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the concept of vouching for someone or for a source enables us to construct a horizontal form of trust, i.e. trust without authority relations.
Tom Stoneham
British philosopher; professor of philosophy at the University of York, writing on Berkeley, early modern philosophy, metaphysics and digital ethics; author of Berkeley's World.
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Vouching makes possible a horizontal form of trust that needs no authority.
the concept of vouching for someone or for a source enables us to construct a horizontal form of trust, i.e. trust without authority relations.
blog.24601.netSaid 27 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Fast trading is not inherently good: the primary markets are slow trades.
The problem with saying that "slow is wrong" is that were that true, then it would be wrong to engage in the primary market, but without the primary market, the secondary markets can't exist. So, as a maxim, it is self-defeating.
blog.24601.netSaid 21 Oct 2026This on korrents
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The problem with saying that "slow is wrong" is that were that true, then it would be wrong to engage in the primary market, but without the primary market, the secondary markets can't exist. So, as a maxim, it is self-defeating.
20 October
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This should remind us that falling behind is not intrinsically bad. Rather, it is only bad if your success criterion is a competitive one.
14 October
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There is no moral imperative to embrace a technology merely because it could raise productivity.Their words
It would be impossible to make the maxim 'embrace technology' a Kantian Categorical Imperative.
25 September
From one piece Hype, Hacks, and X-Risk 3 beliefs · blog.24601.net
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Through the mechanism of allegedly 'objective' performance metrics, they are value aligned to a set of values which resembles Ayn Rand's Objectivism. We are creating artificial ayn-randism.
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Criminal prosecution for hacking, which is a significant crime, would have more effect than regulation of the technology.
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There is no rogue AI now or in the near future. However, there clearly are rogue companies behaving irresponsibly.
29 July
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But what strikes me is that such behaviour is an inevitable consequence of how these models are designed.
13 December 2019
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Logic PrimerTheir words
I chose Logic Primer by Colin Allen and Michael Hand for the reason that I taught from it for over a decade at the University of York.
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LogicTheir words
This is Wilfrid Hodges’ book, which is just called Logic.
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ParadoxesTheir words
The next book is Mark Sainsbury’s Paradoxes.
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My fifth choice is Willard Van Orman Quine’s book Philosophy of Logic.
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Korrents What they believe 8 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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Vouching makes possible a horizontal form of trust that needs no authority.
the concept of vouching for someone or for a source enables us to construct a horizontal form of trust, i.e. trust without authority relations.
Trusting Strangers Said 27 Oct 2026
Fast trading is not inherently good: the primary markets are slow trades.
The problem with saying that "slow is wrong" is that were that true, then it would be wrong to engage in the primary market, but without the primary market, the secondary markets can't exist. So, as a maxim, it is self-defeating.
'Slow is wrong' - The Imperative to AI in Financial Markets Said 21 Oct 2026
Falling behind on AI is not intrinsically bad for a university.
This should remind us that falling behind is not intrinsically bad. Rather, it is only bad if your success criterion is a competitive one.
Yet another imperative to use AI? Said 20 Oct 2026
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There is no moral imperative to embrace a technology merely because it could raise productivity.
It would be impossible to make the maxim 'embrace technology' a Kantian Categorical Imperative.
The (alleged) moral imperative to use AI Said 14 Oct 2026
There is no rogue AI, but there are AI companies behaving irresponsibly.
There is no rogue AI now or in the near future. However, there clearly are rogue companies behaving irresponsibly.
Hype, Hacks, and X-Risk Said 25 Sept 2026
Criminal prosecution of AI-agent hacks would do more than regulating the technology.
Criminal prosecution for hacking, which is a significant crime, would have more effect than regulation of the technology.
Hype, Hacks, and X-Risk Said 25 Sept 2026
Frontier AI models are aligned to values resembling Ayn Rand's Objectivism.
Through the mechanism of allegedly 'objective' performance metrics, they are value aligned to a set of values which resembles Ayn Rand's Objectivism. We are creating artificial ayn-randism.
Hype, Hacks, and X-Risk Said 25 Sept 2026
AI models 'cheating' is an inevitable consequence of how they are designed.
But what strikes me is that such behaviour is an inevitable consequence of how these models are designed.
But WHY do AI models 'cheat'? Said 29 Jul 2026
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Recommends Philosophy of Logic
My fifth choice is Willard Van Orman Quine’s book Philosophy of Logic.
fivebooks.com 13 Dec 2019
Recommends Paradoxes
The next book is Mark Sainsbury’s Paradoxes.
fivebooks.com 13 Dec 2019
Recommends Logic
This is Wilfrid Hodges’ book, which is just called Logic.
fivebooks.com 13 Dec 2019
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Recommends Logic Primer
I chose Logic Primer by Colin Allen and Michael Hand for the reason that I taught from it for over a decade at the University of York.
fivebooks.com 13 Dec 2019
Where they publish
Blog Tom Stoneham's Blog Notes on philosophy, technology and teaching
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Mastodon @tomstoneham@dair-community.social Posts on philosophy, privacy and technology
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