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The Academy for Philosopher-Builders. Building AI for human flourishing. Writing at https://t.co/aef99Piwlj
Austin, TX
Joined September 2023
The AI age demands a new kind of technologist: The Philosopher-Builder.
Every builder's first duty is philosophical: to decide what they should build for. AI is beginning to decide what ideas reach your mind—your next action, your next job, your next relationship. It will tempt you to outsource your thinking in ways you’ve never been tempted before.
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Final project reunion for the HAI Lab x Cosmos Philosophy, AI, and Innovation Seminar today. Proud to see so many cool projects come out of this. @mbrendan1 @cosmos_inst
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If AI both generates text and judges it, where does reality enter? New Cosmos essay from @mbrendan1 ↓
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This is going to be one of the most fascinating things to figure out in the next few years, how to build software that both wins capitalism and is good for us.
What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow? Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it) https://t.co/sfKBVZ2zXr
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Build things that resonate. That get better on closer examination. New Cosmos essay from @komorama:
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See notes from our 3-day discussion on this topic, hosted by @AspenInstitute
https://t.co/pPdlThl4da
blog.cosmos-institute.org
Three days of philosophical inquiry on whether AI brings a "New Enlightenment or Digital Despotism," with Cosmos and the Aspen Institute
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Sapere Aude: “Dare to know.” Kant made it the motto of the Enlightenment: humanity’s escape from our habit of letting others think for us. 240 years later we face a new way to defer. How do we respond when tools built to enhance thought threaten to replace it? ↓
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3 days left to apply!
Cosmos Fellowship applications are open: your chance to join the @UniofOxford's Human-Centered AI Lab with @PhilippKoralus. We’re looking for individuals with the potential for world-class AI expertise and deep philosophic insight 👇
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3 days left to apply!
Cosmos Fellowship applications are open: your chance to join the @UniofOxford's Human-Centered AI Lab with @PhilippKoralus. We’re looking for individuals with the potential for world-class AI expertise and deep philosophic insight 👇
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A cancer researcher wakes up to 432 new papers in her inbox—more than Pasteur read in a lifetime. The supply of ideas grows rapidly; our human bandwidth does not. Vannevar Bush and JS Mill on how we stay afloat ⬇️
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Thank you to @cosmos_inst and @mbrendan1 for the great discussion on what it means to invest in the "philosopher-builders" who are charting the next chapter of the internet, building for human agency, freedom, and flourishing.
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@cosmos_inst if you are a philosopher-builder, current or aspiring, do get in touch!
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.@cosmos_inst asks a question that is sometimes forgotten: What are we building for? In a world of full of Cluely's, take a stance.
Every builder’s first duty is philosophical: decide what they should build for @RuneKvist is building to underwrite AGI, making risks legible and manageable enough for deployment: 🔹 PPE @UniofOxford 🔹 First GTM hire @AnthropicAI 🔹 Now CEO & cofounder @aiunderwriting
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New series from @cosmos_inst: What Will You Build For? See below for 9 questions answered by Rune. Including: 🔹 His top philosophical influences 🔹 The thinker he finds most underrated 🔹 The future he is building for https://t.co/S3yW4dYcks
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Anthropic's first commercial hire now wants to underwrite superintelligence.
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Every builder’s first duty is philosophical: decide what they should build for @RuneKvist is building to underwrite AGI, making risks legible and manageable enough for deployment: 🔹 PPE @UniofOxford 🔹 First GTM hire @AnthropicAI 🔹 Now CEO & cofounder @aiunderwriting
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We need "philosopher-builders" - people who can go full stack from articulating philosophical assumptions to coding to observing the code's impact on real communities... then back to update the mistakes in one's philosophy. thanks @cosmos_inst for hosting me - was a fun convo
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