One Warm Spark
I’m Colin Klein. By day I’m a philosopher at the Australian National University. You can find my contact information and professional profile at my home page.
This is an experiment in old-fashioned blogging. In practice, mostly occasional writing, stuff I enjoyed reading, and self-promotion.
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New work
I’m a co-author on two papers that appeared last week, one on consciousness in AI, the other on the evolution of consciousness in single organisms. Andrew Barron and I did a quick writeup in The Conversation: “Are animals and AI conscious? We’ve devised new theories for how to test this”
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Explaining the joke
Yesterday’s post about AI and assessment was prompted by being sent, for the hundredth time, something that said “Well, AI is here to stay, so we have to teach students how to use it.”
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AI and the Future of Assessment
It’s October 31st, 2030. It’s 8pm. You have a paper due for your international relations class in four hours, and—you’re slowly realising—you’re screwed.