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Understanding Society is an academic blog by Daniel Little that explores a series of topics in the philosophy of social science and the workings of the social world. Published continuously since 2007, the blog has treated a wide range of topics, from the nature of causal mechanisms to the idea of emergence to the political dynamics of right-wing extremism to the causes of large-scale technological disaster. Readers should consider the blog an example of “open-source philosophy”. It is an experiment in thinking, one idea at a time.

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January 29, 2023
Here's another extended conversation (interview?) with ChatGPT, this time on the topic of the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.#ChatGPT #Diversity https://medium.com/@dlittle30/chatgpt-on-the-value-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-184afb107bc0
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January 28, 2023
In my continuing effort to test the limits of ChatGPT, I've had a number of thematized conversations recently. Here is one about computability, chaos, and Heraclitus. What do you think of ChatGPT's responses?#chatGPT https://medium.com/@dlittle30/a-discussion-with-chatgpt-about-chaos-5c942a1de515
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January 28, 2023
Urge you to read this careful and detailed account by Timothy Snyder about the 2016 Russian covert campaign to help Donald Trump win the election, and the highly suspect connections now suggested by the indictments this week of former senior New York FBI counter-intelligence Special Agent in Charge Charles McGonigal. Lots of money, lots of connection to Russian oligarchs and the Trump campaign through Paul Manafort. Great "connect the dots" analysis by a real expert.https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/the-specter-of-2016/
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January 22, 2023
Ten paper topics in philosophy and history framed by ChatGPTHere is the result of my experiment to see how useful ChatGPT would be for students aiming to shortcut writing assignments in philosophy and history. The results suggest -- the ChatGPT sessions would not themselves serve as substitutes for student work. But they could very easily result in "outsourcing" of the thinking the professor expects the student to do in analyzing a given topic or problem. #ChatGPT https://undsoc.org/2023/01/22/8395/
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January 21, 2023
ChatGPT as an academic writerI’ve argued that texts generated by large language models are nothing more than strings of sentences without coherent meaning. After playing with the tool, I’m amazed at how informative and coherent ChatGPT texts are in response to hard questions in philosophy, history, etc. ChatGPT provided 300-500 words of cogent summary and analysis in just a few seconds. Here is a detailed case (Jan Gross, Neighbors) and some reflections ... #ChatGPT https://undsoc.org/2023/01/21/chatgpt-as-an-academic-writer/