Johannes Anttila
@johannesa.bsky.social
Policy advisor for the Left Group at the European Parliament’s EMPL Committee // algorithmic management & resistance, workers’ rights, social dialogue, AI and labor. Views my own (obvs). He/him
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🚨MUST READ - TikTok content moderators in Türkiye tell @tbij.bsky.social and @the-independent.com about abusive, traumatic conditions they face — and say their employer #Telus fired them after forming a union.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
TikTok workers who watched abusive and traumatic videos say they were fired
Moderators watch vast amounts of troubling posts to try and keep apps safe
www.independent.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🚨MUST READ - TikTok content moderators in Türkiye tell @tbij.bsky.social and @the-independent.com about abusive, traumatic conditions they face — and say their employer #Telus fired them after forming a union.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-...
Artists’ rights are thrown under the bus in ‘the great AI race’. The next step of tech vying for an anthropomorphic ‘right to learn’ is the parroting the jingoistic language of America first (artists last.) @bcmerchant.bsky.social’s great newsletter this week = 💎 open.substack.com/pub/bloodint...
OpenAI and Google's dark new campaign to dismantle artists' protections
OpenAI and Google have cozied up to Trump's imperialist approach to AI for a shot at tearing down artists' copyright protections.
open.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Artists’ rights are thrown under the bus in ‘the great AI race’. The next step of tech vying for an anthropomorphic ‘right to learn’ is the parroting the jingoistic language of America first (artists last.) @bcmerchant.bsky.social’s great newsletter this week = 💎 open.substack.com/pub/bloodint...
📣📣: New job! I started as a policy advisor for the Left group at the 🇪🇺 Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL). I’ll be working with the stellar Chair Li Andersson and the Left team on familiar things: algorithmic management, workers’ rights, social dialogue, skills. Stoked! ✨
March 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📣📣: New job! I started as a policy advisor for the Left group at the 🇪🇺 Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL). I’ll be working with the stellar Chair Li Andersson and the Left team on familiar things: algorithmic management, workers’ rights, social dialogue, skills. Stoked! ✨
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Mitä ennakoitua tehokkaammat tekoälymallit mahdollisesti tarkoittavat Suomelle?
Sanna Vellava ja Johannes Mikkonen pohtivat Repair-blogissa onko DeepSeek murtuma suomalaisten paikkakuntien tulevaisuusvisioissa.
Lue alta 👇
www.repair-research.fi/blogi/onko-d...
Sanna Vellava ja Johannes Mikkonen pohtivat Repair-blogissa onko DeepSeek murtuma suomalaisten paikkakuntien tulevaisuusvisioissa.
Lue alta 👇
www.repair-research.fi/blogi/onko-d...
Onko DeepSeek murtuma suomalaisten paikkakuntien tulevaisuusvisioissa? — Repair
Maailman teknologiapiirit ja pääomamarkkinat ovat kohisseet kiinalaisen startup-yrityksen DeepSeekin julkaisemasta tekoälymallista. Sanna Vellava ja Johannes Mikkonen kirjoittavat mitä ennakoitua teho...
www.repair-research.fi
February 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Mitä ennakoitua tehokkaammat tekoälymallit mahdollisesti tarkoittavat Suomelle?
Sanna Vellava ja Johannes Mikkonen pohtivat Repair-blogissa onko DeepSeek murtuma suomalaisten paikkakuntien tulevaisuusvisioissa.
Lue alta 👇
www.repair-research.fi/blogi/onko-d...
Sanna Vellava ja Johannes Mikkonen pohtivat Repair-blogissa onko DeepSeek murtuma suomalaisten paikkakuntien tulevaisuusvisioissa.
Lue alta 👇
www.repair-research.fi/blogi/onko-d...
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queen did not mince a single word www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
queen did not mince a single word www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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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"China has not reined in its tech sector out of any belief in democracy, but rather through a seeming understanding that the new forces of wealth, data, intelligence, information, commerce, and communications can hijack a country’s political system and lead it into dangerously uncharted territory."
Some people have asked me for an open version of this new column. Here it is. foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/24/w...
What China Got Right About Big Tech
Unlike Trump, Xi understood that a new class of business titans could hijack his country’s political system.
foreignpolicy.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"China has not reined in its tech sector out of any belief in democracy, but rather through a seeming understanding that the new forces of wealth, data, intelligence, information, commerce, and communications can hijack a country’s political system and lead it into dangerously uncharted territory."
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I am collecting examples of the most thoughtful writing about generative AI published in 2024. What’s yours? They can be insightful for commentary, smart critique, or just because it shifted the conversation. I’ll post some of mine below as I go through them. #criticalAI
December 2, 2024 at 4:09 AM
I am collecting examples of the most thoughtful writing about generative AI published in 2024. What’s yours? They can be insightful for commentary, smart critique, or just because it shifted the conversation. I’ll post some of mine below as I go through them. #criticalAI
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📣Just published! A new D&S primer by Aiha Nguyen & Alexandra Mateescu pushes against hype to show what it will really take to understand how AI impacts work — including examining how work is organized, how industries are structured, and whose and what work is valued. datasociety.net/library/gene...
