Eric Schwitzgebel

American philosopher at the University of California, Riverside, working on philosophy of mind and moral psychology; author of The Weirdness of the World (2024); writes the blog The Splintered Mind.

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Philosophy journals should want human-written rather than AI-written text.

Philosophy journals should also want human-generated rather than AI-generated text for the same evidential reasons.

schwitzsplinters.blogspot.comSaid 15 Jul 2026This on korrents
By cancelling its remote-conference experiment, the American Philosophical Association deprioritized people for whom travel is hard.

By canceling the 2+1 experiment, the APA once again deprioritized the interests of these groups.

schwitzsplinters.blogspot.comSaid 11 Jun 2026This on korrents

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15 July

Eric SchwitzgebelKorrents 15 Jul

From one piece AI Slop and Evidence about Evidence: Why Philosophy Journals Should Reject AI-Written Prose 4 beliefs · schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com

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That an expert human generated a text is evidence that its view is worth thinking about, more than if an LLM generated it.

LLMs

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The fact that you, an expert human, generated the text is evidence that the view is worth thinking about -- more so than if the text were generated by an LLM.

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There is a huge cognitive difference between approving a text one reads and actually generating it.

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There's a huge cognitive difference between nodding along while reading something and actually productively generating a text.

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korrents.com
Human experts think differently and better than LLMs.

LLMs

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Human experts think differently and better than LLMs.

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korrents.com
Philosophy journals should want human-written rather than AI-written text.

AI writing

Their words

Philosophy journals should also want human-generated rather than AI-generated text for the same evidential reasons.

schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com

11 June

Eric SchwitzgebelKorrents 11 Jun

From one piece Online Conferences Should be Better than In-Person Conferences, Not Worse 2 beliefs · schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com

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If enough people try, online conferences will eventually be better overall than in-person conferences.

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I anticipate that eventually, if we give it a good enough try, online conferences will be better overall than in-person conferences, even if not better in every respect -- but only if enough of us try, long enough, and in different ways, with the evolving tools that companies will be inspired to build if we create the market for them.

schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com
korrents.com
By cancelling its remote-conference experiment, the American Philosophical Association deprioritized people for whom travel is hard.

America

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By canceling the 2+1 experiment, the APA once again deprioritized the interests of these groups.

schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com

22 January 2022

Eric SchwitzgebelRecommends 22 Jan 2022

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Klara and the Sun

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Interestingly Klara and the Sun has some similarities with Ishiguro’s earlier book The Remains of the Day in that it’s told from the point of view of someone whose life is given over to service.

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Sirius

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Sirius is told from the point of view of a dog, Sirius, who has been cognitively enhanced to have human-like intelligence.

fivebooks.com

4 May 2020

Eric SchwitzgebelRecommends 4 May 2020

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Labyrinths

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Labyrinths doesn’t exist in Spanish, unless it’s been shifted back to Spanish.

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Diaspora

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Then in the mid-2000s, someone recommended Diaspora to me, and it set me afire with enthusiasm to devour all the science fiction that I’d been missing.

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Korrents What they believe 6 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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- Philosophy journals should want human-written rather than AI-written text.
  
  Philosophy journals should also want human-generated rather than AI-generated text for the same evidential reasons.
  
  AI Slop and Evidence about Evidence: Why Philosophy Journals Should Reject AI-Written Prose Said 15 Jul 2026
  
  Full record — everyone who holds this →
  
  AI writing
- Human experts think differently and better than LLMs.
  
  Human experts think differently and better than LLMs.
  
  AI Slop and Evidence about Evidence: Why Philosophy Journals Should Reject AI-Written Prose Said 15 Jul 2026
  
  Full record — everyone who holds this →
  
  LLMs
- There is a huge cognitive difference between approving a text one reads and actually generating it.
  
  There's a huge cognitive difference between nodding along while reading something and actually productively generating a text.
  
  AI Slop and Evidence about Evidence: Why Philosophy Journals Should Reject AI-Written Prose Said 15 Jul 2026
  
  Full record — everyone who holds this →
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That an expert human generated a text is evidence that its view is worth thinking about, more than if an LLM generated it.

The fact that you, an expert human, generated the text is evidence that the view is worth thinking about -- more so than if the text were generated by an LLM.

AI Slop and Evidence about Evidence: Why Philosophy Journals Should Reject AI-Written Prose Said 15 Jul 2026

Full record — everyone who holds this →

LLMs

By cancelling its remote-conference experiment, the American Philosophical Association deprioritized people for whom travel is hard.

By canceling the 2+1 experiment, the APA once again deprioritized the interests of these groups.

Online Conferences Should be Better than In-Person Conferences, Not Worse Said 11 Jun 2026

Full record — everyone who holds this →

America

If enough people try, online conferences will eventually be better overall than in-person conferences.

I anticipate that eventually, if we give it a good enough try, online conferences will be better overall than in-person conferences, even if not better in every respect -- but only if enough of us try, long enough, and in different ways, with the evolving tools that companies will be inspired to build if we create the market for them.

Online Conferences Should be Better than In-Person Conferences, Not Worse Said 11 Jun 2026

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- Recommends Sirius 22 Jan 2022
  
  Sirius is told from the point of view of a dog, Sirius, who has been cognitively enhanced to have human-like intelligence.
  
  fivebooks.com 22 Jan 2022
  
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- Recommends Klara and the Sun 22 Jan 2022
  
  Interestingly Klara and the Sun has some similarities with Ishiguro’s earlier book The Remains of the Day in that it’s told from the point of view of someone whose life is given over to service.
  
  fivebooks.com 22 Jan 2022
  
  What others say about Klara and the Sun →
- Recommends Diaspora 4 May 2020
  
  Then in the mid-2000s, someone recommended Diaspora to me, and it set me afire with enthusiasm to devour all the science fiction that I’d been missing.
  
  fivebooks.com 4 May 2020
  
  What others say about Diaspora →
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Recommends Labyrinths 4 May 2020

Labyrinths doesn’t exist in Spanish, unless it’s been shifted back to Spanish.

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