Andreas Bischof
@andreasbischof.bsky.social
Sociologist with interest in Technology & Culture. Here for critical content on digital tech and data in people’s lifeworlds. Oh, and fun.
Website: https://andreasbischof.net
Current projects: https://mytuc.org/pwsh
Writings: https://mytuc.org/ppwn
Website: https://andreasbischof.net
Current projects: https://mytuc.org/pwsh
Writings: https://mytuc.org/ppwn
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Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities
Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...
cm.asiae.co.kr
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
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Virtually every digital technology of this century has been designed to feed and flatter the worst parts of yourself
Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.
Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence
Both the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat...
arxiv.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Virtually every digital technology of this century has been designed to feed and flatter the worst parts of yourself
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"[My job as Juniorprofessorin] was created in 2021 after attempts at closing the Department [...] failed. Its purpose was to stabilise the department’s situation and ideally to develop a plan for the future. But to this day, we don’t know if we will even have a future." #IchBinHanna
My blog post with the ADAM network has now been published. It's about precarity, the future of small subjects, and communal approaches to academic work. I hope it will resonate with some. #IchBinHanna #KleineFaecher #SkandiRetten
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...
Hard Times and Trial Approaches: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies Between Precarity and the Future
Dr Rebecca Merkelbach reflects on her keynote speech at the most recent Saga Conference. Held every three years, Saga Con is the most important meeting of Old Norse scholars, bringing together acad…
difficultmedieval.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"[My job as Juniorprofessorin] was created in 2021 after attempts at closing the Department [...] failed. Its purpose was to stabilise the department’s situation and ideally to develop a plan for the future. But to this day, we don’t know if we will even have a future." #IchBinHanna
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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To begin reclaiming control of its future, Europe must chart a path toward digital sovereignty, argues Johnny Ryan, Director of Enforce at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. He says there are three key levers to achieve this: politics, policing, and procurement.
Europe Isn’t Weak—It Just Pretends To Be. Here’s How to Fix That. | TechPolicy.Press
Europe must reclaim digital sovereignty through three levers: politics, policing, and procurement, writes Johnny Ryan.
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
To begin reclaiming control of its future, Europe must chart a path toward digital sovereignty, argues Johnny Ryan, Director of Enforce at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. He says there are three key levers to achieve this: politics, policing, and procurement.
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Holy shit.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
Ronald Reagan narrates a new anti-tariff ad from Canada
The new commercial is part of a $75 million ad campaign by Ontario aimed at Republican voters.
www.fastcompany.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Holy shit.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
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Blah Blah Blah... apparently increases AI accuracy medium.com/the-generato...
The words “blah blah blah” increase AI accuracy
Who needs Chain of Thought when “blah blah blah” works?
medium.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Blah Blah Blah... apparently increases AI accuracy medium.com/the-generato...
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Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Reminder of why the intersection of science defunding, elite dislocation, and AI-as-solve-it-all will possibly kill the research base as we know it:
pardoguerra.org/2025/07/15/e...
pardoguerra.org/2025/07/15/e...
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Reminder of why the intersection of science defunding, elite dislocation, and AI-as-solve-it-all will possibly kill the research base as we know it:
pardoguerra.org/2025/07/15/e...
pardoguerra.org/2025/07/15/e...
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This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
S5 E11 - Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 19/10/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
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Generating a 5 second video is the energy equivalent of running a microwave for an HOUR
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Generating a 5 second video is the energy equivalent of running a microwave for an HOUR
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So this came out a year ago 🕸️. Yet, it is still around - both as a printed book and in digital #openaccess! 👉 doi.org/10.7551/mitp.... We just had a great author meets critics session on it at #shot2025 with @modomodo.bsky.social, Elizabeth Petrick, @ccmmody.bsky.social & Thomas Haigh. #histsci 📚💙
Coming up on October 15 @mitpress.bsky.social: My book THE CONNECTIVITY OF THINGS: NETWORK CULTURES SINCE 1832 is finally making its way over the Atlantic. Be in touch if you'd like a review copy! There might be occasional posts about this 😀.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255074... #histsci #history 📚💙
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255074... #histsci #history 📚💙
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So this came out a year ago 🕸️. Yet, it is still around - both as a printed book and in digital #openaccess! 👉 doi.org/10.7551/mitp.... We just had a great author meets critics session on it at #shot2025 with @modomodo.bsky.social, Elizabeth Petrick, @ccmmody.bsky.social & Thomas Haigh. #histsci 📚💙
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Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.
