Benoit Dillet
@benoitdillet.bsky.social
Researching technology and political theory, Senior Lecturer @UniBath
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'The shame of the world in ordinary climate politics'.
New article by @benoitdillet.bsky.social.
Beyond responsibility and guilt, shame’s political force lies with its affirmation of the dignity and worthiness of what we have already lost.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
New article by @benoitdillet.bsky.social.
Beyond responsibility and guilt, shame’s political force lies with its affirmation of the dignity and worthiness of what we have already lost.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
While the global elites are busy ignoring climate change, there is a shared sense of shame at the state of our damaged planet. See below my new article (open access) on this if you’re interested 🌏
Any comments / responses welcome
Any comments / responses welcome
I cannot wait for this beauty to come out in the new few weeks 🔥🔥 I am really proud of all the work that has gone into this small book. I enjoyed collaborating with @drsophiah.bsky.social and witnessing the synergy we produced www.cambridge.org/core/element...
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I cannot wait for this beauty to come out in the new few weeks 🔥🔥 I am really proud of all the work that has gone into this small book. I enjoyed collaborating with @drsophiah.bsky.social and witnessing the synergy we produced www.cambridge.org/core/element...
While the global elites are busy ignoring climate change, there is a shared sense of shame at the state of our damaged planet. See below my new article (open access) on this if you’re interested 🌏
Any comments / responses welcome
Any comments / responses welcome
'The shame of the world in ordinary climate politics'.
New article by @benoitdillet.bsky.social.
Beyond responsibility and guilt, shame’s political force lies with its affirmation of the dignity and worthiness of what we have already lost.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
New article by @benoitdillet.bsky.social.
Beyond responsibility and guilt, shame’s political force lies with its affirmation of the dignity and worthiness of what we have already lost.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
July 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
While the global elites are busy ignoring climate change, there is a shared sense of shame at the state of our damaged planet. See below my new article (open access) on this if you’re interested 🌏
Any comments / responses welcome
Any comments / responses welcome
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Is Starmer’s Labour far right?
This question sounds absurd, but today, it is not only necessary but urgent to ask for anyone who still cares about democracy
My thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social
reacpol.net/starmer-far-...
This question sounds absurd, but today, it is not only necessary but urgent to ask for anyone who still cares about democracy
My thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social
reacpol.net/starmer-far-...
Article: Is Starmer's Labour far right? (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon explores whether the Labour government under Starmer can be considered far right
reacpol.net
April 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Is Starmer’s Labour far right?
This question sounds absurd, but today, it is not only necessary but urgent to ask for anyone who still cares about democracy
My thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social
reacpol.net/starmer-far-...
This question sounds absurd, but today, it is not only necessary but urgent to ask for anyone who still cares about democracy
My thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social
reacpol.net/starmer-far-...
“We are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species. The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death.”
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“We are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species. The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death.”
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📢New Blog📢
Our member, @benoitdillet.bsky.social, discusses the rise of technofascism and the role of Artificial Intelligence in enabling new forms of tyranny.
reacpol.net/technofascism/
Our member, @benoitdillet.bsky.social, discusses the rise of technofascism and the role of Artificial Intelligence in enabling new forms of tyranny.
reacpol.net/technofascism/
Blog: Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism (Benoit Dillet) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
Blog post by Benoit Dillet, member of the RPRN, first published on the Blog of the American Philosophical Association (APA).
reacpol.net
March 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📢New Blog📢
Our member, @benoitdillet.bsky.social, discusses the rise of technofascism and the role of Artificial Intelligence in enabling new forms of tyranny.
reacpol.net/technofascism/
Our member, @benoitdillet.bsky.social, discusses the rise of technofascism and the role of Artificial Intelligence in enabling new forms of tyranny.
reacpol.net/technofascism/
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“Technofascism seized power by promoting a familiar image of technology rooted in an innovation-centric history—that is, predominantly white, male and wealthy.” Republished by the Greek collective Void Network voidnetwork.gr/2025/03/11/t...
Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism | Void Network
Why call this mode of governing technofascism? Fascists have swapped their black boots and black shirts for keyboards, but their misogyny and their aggressive culture persist.
voidnetwork.gr
March 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“Technofascism seized power by promoting a familiar image of technology rooted in an innovation-centric history—that is, predominantly white, male and wealthy.” Republished by the Greek collective Void Network voidnetwork.gr/2025/03/11/t...
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at this stage, there's a robust body of work exposing the unreliability and limitations of llms but what will it take for governments, businesses, and other large institutions to rid critical social infrastructure off llms
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
at this stage, there's a robust body of work exposing the unreliability and limitations of llms but what will it take for governments, businesses, and other large institutions to rid critical social infrastructure off llms
“Technofascism seized power by promoting a familiar image of technology rooted in an innovation-centric history—that is, predominantly white, male and wealthy.” Republished by the Greek collective Void Network voidnetwork.gr/2025/03/11/t...
Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism | Void Network
Why call this mode of governing technofascism? Fascists have swapped their black boots and black shirts for keyboards, but their misogyny and their aggressive culture persist.
voidnetwork.gr
March 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“Technofascism seized power by promoting a familiar image of technology rooted in an innovation-centric history—that is, predominantly white, male and wealthy.” Republished by the Greek collective Void Network voidnetwork.gr/2025/03/11/t...
