<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ricky Mouser]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ricky Mouser is a philosopher and Hecht-Levi Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. He studies ethical tradeoffs in AI.]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/rapid-fire</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:07:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.rickymouser.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[There’s Always a Bigger GOAT]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Defense of Chasing Greatness I have occasionally been accused of being a fair-weather fan , which I find bewildering. So in this post,...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/there-s-always-a-bigger-goat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682fa67ee813fd1e2b8bde4d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 16:00:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_f9b2877788d64a7082c4d19bab13a6b3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valuation Pipelines in AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was invited to write a short public-facing piece about my research for the APA (American Philosophical Association) Blog, which you can...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/valuation-pipelines-in-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68037e0b5473c994f1b96351</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 16:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_4eff5c9d3786438a831f5ec58c4c361c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s Been a Minute]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there! I haven’t posted anything new here in several months, and while I definitely  have thoughts on everyone from Luka Doncic  to...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/it-s-been-a-minute</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d9b2aeec89ef2d97befd0f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:03:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_b56cbf61953a4c06b9fadd4752b5e5ff~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_686,h_386,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Augmenting vs. Automating Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another quick one while I continue my recuperatory week of doing as little as possible. I recently got to see a fascinating sequence of...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/augmenting-vs-automating-away</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6749244ed536db5bba79a52d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_010781100f7e47de9b3bbb6ef44ac6ff~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve been doing way Too Much]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whoops, I finally missed a post last week. I’ve been saying Yes a bit too often  in my first few months at Hopkins. Several folks warned...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/i-ve-been-doing-way-too-much</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67402191a8704e4a15afb193</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_96b32a8d2c8242e985c87a90c5801259~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_910,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better On Average™]]></title><description><![CDATA[I went to an incredible talk this week by a renowned  optimizer in AI spaces. He’s worked on everything from power grids  to e-commerce...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/better-on-average</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672e1ed232d7dc732365f155</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c8381ce0e7a94ad09ceaada2fc64081d.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no Shallow End of the Pool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Later this month, I’ll be teaching my dissertation chapter on grief  to a grad seminar of young bioethicists as part of a class session...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/there-is-no-shallow-end-of-the-pool</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67249c75036590cae36f38b0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_008661ba03204d89a1cfb10abd5484bf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consistently Biased]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey, sorry for the late post, had to give a talk this morning! I’ve written a bit  about QALYs  here before, or Quality-Adjusted Life...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/consistently-biased</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671be614f389da47b0a1ecb8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:54:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_fd5c6c6ac0db411aaf6d4ad0bcd2a9ee~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value Complacency]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, I sat in on a graduate-level computer science class. The instructor asked under what conditions humans and AI would be...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/value-complacency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6709296b92663c0b17071a91</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:00:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_4f30e404b1094f7e9c58b02b4600639e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_686,h_386,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick Hitter: How do you understand Confusion?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are lots  of buzzwords in the AI space—fairness, transparency, safety, bias, privacy, trustworthiness, I could go on and on. And...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/how-do-you-understand-confusion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ffc54cc764e31603d6d9c3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:00:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_0dc43afd045e4daa8af9b0f0427b7387~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_749,h_700,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you say “Black Box” again I’m escaping to the Cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a short one—I’m in Orono, Maine today at a conference on Agency and Reasoning in Games . Tomorrow, I’ll be giving a talk on board...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/if-you-say-black-box-again-i-m-escaping-to-the-cloud</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f64739c8d51068258cd44d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:00:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_10eb809c6f9d4685b1185cfc911b1339~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help me Rebrand!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m writing from the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Conference  in St. Louis, where I just had barbecue at a blues jam....]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/help-me-rebrand</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ecfd0a7f4db3e06db5d080</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_08fe2eb65f294fc3bb578077fd471765~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something I HATE about Averages]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you had  to summarize a statistical distribution with one number…well, I guess you could do worse than taking an average. Even so,...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/something-i-hate-about-averages</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e3b4690eefe3a0df4ed164</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_4cb48f64655a46e4aa0ba41901b23140~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_400,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SNEAK PEEK: Board Game Ethics]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Stick around for a sneak peek  at my latest manifesto!) It’s been a busy week onboarding at Hopkins and continuing to get settled in...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/sneak-peek-board-game-ethics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66db1152248ff693b19249ca</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:00:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_71bf956ea0b341a7ba0eb1aa2e4b0ac7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_436,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Origin of Philosophy]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, I cried reading a philosophy book. I can’t remember the last time that happened. In The Origin of Philosophy , Spanish...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/the-origin-of-philosophy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d12f38a9b4af0aa8632fad</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:00:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_393030327332566e4f4159~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trusting the Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here’s a reasonably sophisticated argument. (I’m not  saying that it’s right.) Trust the Process means, care about process  over actual...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/trusting-the-process</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66c88e9a6422d3b2044b47fa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_3875b91f8c144e3981dea9cdd4e6532f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Coffees Get Scored]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you know how coffees get scored? Here’s  a sample espresso cupping form: Let’s talk survey methodology . This form is part of a...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/how-coffees-get-scored</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66beed35d868a9ec1572b8df</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_6acdde0020454f07956dad05fef8f1fa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Deck-Builders get Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[Skill explosions  are all around us. Just compare Simone Biles’s  2024 gold medal vault with Larisa Latynina’s 1956 gold medal vault, set...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/what-deck-builders-get-right</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b5bce1573c39c0a78fa642</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 16:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_428937cb77fb4582931bcbe2e1586d25~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usefully Bad Advice]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got some pretty bad advice recently regarding my dissertation. It was from a peripheral reader, who I don’t think would mind my saying...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/usefully-bad-advice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66abff6590bcb1cd5d6a50ee</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 22:28:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e37f3120f8f34474b06f347ceb092ed7.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy Books or Articles?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey! I’ve started reading more and more philosophy of science in the lead-up to my new postdoc in September. Today I wanna discuss a...]]></description><link>https://www.rickymouser.com/post/philosophy-books-or-articles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a3a18268723675db510799</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:17:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a68ffb_b07393c1690648a48b133abec0874bae~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>