October 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.
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CfP: Soziologie im Zeitalter generativer KI – Forschung über und mit KI. Beiträge (theoretisch, methodologisch, empirisch) bis 30.11.2025. Mehr Infos & Einreichung: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@berlinerjournal.bsky.social #CfP #Soziologie #KI #LLMs
@berlinerjournal.bsky.social #CfP #Soziologie #KI #LLMs
Call for Papers – Soziologie im Zeitalter generativer künstlicher Intelligenz (KI): Forschung über und mit KI
Das Themenheft des Berliner Journals für Soziologie „Soziologie im Zeitalter generativer KI: Forschung über und mit KI“ lädt theoretische, methodologische und empirische Beiträge ein, die generative K...
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
CfP: Soziologie im Zeitalter generativer KI – Forschung über und mit KI. Beiträge (theoretisch, methodologisch, empirisch) bis 30.11.2025. Mehr Infos & Einreichung: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@berlinerjournal.bsky.social #CfP #Soziologie #KI #LLMs
@berlinerjournal.bsky.social #CfP #Soziologie #KI #LLMs
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„Sie wünschen sich keine Zukunft, die anders ist, sondern eine, die man berechnen und beherrschen kann. Sie wollen die Gesellschaft nicht verändern, sondern nur Individuen optimieren. Sie kolonisieren die Weite offener Möglichkeitsräume mit den Bauplänen des Bestehenden.“
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Musk, Thiel, Altman: Fortschrittsentwürfe von gestern
Marskolonien, fliegende Autos, ewiges Leben: Die futuristisch klingenden Projekte von Musk, Thiel oder Altman sind nur aufgewärmte Fortschrittsentwürfe von gestern. Was ihnen fehlt: die Fähigkeit, die...
www.faz.net
October 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
„Sie wünschen sich keine Zukunft, die anders ist, sondern eine, die man berechnen und beherrschen kann. Sie wollen die Gesellschaft nicht verändern, sondern nur Individuen optimieren. Sie kolonisieren die Weite offener Möglichkeitsräume mit den Bauplänen des Bestehenden.“
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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A key question for the AI industry will be whether energy consumers see data centres as just infrastructure for their digital lives or an unnecessary indulgence for new AI
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A key question for the AI industry will be whether energy consumers see data centres as just infrastructure for their digital lives or an unnecessary indulgence for new AI
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Kontraproduktiv und gefährlich: Der CCC und zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure warnen eindringlich vor drohendem Beschluss zur #Chatkontrolle www.heise.de/news/Deutsch...
Deutsches Ja zu Chatkontrolle? CCC & Co. warnen vor Grundrechtsgefährdung
Vor der entscheidenden Abstimmung im EU-Rat appellieren NGOs an die Bundesregierung, bei ihrem Nein zur Chatkontrolle zu bleiben. Sonst drohe eine Katastrophe.
www.heise.de
October 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Kontraproduktiv und gefährlich: Der CCC und zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure warnen eindringlich vor drohendem Beschluss zur #Chatkontrolle www.heise.de/news/Deutsch...
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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Six years ago, almost to the day, Apple removing a similar app from the Hong Kong App Store was seen as such a breach that Tim Cook wrote an all staff email to defend it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
October 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Six years ago, almost to the day, Apple removing a similar app from the Hong Kong App Store was seen as such a breach that Tim Cook wrote an all staff email to defend it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Wie Small Language Models die KI demokratisieren, @marcelweiss.bsky.social FAZ
F.A.Z. Mehrpersonen-Link. www.faz.net/pro/digitalw...
