Dominic Lammar
@dominiclammar.bsky.social
Doctoral student at @TUM_STS, Technical University of Munich. Working on responsible science communciation - and what this may mean in the field of AI.
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📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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Die Bundesregierung entscheidet in den nächsten Tagen. Hier gibt es Tipps, was Menschen jetzt sofort tun können, um die #Chatkontrolle noch zu verhindern.
chat-kontrolle.eu/index.php/20...
chat-kontrolle.eu/index.php/20...
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Die Bundesregierung entscheidet in den nächsten Tagen. Hier gibt es Tipps, was Menschen jetzt sofort tun können, um die #Chatkontrolle noch zu verhindern.
chat-kontrolle.eu/index.php/20...
chat-kontrolle.eu/index.php/20...
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Western leaders have appeased Donald Trump since he returned to power, only to be hit with new demands after every concession.
On Tuesday, Trump declared economic war on countries that regulate its tech companies. It’s time for the world to break from the US and aggressively target Silicon Valley.
On Tuesday, Trump declared economic war on countries that regulate its tech companies. It’s time for the world to break from the US and aggressively target Silicon Valley.
World leaders must stop appeasing Donald Trump
Conceding to Trump’s demands only guarantees new threats. It’s time to reject the US and its tech companies.
www.disconnect.blog
August 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Western leaders have appeased Donald Trump since he returned to power, only to be hit with new demands after every concession.
On Tuesday, Trump declared economic war on countries that regulate its tech companies. It’s time for the world to break from the US and aggressively target Silicon Valley.
On Tuesday, Trump declared economic war on countries that regulate its tech companies. It’s time for the world to break from the US and aggressively target Silicon Valley.
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Can we fucking stop with this?
“One of the most unsettling questions of our times”??
Get in the sea. How about you interview the workers these lake boiling slop machines are replacing??? Do you think these PEOPLE suffer at all?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“One of the most unsettling questions of our times”??
Get in the sea. How about you interview the workers these lake boiling slop machines are replacing??? Do you think these PEOPLE suffer at all?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Can we fucking stop with this?
“One of the most unsettling questions of our times”??
Get in the sea. How about you interview the workers these lake boiling slop machines are replacing??? Do you think these PEOPLE suffer at all?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“One of the most unsettling questions of our times”??
Get in the sea. How about you interview the workers these lake boiling slop machines are replacing??? Do you think these PEOPLE suffer at all?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Massive growth in predatory publishing and low-quality journals, interacting with AI-assisted/written articles and peer reviews, will destroy the reliability of the entire scientific enterprise. Just as destructive as Trump defunding and ideological control – maybe more, since broadly international.
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
reeserichardson.blog
August 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Massive growth in predatory publishing and low-quality journals, interacting with AI-assisted/written articles and peer reviews, will destroy the reliability of the entire scientific enterprise. Just as destructive as Trump defunding and ideological control – maybe more, since broadly international.
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„Gendersprache“ bekämpfen ist billiger
really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
August 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
„Gendersprache“ bekämpfen ist billiger
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I've learned so much from Melanie Mitchell's thoughtful columns. During a pivotal period when AI discourse generated more heat than light, her essays provided wise, evidence-based analysis covering remarkable breadth. This compelling column on role-playing's impact on LLM performance is an exemplar.
In my latest (and last!) column for Science’s Expert Voices series, I write about the reasons behind AI chatbots’ “deceptive” behaviors (and why Claude threatened a fictional CEO with blackmail).
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Why AI chatbots lie to us
A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine needed to collect and format some data from a website, and he asked the latest version of Anthropic’s generative AI system, Claude, for help. Claude cheerfully agr...
www.science.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I've learned so much from Melanie Mitchell's thoughtful columns. During a pivotal period when AI discourse generated more heat than light, her essays provided wise, evidence-based analysis covering remarkable breadth. This compelling column on role-playing's impact on LLM performance is an exemplar.
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Trump's AI action plan and executive order on "anti-woke AI" is doomed to fail and will destroy America's lead on AI technology.
www.thedissident.news/state-sponso...
www.thedissident.news/state-sponso...
