New paper with Jeff Barrett coming out in @thebjps.bsky.social !
We develop new notions of probability and probabilistic laws. Years in the making.

Next: a natural proof of the Principal Principle.

Link: philpapers.org/rec/BARARA-17

Excited to be giving a talk on philosophy of science and foundations of AI at the National University of Singapore, hosted by the Department of Philosophy. It’s a special occasion for me—NUS is where I began my philosophical training as an undergraduate 15 years ago.

Looking forward to talking about exchangeability, algorithmic randomness, and the Principal Principle tomorrow at the Institute of Data Science at the University of Hong Kong! (Joint work with Jeff Barrett)

Just finished a semester-long reading group on my book with the All Milan History & Philosophy of Physics group, thanks to the amazing Silvia De Bianchi. Incredible discussions on laws of nature, simplicity, and cosmology. Grateful for the sharp questions & insights!

Honored to receive the APA’s 2024 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Prize for “The Preordained Quantum Universe” (Nature, 2023). Thanks to @apaphilosophy for supporting public-facing philosophy! #Quantum #Philosophy #APA2024

Had a wonderful time in Berkeley, speaking at the Logic Group on Friday and the Metaphysics Workshop on Saturday! I presented two joint papers with Jeff Barrett—on chancy laws as constraints and deriving the Principal Principle from them. Great discussions and feedback.

Had a fantastic visit at Stanford—thanks to Elliott Sober and Thomas Icard for the kind invitation! Tomorrow, Linda and I are heading to Berkeley! Looking forward to engaging with faculty and students to discuss foundations of AI, algorithmic randomness, and the laws of nature.

Thrilled to see my book Laws of Physics as the most downloaded item on PhilSci Archive for the last six months—a title it has held since September 2024! Grateful for the continued interest and support from readers, colleagues, and the @philsci.bsky.social community.
#PhilosophyOfScience

Thrilled to share that Laws of Physics will be translated into Turkish! Grateful to Cambridge University Press for making this happen—excited to reach new readers! #AcademicPublishing #PhilosophyOfScience
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🎉 Congrats to Rose & Taylor for an amazing #GenerativeAI Summit at #UCSanDiego ! Had fantastic discussions, learned a ton, and left with so many open questions for philosophy of science.

Loved Misha Belkin’s slide on LLMs’ four different answers to “Who stole the cookie?”

My first book, Laws of Physics, was published last year, and it has just been reviewed in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews by Dustin Lazarovici. Huge thanks to Dustin for the fantastic review and thoughtful engagement with the ideas!
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