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Philosophy

Zak Stein: AI, Education, Regulation

Zak Stein frames the personhood conferral problem as a distinct risk in education and society. Alignment asks how humans control machines, this asks how humans mistake machines for persons. As systems simulate dialogue, affect, and presence, children and adults may confer moral standing to tools. Placing AI in roles of educator, caregiver, or companion risks […]

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language

The Hidden Geometry of Meaning

When we speak, think, or write, it feels like we’re exchanging units of meaning—words, symbols, concepts—as if they were coins passed from hand to hand. But look closer, and something else is happening. Meaning isn’t a thing we hold. It’s a pattern of difference that holds us in structure. Consider two basic ways to move […]