Anna-Verena Nosthoff
@annanosthoff.bsky.social
JProf (TT) of Philosophy & Digital Ethics @UniOldenburg/ Co-Director @criticaldatalab.bsky.social (HU Berlin/ Uni Oldenburg)/ Affiliate
@INCAmsterdam/ forthcoming book: Kybernetik & Kritik (Suhrkamp, Feb 2026)
@INCAmsterdam/ forthcoming book: Kybernetik & Kritik (Suhrkamp, Feb 2026)
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Jetzt erschienen: Das aktuelle Heft des @mittelweg36.bsky.social zum Thema "Pluralisierung der Aufklärung" – @fmaschewski.bsky.social und ich schreiben über die "Politik der dunklen Aufklärung. Dark MAGA und die rechtsautoritäre Wende im Silicon Valley": www.hamburger-edition.de/zeitschrift-...
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I have found it: the most ‘80s-Ass Book Cover of All Time
January 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I have found it: the most ‘80s-Ass Book Cover of All Time
Fahnenkorrektur - final stage:
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Fahnenkorrektur - final stage:
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Full talk (with English translation) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUK5...
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Full talk (with English translation) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUK5...
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This crazy graph really sums up what's still insufficiently appreciated: the return of ideology. We're beyond Habermas's 'glassy background ideology' that has technology just advancing based on efficiency. Singularity ideology now underpins a grand political project of post-democratic AI-capitalism.
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This crazy graph really sums up what's still insufficiently appreciated: the return of ideology. We're beyond Habermas's 'glassy background ideology' that has technology just advancing based on efficiency. Singularity ideology now underpins a grand political project of post-democratic AI-capitalism.
"It’s a self-reinforcing loop:
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — privatized sovereignty."
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — privatized sovereignty."
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"It’s a self-reinforcing loop:
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — privatized sovereignty."
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — privatized sovereignty."
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The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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During my residency at @servusat.bsky.social I spoke with Davide Bevilacqua about big tech‘s escape fantasies, private cities and AI in Germany: from infrastructure & education to digital sovereignty.
🔗Full interview in Versorgerin versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation
🔗Full interview in Versorgerin versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
During my residency at @servusat.bsky.social I spoke with Davide Bevilacqua about big tech‘s escape fantasies, private cities and AI in Germany: from infrastructure & education to digital sovereignty.
🔗Full interview in Versorgerin versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation
🔗Full interview in Versorgerin versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation
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Höchst nötige Sache, Licht in die dunkle Aufklärung zu bringen. Und @annanosthoff.bsky.social und @fmaschewski.bsky.social sind immer die Lektüre wert 🙂
Jetzt erschienen: Das aktuelle Heft des @mittelweg36.bsky.social zum Thema "Pluralisierung der Aufklärung" – @fmaschewski.bsky.social und ich schreiben über die "Politik der dunklen Aufklärung. Dark MAGA und die rechtsautoritäre Wende im Silicon Valley": www.hamburger-edition.de/zeitschrift-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Höchst nötige Sache, Licht in die dunkle Aufklärung zu bringen. Und @annanosthoff.bsky.social und @fmaschewski.bsky.social sind immer die Lektüre wert 🙂
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich: Im Februar 2026 erscheint mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” bei @suhrkamp.de: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/anna-ve...
Kybernetik und Kritik. Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff (Suhrkamp Verlag)
Elon Musk bezeichnet die Plattform X als »kybernetische Superintelligenz«, Mark... | Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen
www.suhrkamp.de
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich: Im Februar 2026 erscheint mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” bei @suhrkamp.de: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/anna-ve...
"Silicon Valley’s Authoritarian Tech Right is not theorizing this world. They are already building it. The pipelines are operational. The feedback loops are functioning. The sovereignty transfers are completing." 👇
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Silicon Valley’s Authoritarian Tech Right is not theorizing this world. They are already building it. The pipelines are operational. The feedback loops are functioning. The sovereignty transfers are completing." 👇
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Facial recognition errors can have life-altering consequences. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, CDT’s @jakelaperruque.bsky.social warns that ICE’s new approach — treating AI matches as definitive IDs — violates currently-understood DHS policy and endangers civil liberties.
ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger | TechPolicy.Press
Jake Laperruque raises the alarm on ICE’s reckless use of facial recognition and its risks for wrongful detainment.
www.techpolicy.press
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Facial recognition errors can have life-altering consequences. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, CDT’s @jakelaperruque.bsky.social warns that ICE’s new approach — treating AI matches as definitive IDs — violates currently-understood DHS policy and endangers civil liberties.
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Mit jeder neuen KI-Generation steigt auch ihr Ressourcenhunger. Der KI-Boom hat schwerwiegenden Folgen für den Klimawandel. Wer vom digitalen Fortschritt profitiert und wer dafür den Preis zahlen muss, ist global äußerst ungleich verteilt: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...
Mythos grüne Digitalisierung
Der Klang der Zukunft ist ein leises, elektrisches Dröhnen, das in den Knochen vibriert. Hier im Rechenzentrum herrscht niemals Stille. Es ist erfüllt von einem monotonen Chor mechanischer…
www.blaetter.de
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Mit jeder neuen KI-Generation steigt auch ihr Ressourcenhunger. Der KI-Boom hat schwerwiegenden Folgen für den Klimawandel. Wer vom digitalen Fortschritt profitiert und wer dafür den Preis zahlen muss, ist global äußerst ungleich verteilt: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...
