Without Why
B. Scot RoussePhilosophy, Technology, and AI. "The problem with artificial intelligence is (still) that computers don't (yet?) give a damn."
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"What You Want is Boring."
Cover image from The Family Wealth Edge podcast episode with me
Check It Out
I was recently a guest on a new-ish podcast called The Family Wealth Edge. The hosts and I had a wide ranging conversation about the possible impacts of today...
Can AI Make Us Worse At Being Human? Yes
Giving a talk on these themes at the AGI-26 conference in SF, July 28, 2026. Photo from the AGI-Society’s LinkedIn post about my talk. Thanks to the AGI Society and their team of photographers.
Can AI Make Us Worse At Being Human?
Th...
Care, Human Enfeeblement, and the Existential Implications of AGI.
YouTube thumbnail by me and chatgpt
Inspiring Times at AGI-26
I had an inspiring time giving two talks at the AGI-26 conference in San Francisco last week. Today I’m sharing the video and extended text of my talk in the main program. I...
Further Reflections on AI, Care, and Intelligence
Photo of me and Banu Kellner at Banu’s July 14, 2026 installment of her “AI Philosophy Nights” series, hosted at Imbue AI. Photo courtesy of Alice Pau.
“AI Philosophy Night” — Audience Reflections on AI, Care, and Indifferent Int...
My Talk Today in the "Consciousness Track" of the AGI-26 Conference
Title slide of my talk this afternoon. The visual motif is adapted from Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1973 made-for-TV foray into psychological sci-fi , Welt am Draht (World on a Wire). If you have not seen this movie, I urge you to correct th...
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B.’s substack, "Without Why," focuses on what it means to be alive in an age of intelligent machines. He is a lecturer and visiting scholar in Philosophy at UC Berkeley and an affiliate researcher at Topos Institute. He also drums in 3 punk bands.
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