AI for Philosophy: An Exploration of Commitment-Based Preference Change

I have recently published a blog post at Daily Nous on how I think AI will transform philosophy. My post makes the case that AI will turn philosophy into a capital-intensive field, one where access to computational resources matters. Have a look, and feel free to leave some comments.

To support the blog post, I asked Claude to create an artifact illustrating some of its points, that is, to show how AI can support philosophy. To do so, the artifact presents the commitment-based theory of preference change that I have developed together with Michael Messerli in our Cambridge Element Preference Change.

The artifact provides tools to explore and test this theory. It is publicly available. I had a look at it, but I can’t guarantee all content is correct. If you encounter any issues, let me know!

The artifact can only partially illustrate my post because in the post I argued for the importance of scaling AI systems for philosophy. The resources used in creating the artifact were modest compared to what the post gestures at. Nevertheless, I hope it suggests some of the capacities that AI systems have now and how we might use them to make progress in philosophy.