Under which conditions do AI tools save researchers’ time and effort? And at what cost? Alex Mussgnug and I just published a philosophical analysis of #Convenience in #AI #philsci
Paywalled: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29890/
Thanks so much Alina for this beautiful account of the #FOR2026 conference, and thanks to all delegates and our wonderful collaborators and partners near and far for all the support in pushing for t significance of equity in research, and all they teach me & t team every day #OpenScience #philsci
My article "What does it mean to understand AI?" is out now in Harvard Data Science Review! I discuss mechanistic interpretability, representation engineering, world models, and Potemkin understanding from philosophical perspectives.
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/w1tfg5lx...
Recordings from the #FOR2026 are now available! Our panel on Equity and Justice in Open Research Implementation is under Day 2: opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...
Thank you to the PHIL_OS project led by @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social for being such wonderful hosts.
#OpenScience @abrir.bsky.social
This paper considers cases where AI is used to automate tasks perceived to be “mere routine” and inconvenient to researchers. We term such uses “Convenience AI” and characterise the set of assumptions...
What a pleasure hosting Charles Pence discussing discipline structures - and especially the case of cultural evolution - this week in our colloquium! Two days of discussions on digital humanities and deep #HPB @ishpssb.bsky.social #philsci
Tomorrow at Deutsches Museum Kārin Nicklesen, Tamar Novick and I host Greg Radick, who will reflect on how history & #philsci in framing key concepts through the example of his book Disputing Inheritance. If in Munich, come join this brilliant discussion! www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/home/...
Sabina Leonelli
Deeply honoured to be welcomed by @hps-aaas.bsky.social and hoping to help its urgent drive for kindness, reason and care for our planet. science & tech need to foster democratic societies, not hinder them, and it is crucial for AAAS to lead the way particularly in the USA at this time #philsci
New piece on failures of explainable #AI in medical #diagnostics! As Laura Gorrieri, @paultrautt.bsky.social & I argue, Explanations should not focus on AI per se but on how AI enhances the ability to act (drawing on "understanding virtuoso" @henkderegt.bsky.social)
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Last week was a long one, but filled w/ optimism as some of us converged in Munich for the #FOR26 to imagine, demo and build the future of open research. I resume it here, insisting on the need to bring creative technologists and open source spontaneity in: alinamierlus.substack.com/p/pulling-it...
New piece on failures of explainable #AI in medical #diagnostics! As Laura Gorrieri, @paultrautt.bsky.social & I argue, Explanations should not focus on AI per se but on how AI enhances the ability to act (drawing on "understanding virtuoso" @henkderegt.bsky.social)
doi.org/10.1017/cfc....
CONGRATULATIONS to the new 2025 AAAS-Sect L #HPS Fellows! 🎉
⭐️Sabina Leonelli, Technical University of Munich @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social
⭐️Deborah G Mayo, Virginia Tech
⭐️Corinna Treitel, Washington University St. Louis
⭐️John Bickle, Mississippi State U
For complete list of 2025 AAAS Fellows ⬇️
