Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode

Philosopher @UniofOxford & @UniWarszawski editor of

[Ralph Stefan Weir @RalphStefanWeir]

ChatGPT with bullet points

[Sebastian Seung @SebastianSeung]

A thread and article about consciousness that's well worth reading. An interesting angle is to criticize certain definitions of consciousness by using mechanistic explanations of behavior based on the connectome.

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

@SebastianSeung Some really good points there. Well worth reading the book: https://t.co/qFQDu2ajnh

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

🎙I was delighted to speak with @hoperugo of @cityofhope and @keri_brenner of @StanfordMed on the @ASCO Education #BytheBook Podcast about suffering and grief in oncology looking at the experiences of patients and healthcare professionals. #ASCOEdBook https://t.co/hg6ioZGaDj

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

Just finished recording a podcast for @ASCO By the Book series. Excellent conversation which will be available soon!

https://t.co/eFPwOSqxKZ #RiversideFM

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

I was immensely honoured to give an invited talk on grief and loss at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology at the McCormick Centre in Chicago last week! #ASCO25 #asco2025 really privileged to collaborate with @keri_brenner and @nathanson_abby on this!

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

@Ljiljana1972 Just saw Night Hawks at the Chicago Art Institute. Strangely very small collection of American art. This, American Gothic and a couple of rooms fairly little known paintings. But amazing for European Impressionism!

[Ralph Stefan Weir @RalphStefanWeir]

When @MikolajRode and I starting the Humane Philosophy Society a decade ago, our only aim was intellectual fun (definitely achieved). It is so great to reflect on how much more it has become and, with the support of people like @matraszek, the amazing future that lies ahead

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

@RalphStefanWeir For me it resulted in a belief which did not seem true... which was confusing given I took the justification to work...

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

I was delighted and honoured to give two lectures earlier this week at two of the largest auditoriums in Oxford and Cambridge: the Mathematics Institute and Lady Mitchell Hall. Thank you to Julie Arliss and @AC_Learning_ for organising these spectacularly successful events!

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

Ok after having read this, I can confirm there a great many better books on pigeons @harari_yuval

[Ralph Stefan Weir @RalphStefanWeir]

There's been lots of discussion about students using AI to write essays, but less about us using AI to grade them. So, here's something I have written about the future of AI essay grading in universities https://t.co/SIhbYsioyq @AdvanceHE

[Kit Wilson @kitwilsonwriter]

Just finished some light holiday reading: this excellent book on the mind-body problem by @RalphStefanWeir. A very convincing rebuttal of the myth that substance dualism is just a Cartesian mistake, and a compelling case for rejecting our contemporary soul-phobia.

[ULPhilosophy @ULPhilosophy]

Lincoln philosopher @RalphStefanWeir explains why science can't explain consciousness in @PsychToday co-authored with @SharonRawlette https://t.co/AJvOVsWTJq

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

It was a great privilege to have this fantastic conversation with @_henrybair_ and @tpjmd on The Doctor's Art: https://t.co/7diSHr67o5

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

Longest day PL

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

Really delighted to see my contribution to this outstanding issue in such excellent company @RalphStefanWeir @jeffreybishop et all!

[Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences (PTSc) @PTSc_Journal]

There are fantastic papers from, among others: @MikolajRode @jeffreypbishop @RalphStefanWeir

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

Excellent point about AI by @RalphStefanWeir

[Ralph Stefan Weir @RalphStefanWeir]

@GaryMarcus Thanks - if the errors are produced by processes we independently know to be incapable of AGI then I guess they can be taken to illustrate that incapacity. I took your post to present such errors as evidence that the LLMs lack capacity for AGI which seems less clear

[Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode @MikolajRode]

It was a pleasure to give a talk at @PuseyHouse at the @UniofOxford on the theme of loss and mourning. The video is now available: https://t.co/fevioeZDaq

[Wydział Filozofii UW @Filozofia_na_UW]

The international quarterly philosophy "Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture" (Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw), has been admitted to the Emerging Sources Citation Index, which is part of the Web of Science Core Collection.
https://t.co/8CEs1mov03