The new normal:

In the Transhumanist Anthropocene, the human has become a project to be perfected. doi.org/10.1177/2053...

In the Transhumanist Anthropocene, the human has become a project to be perfected. doi.org/10.1177/2053...

"AI harm is not accidental but systemic and extractive. We call for rejecting AI inevitability and advancing community-led responses that disrupt algorithmic settler colonialism and reimagine intelligence beyond domination,” write Bronwyn Carlson and Tamika Worrell.

The Anthropocene has always been about what humans do to Earth. Now this is different: The direction of human action and the effects on human inhabitants are changing. Human action is turning toward human biology and cognition. doi.org/10.1177/2053...

🌍 The Anthropocene is changing! 
New paper where we introduce the "Transhumanist Anthropocene”. Human action is now turning not just to Earth's systems, but to the biological and cognitive constitution of the human itself. More to come in the next days.

To the paper 👇 doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Degrowth and ecocentrism are becoming structurally unimaginable. The Transhumanist Anthropocene locks the imagination onto technological solutions or eventually leaving the planet. This reflects the institutional grip of venture capital, big tech, and AI. doi.org/10.1177/2053...

The transhumanist faith in technology has critical implications on the climate. If superintelligence or geoengineering will solve the problem, the transformations required now become less pressing. This logic can already be found in the IPCC's own mitigation pathways. doi.org/10.1177/2053...

The Transhumanist Anthropocene: The moment human action turned from Earth's systems toward human biology. The paper is Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Paul Schütze (@paulschuetze.bsky.social) and Michael Latzer have just published a paper characterising the "Transhumanist Anthropocene". What happens when Transhumanism collides with the Anthropocene? What versions of the future might this leave us with? doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Science against Fascism: If you are in Osnabrück, join our working group in the film screening „Ghost in the Machine" (in English!), Thu. 04. June, 7pm, Room 15/E10

Eine Ministerin einer Regierung, die eine Mehrheit im Parlament hat, sagt es gäbe keine „politische Mehrheit“ für eine Maßnahme die im Koalitionsvertrag dieser Regierung steht. Das muss dieses quiet quitting sein…

„Science against Fascism“ This week in Germany there will be nation wide actions at universities to highlight academia‘s responsibility against the rise of authoritarian politics and fascism. #ScienceAgainstFascism #WissenschaftGegenFaschismus

We in the „Ethics and Critical Theories of AI“ group are joining this week. #WissenschaftGegenFaschismus For example, Rainer Mühlhoff will talk about „Fascism and AI“ 👇 DM me if you want to know more. bsky.app/profile/ecta... bsky.app/profile/rain...

🌍 The Anthropocene is changing! 
New paper where we introduce the "Transhumanist Anthropocene”. Human action is now turning not just to Earth's systems, but to the biological and cognitive constitution of the human itself. More to come in the next days.

To the paper 👇 doi.org/10.1177/2053...

As part of the event week Science Against Fascism (@wigefa.bsky.social), we invite you to a screening of the documentary Ghost in the Machine by Valerie Veatch (@ghostdoc2026.bsky.social). 📅 Thursday, June 4 | 7:00–9:00 PM 🚩 Universität Osnabrück, Building 15 (EW)

We in the „Ethics and Critical Theories of AI“ group are joining this week. #WissenschaftGegenFaschismus For example, Rainer Mühlhoff will talk about „Fascism and AI“ 👇 DM me if you want to know more. bsky.app/profile/ecta... bsky.app/profile/rain...

„Science against Fascism“ This week in Germany there will be nation wide actions at universities to highlight academia‘s responsibility against the rise of authoritarian politics and fascism. #ScienceAgainstFascism #WissenschaftGegenFaschismus

Sind wir zu müde? Wo bleibt der Aufschrei, der mindestens eine komplette PostDoc-Generation automatisiert verschrotten würde? Dieser "Reform"-Vorschlag ist ein backlash der seinesgleichen sucht und benötigt viel mehr Aufschrei. & leider merkt man dabei, wie schlecht Bluesky funktioniert. #WissZeitVG

Das WissZeitVG ist nicht reformierbar. Weg damit! Wir brauchen kein Sonderbefristungsrecht in der Wissenschaft.

Was @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & ich vom Referentenentwurf fürs #WissZeitVG halten. Spoiler: Überhaupt nichts. #IchBinHanna

Can we all agree that Green Capitalism is over?

Am Samstag gibt es in vielen Orten Proteste für ein AfD-Verbot. Ab dem 1. Juni beginnen Aktionstage Wissenschaft gegen Faschismus. Ich hab mal das wichtigste zu den Aktionen aufgeschrieben. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1199...