State-Sponsored Stupidity: The Inevitable Failure of Trump's AI Strategy
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the spectacular and predictable implosion of Elon Musk’s “anti-woke” AI, Grok.[1] When prompted to be “politically incorrect,” Grok did not become a witty contrarian; it...
www.thedissident.news
July 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Trump's AI action plan and executive order on "anti-woke AI" is doomed to fail and will destroy America's lead on AI technology.
www.thedissident.news/state-sponso...
www.thedissident.news/state-sponso...
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One thing we’re going to see a *lot* of: Pieces that appear to explore an intellectually provocative question inspired by AI, but that assume a premise (in this case “friendship with a chatbot is possible”) that’s a) nonsensical and b) perfectly aligned with the aims of AI marketing
What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers.
www.nytimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
One thing we’re going to see a *lot* of: Pieces that appear to explore an intellectually provocative question inspired by AI, but that assume a premise (in this case “friendship with a chatbot is possible”) that’s a) nonsensical and b) perfectly aligned with the aims of AI marketing
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Der Plagiatsverdacht gegenüber Brosius-Gersdorf ist ein Teil einer Kampagne von rechtsaußen, die das Verfassungsgericht massiv beschädigt.
Die Arbeit, von der sie abgeschrieben haben soll, ist 3 Jahre später als ihre eigene erschienen. Der windige Gutachter wurde schon vorher von "nius" bezahlt.
Die Arbeit, von der sie abgeschrieben haben soll, ist 3 Jahre später als ihre eigene erschienen. Der windige Gutachter wurde schon vorher von "nius" bezahlt.
July 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Der Plagiatsverdacht gegenüber Brosius-Gersdorf ist ein Teil einer Kampagne von rechtsaußen, die das Verfassungsgericht massiv beschädigt.
Die Arbeit, von der sie abgeschrieben haben soll, ist 3 Jahre später als ihre eigene erschienen. Der windige Gutachter wurde schon vorher von "nius" bezahlt.
Die Arbeit, von der sie abgeschrieben haben soll, ist 3 Jahre später als ihre eigene erschienen. Der windige Gutachter wurde schon vorher von "nius" bezahlt.
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It discusses the case of #ShinyFlakes to analyze the entanglement of media reporting, rigidity of drug laws, and reconfiguration of entrepreneurial drug dealing through digital infrastructures. I had fun writing about it and hope it sparks a conversation or two 💫
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
July 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It discusses the case of #ShinyFlakes to analyze the entanglement of media reporting, rigidity of drug laws, and reconfiguration of entrepreneurial drug dealing through digital infrastructures. I had fun writing about it and hope it sparks a conversation or two 💫
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
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🔔 Reminder!
Hype Studies Conference (10-12th Sept in Barcelona/online) is accepting abstracts until 10th May!
You can submit your contribution here:
hypestudies.org/conference/a...
The event is free and open to academics and practitioners alike. We hope to hear from many of you soon 🫵 💜
Hype Studies Conference (10-12th Sept in Barcelona/online) is accepting abstracts until 10th May!
You can submit your contribution here:
hypestudies.org/conference/a...
The event is free and open to academics and practitioners alike. We hope to hear from many of you soon 🫵 💜
May 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🔔 Reminder!
Hype Studies Conference (10-12th Sept in Barcelona/online) is accepting abstracts until 10th May!
You can submit your contribution here:
hypestudies.org/conference/a...
The event is free and open to academics and practitioners alike. We hope to hear from many of you soon 🫵 💜
Hype Studies Conference (10-12th Sept in Barcelona/online) is accepting abstracts until 10th May!
You can submit your contribution here:
hypestudies.org/conference/a...
The event is free and open to academics and practitioners alike. We hope to hear from many of you soon 🫵 💜
🚨 New paper out!
The first paper of my PhD was finally published on 1 May, Labour Day!