December 4, 2024 at 3:40 PM
📣Just published! A new D&S primer by Aiha Nguyen & Alexandra Mateescu pushes against hype to show what it will really take to understand how AI impacts work — including examining how work is organized, how industries are structured, and whose and what work is valued. datasociety.net/library/gene...
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📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
nature.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
“But should a researcher of the digital society in fact be a willing & witting broker, precisely because of the influence the position affords? Tech developers proudly tell us that their gadgets actively shape the digital society. Shouldn’t a researcher aim to do that too?”
🎯 @tuukka.bsky.social
🎯 @tuukka.bsky.social
Brokering digital futures | Reimagining public values in algorithmic futures | University of Helsinki
Tuukka Lehtiniemi reflects on the role of the broker – mediator of knowledge, connections, and ideas – that researchers find themselves stepping into when working on tech-related projects.
www.helsinki.fi
December 2, 2024 at 3:05 PM
“But should a researcher of the digital society in fact be a willing & witting broker, precisely because of the influence the position affords? Tech developers proudly tell us that their gadgets actively shape the digital society. Shouldn’t a researcher aim to do that too?”
🎯 @tuukka.bsky.social
🎯 @tuukka.bsky.social
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Tein REPAIR-hankkeeseen uuden blogikirjoituksen jossa huomioin kuinka syrjivät algoritmit nakertavat yhteiskunnan luottamusta, olisko aika siirtyä kepistä tulemiseen? www.repair-research.fi/blogi/syrjiv...
Syrjivät algoritmit nakertavat luottamusta Pohjolan hyvinvointivaltioissa – on aika unohtaa keppi ja panostaa tukeen — Repair
Viimeisten muutaman viikon aikana selvitykset niin Ruotsista kuin Tanskasta ovat tuoneet esiin syrjivien algoritmien käytön sosiaalipalveluissa. Professori Minna van Gerven kirjoittaa että on vastaava...
www.repair-research.fi
December 2, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Tein REPAIR-hankkeeseen uuden blogikirjoituksen jossa huomioin kuinka syrjivät algoritmit nakertavat yhteiskunnan luottamusta, olisko aika siirtyä kepistä tulemiseen? www.repair-research.fi/blogi/syrjiv...
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Cool project here from @jwyg.bsky.social
troubling AI: a call for screenshots 📸
troubling-ai.glitch.me
troubling AI: a call for screenshots 📸
troubling-ai.glitch.me
troubling AI: a call for screenshots 📸
troubling-ai.glitch.me
December 1, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Cool project here from @jwyg.bsky.social
troubling AI: a call for screenshots 📸
troubling-ai.glitch.me
troubling AI: a call for screenshots 📸
troubling-ai.glitch.me
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I need this as a t-shirt.
November 28, 2024 at 1:06 PM
I need this as a t-shirt.
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All that shines is not #AI: Regulating #algorithms at work
🎥 A webinar on the implications of algorithmic management systems in the workplace, exploring their potential to deepen hierarchies or foster fairer work environments depending on regulatory frameworks. Watch here: youtu.be/qKSby6PhU40?...
🎥 A webinar on the implications of algorithmic management systems in the workplace, exploring their potential to deepen hierarchies or foster fairer work environments depending on regulatory frameworks. Watch here: youtu.be/qKSby6PhU40?...
November 27, 2024 at 4:50 PM
All that shines is not #AI: Regulating #algorithms at work
🎥 A webinar on the implications of algorithmic management systems in the workplace, exploring their potential to deepen hierarchies or foster fairer work environments depending on regulatory frameworks. Watch here: youtu.be/qKSby6PhU40?...
🎥 A webinar on the implications of algorithmic management systems in the workplace, exploring their potential to deepen hierarchies or foster fairer work environments depending on regulatory frameworks. Watch here: youtu.be/qKSby6PhU40?...
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Fyi folks here is a postdoc/PhD position opening at my lab, @DHLabBasel, in Basel.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Universität Basel: PhD or Postdoctoral position, Machine learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 60%
The Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Basel is looking for a research assistant (with a Master's or PhD) as of 1st February 2025 or by arrangement. The Digital Humanities is an interdiscipli...
jobs.unibas.ch
November 27, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Fyi folks here is a postdoc/PhD position opening at my lab, @DHLabBasel, in Basel.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Wow ok did not see that going into a take on zoning, rent, the material conditions of a city 🫰
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Wow ok did not see that going into a take on zoning, rent, the material conditions of a city 🫰
Sweden’s example, combined with the recent case from Denmark clearly shows how even Nordics are not exceptional in public sector ADM & algorithmic system related risks. Sincerely hope for clearer European Commission guidance and enforcement on social scoring next year under the AI Act.
Sweden, the "model of a welfare state", employs a fraud prediction algorithm that discriminates against vulnerable groups.
