As AI adoption accelerates, the consequences—intended and not—are becoming harder to ignore. From biased algorithms to opaque decision-making and chatbot misinformation, companies are increasingly exposed to legal, reputational, and ethical risks. And with the rollback of federal regulation, many are navigating this landscape with fewer guardrails. But fewer guardrails doesn’t mean fewer consequences—only that the […] The post Black Boxes, Clear Duties: Owning AI Risk When the Guard...| Blog of the APA
“You’ll get over it.” “You’ll find someone else.” “Plenty more fish in the sea.” This is advice frequently given to someone going through a crushing heartbreak. Though well meant, there is something singularly unhelpful—if not outright offensive—about it. Why, exactly, is that? What is it that strikes precisely the wrong chord in this seemingly reasonable […] The post The Shock of the Old: The Epistemic Challenge of Personal Transformation first appeared on Blog of the APA.| Blog of the APA
This blog post is adapted from Emily Herring’s biography of Henri Bergson, Herald of a Restless World. How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People (Basic Books, 2024). One day in the mid-1910s, as Henri Bergson was gathering his things after lecturing to a packed room at the Collège de France in Paris, a woman| Blog of the APA
What is the relationship between disability and well-being? (In this post, I’ll call this the Relationship Question.) The Relationship Question is both enormously complex and highly fraught—philosophically, socially, and politically. Philosophers have starkly different views. One prominent view, held by Elizabeth Barnes, is that disability is a Mere Difference: having a disability does not, on| Blog of the APA
If you are in any way tuned into pop culture, you’ve definitely heard of the reality TV show, Love Island. While the show originated in the United Kingdom, a U.S. version was created in 2019. Since then, there have been several seasons, with the seventh season recently coming to an end. Love Island features an…| Blog of the APA
Richard B. Gibson is Editor of the Current Events in Philosophy and the Bioethics series. He is a bioethicist with research interests in human enhancement, emergent technologies, novel beings, disability theory, and body modification.| blog.apaonline.org
