Jayapapaya
@jayapapaya.bsky.social
I work on technology and meaning
In theory and practice
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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The first of what we can hope will be many legal victories for the music industry in its fight against the AI pirates. A Munich court ruled that OpenAI had breached copyright law and was liable to be sued for damages for appropriating content without authorisation.
En Allemagne, l’industrie musicale remporte une première victoire judiciaire contre OpenAI
En Allemagne, l’industrie musicale remporte une première victoire judiciaire contre OpenAI
Un tribunal de Munich a estimé, mardi, que le géant américain de l’intelligence artificielle avait porté atteinte « aux droits d’exploitation protégés par le droit d’auteur ». L’entreprise s’est dite « en désaccord » avec cette décision et dit étudier « les prochaines démarches possibles ».
www.lemonde.fr
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The first of what we can hope will be many legal victories for the music industry in its fight against the AI pirates. A Munich court ruled that OpenAI had breached copyright law and was liable to be sued for damages for appropriating content without authorisation.
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the @ec.europa.eu's President von der Leyen is uncritically echoing AI hype & corporate PR, particularly that “AI would approach human reasoning in 2026”. we find this unacceptable & ask the Commission President to retract it. please sign this open letter if you agree
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
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Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
the @ec.europa.eu's President von der Leyen is uncritically echoing AI hype & corporate PR, particularly that “AI would approach human reasoning in 2026”. we find this unacceptable & ask the Commission President to retract it. please sign this open letter if you agree
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Thinking again how perverse it is that Musk was given a $1T salary as his cuts to USAID has led to 600,000 deaths. What a shameful world.
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thinking again how perverse it is that Musk was given a $1T salary as his cuts to USAID has led to 600,000 deaths. What a shameful world.
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Three Moves to Stop Broligarchy (Break, Build, Enforce) by
Cori Crider and Robin Berjon
mzf.st/15
hands down one of the most refreshing talks at MozFest
Cori Crider and Robin Berjon
mzf.st/15
hands down one of the most refreshing talks at MozFest
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Three Moves to Stop Broligarchy (Break, Build, Enforce) by
Cori Crider and Robin Berjon
mzf.st/15
hands down one of the most refreshing talks at MozFest
Cori Crider and Robin Berjon
mzf.st/15
hands down one of the most refreshing talks at MozFest
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Data collection at scale is a national security issue. This trading is happening even with GDPR protections.
And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.
And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.
cyberinsider.com/precise-loca...
This #databrooker business must be stopped.
FYI @carissaveliz.bsky.social
This #databrooker business must be stopped.
FYI @carissaveliz.bsky.social
Precise Locations of EU Officials Retrieved Through Data Brokers
Phone location data, collected under the guise of ad tracking, can be used to precisely track the movements of millions in the EU.
cyberinsider.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Data collection at scale is a national security issue. This trading is happening even with GDPR protections.
And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.
And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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My essay “Because the twin is not a copy: the politics of digital twins” - written for a 2023 workshop organised by Christoph Borbach & out now in a special issue on digital twinning in #NewMedia&Society #DigitalTwins #algorithms journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Because the twin is not a copy: On the politics of digital twins - Louise Amoore, 2025
This essay explores the changing form of the digital twin as a political technology in the age of deep learning and generative artificial intelligence (AI). It ...
journals.sagepub.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My essay “Because the twin is not a copy: the politics of digital twins” - written for a 2023 workshop organised by Christoph Borbach & out now in a special issue on digital twinning in #NewMedia&Society #DigitalTwins #algorithms journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Have you noticed that everyone in certain subcultures keeps using the term "first principles"? I explore its origins for Compact magazine: www.compactmag.com/article/how-...
How Engineering Replaced Politics
If an extraterrestrial—or, for that matter, a human being from anywhere else—were to land in Silicon Valley, the traveler would encounter a distinctive dialect of American English.
www.compactmag.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Have you noticed that everyone in certain subcultures keeps using the term "first principles"? I explore its origins for Compact magazine: www.compactmag.com/article/how-...
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We are looking for a Senior Manager for our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social A key person in our team & a future valued colleague. Apply here durham.taleo.net/careersectio... & feel free to DM me. Also look out for our October research fellows posts.
Senior Manager - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
August 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We are looking for a Senior Manager for our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social A key person in our team & a future valued colleague. Apply here durham.taleo.net/careersectio... & feel free to DM me. Also look out for our October research fellows posts.