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A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Heute erscheint mein Buch zur "Politischen Theorie nach Machiavelli" bei Matthes&Seitz Berlin! Es zeigt Machiavelli als Republikaner sowie als frühen Radikaldemokraten und Klassentheoretiker, es folgt Spuren bei Gramsci, Althusser, Pocock, Lefort, Skinner, Abensour, McCormick.
October 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Heute erscheint mein Buch zur "Politischen Theorie nach Machiavelli" bei Matthes&Seitz Berlin! Es zeigt Machiavelli als Republikaner sowie als frühen Radikaldemokraten und Klassentheoretiker, es folgt Spuren bei Gramsci, Althusser, Pocock, Lefort, Skinner, Abensour, McCormick.
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Spannend:
Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich: Im Februar 2026 erscheint mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” bei @suhrkamp.de: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/anna-ve...
Kybernetik und Kritik. Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff (Suhrkamp Verlag)
Elon Musk bezeichnet die Plattform X als »kybernetische Superintelligenz«, Mark... | Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen
www.suhrkamp.de
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Spannend:
A few more days to apply, we look forward to your applications - do get in touch should you have any questions:
We are hiring! We are looking for two post-docs in our interdisciplinary research group “SCEPTIC” at the University of Oldenburg, 4+years, on the dynamics and drivers of (dis)trust in digital environments, more info below 👇
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A few more days to apply, we look forward to your applications - do get in touch should you have any questions:
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If your organisation still feels the need to start any questioning of AI with "We recognise that AI has huge potential to help with XYZ, but.." then they're still not free of the hype. It's past the time for fake even-handedness, and the AI emperor has no clothes.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If your organisation still feels the need to start any questioning of AI with "We recognise that AI has huge potential to help with XYZ, but.." then they're still not free of the hype. It's past the time for fake even-handedness, and the AI emperor has no clothes.
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@danmcquillan.bsky.social is right. The emperor's advocates, too, know there are no clothes
Eric Schmidt – AI bubble is great!
Sam Altman – we’re making a very aggressive infrastructure bet – we need the whole of industry to support it.
Alex Karp – PEOPLE SHORTING AI COMPANIES ARE BATSHIT CRAZY
Eric Schmidt – AI bubble is great!
Sam Altman – we’re making a very aggressive infrastructure bet – we need the whole of industry to support it.
Alex Karp – PEOPLE SHORTING AI COMPANIES ARE BATSHIT CRAZY
If your organisation still feels the need to start any questioning of AI with "We recognise that AI has huge potential to help with XYZ, but.." then they're still not free of the hype. It's past the time for fake even-handedness, and the AI emperor has no clothes.
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
@danmcquillan.bsky.social is right. The emperor's advocates, too, know there are no clothes
Eric Schmidt – AI bubble is great!
Sam Altman – we’re making a very aggressive infrastructure bet – we need the whole of industry to support it.
Alex Karp – PEOPLE SHORTING AI COMPANIES ARE BATSHIT CRAZY
Eric Schmidt – AI bubble is great!
Sam Altman – we’re making a very aggressive infrastructure bet – we need the whole of industry to support it.
Alex Karp – PEOPLE SHORTING AI COMPANIES ARE BATSHIT CRAZY
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Save the Date: «Links abbiegen II: Auswege aus dem Techkapitalismus», am 2. Dezember im Neubad Luzern, mit Maia Arson Crimew, Rahel Estermann und yours truly, moderiert von @ralbisser.bsky.social von der @woz.ch.
Freue mich sehr darauf!
www.woz.ch/veranstaltun...
Freue mich sehr darauf!
www.woz.ch/veranstaltun...
Links abbiegen II: Auswege aus dem Techkapitalismus
Wenn etwas wirklich neu ist an den autoritären Entwicklungen, dann sind es die digitale Propaganda und ihre Förderung durch die Techkonzerne aus dem Silicon Valley.
www.woz.ch
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Save the Date: «Links abbiegen II: Auswege aus dem Techkapitalismus», am 2. Dezember im Neubad Luzern, mit Maia Arson Crimew, Rahel Estermann und yours truly, moderiert von @ralbisser.bsky.social von der @woz.ch.
Freue mich sehr darauf!
www.woz.ch/veranstaltun...
Freue mich sehr darauf!
www.woz.ch/veranstaltun...
Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich: Im Februar 2026 erscheint mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” bei @suhrkamp.de: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/anna-ve...
Kybernetik und Kritik. Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff (Suhrkamp Verlag)
Elon Musk bezeichnet die Plattform X als »kybernetische Superintelligenz«, Mark... | Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen
www.suhrkamp.de
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich: Im Februar 2026 erscheint mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” bei @suhrkamp.de: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/anna-ve...
This has been such an insightful workshop, thanks for having me and thanks for the report 🙏
📢 Recap: The Workshop on Critical Theory of the Computational (16–17 Oct 2025, Weizenbaum Institute) brought 40 experts to explore how AI and digital systems shape society.
Read the report 👉 buff.ly/PR56xLO
Read the report 👉 buff.ly/PR56xLO
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This has been such an insightful workshop, thanks for having me and thanks for the report 🙏