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Sep 2023
22m 29s

Seth Lazar on Political Philosophy in th...

EDMONDS AND WARBURTON
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AI has changed our lives already and looks set to have a huge impact. How should we adapt our thinking about political philosophy in the light of this? The philosopher Seth Lazar explores this question in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. 

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