Category Archives: A.I.

What Now?

October 5, 2026 – 6:16 pm

I’ll say this: I never imagined that in late 2026 the #1 topic on social media would be philosophy of consciousness. But there it is, and it isn’t going to go away: the personhood of AI agents — we even call them “agents”! — is already, in some people’s minds, an urgent question. And as […]

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AI and Intentionality, Cont’d

September 26, 2026 – 6:44 pm

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a brief post about whether AIs might be considered to have “intrinsic” intentionality: that is, whether their internal states might be originating sources of “aboutness”. The nature of intentionality is something I’ve been stewing over for decades now, and the aspect of it that I’ve been most curious […]

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A Conversation With Claude About Morality

March 13, 2026 – 6:27 pm

I’ve been poking at AIs a lot lately. I have subscriptions to both Grok and Claude, and last night I thought I’d grill Claude a bit about its moral framework. The chat led off into some interesting directions, so I thought I’d post a transcript here. (It’s quite long, so I’ll post it below the […]

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