @ Durham University (UK) (I am also a human being) Language Origins // AI Ethics // Autism (Photo: Maryse Boyce)
Montréal, Québec
Joined January 2019
Apparently they didn't get the memo that today is actually autism ACCEPTANCE day. 🙄
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Anyway, NeuroDiving—which @DailyNousEditor describes as "radio-quality in its production"—is very good. I am super glad it exists and proud to have been a small part of it. Amelia Hicks and Joanna Lawson have done incredible work, and you should go listen to it!
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In the interview, I discussed some ideas that I was still sorting out at the time about how the oft-repeated (and false) "theory-of-mind deficit" theory of autism is pseudoscientific. The full argument can now be found here: https://t.co/09n0nhQ33F.
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The episodes are now being released, with part of my interview featured in this week's episode: "Zombie Pseudoscience" (and more featured in Episode 5, next week!)
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Back in July, I spoke with the wonderful Amelia Hicks about autism, theory of mind, and pseudoscience for @NeuroDivingFM : a philosophy podcast about neurodivergence.
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Today!
Atoosa and I co-organised a panel on "Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem", with talks from myself, @Dr_Atoosa, and @karinavold for the @acp_cpa. (Happening bright and early tomorrow—June 1—for those still at #congressh.)
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Atoosa and I co-organised a panel on "Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem", with talks from myself, @Dr_Atoosa, and @karinavold for the @acp_cpa. (Happening bright and early tomorrow—June 1—for those still at #congressh.)
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Today!
Preview of my talk on "Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind", tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at CSHPS. #congressh #yorkU #cshps | @cshpsnews | @federation_hss
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Preview of my talk on "Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind", tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at CSHPS. #congressh #yorkU #cshps | @cshpsnews | @federation_hss
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Reminder to all my American colleagues heading north for Congress: Do no approach the Canada Gooses. They are assholes.
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It was a lot of fun working with @SimonPrinceAI on the last chapter of his book, Understanding Deep learning, where we address deep learning and ethics.
Added final chapter on #AIEthics to Understanding Deep Learning textbook, co-written with @TravisLacroix. Available at: https://t.co/hqRA1xUPkk The first complete draft! Just fixing mistakes now. Interested in your comments on this important topic.
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New Post: Syllabus Showcase: Philosophy on the Spectrum: The Philosophy of Autism and Autistic Philosophy, Travis LaCroix https://t.co/M16aMD4Uod
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@apa_blog And, for planning to go to Congress, I am going to be giving a talk at the CSHPS meeting called "Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind"!
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I made a promissory note back in August to a few people to share this syllabus; well, here it is finally! @alexbryant_ @arifalbo @standefer.
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There is a bit of commentary and reflection on the syllabus itself. I was not able to say everything that I wanted to about the autism course, but I was already way over the prescribed word limit. 😬
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A syllabus showcase for my seminar on the philosophy of autism and autistic philosophy ("Philosophy on the Spectrum") from this past Fall semester at Dalhousie is now available at the @apa_blog : https://t.co/Cb0TMruVr1
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"OpenAI releases new AI classifier for indicating AI-written text"
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Jk. @arifalbo know it a party in the main text too.
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I like to think of my papers as mullets: business in the main text; party in the footnotes.
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