Why Malicious Superintelligent AI is not ‘just around the corner’
Dan Barton argues that the classic narrative of our inevitable destruction wrought by AI is far less likely to occur than we might think.
Colloquium 50: Franziska Reinhard – Palaeontology… in Space?
Freddy Purcell covers the latest talk on Martian science
Phil on Tap 26/03/26: Luna Dolezal – Structural shame: Reflections on the Phenomenology of Oppression
Freddy Purcell covers the final Phil on Tap of the year, a fascinating dive into the experience and structure of shame, from a new speaker.
Colloquium 46: Gregory Currie – Art as the manifestation of agency
Freddy Purcell details, the legendary aesthetician, Greg Currie's talk on how artworks reveal the skill of their creators.
Colloquium 44: Suki Finn – Nothing
Freddy Purcell covers an exciting and mind-boggling metaphysics talk on Nothingness.
Phil on Tap 26/02/26: Tom Roberts – Beauty and the even harder problem of consciousness
Freddy Purcell offers a much delayed summary of our crafty collaboration with Art History society.
Colloquium 43: Louise Richardson – Grief’s deleterious effect on memory
Freddy Purcell covers this week's colloquium on how personal loss shapes our memories and feeling of pastness.
Phil on Tap 29/01/26: Ed Skidelsky – Bullshit jobs and the future of work
Freddy Purcell recounts Philsoc's recent talk from Ed Skidelsky, addressing some metaphysical worries about the state of the working world.
Embodiment and the narrative self in PTSD
Freddy Purcell explores the complexity of narrative selfhood through the lens of trauma, revealing an entangled and deeply connected relationship with embodiment.