Michael Pope
Assistant Teaching Professor
Michael Pope is an Assistant Teaching Professor in AI ethics. His work focuses on ethical and epistemic questions about how we depend on others. Before coming to NU, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Philosophy and Embedded EthiCS at Harvard University. He earned his PhD from Boston College in 2024.
Pope, M. (forthcoming). A Function-First Account of Trust, Analysis.
Pope, M. (2026). Pluralism about trust. Synthese.
Handley-Miner, I.J., Pope, M., Atkins, R.K. et al. (2023). The intentions of information sources can affect what information people think qualifies as true. Scientific Reports.
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Education
Ph.D., Boston College
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Contact
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Address
Renaissance Park 420W
Knowledge in a Digital World
PHIL 1300
Examines the impact that information technologies (such as the internet, search engines, blogs, wikis, and smartphones); information processing techniques (such as big data analysis, machine learning, crowdsourcing, and cryptography); and information policies (such as privacy norms and speech restrictions) have on what we know and how much we know, as individuals and as a society. The digital world can enhance our ability to acquire knowledge by providing us with fast and cheap access to huge amounts of information. However, it can also undermine our cognitive abilities and provide us with inaccurate or misleading information.
