Author Archives: jasondcruz

Got to hang out with SUNY brothers and sisters, and do a research talk on my SUNY-IBM project. As a special bonus, my PhD advisee, Andrew Gill, presented a poster on his dissertation work on automation bias and pre-trial sentencing. https://www.buffalo.edu/research/landing-pages/suny-ai-symposium.html

Has a chance to present a new paper – “Vicarious Distrust” with my brilliant co-author, Alexis Morin-Martel from McGill at the GROUPE DE RECHERCHE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE SUR LA NORMATIVITÉ on June 10. Also a great opportunity to re-up on Montréal bagels.

It was an honor and a pleasure to present work at the CSUF Symposium, “DECEPTION AND DISTRUST: THE DARK SIDE OF DISCOURSE”. My student commentator, Nikolas Canellos, was superb! https://philosophy.fullerton.edu/symposium/

Great brainstorming with awesome UCI philosophers Jeff Helmreich, Aaron James, and Anna Pederneschi at this Brown Bag.https://www.humanities.uci.edu/events/brown-bag-jason-dcruz-suny-albany

Great to join this amazing line up of speakers at WashU April 24-25 https://philosophy.wustl.edu/past-events/new-directions-philosophy-artificial-intelligence Annette Zimmerman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Shamik Dasgupta (University of California, Berkeley) Jason D’Cruz (University at Albany): “Sorry/Not Sorry: The Puzzling Case of Chatbot Apologies” Karen Frost-Arnold (Hobart and William Smith Colleges): “Pay Attention to This!  Epistemic Responsibility and Social Media Algorithms” AtoosaContinue reading “New Directions in Philosophy of AI”

It was a pleasure keynoting this year’s ENY/ACRL conference at University at Albany. Librarians will play an essential role in defending and fortifying the information environment in the age of AI, and it was a honor to talk with them about accountability for disinformation.https://sites.google.com/binghamton.edu/2025enyacrlconference/welcome

On Feb 8 at 2pm I’ll be presenting at SUNY’s “Public Good U” conference on the panel, “AI-Driven Solutions for Global Challenges”. Here’s the blurb: Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping society while simultaneously being shaped by it. This co-evolution raises important and complex questions across a wide range of academic disciplines, from engineering and computerContinue reading “AI-Driven Solutions for Global Challenges”

My paper, Runaway Pretense, is now published with Analysis. Here’s the abstract and a link:Deceptive displays of emotion can be used to manipulate another person’s beliefs, desires and emotions. This is an important but often neglected function of imaginative pretence. Pretending to be angry or aggrieved is a powerful strategy to gain emotional leverage. ButContinue reading “Runaway pretense”

I’m very grateful to be among 14 SUNY faculty members whose research will be supported by a major grant from the SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance. I’ve got an amazing team of philosophers, computer scientists, and psychologists to work with, and I’m so excited to get cracking!

Podcast with Aviva Bower on AI and teaching. Is it ok to use ChatGPT to write your first draft? Are LLMs making us dumber? Listen to find out! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pauseforteaching