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Advancements in neuroscience and neurotechnology raise crucial human rights issues, including brain hacking and privacy breaches. While new rights might seem beneficial, they may not truly enhance protection. aethersymposium.com/issue-3/lega...
February 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Advancements in neuroscience and neurotechnology raise crucial human rights issues, including brain hacking and privacy breaches. While new rights might seem beneficial, they may not truly enhance protection. aethersymposium.com/issue-3/lega...
Our posters come alive with ANALOGUE GIFs—just glide the plastic sheet side to side! We're seeking essays on today's tech era and human identity in modern society. Discover more at: aethersymposium.com/call-for-pap... #TechEra #HumanIdentity
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Our posters come alive with ANALOGUE GIFs—just glide the plastic sheet side to side! We're seeking essays on today's tech era and human identity in modern society. Discover more at: aethersymposium.com/call-for-pap... #TechEra #HumanIdentity
Mensch Technologies has launched a new product: a head device that brings your neural activity online, with LifeOS offering whispered recommendations. What could go right or wrong? Aether invites you to respond to this scenario for potential publication.
LifeOS — Aether Symposium - Journal
Press Release: M.T. releases LifeOS(Beta) to improve decision making by giving you recommendations based on your neural activity - for free.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Mensch Technologies has launched a new product: a head device that brings your neural activity online, with LifeOS offering whispered recommendations. What could go right or wrong? Aether invites you to respond to this scenario for potential publication.
In the winter of 1942, Copenhagen, her AI-plugs™ malfunction, revealing both the work stress and the altered expectations technology brings, alongside the peace found in their absence. A visit to her mother prompts reflection on how tech shapes relationships. #TechReflection #AI
Where the Algorithm Ends by Zoe Cirina - Short Story — Aether Symposium - Journal
1942. It’s winter in Copenhagen. When her AI-plugs™ break and are sent to repair, she both feels the pressure for performing on her job and also for once, can enjoy the silence from her augmented…
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January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
In the winter of 1942, Copenhagen, her AI-plugs™ malfunction, revealing both the work stress and the altered expectations technology brings, alongside the peace found in their absence. A visit to her mother prompts reflection on how tech shapes relationships. #TechReflection #AI
Exploring AI and parasocial dynamics: With AI companions on the rise, relationships with GPTs are evolving, from friendships to romance. This Aether Symposium invites papers on AI's impact on human interaction and tech dependence. Discover potential risks and benefits. #AI #TechFuture
Call for papers on AI and parasocial relationships — Aether Symposium - Journal
The influx of genAI has led to the rise of AI companions and people developing actual relationships with their GPTs, both friendly and romantic. In this way, people are having a kind of parasocial…
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January 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Exploring AI and parasocial dynamics: With AI companions on the rise, relationships with GPTs are evolving, from friendships to romance. This Aether Symposium invites papers on AI's impact on human interaction and tech dependence. Discover potential risks and benefits. #AI #TechFuture
In this article, Jule Brischar points to a significant blind spot in the current field of Existential Risk Studies. Rather than the current focus on tech, she argues for a pluralistic approach to effectively confront global challenges.
Read it here: aethersymposium.com/issue-2/a-ca...
Read it here: aethersymposium.com/issue-2/a-ca...
A Call for Pluralism in Existential Risk Studies — Aether Symposium - Journal
Article on the need for a pluralistic approach to how we regard and deal with existential risk today.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
In this article, Jule Brischar points to a significant blind spot in the current field of Existential Risk Studies. Rather than the current focus on tech, she argues for a pluralistic approach to effectively confront global challenges.
Read it here: aethersymposium.com/issue-2/a-ca...
Read it here: aethersymposium.com/issue-2/a-ca...
At Aether Symposium, we are exploring current discussions around tech, society and humanity. Watch this feed for articles, calls for papers, and more from us.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
At Aether Symposium, we are exploring current discussions around tech, society and humanity. Watch this feed for articles, calls for papers, and more from us.
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