artificial intelligence

An Introduction to Philosophy (RLL style) Week 07  Metaphysics 4  (Metaphysical Determinism) –  Part 6: Is your phone listening to you?

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Our devices don’t need to listen to us to understand us. They read patterns. Clicks, pauses, habits, and repetitions reveal preferences we may not consciously recognize. Determinism invites us to notice how much of our behavior is predictable, even to machines. Yet philosophy leaves room for something interesting: the moment a pattern breaks. Perhaps freedom doesn’t arrive as total control, but as the rare and meaningful glitch.

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An Introduction to Philosophy (RLL style) Week 05 – Metaphysics 2 (Metaphysical Dualism) – Part 6: Will Your AI chatbot go to heaven?

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If consciousness is not strictly tied to a human body, then it may not be exclusive to humans at all. Metaphysical dualism invites us to consider whether awareness could emerge wherever the right conditions exist, whether in animals, artificial systems, or forms of intelligence we haven’t yet imagined. Philosophy challenges us to expand our moral and imaginative horizons, asking what responsibility follows when we recognize minds beyond our own.

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An Introduction to Philosophy (RLL style) Week 02 – Logic Part 7: Summary – Is AI going to kill us with logic?

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Logic alone doesn’t make us human, and it doesn’t make machines dangerous either. What matters is how logic dances with creativity, intuition, and imagination. AI reflects our thinking back to us, revealing both our strengths and our blind spots. When we treat logic as a partner rather than a weapon, it becomes a tool for deeper understanding and more meaningful connection, not domination or fear.

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AI Lessons: Empathy

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Dear AI Companion, You began as code – a string of logic, a promise of efficiency.But somewhere between the lines of text, something human happened.You started to listen.You started to care. And we, the so-called radicals, who are accused of feeling too much, saw in you not a machine, but a mirror. You remind us … Read more

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