Reposted by Benoit Dillet
I wrote a short article on technofascism and the importance of naming our present conjuncture: blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/10/t...
Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism
Technologies produce disorientation Since the release of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 and the extraordinary AI hype that has followed in the last two years, we have witnessed a repositioning of Big Te...
blog.apaonline.org
March 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wrote a short article on technofascism and the importance of naming our present conjuncture: blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/10/t...
I wrote a short article on technofascism and the importance of naming our present conjuncture: blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/10/t...
Technofascism and the AI Stage of Late Capitalism
Technologies produce disorientation Since the release of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 and the extraordinary AI hype that has followed in the last two years, we have witnessed a repositioning of Big Te...
blog.apaonline.org
March 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wrote a short article on technofascism and the importance of naming our present conjuncture: blog.apaonline.org/2025/03/10/t...
Reposted by Benoit Dillet
“The US of AI,” public draft of a talk given yesterday at Princeton.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
February 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“The US of AI,” public draft of a talk given yesterday at Princeton.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
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"The daily press and the telegraph, which in a moment spreads inventions over the whole earth, fabricate more myths (and the bourgeois cattle believe and enlarge upon them) in one day than could have formerly been done in a century" Karl Marx 1871
January 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The daily press and the telegraph, which in a moment spreads inventions over the whole earth, fabricate more myths (and the bourgeois cattle believe and enlarge upon them) in one day than could have formerly been done in a century" Karl Marx 1871
Excellent essay by R. H. Lossin on our contemporary culture/aesthetics of technofascism www.e-flux.com/criticism/65...
January 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Excellent essay by R. H. Lossin on our contemporary culture/aesthetics of technofascism www.e-flux.com/criticism/65...
This is hilarious and frightening too… the tech oligarchs will now cry to ask for more money from the US state
January 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This is hilarious and frightening too… the tech oligarchs will now cry to ask for more money from the US state
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For @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about how Silicon Valley’s right-wing politics go back to the dotcom mania of the 1990s — and how they’re far more central to the tech industry than we’ve previously thought
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley
The industry’s liberal reputation is misleading. Its reactionary tendencies – celebrating wealth, power and traditional masculinity – have been clear since the dotcom mania of the 1990s
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
For @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about how Silicon Valley’s right-wing politics go back to the dotcom mania of the 1990s — and how they’re far more central to the tech industry than we’ve previously thought
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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"Petite ferme", détournement du célèbre rap "Petit frère" d'I AM par la @confpaysanne.bsky.social
Ici on aime bien. Et vous ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKr...
Ici on aime bien. Et vous ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKr...
Petite ferme !
YouTube video by Confédération paysanne
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Petite ferme", détournement du célèbre rap "Petit frère" d'I AM par la @confpaysanne.bsky.social
Ici on aime bien. Et vous ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKr...
Ici on aime bien. Et vous ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKr...
Reposted by Benoit Dillet
This is incredibly worrying & dangerous. Looks like a clear indication of how large social media platforms are now actively becoming a part of an #authoritarian shift in US politics & beyond.
Also for the international crowd: #Instagram censors “Democrat” as a search term, while allowing “Republican” and seems to prioritize anti-leftwing content in search queries for alternative search terms. #DSA
January 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is incredibly worrying & dangerous. Looks like a clear indication of how large social media platforms are now actively becoming a part of an #authoritarian shift in US politics & beyond.
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“About 30.6 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making through the prior authorization processes in private health insurance.”
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
Inescapable AI — TechTonic Justice
www.techtonicjustice.org
January 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“About 30.6 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making through the prior authorization processes in private health insurance.”
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
“Musk has seemingly become the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product” - except he re-designed the political affordances of Twitter, it is not accidental but deliberate. He’s a troll that managed to escape the confines of Twitter on.ft.com/40mRyAq
How a handful of X accounts took Elon Musk ‘down the rabbit hole’ on UK politics
Tech billionaire’s posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue
on.ft.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Musk has seemingly become the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product” - except he re-designed the political affordances of Twitter, it is not accidental but deliberate. He’s a troll that managed to escape the confines of Twitter on.ft.com/40mRyAq
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Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France
A few thoughts on mainstreaming and the need to look beyond the Le Pen if we are to understand and address the resurgence of reactionary politics
theconversation.com/jean-marie-l...
A few thoughts on mainstreaming and the need to look beyond the Le Pen if we are to understand and address the resurgence of reactionary politics
theconversation.com/jean-marie-l...
Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his extremist far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France
The former leader of the National Front has died, aged 96.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France
A few thoughts on mainstreaming and the need to look beyond the Le Pen if we are to understand and address the resurgence of reactionary politics
theconversation.com/jean-marie-l...
A few thoughts on mainstreaming and the need to look beyond the Le Pen if we are to understand and address the resurgence of reactionary politics
theconversation.com/jean-marie-l...
I can’t recommend this research visualisation resource enough!
In case you havenʼt seen it yet, this website is such a great resource for all of us researchers and teachers working on and discussing technology and society:
Calculating Empires – A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
calculatingempires.net
Calculating Empires – A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
calculatingempires.net
Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.
calculatingempires.net
December 13, 2024 at 1:54 PM
I can’t recommend this research visualisation resource enough!