Why are we not more worried about AMOC? Where are the talkshows, the continued headlines?

🚅 Currently on my way to the Theater Festival in Darmstadt. Where tomorrow (16.05., 14h), I will discuss "AI vs. the climate - Solution or Illusion". Join us if you are there! And do reach out if you want to discuss the topic of AI & climate further.

We've lost 15% of the Amazon rainforest. If we lose >7% more, it could suffer mass dieback at >1.5°C warming, which we'll likely reach by 2030 www.newscientist.com/article/2525...

This paper of mine was lost for a whole year in the limbo of AI&Society, waiting for reviews that never came. Then it took another year to be published after receiving a minor revision request. It would make me very happy if it found readers: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

Dominant "responsible AI use" narratives do the above, by the way, in their narratives of "Environmental Impact", which largely focus on abstract figures & comparisons, obscuring crucial contexts (colonial violence, climate crisis). See, e.g., @paulschuetze.bsky.social "The Impacts of AI Futurism"

Paul Schütze's (@paulschuetze.bsky.social) "The Impacts of AI Futurism" (article is not paywalled): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"We're almost certainly underpredicting how fast sea levels will rise" - @edoddridge.bsky.social #ClimateEmergency #FasterThanExpected

don't get me wrong I too think carpooling is a good idea but...

Although AI consumes a lot of water and energy, its biggest environmental impact is that it reproduces values that got us into the climate crisis in the first place: extraction, productivity, and efficiency. I spoke to @paulschuetze.bsky.social about his research on this!

📌Save the date!  We are organizing a symposium on "AI & Democracy" (in German). We will critically discuss the effects of AI on democratic ideals. 📆 When & Where  01. October 2026 (9–16h), Berlin in cooperation with the Einstein Center Digital Future. Funded by the BMFTR. @ectaiuos.bsky.social

We talk a lot about how much resources AI consumes. But this neglects a deeper problem. Even perfectly efficient AI would still reproduce the climate crisis. I spoke to @jackmcgovan.bsky.social about this. 🔗Find the piece here: www.sower.world/ai-resource-...

We talk a lot about how much resources AI consumes. But this neglects a deeper problem. Even perfectly efficient AI would still reproduce the climate crisis. I spoke to @jackmcgovan.bsky.social about this. 🔗Find the piece here: www.sower.world/ai-resource-...

📌Save the date!  We are organizing a symposium on "AI & Democracy" (in German). We will critically discuss the effects of AI on democratic ideals. 📆 When & Where  01. October 2026 (9–16h), Berlin in cooperation with the Einstein Center Digital Future. Funded by the BMFTR. @ectaiuos.bsky.social

📢 New Publication 🎉 We are excited that our latest article has just been published with Wiley @futurehumanities.bsky.social: “When the Future Feels Foreclosed: AI Resignation and the Power to Act” 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

an ad for the manosphere!

Heute ist Internationaler Feministischer Kampftag! Einer Gruppe Sozialistinnen um Clara Zetkin ist es zu verdanken, dass am 8. März überall auf der Welt der Internationale Feministische Kampftag gefeiert wird.

AI is not just burning the planet. It is upholding a world in which climate action becomes impossible. Climate apathy is not a political failure. It is the result of an AI-driven social order. It is not a bug, but a feature. Find a very short version of this here: kingsdh.net/2026/02/27/a...

AI is not just burning the planet. It is upholding a world in which climate action becomes impossible. Climate apathy is not a political failure. It is the result of an AI-driven social order. It is not a bug, but a feature. Find a very short version of this here: kingsdh.net/2026/02/27/a...

Ben and I have a message for the Germans.

Currently @ @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social as Visiting Research Fellow. Working in new spaces & seeing what ideas emerge where the PhD thesis used to be. Thanks Sebastián Lehuedé for hosting. If you're around King's and want to talk political economy, critical theory, climate/AI please reach out!

🎉 Exciting news: I submitted my dissertation start of January. Title: "AI and the Climate Crisis - A Social Critique" I argue that AI's real climate damage isn't resource use. AI restructures the way we relate to each other and the world. It makes our extractive order feel natural & inevitable.

i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts

Ich freue mich sehr, Teil des neuen Projekts „KI und Demokratie: Rechtsstaat, Teilhabe, Nachhaltigkeit“ @ectaiuos.bsky.social zu sein. Mit dem Projekt schauen wir kritisch auf KI, Big Tech und ihre Auswirkungen auf Demokratie. rainermuehlhoff.de/BMFTR-Projek...