The destructive perils of speech without a real partner
Josef Pieper and Marc Barnes on how chatbots pervert the nature of conversation
The relationship between prudence and reality
In this lecture, Ken Myers explains how the virtue of prudence is fundamentally connected with a deep and anchored understanding of reality. (54 minutes)
In the image of our devices?
In light of the history of the meaning of intellectus, D. C. Schindler questions the use of the word “intelligence” to describe systems employing large language models. (18 minutes)
Imagining our selves in the image of our devices
What are we? What makes a human intelligent? What is consciousness, knowledge, learning? Ellen Ullman ponders.
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 58
FEATURED GUESTS: Hubert Dreyfus, Francis Fukuyama, Gordon Preece, Gijs van Hensbergen, Ted Prescott, and Bradley J. Birzer