"AI is often pitched as a climate solution, optimizing energy and accelerating decarbonization. In reality, claims of sustainability obscure the deep ties between tech, fossil fuels, and the state."
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
We (@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @elisj.bsky.social, Emma Cavazzoni & I) are collecting stories (voice notes/text) and images (drawings/photos) of Cicadas and Fireflies for an upcoming Pianeta Lab event.
If you have any, we welcome you to share them via our website->
pianeta-lab-storia.vercel.app
we did this work about 5yrs ago. disheartening to see things have gotten worse, generally speaking
We need to start asking major websites not to provide Share links to X.
A bunch of microsoft logos from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today but instead of saying Microsoft all of them spell Microslop in the vibe of the original logos.
It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.
Gen AI consumes #openscience as raw fuel - how do we avoid losing that value to private, closed, corporate benefit only? It's a catch 22. #CMUOpenScience Mohammad Hosseini speaking on #openscience in #GenAI. Really dilemmas we have to address head on.
Can metadata curation count as experimental practice? We answer in this new paper on data reanalysis in #plant #spacebiology, a major outcome of #PHIL_OS & Paola CastaΓ±oβs collaboration w NASAβs open data team! #philsci, #data, #experimentation, #modelling, #ISS. OA version: doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...
π£ This Friday, we will have another seminar: @nathanaelsheehan.bsky.social from TU Munich will give a talk on 'Metascience of Past, Present, & Future'.
π§ Make sure to join!
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Friday, 7.11.2025 | 3:00-4:15 PM (CET)
π Online & at CWTS
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
"The protocol taught us that technology can be based on human values like ethics and morality. It showed that voluntary compliance works when all parties benefit."
On robots.txt.
www.heise.de/en/backgroun...
If youβre interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop βthe philosophy of science in practice - in practiceβ? #philsci
a grifter who left a political career (former UK Deputy Prime Minister) to serve as Zucks lapdog, now says the most evil company is indeed 'evil' having
actively created a hostile/anti-regulation culture & making millions doing it. cry me a fucking river
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
These Billionaires need you to believe that they are super smart like their friends from high school, not just rich. Its not enough for them to be richer, they have to be richer because they are smarter.
Likening PhD holders to a (non-functional) algorithm is a form of dehumanisation & anti-intellectualism that is a bellwether for contemporary fascism. Essentially it's a typical β if not the archetypal β first step towards fascism: to dehumanise, deskill, defund, and, ultimately, fire the academics.
Very excited for this to finally be published!! As someone who will soon graduate with a PhD in Environmental Intelligence (EI), it has always been difficult to explain what EI is. Sabina's new paper answers these questions and provides a roadmap for future EI research πΏππ©π»βπ» π¦ π
Just out / 1: βmethods in philosophy of scienceβ, #OA heroically assembled by Adrian Currie & Sophie Veigl. Comments welcome on mine & @Rachel Ankenyβs βResearch design for philosophy of science in practiceβ, topic close to our hearts & constant source of questions! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255224...
AI and Fraternity, Abeba Birhane, AI Accountability Lab I envision a future where human dignity, justice, peace, kindness, care, respect, accountability, and rights and freedoms serve as the north stars that guide AI development and use. Realising these ideals canβt happen without intentional tireless work, dialogues, and confrontations of ugly realities β even if they are uncomfortable to deal with. This starts with deciphering hype from reality. Pervasive narratives portray AI as a magical, fully autonomous entity approaching a God-like omnipotence and omniscience. In reality, audits of AI systems reveal a consistent failure to deliver on grandiose promises and suffer from all kinds of shortcomings, issues often swept under the rug. AI in general, and GenAI in particular, encodes and exacerbates historical stereotypes, entrenches harmful societal norms, and amplifies injustice. A robust body of evidence demonstrates that β from hiring, welfare allocation, medical care allocation to anything in between β deployment of AI is widening inequity, disproportionately impacting people at the margins of society and concentrating power and influence in the hands of few. Major actorsβincluding Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and OpenAIβhave willingly aligned with authoritarian regimes and proactively abandoned their pledges to fact-check, prevent misinformation, respect diversity and equity, refrain from using AI for weapons development, while retaliating against critique. The aforementioned vision canβt and wonβt happen without confrontation of these uncomfortable facts. This is precisely why we need active resistance and refusal of unreliable and harmful AI systems; clearly laid out regulation and enforcement; and shepherding of the AI industry towards transparency and accountability of responsible bodies. "Machine agency" must be in service of human agency and empowerment, a coexistence that isn't a continuation of modern tech corporationsβ inequality-widening,
so I am one of the 12 people (including the βgod-fathers of AIβ) that will be at the Vatican this September for a two full-day working group on the Future of AI
here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group
Methods in the Philosophy of Science: A User's Guide is now a real, live book. My chapter offers an appraisal of philosophy of science in its engagement with applied mathematics. With immense gratitude for the vision and execution of @phieveigl.bsky.social and @adrian-currie.bsky.social sky.social.
all microsoft products are shit. my working days would be much more productive if I didn't have to use them
Should we expect AI to be explainable?
Read the new Ethical Data Blog post by Laura Gorrieri, EDI Affiliate from the University of Turin. A thought-provoking read for anyone interested in the ethical implications of AI.
π ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/06/04/s...
Congrats πππ₯³
A digital scan of the first page of a journal article titled βShould Public Communication of Vaccination Rates Assume Rationality, Normativity or Reasonableness? Insights from Three Preregistered Experiments.β The title is in bold black text. Authors are Aleksandra LaziΔ and Iris Ε½eΕΎelj, affiliated with the University of Belgrade β Faculty of Philosophy. The article is published in Psychological Reports (2025, Vol. 0(0), pages 1β26). A Creative Commons license and DOI link are included.
Violin Plot Comparing Vaccination Intention by Message Type (Figure 1)
Four Violin Plots Comparing Vaccination Intention Pre- and Post-Message Intervention (Figure 2)
Just published: my 3rd & final PhD paper! (with @iriszez.bsky.social)
π§ͺπ’ How should we talk about vaccination rates?
Assuming rationality, normativity, or reasonableness leads to very different outcomes.
Findings from 3 experiments:
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#PsychSky #AcademicSky #Psychology
I recently wrote a blog post for the @edinitiative.bsky.social summarising the EDI's first town hall! The blog post covers all of the talks and activities from the day!
Check it out on the EDI website: ethicaldatainitiative.org/2025/05/02/s...
βis my calculator horny?β our tech columnist asks. βi entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised meβ
He could, for instance, have written about any number of topics. Here are some ideas for free.
1. What cults are the Anthropic crew in, and what is the ideological ancestry of these cults? (We've done the work for him here, hint hint, its eugenics: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...).
So, covid.gov now redirects to, uh, this... www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...
This was interesting! As I understand it the claim is: in the UK the only research at scale is done by big universities. This meant the ATI was immediately captured by a clique thereof, who just wanted to use it to shuffle government money back to themselves...
www.chalmermagne.com/p/how-not-to...
The only thing spurs can defend is their decade long run without a trophy π
β‘οΈ Find our work thus far on www.dair-institute.org/tigray-genoc....
β‘οΈ More importantly, we have a statement describing the unbridled war mongering currently spreading on ALL social media platforms, setting the stage for all out war between Ethiopia & Eritrea:
www.dair-institute.org/blog/tigray-...
I have long complained about gemini overview being embedded, non-optionally, in web search. However, I wish to revise my opinion. I think it can, in fact, serve a function, namely, as evidence of the extent to which folk knowledge of a given subject is confused or contradictory.