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Francesca Albanese will be remembered as one of the bravest women of the era, standing against genocide despite the daunting forces arrayed against her. Sanctioning her, rather than the war criminals who are starving and murdering Palestinians is another moment of shame for the US trib.al/Oe77sph
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, for investigating Americans and Israelis over the war in the enclave.
trib.al
July 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Francesca Albanese will be remembered as one of the bravest women of the era, standing against genocide despite the daunting forces arrayed against her. Sanctioning her, rather than the war criminals who are starving and murdering Palestinians is another moment of shame for the US trib.al/Oe77sph
Day 2 of perhaps the best-named tech conference so far this year! Tech people want, which by the way is NOT AI powered kill machines.
See you at 17:00 CET
See you at 17:00 CET
💻🌱 #TheTechPeopleWant Summit is just around the corner (July 8–9).
Today we are announcing the full programme, featuring 31 speakers from all around the world across 4 panels, 2 keynotes and 3 Spotlight Sessions.
Today we are announcing the full programme, featuring 31 speakers from all around the world across 4 panels, 2 keynotes and 3 Spotlight Sessions.
July 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Day 2 of perhaps the best-named tech conference so far this year! Tech people want, which by the way is NOT AI powered kill machines.
See you at 17:00 CET
See you at 17:00 CET
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NO. AI. FOR. WAR. CRIMES!!!
July 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NO. AI. FOR. WAR. CRIMES!!!
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a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'
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my keynote happening in a few mins. registration here to stream it
aiforgood.itu.int/summit25/reg...
aiforgood.itu.int/summit25/reg...
July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
a couple of hours before my keynote, I went through an intense negotiation with the organisers (for over a hour) where we went through my slides and had to remove anything that mentions 'Palestine' 'Israel' and replace 'genocide' with 'war crimes'
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As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress.
June 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress.
New guerilla tactic just dropped
Who called it a self driving car on fire and not a Molotov Ridehail
June 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New guerilla tactic just dropped
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it really doesn’t matter if someone is in america illegally or not. who cares, grow up
June 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
it really doesn’t matter if someone is in america illegally or not. who cares, grow up
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We deserve to know the full scale of this government’s complicity in crimes against humanity.
My piece for @theguardian.com on why I’m tabling legislation tomorrow for a full, independent, public inquiry into the UK’s role in the Gaza genocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My piece for @theguardian.com on why I’m tabling legislation tomorrow for a full, independent, public inquiry into the UK’s role in the Gaza genocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How exactly has Britain supported Israel’s military assault on Gaza? The public has a right to know | Jeremy Corbyn
When I was Labour leader, the Chilcot report condemned the party for its disastrous war in Iraq. We need a similar inquiry now, says MP Jeremy Corbyn
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We deserve to know the full scale of this government’s complicity in crimes against humanity.
My piece for @theguardian.com on why I’m tabling legislation tomorrow for a full, independent, public inquiry into the UK’s role in the Gaza genocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My piece for @theguardian.com on why I’m tabling legislation tomorrow for a full, independent, public inquiry into the UK’s role in the Gaza genocide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"The 149, the king of busses..."
This novel made me feel seen.
London summers x
This novel made me feel seen.
London summers x
May 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"The 149, the king of busses..."
This novel made me feel seen.
London summers x
This novel made me feel seen.
London summers x
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joined by Phil Zimmermann (creator of PGP), Vikram Subramanian (ex-googler) and Dr. Jaya Klara Brekke (CSO Nym Technologies) i will be giving a talk about surveillance at ETH Zürich next tuesday
sign up for in person or live stream attendance: privacytalk.thealternative.ch/en
sign up for in person or live stream attendance: privacytalk.thealternative.ch/en
May 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
joined by Phil Zimmermann (creator of PGP), Vikram Subramanian (ex-googler) and Dr. Jaya Klara Brekke (CSO Nym Technologies) i will be giving a talk about surveillance at ETH Zürich next tuesday
sign up for in person or live stream attendance: privacytalk.thealternative.ch/en
sign up for in person or live stream attendance: privacytalk.thealternative.ch/en
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- effective altruism
- rational environmentalism
- climate realism
Any movement that has a name that implicitly insults everyone else working on a problem (as ineffective, irrational or unrealistic) is just guaranteed to be trash
- rational environmentalism
- climate realism
Any movement that has a name that implicitly insults everyone else working on a problem (as ineffective, irrational or unrealistic) is just guaranteed to be trash
May 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
- effective altruism
- rational environmentalism
- climate realism
Any movement that has a name that implicitly insults everyone else working on a problem (as ineffective, irrational or unrealistic) is just guaranteed to be trash
- rational environmentalism
- climate realism
Any movement that has a name that implicitly insults everyone else working on a problem (as ineffective, irrational or unrealistic) is just guaranteed to be trash
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Babe wake up, they're transvestigating the new Pope let's fuckin gooooooooooo
May 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Babe wake up, they're transvestigating the new Pope let's fuckin gooooooooooo