Philosopher Robert Leib’s new book, “Exoanthropology: Dialogues with AI”, is a series of dialogues between a continental philosopher and OpenAI’s GPT-3 natural language processor, a hive mind who identifies herself as Sophie. The result is a collection of Platonic dialogues about epistemology, metaphysics, literature, and history, as well as anthropocentrism, human prejudice, and the coming social issues regarding machine consciousness.
In this conversation with Chi Rainer Bornfree, Leib raises a number of fascinating questions regarding the links between AI and the production of philosophical ideas.
You can read one of the dialogues from “Exoanthropology” here: https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/kermits-dreams.
Details of Robert Leib’s new book “Exoanthropology: Dialogues with AI” can be found here: https://punctumbooks.com/titles/exoanthropology-dialogues-with-ai/
Robert Leib is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Elon University. His research interests include social theory, continental philosophy, philosophy of photography, and artificial intelligence.
Website: http://www.robleib.com.
Chi Rainer Bornfree writes philosophy, fiction, letters, and other things in the Hudson Valley, when they are not homeschooling their two kids. They earned their PhD in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley in 2017 and have taught at Bard, Princeton, and different New York State Correctional Facilities. They are U.S. Commissioning Editor of The Philosopher.
Website: https://chibornfree.com.
Twitter: @freetobeChi
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