Ever Thought Your iPhone Was Listening to You?
The real privacy problem runs deeper
Many people are convinced that their iPhones, Alexas, or Google Homes are secretly recording their every word. You mention...
Treating Each Other Well in Online Spaces
We’ve all heard warnings about how we treat each other online. Don’t read the comments sections of your blog posts, the people there are...
Defending Democracy Through Deliberative Capacity Building
Democracy has been on the defensive for the last decade and more. Right-wing populist and authoritarian leaders dismantle democratic checks on state power, repress...
Slackers Against Narrativity
Disclaimer: Sara Bizarro is a series editor at the Blog of the APA. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and...
How Can Philosophers Rebuild Trust in Science?
In today’s world, we are flooded with information, especially through social media. Such information is often poorly checked, and it can sometimes be difficult...
The Ivory Tower We Do Not See: On Science, Politics, and Philosophy
Philosophy of science is no longer the austere discipline concerned with the study of the logical structure of scientific theories. Of course, philosophical debates...
From Synthetic Data to the Reshaping of Approaches to Representation
The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into our lives, and particularly its generative form, has raised numerous ethical and social issues over the years—ranging...
Striking a Balance: Reconciling Democratic Citizenship and Epistemic Agency
Pick any recent op-ed lamenting the demise of contemporary democracy and you will most likely read claims about how a toxic combination of widespread...
A Call to Public Scholars During Turbulent Times
In Race Matters, Cornel West anticipates a dilemma that continues to shape American intellectual life. He observes that the massive growth of the Academy...
Black Boxes, Clear Duties: Owning AI Risk When the Guardrails Are Gone
As AI adoption accelerates, the consequences—intended and not—are becoming harder to ignore. From biased algorithms to opaque decision-making and chatbot misinformation, companies are increasingly...