Matthew A. Willis Postdoctoral Fellow, Civil Discourse Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard
Philosophy. My research develops an ecological model of inquiry that examines how epistemic agents, institutions, and technologies shape one another and together structure our capacity for collective knowledge. At the intersection of social epistemology, the philosophy of artificial intelligence, and political philosophy, I ask how new technologies (especially generative AI) transform the epistemic environments we inhabit. I also study the broader conditions under which epistemic responsibility must be rethought for agents embedded in networked systems of inquiry.
Data science. I have also been known to dabble in data science. I am particularly interested in what factors contribute to the success of under-served students and what trends can be observed between the granting of undergraduate philosophy degrees and other factors (like the state of the political climate).