F.A.Z. Mehrpersonen-Link. www.faz.net/pro/digitalw...
F.A.Z. Apps – Alle Apps der Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
faznet.go.link
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Wie Small Language Models die KI demokratisieren, @marcelweiss.bsky.social FAZ
F.A.Z. Mehrpersonen-Link. www.faz.net/pro/digitalw...
F.A.Z. Mehrpersonen-Link. www.faz.net/pro/digitalw...
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Der Herbst hat Einzug gehalten und färbt an diesem heutigen #Fotofreitag die Blätter der Bäume bunt. Passend dazu das Motiv aus unserem Bildarchiv: eine Künstlersteinzeichnung aus dem Jahr 1902 von Walter Strich-Chapell, gedruckt in Leipzig.
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Der Herbst hat Einzug gehalten und färbt an diesem heutigen #Fotofreitag die Blätter der Bäume bunt. Passend dazu das Motiv aus unserem Bildarchiv: eine Künstlersteinzeichnung aus dem Jahr 1902 von Walter Strich-Chapell, gedruckt in Leipzig.
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Terrence Tao - der wohl bekannteste Mathematiker der Welt - beschreibt (mathstodon.xyz/@tao/115306424727150237), wie er ein LLM aktiv nutzt, um einen per Python-Code zu generierendem konstruktiven Gegenbeweis für eine Vermutung zu finden. 1/3
October 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Terrence Tao - der wohl bekannteste Mathematiker der Welt - beschreibt (mathstodon.xyz/@tao/115306424727150237), wie er ein LLM aktiv nutzt, um einen per Python-Code zu generierendem konstruktiven Gegenbeweis für eine Vermutung zu finden. 1/3
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Ist jetzt nicht überraschend, aber in der Deutlichkeit dann doch bemerkenswert. (aus: on.ft.com/4gP83eW)
October 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Ist jetzt nicht überraschend, aber in der Deutlichkeit dann doch bemerkenswert. (aus: on.ft.com/4gP83eW)
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Zu Beginn des Jahres 2025 erhielt das ISGV einen Teil des Arbeitsnachlasses der bekannten Fotografin Evelyn Richter. Benedikt Eggensberger hat sich die Bilder während seines Praktikums genauer angesehen und seine Gedanken für das #FundstückdesMonats aufgeschrieben:
www.isgv.de/aktuelles/fu...
www.isgv.de/aktuelles/fu...
October 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Zu Beginn des Jahres 2025 erhielt das ISGV einen Teil des Arbeitsnachlasses der bekannten Fotografin Evelyn Richter. Benedikt Eggensberger hat sich die Bilder während seines Praktikums genauer angesehen und seine Gedanken für das #FundstückdesMonats aufgeschrieben:
www.isgv.de/aktuelles/fu...
www.isgv.de/aktuelles/fu...
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Es ist Herbst, die #Ostwochen beginnen (1.10. - 9.11. = Osten als Thema in Medien). Und so diskutiere ich heute Abend in der #Phoenixrunde zu "Enttäuschte Hoffnungen - Wie stehts um die dt. Einheit?"
https://www.phoenix.de/sendungen/gespraeche/phoenix-runde/enttaeuschte-hoffnungen-a-5061482.html
https://www.phoenix.de/sendungen/gespraeche/phoenix-runde/enttaeuschte-hoffnungen-a-5061482.html
October 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Es ist Herbst, die #Ostwochen beginnen (1.10. - 9.11. = Osten als Thema in Medien). Und so diskutiere ich heute Abend in der #Phoenixrunde zu "Enttäuschte Hoffnungen - Wie stehts um die dt. Einheit?"
https://www.phoenix.de/sendungen/gespraeche/phoenix-runde/enttaeuschte-hoffnungen-a-5061482.html
https://www.phoenix.de/sendungen/gespraeche/phoenix-runde/enttaeuschte-hoffnungen-a-5061482.html