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Newsletter · By Ellen Burns, PhD · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    September 26' Reading-Round Up (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the September 26’ Reading-Round Up! This month’s round-up experiments with a different format. Each round-up will have readings grouped into three broad tracks (1) Consciousness Attribution (2) Agency & Autonomy, and (3) AI Welfare. I’ll provide a ‘general verdict’ on the paper, my recommendation of whether to read, for who, and why. As always, please let me know in comments your feedback. At the end, I have: My Top Pick — everyone should read this ⭐&

  2. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Are We Failing the Youth? A Young Professors Late Reckoning With AI (opens the original)

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    I’m a professor who is banning AI in my classroom this semester.A note of mine recently got a lot more attention than expected. It was a regular Tuesday. I’d been reading some excellent work in the Atlantic by Rose Horowitch warning us that ‘the end of reading is here’. I decided that enough was enough. I needed my classrooms, especially my first year classrooms, to be tech-free. <div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"

  3. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    AMA with Ellen Burns, PhD (opens the original)

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    This was such a great first live! I really appreciate everyone’s questions, comments, and thoughts. I think that going forward this will be a monthly ‘office hour’ style thing, which I’m going to look into doing on zoom. In the meantime, please enjoy this live recording! <div class=

  4. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Autopsy no.2 Claude’s Constitution and the Question of Legal Personhood (opens the original)

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    Welcome back to my Autopsy series! If you have’t seen the first post in this series, be sure to check it out: here it is. This week we are looking at Claude’s constitution. TLDR: I think we need to consider the possibility that AI companies may in future try to argue that AIs should have rights. I am not saying this is likely, only possible, that is my reasoned hypothesis. Follow the table of contents if you still don&#

  5. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    I’ve Read Claude’s Constitution: What Is The Constitution Actually Trying To Do (opens the original)

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    Some preliminary thoughts on Claude’s constitution. Please note, this is a first pass/initial thoughts on this document. I’ve read more, and I am updating my thoughts as you read! More on this document in the paid round-up this month, dropping next week, and likely a free article on it some time in the future. Thank you, all, for being here ✨ Read more

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