Tobias Flattery
@tobias_flattery
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Philosophy professor @WakeForest. I write on technology ethics, early modern philosophy, and other cool stuff. I was the Program Manager on the Honesty Project.
Joined May 2023
New open-access paper on ethics & deepfakes, by me & my coauthor @CharacterGap! When is deepfaking dishonest? We offer a philosophical account to help answer that. Can well-meant deepfakes be honest? We argue it’s possible but harder than you might think!.
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RT @JaredOliphint: Devastated to learn of Dr. Stephen Daniel's passing: I took a memorable directed reading on medi….
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Stephen H. Daniel, emeritus professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, has died. Professor Daniel worked mainly in early modern philosophy, and was known for his work on Berkeley, Toland,...
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3/3 But it also grieves me deeply to know that Stephen Daniel is no longer shaping the minds of undergraduates and brightening rooms with his grin and belly-laugh. Let's miss him dearly as we remember him warmly.
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2/3 It's in part thanks to him that I got into grad school, no doubt, but it was his love of life, his kindness, and his joyful intellectual rigor left the deepest impressions on me. I know I'm supposed to rejoice in the memory of his life, and I do.
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1/3 One of my undergraduate mentors, emeritus professor Stephen Daniel at Texas A&M University, has passed away. Dr. D, as we undergrads affectionately referred to him, was a wonderful teacher, scholar, and person.
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Stephen H. Daniel, emeritus professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, has died. Professor Daniel worked mainly in early modern philosophy, and was known for his work on Berkeley, Toland,...
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Pre-pub draft available, but this will be a chapter in a new Routledge book, “Virtue Theory and Video Games: Level Up Your Character”, edited by Nicholas Baima & Sarah Malanowski, ETA probably next year. There’s a bunch of excellent, rigorous philosophy happening in this volume!.
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New publication in sports ethics & philosophy of games. What are cheap tactics in esports (eg, camping, spamming, etc)? I develop an account of cheapness & clarify the moral problems w/ cheapness. #philosophy #techethics #esports #videogames #sportsethics.
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My son bought me this Fortnite skin: Peelosopher Bananocrates. This. Is. Amazing. I need more professor-y skins. #fortnite #philosophy
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RT @CharacterGap: Shame on @utulsa and especially their new Provost Airey for terminating Jennifer Frey's position after she uprooted her f….
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RT @sabrinablittle: I have a new article out in the Journal of Philosophy of Education on how to use sports to form civic virtues. It was a….
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When you’re trying to record your lecture videos, but the construction workers outside intermittently drill, then tag in the people honking car horns to pick up summer camp kids, and they repeat the process, repeat, repeat, repeat. #Teaching #highereducation
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RT @vitrupo: Demis Hassabis is calling on philosophers to step in. He says technologists shouldn't decide AGI's future alone. “We need a n….
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RT @DeceptionRS: Join us in an hour, 4pm UK time, for this month's Lies and Allies. The meeting link is in your inbox. Email info@deception….
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I'm excited to be a part of this meeting tomorrow! I'll be talking briefly about how to think about honest/dishonest actions with deepfakes. #aiethics #deepfakes #techethics.
This Tuesday (June 3rd, 4-5pm UK time), Lies and Allies returns to your screen. Talks cover AI models' detecting of deception, deepfakes, and an improved method for measuring dishonesty. To attend, joint the mailing list: email info@deceptionresearchsociety.org
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RT @WaughChristian: Check out my new blog for the @SPSPnews about how people can see the good in the bad #StressRelief #positivity :. https….
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RT @CharacterGap: “Deepfakes and Dishonesty” | Philosophy & Technology. So great to see the print version! Available open access here:. htt….
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Had a blast competing in the Super Smash Bros tourney with our awesome @WFU_Esports students at the @WaketheArts event this weekend. Didn't get far, but, hey, I won a set against a strong player! 😆 Fun being the only professor in the comp! #SSBU #eSports.
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We Play Together: Music & Gaming is an extraordinary three-day event blending music, gaming, and academic exploration. Featuring Emmy Award-winning composer Inon Zur, whose scores for games like...
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Congrats to my flippin’ awesome colleague, Emily Austin! It’s a kick-butt award! Buy the book! It’s worth your time.
Congratulations to my colleague Emily Austin on this tremendous news! . Austin Wins New Public History of Philosophy Prize - Daily Nous. @WakeForestNews @DailyNousEditor @apa_blog @apaphilosophy @OUPPhilosophy .
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RT @SvenNyholm: "The achievement gap thesis reconsidered: artificial intelligence, automation, and meaningful work" - new paper by Lucas Sc….
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AI & SOCIETY - John Danaher and Sven Nyholm have argued that automation, especially of the sort powered by artificial intelligence, poses a threat to meaningful work by diminishing the chances...
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I just read the excellent paper, "Authorship and ChatGPT" (Co-authored by @chris_ranalli.) The authors argue persuasively that LLMs--at least contemporary ones--like ChatGPT aren't truly authors. The writing is very good, too! #ai #aiethics #techethics
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Philosophy & Technology - Is ChatGPT an author? Given its capacity to generate something that reads like human-written text in response to prompts, it might seem natural to ascribe...
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RT @ThePhilLibrary: We're at it again. $4,000 won from @apaphilosophy to advertise and publicize the Philosophy Teaching Library. Should….
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