When you can't say the real answer: "Actually 'AI' is just an ideological fantasy we billionaires use to make ourselves richer at the expense of people we've tricked into believing it'll make them richer too." #NihilismAndTechnology

I guess this was the closest you could get to Jewish...?

condescending much

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

Robert Wiene + Tim Burton + Danny Elfman + David Lynch + David Cronenberg + Ken Russell =

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Introducing my son to hopping vampires...

UT Philosophy Professor Ciano Aydin delivering his lecture "Engineering Desire" yesterday on AI and Lacan. If you missed it you can read his new book on the topic soon, or read his most recent article on the topic here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In case you were wondering what you learn as a PSTS Master's student:

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

Not bad. But even better would be: "The use of AI is prohibited."

The citizens of Festus, Missouri, population approximately 14,000, just voted out every single city council member who secretly approved a gigantic data center. A recall petition is also being circulated to remove the mayor and council members who were not on the ballot.

Found this today in our @utwentepsts.bsky.social students' office...

Really nice review of my @mitpress.bsky.social Nihilism book by @mariesnyder.bsky.social on 3 Quarks Daily... 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...

Today's lecture...

University of Twente Philosophy Lectures 2025-2026 21 May 2026, 15:45-17:30, RA3237 Ciano Aydin Full Professor of Philosophy of Technology, University of Twente "Engineering Desire" www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

Taxi Driver 2 here we come...

In my best Boston accent, "GLASSHOLES ARE BACK!" #NihilismAndTechnology

Students booed AI hucksters at University of Arizona, University of Central Florida and now Middle Tennessee State University too. For all the media obsession over Fair Harvard, these schools are much more typical of the college experience, so maybe we could get a Big NYT Thinkpiece on this?

Oh fuck the hallucinated @karaswisher.bsky.social quote is just a bullshit smoothie made from my book

My son demanded we catch up on Eurovision and now I'm very confused why UK didn't win... youtu.be/xnls0LHAJLg?...

Weird how people react poorly when you tell them your product is going to ruin their livelihood, their future, and the planet.

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The weird thing about AI though is that it's the youngest who are most skeptical. Take a look at this new NYTimes/Siena polling. AI is mostly bad: 18-29: 47% 30-44: 43% 45-64: 32% 65+: 24% Just 17% of Americans 18-29 say AI is mostly good.

Teaching in Delft today...

Holy moly this has been bugging me for weeks because I couldn't place Altman and yup. Nailed it. The resemblance is way deeper than mere appearance.

best trend of 2026. boo all these fuckers.

Tech companies steal information to train AI and then steal water to run AI. There is no "ethical AI"... #NihilismAndTechnology

Very proud to live in a city where the local children's theater is putting on a production called "The Threat of ChatGPT"... www.theatermakerij.nl/product/de-d...

I’ve been saying it for years!!!!!

So much going on here but my favorite parts are that Scotland "Wants Independence" but Wales doesn't exist, Lithuanians are suicidal --how the fuck did *that* stereotype starts? How do you get a reputation for that?-- but Finns being known for speaking good English is just 🤌💋🖐️.

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How China sees Europe, from Fredric Jameson's "Allegory and Ideology"...

LOL this is a masterclass in AI writing. At the same though, this guy does have a good point about my first book not being read by enough people (including of course this guy)...

I suddenly have an idea for a remake...

Current mood:

Son: "Knock knock." Me: "Who's there?" Son: "Euripides." Me: "Euripides who?" Son: "Euripides pants and now I can see your butt!"

It's always great to be cited. But it's way more fun to have someone make a dance performance based on your work...

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Today's lecture...

"the performance builds a path between body and screen, between will and system, between being and functioning, passing through the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Nolen Gertz and Albert Borgmann." www.iabilet.ro/bilete-timis...

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

To be fair, Trump doesn't think about anything...

Whups. “In one recent NBC poll, AI’s net negative rating ranked below ICE, the disliked immigration enforcement agency.”

New article published in AI and Ethics journal by UT Philosophy PhD candidate Siri Beerends, and UT Philosophy professors Nolen Gertz and Ciano Aydin on the question of how AI, rather than becoming more human-like, is leading to humanity becoming more machine-like: