Ella Whiteley
@ellakwhiteley
Lecturer+researcher @sheffielduni. Joining LSE Philosophy from September 2025.
An Association for Computer Machinery conference paper finds that LLMs systematically give worse (less clinically accurate) medical advice to patients who: are female; are non-binary; use informal/slang language; and demonstrate a weaker grasp of English. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/37…
Submit your abstracts to the 10th SWIP Ireland conference (deadline 1 Sept)! The topic is 'Ways of Knowing: Epistemologies and Pedagogies'. EC researchers can also be considered for The Maria Baghramian Prize for excellence in philosophical research. swip-ireland.com/events
Political theory/philosophy job at our Department! Deadline 26 May. Happy to answer questions by email. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/a…
This is what makes me livid about the “AI can do PhD level work and can produce anything a human scholar can” BS. No it can’t! It’s stealing and regurgitating things the scholars you’re disparaging did! It’s literally plagiarizing the human work you’re claiming its automating!
Those books are WHERE THE COMPUTER IS GETTING ITS INFORMATION FROM!!!!!!!!!!
When we advised the UK govt about 🐙🦑🦀🦞🦐 sentience in 2021, we also highlighted the worst welfare risks they face and how to address them. Not much has changed yet, so we've published an updated review (open access) with all the latest evidence: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
So very happy to announce that I'll be joining LSE Philosophy in September. Really excited to be moving back to this wonderful department!
We are pleased to announce that Ella Whiteley @ellakwhiteley will join the #LSEPhilosophy Department as Assistant Professor! 👏
🚨 The deadline of April 4 is fast approaching to apply for this fantastic 3 year postdoctoral position in AI ethics and Law at @EthicsInAI and beautiful @OrielOxford. Link below
Exciting news: Neuhaus chocolates have successfully mapped all dimensions of womanhood! Positivity, Magic, Vibing, Courageous and Iconic. Thanks guys, great to have this sorted 🙏🏻#IWD
Excited to welcome @birchlse , Professor of Philosophy at LSE, to AI for Animals 2025 as a virtual featured guest. 👏 His research explores animal sentience, the evolution of norms, and how AI can shape our understanding of consciousness and welfare. 👉 Register today:…
I'm really pleased to see that the official Audible Audiobook of The Edge of Sentience will be out on 18 February. Thanks to OUP for believing in the book and making this happen!
Really looking forward to the discussion! H/t to Dublin for bringing out the sun for it, too ☀️
✨ Delighted to welcome @ellakwhiteley from @sheffielduni to the Department later today. Ella will present "Tackling Underrepresentation: Salience-Based Tensions", as part of our Hilary Term Colloquium Series.
first day in Umeå, first time in Sweden, and was greeted this morning by this beauty
Highly recommend this fascinating paper!
First paper on 'understanding' out! Can understanding be transmitted like knowledge through testimony? I argue no—but show how a *perspectival* model of communication makes sense of it. Bonus: an account of understanding as mental structure philpapers.org/rec/ELSCUA
17 year olds writing their UCAS personal statement
My unmatched perspicacity coupled with sheer indefatigability makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavour.
What a casual way to be informed that the universe as we know it will be expunged next Spring
A Philosopher Looks at Friendship by Sophie Grace Chappell Philosophers often treat friendship as something systematic and earnest. For Chappell it is neither, yet still central to human experience. 📚 cup.org/3CAHfPu
Hearing one's voice on a recording is obviously a deeply distressing experience, but here's a 'podcast' of my talk at Cambridge's Moral Sciences Club earlier this week. It was an honour, and I am just so grateful for the *excellent* audience Q&A. sms.cam.ac.uk/media/4809392
Drill music is being criminalised in unparalleled ways. @a_nonamename, Ethan Nowak and I are organising an interdisciplinary workshop surrounding issues of rap, freedom and injustice featuring @lfatsis, @JoyWhite2 and Latoya Reisner. Register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/folks-need-t…