Another episode of welfare surveillance reported by @lhreports.bsky.social with @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Another episode of welfare surveillance reported by @lhreports.bsky.social with @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
Sweden’s Suspicion Machine
Behind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented
www.lighthousereports.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Sweden’s example, combined with the recent case from Denmark clearly shows how even Nordics are not exceptional in public sector ADM & algorithmic system related risks. Sincerely hope for clearer European Commission guidance and enforcement on social scoring next year under the AI Act.
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Incredibly excited: In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround is now out!!! 4 years in the making, co-edited by @joshua-neves.bsky.social and me, this OA volume is full of chapters that will make you rethink the oft-used word. Please read & circulate!
networkcultures.org/blog/publica...
networkcultures.org/blog/publica...
TOD #54 In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround
Theory on Demand #54In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical SurroundEdited by Joshua Neves and Marc SternbergConvenience is the feeling and aspiration that animates
networkcultures.org
November 26, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Incredibly excited: In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround is now out!!! 4 years in the making, co-edited by @joshua-neves.bsky.social and me, this OA volume is full of chapters that will make you rethink the oft-used word. Please read & circulate!
networkcultures.org/blog/publica...
networkcultures.org/blog/publica...
“Infrastructure becomes visible when it breaks down” version of the week: undersea internet cables and their sabotage in the Baltic. A good excuse to up one of my absolute fave infra journalistic pieces from this year – a real snack of a read www.theverge.com/c/24070570/i...
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat
How one crew risked radiation, storms, and currents to save Japan from digital isolation.
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:59 AM
“Infrastructure becomes visible when it breaks down” version of the week: undersea internet cables and their sabotage in the Baltic. A good excuse to up one of my absolute fave infra journalistic pieces from this year – a real snack of a read www.theverge.com/c/24070570/i...
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For the December issue of The New Republic, I reviewed AI SNAKE OIL. For those learning about AI, it offers a lot: exegesis of technical details, a taxonomy to sift through different algorithmic systems, and a depoliticized history that taints the book’s analysis. newrepublic.com/article/1883...
AI Scams Are the Point
Propaganda and deceit are a feature of AI, not its downfall.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:05 PM
For the December issue of The New Republic, I reviewed AI SNAKE OIL. For those learning about AI, it offers a lot: exegesis of technical details, a taxonomy to sift through different algorithmic systems, and a depoliticized history that taints the book’s analysis. newrepublic.com/article/1883...
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We're bringing together scholars, practitioners, artists, and activists to reflect, critique, and imagine the manifold ways that digital, physical, and social infrastructures are built, broken, reconstructed, and mythologized. Learn more and apply by January 17, 2025! datasociety.net/announcement...
November 20, 2024 at 9:14 PM
We're bringing together scholars, practitioners, artists, and activists to reflect, critique, and imagine the manifold ways that digital, physical, and social infrastructures are built, broken, reconstructed, and mythologized. Learn more and apply by January 17, 2025! datasociety.net/announcement...
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🌍📅Hello folks, the program for our workshop "(Un)Artificial Intelligence: Workers Behind the Machine" is now live! Join us on 21 Nov. 2024, 2:30 pm CET, at the European Parliament (or watch the livestream).
diplab.eu/diplab-conne...
diplab.eu/diplab-conne...
November 20, 2024 at 1:45 PM
🌍📅Hello folks, the program for our workshop "(Un)Artificial Intelligence: Workers Behind the Machine" is now live! Join us on 21 Nov. 2024, 2:30 pm CET, at the European Parliament (or watch the livestream).
diplab.eu/diplab-conne...
diplab.eu/diplab-conne...
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New preprint co-authored with James Steinhoff and Alessandro Delfanti: "Remote Robotics, or the Digital Re-Embodiment of Labour," forthcoming in Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation. We explore embodiment in remotely operated logistics robots.
tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/18...
tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/18...
October 17, 2024 at 8:11 PM
New preprint co-authored with James Steinhoff and Alessandro Delfanti: "Remote Robotics, or the Digital Re-Embodiment of Labour," forthcoming in Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation. We explore embodiment in remotely operated logistics robots.
tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/18...
tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/18...
Quote this & tell: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about
1) Grassroots practices of resistance to algorithmic management at work (creating illegibility, shadow practices, the sharing of these repertoires)
2) Glitches as a form of joy
1) Grassroots practices of resistance to algorithmic management at work (creating illegibility, shadow practices, the sharing of these repertoires)
2) Glitches as a form of joy
Bsky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about
1) structural analysis of anti-surveillance movements, what they need to succeed, how they make knowledge
2) agonistic politics
1) structural analysis of anti-surveillance movements, what they need to succeed, how they make knowledge
2) agonistic politics
November 18, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Quote this & tell: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about
1) Grassroots practices of resistance to algorithmic management at work (creating illegibility, shadow practices, the sharing of these repertoires)
2) Glitches as a form of joy
1) Grassroots practices of resistance to algorithmic management at work (creating illegibility, shadow practices, the sharing of these repertoires)
2) Glitches as a form of joy