João Fonseca

Opinion | Tech Companies Have Created a Loneliness Doom Loop

Tech Companies Have Created a Loneliness Doom Loop www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o... #technology #ethics #AI

Meme about The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here… 1

#booksky #PhilSci #PhilTech #PhilHist #PhilMind #PhilSky #Memes #Kafka

Thank you to Clara Zetkin, philosopher and activist, for founding International Women's Day! Celebrating the day today with gratitude for her vision.
#philsky #19C #womenshistorymonth #internationalwomensday

folks staring at their phones and marching into a swastika-shaped hole

Meanwhile, over in the non-Bluesky world...

Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Idea You can find The World as Will and Idea here https://amzn.to/3Pr7h8G This is the official YouTube channel of Dr. Michael Sugrue. Please consider subscribing to be notified of future videos, as we upload Dr. Sugrue's vast archive of lectures. Dr. Michael Sugrue earned his BA at the University of C

Whilst short for such #complex #philosophy, these lectures are pleasant to consume. www.youtube.com/watc... #Schopenhauer #Existentialism #Nilihism

AI is getting better at sounding human – but at what cost?

In our upcoming Mini Philosophy interview, Jonathan Birch (@birchlse.bsky.social‬) explores the double-edged nature of emotional AI.

This is madness. “For more than 300 years we have had a gold-plated copyright regime but now tech companies and government are saying it is unclear,” said Kidron. “Actually, it’s not unclear. Tech firms have come in, taken all copyrighted material, said ‘whoops it’s unclear’. But it is not unclear.”

Trump cancelled #AIethics in the US. He rescinded Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence). Very depressing. H/t @garymarcus.bsky.social

Does AI need a reality check? An interview with Gary Marcus Our podcast on science and technology. Modern AI’s most energetic critic outlines his hopes for the technology in 2025

"Many people are going to declare victory. They are going to say that AGI has been reached, and that's nonsense."

@GaryMarcus.bsky.social joined the @economist.com Babbage podcast to discuss what to expect in 2025.

COMMENTARY by Ulises A. Mejias: The Core of Gen-AI is Incompatible with Academic Integrity - Future U By encouraging GenAI, we are directly undermining the principles we have been trying to instill in our students. Many years ago, I had a student whose written assignments were very hard to decipher. T...

“Instead of focusing on the end product we need to focus on the social relationship between the plagiarizer and the source content. Plagiarizers take someone else’s content and try to pass it on as their own. That is exactly what these companies are doing” #AIEthics futureu.education/higher-ed/co...

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.

GenAI's Gappiness Meaning, Authorship and Credit Blame Asymmetry-14Nov2024 YouTube video by GenAI Gurus

Video recording of a talk I gave last month to the non-profit organization "GenAI Gurus": "Generative AI's Gappiness: Meaning, Authorship, and the Credit-Blame Asymmetry":
youtu.be/URG6nkMygHo?... #aiethics #philosophy #genai

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI will 'shape' identity and that 'normal people' are not ready for it Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in the future AI could be a child's best friend, shaping their identity and worldview.

"None of us thought, when we invented social media, that we would become a threat to democracy." Not a great excuse. 1. It could've been designed better, with #AIEthics and #privacy in mind. 2. We could've improved it years ago, after learning from experience
www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt...

We prefer to be alive, but if life is sustained only on the extent of its longevity, it may not be the most important thing

Why try Bluesky infographic

I don’t know who made this graphic but it’s pretty good.

Postgrad funding, especially for masters, is scarce. We are trying to maximise its availability and reach. Follow this link for info on a new HPS Futures Studentship for Widening Participation in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine. Deadline Dec 3rd, tell your students! #philsci #histsci

Here’s the beginnings of a starter pack of philosophers who work on topics in love, intimacy, and relationships. go.bsky.app/AjUr2VS please let me know who else to add!

Poster for Master Open Days: MSc Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Society. November 21st, 14:30-19:45. University of Twente. - Background: Fancy lit image of a woman in a back shirt using a cybernetic hand. Her finger is pointing at you!

Please send us your bright and curious BA students! The international two #MSc programme is a unique opportunity to dig deep into various disciplines and fields to study the interplay between #science, #technology, and #society ! Sign up here: www.utwente.nl/en/education... #PhilTech #PhilSci #STS

Visiting fellowship in the Ethics of AI at University of Oxford:
#academicsky
www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...

This looks fantastic!
"In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern."
#STS #PhilTech #AIEthics

The power to question and generate curiosity

“In 1923, Sir Francis Walshe, a British neurologist, noticed something interesting while testing the reflexes of patients who were paralyzed on one side of their bodies. When they yawned, they would spontaneously recovered their motor functions."

“But in contrast to what neo-Stoic, post-Protestant, and neoliberal culture tries to tell us, it’s not just our fault if we fail. (...). We should also pay attention to the social and cultural environment that turns us into self-obsessed and eternally unhappy self..."—Mark Coeckelbergh #philsky

Embark on a voyage of thought and creativity. Where boundless skies ignite liberated minds. #Philsky #InspiredMinds