Together with @ruth-mueller.bsky.social and @majahorst.bsky.social, we conducted a qualitative discourse analysis of 4 years of German newspaper coverage of AI.
So, what is ‘AI’ in the news? 👇👇👇
#hype
#AI
The first paper of my PhD was finally published on 1 May, Labour Day!
Together with @ruth-mueller.bsky.social and @majahorst.bsky.social, we conducted a qualitative discourse analysis of 4 years of German newspaper coverage of AI.
So, what is ‘AI’ in the news? 👇👇👇
#hype
#AI
ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS! This study by @dominiclammar.bsky.social, @majahorst.bsky.social, and @ruth-mueller.bsky.social shows AI media coverage in Germany reinforces hype through broad future narratives, even within specific application contexts.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
AI in the German Media: Narratives of AI-in-Particular and AI-in-General in German Media Reporting About Artificial Intelligence
The continuing high level of media attention to advances in AI has raised scholarly concerns about hype. However, existing scholarship on AI hype considers its object of study, ‘AI’, as given and s...
www.tandfonline.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨 New paper out!
The first paper of my PhD was finally published on 1 May, Labour Day!
Together with @ruth-mueller.bsky.social and @majahorst.bsky.social, we conducted a qualitative discourse analysis of 4 years of German newspaper coverage of AI.
So, what is ‘AI’ in the news? 👇👇👇
#hype
#AI
The first paper of my PhD was finally published on 1 May, Labour Day!
Together with @ruth-mueller.bsky.social and @majahorst.bsky.social, we conducted a qualitative discourse analysis of 4 years of German newspaper coverage of AI.
So, what is ‘AI’ in the news? 👇👇👇
#hype
#AI
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This is surely the right take. (1) Are people truly only finding out about LibGen now? (2) How did a site that has, inter alia, been the subject of multiple lawsuits from the absolute worst academic publishers (elsevier!!) suddenly become the focus of our anxiety about AI data scraping?
Libgen was great and pirate sites aren't the issue here. Academic publishing houses are doing this too - handing over our work to train AI and doing so without our consent.
Wow.
Every Irish author is in here. I stopped when I got bored.
Donal Ryan, Sally Rooney, John Banville, @kitdewaal.bsky.social, Roddy Doyle, @liznugent.bsky.social, Kevin Barry, Anne Enright, @mariankeyes.bsky.social. @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social...
Everyone.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Every Irish author is in here. I stopped when I got bored.
Donal Ryan, Sally Rooney, John Banville, @kitdewaal.bsky.social, Roddy Doyle, @liznugent.bsky.social, Kevin Barry, Anne Enright, @mariankeyes.bsky.social. @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social...
Everyone.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is surely the right take. (1) Are people truly only finding out about LibGen now? (2) How did a site that has, inter alia, been the subject of multiple lawsuits from the absolute worst academic publishers (elsevier!!) suddenly become the focus of our anxiety about AI data scraping?
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Das hier ist aus dem Szenario einer AfD-Regierungsbeteiligung, das ich vor 8 Monaten in meinem Buch "Machtübernahme" skizziert habe, S. 29.
Und ich fürchte, ich habe mich geirrt – es wird ein CDU-Minister sein, kein AfD-Minister.
Und ich fürchte, ich habe mich geirrt – es wird ein CDU-Minister sein, kein AfD-Minister.
February 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Das hier ist aus dem Szenario einer AfD-Regierungsbeteiligung, das ich vor 8 Monaten in meinem Buch "Machtübernahme" skizziert habe, S. 29.
Und ich fürchte, ich habe mich geirrt – es wird ein CDU-Minister sein, kein AfD-Minister.
Und ich fürchte, ich habe mich geirrt – es wird ein CDU-Minister sein, kein AfD-Minister.
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Call for papers: "Tech Oligarchy" Forum by @sciasculture.bsky.social
#bigtech #sts #oligarchy #Trump #ElonMusk
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#bigtech #sts #oligarchy #Trump #ElonMusk
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Science as Culture Forum on “Tech Oligarchy”
think.taylorandfrancis.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Call for papers: "Tech Oligarchy" Forum by @sciasculture.bsky.social
#bigtech #sts #oligarchy #Trump #ElonMusk
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
#bigtech #sts #oligarchy #Trump #ElonMusk
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Kundgebung wegen Anschlag, 19 Uhr, Odeonsplatz, München.
