Ik deel vandaag in De Standaard een kritische blik op de sociale media ban voor -16 jarigen in Australië. We beschrijven sociale media als de 'ziekte' van de samenleving. We maken van sociale media zo een medisch risico, wat het politieke debat verdooft. www.standaard.be/opinies/verb...

Vandaag verscheen mijn opiniestuk in @demorgen.be. In het stuk reageer ik op Vlaams minister van Media Cieltje Van Achters analyse van sociale media als de “nieuwe verzuiling”. Ik betoog dat deze metafoor te eenvoudig is. www.demorgen.be/meningen/de-...

For those students interested in both philosophy and digital transformation, we now have a BA at Tilburg University that combines philosophy with basic training in computer science and a focus on philosophy of technology. Cool stuff if you ask me. www.tilburguniversity.edu/nl/onderwijs...

⏭️ For the next 3 years, you'll find me at Tilburg University as postdoctoral researcher & lecturer! I’ll be working on the NWO-funded STEADFAST project, studying the ethics of drone swarms in search-and-rescue and military operations. Please reach out if you're interested!

#CfP in the Topical Collection of the Journal of Human-Technology Relations on "The role of #technology in maintaining daily life in times of #war," ed. by Galit Wellner & myself. Spread the word: journals.open.tudelft.nl/jhtr/announc... @anthonylongo.bsky.social @ppverbeek.bsky.social

🔍 How do we experience social media algorithms? Is there such a thing? My latest article in Minds and Machines challenges the black box metaphor and uses phenomenology to rethink algorithms. Happy to discuss! 📖 Read here: rdcu.be/ecjqm

🎉 New article out in AI & Society! 🔍 My article challenges the idea that algorithms replace human judgment. Instead, they mediate the human-world relations in which judgments and self-reflection arise. 💬 Happy to discuss! Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Working on Arendt & technology? Here’s a conference that’s just for you! 👉🏻 Find the Call for Abstracts here. Deadline 28 March. ethu.research.vub.be/cfa-coming-t... @uantwerpen.be

"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search" This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!! www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

This is maddening if you use MS word to write books. Opt out to stop them using your writing to train A.I. Please share.