Declan Humphreys

Declan is a lecturer in Cybersecurity and Ethics at the University of the Sunshine Coast. His current area of research focuses on how artificial intelligence (AI) affects our ethics, culture, and society today and what it means for our future. He earned his PhD in Philosophy, where he explored how digital technology, especially video games, impact the experience of pleasure in the digital age. He sits on the board of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology and is a member of the Australasian Association of Philosophy, and is one of the winners of the ABC's TOP 5 Humanities 2025.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast

Education

  • 2017 
    University of New England, PhD Philosophy

Publications

  • 2025
    AI’s Epistemic Harm: Reinforcement Learning, Collective Bias, and the New AI Culture War, Philosophy & Technology

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