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Syed AbuMusab

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I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, where I work on ethics and social agency related to Social/Relational AI systems. I also work in philosophy of mind, and normative ethics. www.syedmusab.com

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Close… but people are fed up with both of the parties. It’s basically a costume change between sets.

04.03.2026 20:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Resign! #DNCmustgo

01.03.2026 09:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Second time to attend @iaseai.bsky.social Presented my thoughts on blaming AI.
This time I had one of my own students accepted—Timothy Zhang! It was super cool to have a student of mine attending an AI ethics conference.

The conference overall was great. #aisaftey #philtech

26.02.2026 14:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please share. The International Association for Computing and Philosophy is one of the best communities to engage with if you are doing any philosophy (epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, etc.) related to computational technologies.

Submit your abstract!

#philsci #philsky #philtech #AIethics

25.02.2026 17:06 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Computer Simulations in Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

🚨 Our Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Computer Simulations in Science is now live. It was a lot of work but I’m proud of this substantial update. I hope it helps those in #philsci interested in the philosophical implications of computational methods.

plato.stanford.edu/entries/simu...

20.02.2026 16:08 👍 59 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1

Although this was strongly written from the #philsci perspective, I hope it’ll be useful for #philtech, #sts, or #philsky in general. The ubiquity of simulations in natural/social science, medicine, policy/politics, should make them of at least some interest to anyone doing 21st century philosophy.

21.02.2026 16:56 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

#philtech

07.02.2026 05:51 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
TT/T Faculty , University of Texas at Arlington - PhilJobs:JFP TT/T Faculty , University of Texas at Arlington An international database of jobs for philosophers

My department is hiring!! Philosophy and ethics of environment. Please spread the word. The turn around is a short! #philsky #philsci #philtrch #moralphil

philjobs.org/job/show/30842

06.02.2026 22:37 👍 14 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1

IACAP CfP extension for this year’s conference at the University of Kansas.

#philtech #philsci #AIethics

05.02.2026 02:39 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

It really is. Let’s hope it does not happen.

30.12.2025 19:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Execution by Lethal Autonomous Mechanism: How Anti-Capital Punishment Arguments Might Lead to Automated Executions—and Why Such Automation Must be Prevented - The Journal of Ethics In this paper, we examine the potential integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into capital punishment through lethal autonomous mechanisms (LAMs), an extension of developments in lethal autonomo...

What if the arguments used to oppose capital punishment lead us toward AI executions? I, together with @reneeasirbu.bsky.social, & @floridi.bsky.social explore this possibility & why we must prevent it. Happy to end fall with a 2nd pub! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philtech #philsky #moralphil

29.12.2025 19:58 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

Delete TikTok if you haven’t already

19.12.2025 03:18 👍 173 🔁 74 💬 0 📌 0
A Texas murder case went cold. Then college students found a suspect As part of a new and remarkable partnership, detectives gave a cold case file to students in a criminology class at the University of Texas at Arlington.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

It looks like some students at UTA (my university) solved a 30+ year murder cold case! The police had given up long time ago. #crimepodcast

11.12.2025 17:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#philtech fun!

08.12.2025 15:52 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Exactly!! That tells me that they are thinking about it as a possible prompt for LLMs.
On the other hand, during my less pessimistic days I wonder if the lexicon is evolving because of all the LLMs and AI talk these days.

23.11.2025 21:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I assigned one paper and one exam this semester. The students I suspected were using LLMs for short writing assignments were extremely curious and pushy about getting a rubric. Or whether they will get a prompt for the paper assignment.
Almost every student panicked b4 the exam week.

23.11.2025 20:43 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The paradox of providing students with precise rubrics for writing assignments like a traditional paper is that the rubric becomes a perfect prompt for LLMs. But if you don't give a detailed rubric, they can claim they weren't sure what to do or not do. #philtech #philsky

23.11.2025 20:43 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
IACAP 2026 – University of Kansas, USA, July 15-17 - International Association for Computing and Philosophy Call for papers for the 2026 Annual Conference of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy.

This year I was elected President of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP).

As such, it is my pleasure to announce the venue & 🚨CfA for IACAP2026. Would love to see you there!

#philsci (special track ML in science) #philtech #AIethics

www.iacap.org/2025/10/10/i...

22.11.2025 01:32 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Chris!!

21.11.2025 16:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Jeremy! Totally surprised!

20.11.2025 19:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I'm honored to receive this, but I certainly did not expect it during my first semester at UTA. It is a student-nominated recognition for faculty who have had a significant and meaningful impact. #philsky

20.11.2025 19:35 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

🚨 CfP.

We’re particularly interested in #philosophy perspectives that interrogate conventional assumptions on the challenges, limitations, or promises of the possibility of friendships, care, parenting, mentorship, romance, etc., involving #AI.

#sts #philtech #AIethics

18.11.2025 22:04 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

It took a while for philosophers of mind to get into the new AI game. Regrettably, they seem to be playing the PR game with outdated terms like “consciousness”. Given the popular appeal of this strategy, I foresee years of unbearable and retrograde debate for philosophy of AI.

#philtech #AIethics

11.11.2025 20:20 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Yea. I wish it was like that.

30.10.2025 00:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Haha no!

29.10.2025 23:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Do people referee for journals who are pay to publish model? I keep getting requests, but not sure how I feel about it! #philsky #philtech

16.10.2025 01:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Ramon!! 🙏🏽

20.09.2025 18:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Of course!

19.09.2025 17:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m teaching logic at UTA and most students are theater, arts, music etc. and some engineering students. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed teaching logic more before than this class. #philsky

18.09.2025 23:05 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#philtech boosting

18.09.2025 23:02 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0