Introduction Techno-capitalism is a social system dominated by technology-driven capital, in which technological development is a primary vehicle for wealth concentration. Professors are currently trying to navigate the incursion of techno-capitalism into higher education through the widespread adoption of generative AI platforms like ChatGPT. In a recent article for Current Affairs, Professor Ronald Purser argues that AI is […]
CFP: Ruptures, Resistance, Reclamation: Global Feminisms in a Digital Age (deadline: May 25, 2023)
Co-Editors: Iqra Shagufta Cheema, Jennifer Jill Fellows, Lisa Smith Scheduled for Publication in August 2024 Deadline for Abstracts: May 25, 2023 A recent LA Times story illustrated that ChatGPT, perceived as the latest technological threat to academia, was supported by an army of exploited workers, most of whom reside in the Global South. It’s a sharp […]
Ableism in Philosophy According to ChatGPT
I have copied below the discussion I had with ChatGPT about ableism, philosophy, bioethics, and feminist philosophy. My requests for information are in bold. I found the ChatGPT responses instructive insofar as they seemed merely to rehearse conventional, (neo)liberal definitions of what disability is, what ableism is, what counts as ableist, what bioethics is and […]
BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 