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Recent additions to the Heap of Links… How should we react to scary predictions about AI? “First: by asking questions” — “If you believe predictions uncritically, it amounts to obeying in advance,” says Carissa Véliz “I feel unbelievably lucky that I was able to make philosophy my profession” — Karen Ng reflects on her path into philosophy, at #first-genphilosophers The ordinary concept of knowledge “doesn’t work at all the way philosophers said it does” — a round-up of studies shows how weird the philosophers’ version of the concept is 1000 or so psychiatrists were asked to diagnose standardized clinical case vignettes. “Two doctors agreed on the diagnosis only 55% of the time” — What does this tell us about psychiatry? Or about other fields in which experts disagree? Where Aristotle taught Alexander — “this newest dig may be the most revealing yet, offering insight into the specifics of Alexander the Great’s education” Over 4000 of the Justice Department’s lawyers have left their…