The Machine Has No Yesterday

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On time, memory, and what large language models cannot do with either It started, as these things often do, with a podcast. I was listening to Orit Halpern on the BBC’s ‘In Our Time‘. She is an historian and self-declared cyberneticist, sharp on the politics of data. One of her comments caught my attention. She was talking about how computational …

Is an AI Philosopher Possible? From Tool Use to Co-Philosopher

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Key ideas in this paper were shared at the Biennial Conference of IDEA, ‘The Future of Practical Ethics’, Ethics of AI Panel. University of Leeds, 9 September 2025. INTRODUCTION This work emerged from a practical question: if AI systems can engage in sophisticated textual analysis and argumentation, what does this mean for philosophical practice? Rather than debate whether machines can …