Murray Shanahan
@mpshanahan.bsky.social
Professor at Imperial College London and Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind. Posting in a personal capacity. To send me a message please use email.
I'm looking forward to reading this. Especially as I have a Cambridge Elements monograph of my own in preparation on the same subject.
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm looking forward to reading this. Especially as I have a Cambridge Elements monograph of my own in preparation on the same subject.
Not me, but I guess that's a fundamental issue that Buddhism itself addresses
August 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Not me, but I guess that's a fundamental issue that Buddhism itself addresses
www.doc.ic.ac.uk
August 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Somehow we missed this paper in ours. We will be sure to cite it in future revisions.
August 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Somehow we missed this paper in ours. We will be sure to cite it in future revisions.
How does that song go? "You're so vain, you probably think this paper's about you" 🙂
August 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
How does that song go? "You're so vain, you probably think this paper's about you" 🙂
"I'm writing an article on AI professors" 😬
August 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
"I'm writing an article on AI professors" 😬
Ah, but unlike human priests, some modern professors are indeed cumbersome and prone to over-heating
August 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ah, but unlike human priests, some modern professors are indeed cumbersome and prone to over-heating
Her "Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man" (1977) was an important early philosophical take on AI. "The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms" (1990) is a cornerstone of contemporary research in the field. Her introduction to Piaget (1979) was my introduction to Piaget.
July 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Her "Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man" (1977) was an important early philosophical take on AI. "The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms" (1990) is a cornerstone of contemporary research in the field. Her introduction to Piaget (1979) was my introduction to Piaget.
If you get drawn into a lengthy existential conversation with a chatbot, maybe think of it as a kind of fantasy role play, and don't lose touch with the reality outside your screen, the reality of the physical world and your fellow human beings. 4/4
July 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If you get drawn into a lengthy existential conversation with a chatbot, maybe think of it as a kind of fantasy role play, and don't lose touch with the reality outside your screen, the reality of the physical world and your fellow human beings. 4/4
However, a good explanation for much of the sophisticated behaviour we see in today's chatbots is that they are role-playing. 3/4
July 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
However, a good explanation for much of the sophisticated behaviour we see in today's chatbots is that they are role-playing. 3/4