Philosopher working on AI mentality and how AI will affect the meaning of human life; co-PI of the AI and Human Objectives Initiative.
harveylederman.com
Key arguments & positions
Works on conceptual and empirical questions raised by AI mentality, and on how AI will affect the meaning of human life.
Accomplishments
Professor of philosophy at UT Austin, previously at Princeton; his site notes he joins NYU from July 2026.
Co-PI of the AI and Human Objectives Initiative.
Won the 2023 Sanders Prize in Epistemology for "Of marbles and matchsticks" and the Dao Best Essay Award for 2022 for an essay on the philosopher Wang Yangming.
