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Coded Displacement
During her graduate studies, black computer scientist Joy Buolamwini developed Aspire Mirror, an AI system that recognizes and reworks the user’s facial image with a chosen motif—e.g., an inspirational quote or an animal, like an owl representing wisdom—reflecting back at the user their idealized self. Unfortunately, the software failed...
Philosophy Beyond the Classroom
Introduction
In this blog post, I share my experiences as an undergraduate student navigating the daunting world of philosophy, from the exhilarating experience of presenting at a philosophy conference to the unsettling reality of confronting systemic barriers within the field. This piece will explore how I discovered philosophy, the process...
Jeezy’s Lessons from Adversity
Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins—father, rapper, urban philosopher, and entrepreneur—was born on September 28, 1977, in Columbia, South Carolina. He was introduced to the street life at an early age, and by the time he turned thirty years old he had managed to turn twenty dollars into a multi-million-dollar empire. Jeezy...
International Women’s Day Profile: María Jesús Alvarado Rivera
This post was originally published on Filosofía en la Red. It has been translated as part of the APA Blog’s ongoing collaboration with Filosofía en la Red.
The APA Blog is committed to amplifying diverse voices in philosophy. If you or someone you know has research that the APA community...
International Women’s Day Profile: Cristina Peri Rossi
This post was originally published on Filosofía en la Red. It has been translated as part of the APA Blog’s ongoing collaboration with Filosofía en la Red.
The APA Blog is committed to amplifying diverse voices in philosophy. If you or someone you know has research that the APA...
New Conference: The Lyceum Project
This month we reintroduce a friend of the APA Blog, John Tasioulas. John is the director of the Institute for Ethics in AI and has contributed several pieces on Philosophy and Technology, beginning with “The Role of the Arts and Humanities in Thinking about Artificial Intelligence” and then an interview discussing the Institute’s objectives.
The Institute is grounded...
What Does It Mean To Depend On Someone?
Acknowledging dependence
Let’s say I’m traveling out of town this weekend. This might, in some sense, reflect my independence, but my solo trip is layered with various forms of reliance on others. I depend on my friend to pick me up with plenty of time to catch my flight, and...
Data Ethics, Zina B. Ward
Data Ethics is a required course in Florida State University’s Interdisciplinary Data Science Master’s Program (IDS). The IDS program was brand new when I arrived at FSU. Students in the program will soon be beginning, or in some cases have already started, their careers in data science, mostly in...
Graduate Student Interview: Stewart Huang
Stewart Huang is a grad student at Brandeis, specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of religion. In this interview, he discusses his thoughts on the graduate school experience.
Which classes were your favorite from graduate school?
My favorite was Professor Palle Yourgrau’s class on fiction, a topic which unsurprisingly became the focus...
Subversive Epistemic Practices in the Face of Sexual Violence
The walls of individual stalls in public bathrooms can offer some interesting reading material. As a cisgender woman, I can only speak to what is available in women’s rooms but, in addition to the motivational comments and check-ins (“You Got It, Girl!” and “X was here”), the writing in...