Philosopher/ethicist, veterinarian Senior Research Fellow: Digital Ethics Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, Computing and Information Systems, Uni of Melbourne
Joined May 2018
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Sometimes criticism of vets is unfair – and harmful. But a new book urges us to reflect deeply on ethics in veterinary services. @CoghSimon @unimelb theconversation.com/big-bill…
Veterinarians are sometimes ethically criticised for over-servicing, over-charging, and ending animal lives too early or too late.
In this book review for The Conversation, I explore these issues. #Vetmed #AnimalEthics #VetEthics #Bioethics
theconversation.com/big-bill…
Should AI ethics guidelines include animals? They don't (usually) but they should, we argue in this new paper: #AIethics #animalethics ......link.springer.com/article/10…
Falling for AI fakes is can be bad. Wrongfully accusing people of using AI can be a problem too. @ConversationEDU @lucysparrowdrag Our Conversation article on this is out today: theconversation.com/distrust…
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Even if you suspect a fake, here's what to consider before accusing someone of using AI to create art, music or writing. @CoghSimon @unimelb theconversation.com/distrust…
Can animals have privacy? What could that mean, and how might digital technology affect it? My short reply piece with with Adam Cardilini explores these questions.
link.springer.com/article/10…
My PhD student Stella Yuan has a paper OUT in CHI on ethics of care, tech, and older adults in aged care
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/…
New paper on animal dignity 🫏 in Philosophy Compass. Do animals have dignity? What does that mean for how we should treat them?
I outline four possible types: dignity related to inherent worth, flourishing nature, social status, and honour.
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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💩 Cut the Crap: A Critical Response to 'ChatGPT is Bullshit.' New #OpenAccess article co-authored with @CoghSimon and published in "Ethics and Information Technology"
Is ChatGPT 'bullshit'? It's...complicated. It was a pleasure to work with David Gunkel on our paper,
'Cut the Crap', just out!
@David_Gunkel
link.springer.com/article/10…
Is ChatGPT 'bullshit'? It's...complicated. It was a pleasure to work with David Gunkel on our paper,
'Cut the Crap', just out!
@David_Gunkel
link.springer.com/article/10…
What makes a good search engine? These 4 models can help you use search in the age of AI theconversation.com/what-mak… via @ConversationEDU
What is an ethically good search engine? Our new paper looks at this @damiano10
link.springer.com/article/10…
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Our article "Control Search Rankings, Control the World: What is a Good Search Engine?" has now been published as #OpenAccess at the Springer's AI and Ethics journal:
link.springer.com/article/10…
The pre-print of our AI and Ethics journal article titled Control Search Rankings, Control the World: What is a Good Search Engine?" is now available:
arxiv.org/abs/2502.02957
w/ S. Coghlan, H. X. Chai & F. Scholer
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Compassionate conservation in practice: A values-driven, interdisciplinary, pluralistic, and deliberative community
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AI doesn’t just impact. Humans, also non-humans including animals. theconversation.com/animals-…
Animals in the machine: why the law needs to protect animals from AI theconversation.com/animals-… via @ConversationEDU
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Ethical Dimensions of Digital Phenotyping Within the Context of Mental Healthcare: link.springer.com/article/10… @CoghSimon
The myth of anthropomorphizing AI, ChatGPT, and robots - my paper just out #philosophy #ChatGPT #robots:
link.springer.com/article/10…
Our latest paper on ethics, animals, and conservation with my co-author Adam Cardilini. #conservation #ethics
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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@ShannonVallor's research explores how new technologies, especially AI, robotics & data science, reshape human moral character, habits & practices. Join us and @coghsimon on 9 Apr @melbconnect as we take a deep dive into Shannon's work on the AI Mirror: go.unimelb.edu.au/bht8