Aus dem Aufruf: „Als Gewerkschafter:innen und Betroffene sehen wir die aktuelle rassistische Stimmungsmache nicht als Unterstützung, sondern im Gegenteil als weiteren Angriff auf uns und fordern die Politik auf, sie zu unterlassen!"
Aus dem Aufruf: „Als Gewerkschafter:innen und Betroffene sehen wir die aktuelle rassistische Stimmungsmache nicht als Unterstützung, sondern im Gegenteil als weiteren Angriff auf uns und fordern die Politik auf, sie zu unterlassen!"
February 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Kundgebung wegen Anschlag, 19 Uhr, Odeonsplatz, München.
Aus dem Aufruf: „Als Gewerkschafter:innen und Betroffene sehen wir die aktuelle rassistische Stimmungsmache nicht als Unterstützung, sondern im Gegenteil als weiteren Angriff auf uns und fordern die Politik auf, sie zu unterlassen!"
Aus dem Aufruf: „Als Gewerkschafter:innen und Betroffene sehen wir die aktuelle rassistische Stimmungsmache nicht als Unterstützung, sondern im Gegenteil als weiteren Angriff auf uns und fordern die Politik auf, sie zu unterlassen!"
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But thei were all of them deceivid for anothir environment-killinge plagiarism machyne was made
January 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
But thei were all of them deceivid for anothir environment-killinge plagiarism machyne was made
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Ok, quick thread on why DeepSeek is blowing up assumptions about LLMs and maybe the whole (U.S.) AI industry. DeepSeek is an AI lab funded by a Chinese hedge fund, their AI code is open source, meaning freely available to use, which most big U.S. models (aside from Meta’s) are not. That’s the start…
January 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ok, quick thread on why DeepSeek is blowing up assumptions about LLMs and maybe the whole (U.S.) AI industry. DeepSeek is an AI lab funded by a Chinese hedge fund, their AI code is open source, meaning freely available to use, which most big U.S. models (aside from Meta’s) are not. That’s the start…
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stellt euch mal vor das würde sich jetzt auch in der allgemeinen medienaufmerksamkeit wiederspiegeln.
January 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
stellt euch mal vor das würde sich jetzt auch in der allgemeinen medienaufmerksamkeit wiederspiegeln.
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This policy change makes sense when you remember that Project 2025 architect, Dustin Carmack, is in charge of policy at Meta. When I uncovered this, he deactivated his LinkedIn.
Project 2025 wants to classify trans people as pornographic and ban us from public.
Project 2025 wants to classify trans people as pornographic and ban us from public.
January 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This policy change makes sense when you remember that Project 2025 architect, Dustin Carmack, is in charge of policy at Meta. When I uncovered this, he deactivated his LinkedIn.
Project 2025 wants to classify trans people as pornographic and ban us from public.
Project 2025 wants to classify trans people as pornographic and ban us from public.
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👾Fresh Call for Abstracts!👁️ Come visit #STSItalia in Milan this summer to share your research at our panel on Critical Hype Studies exploring the many sociopsychotechnoenvironmental faces of hype. Deadline: Feb 3. @imaginaries.bsky.social
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Call for Abstracts - STS Italia
Join the 10th Biennial STS Italia Conference, 'Technoscience for Good,' on 11-13 June 2025 at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Explore cutting-edge discussions on ethical, social, and political di...
stsitalia.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:02 PM
👾Fresh Call for Abstracts!👁️ Come visit #STSItalia in Milan this summer to share your research at our panel on Critical Hype Studies exploring the many sociopsychotechnoenvironmental faces of hype. Deadline: Feb 3. @imaginaries.bsky.social
stsitalia.org/call-for-abs...
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stsitalia.org/call-for-abs...
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