James Muldoon
@jamesmuldoon.bsky.social
Associate Professor Essex Business School, Research Associate Oxford Internet Institute. Author of Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI (2024)
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Really excited to announce that my new book, Love Machines will be coming out on 15 January 2026 with Faber!
Friends. Lovers. Therapists. Deathbots. AI is now fulfilling new roles for millions of us every single day. How are these new 'relationships' changing how we view technology - and each other?
Love Machines by James Muldoon is the first book on AI companions. Out January: linktr.ee/lovemachinesbook
Love Machines by James Muldoon is the first book on AI companions. Out January: linktr.ee/lovemachinesbook
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Really excited to announce that my new book, Love Machines will be coming out on 15 January 2026 with Faber!
My new article with Tongyu Wu and Bingqing Xia is out, 'Global data empires: Analysing artificial intelligence data annotation in China and the USA'
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May 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My new article with Tongyu Wu and Bingqing Xia is out, 'Global data empires: Analysing artificial intelligence data annotation in China and the USA'
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Jonas Valente and I have just published a new @lbc.co.uk opinion piece, drawing on our @towardsfairwork.bsky.social cloudwork study to warn that a UK–EU youth mobility scheme could inadvertently funnel young people into exploitative gig roles: www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
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A UK-EU youth mobility scheme could feed a generation into exploitative gig work
The UK–EU Youth Mobility Scheme offers real promise.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Jonas Valente and I have just published a new @lbc.co.uk opinion piece, drawing on our @towardsfairwork.bsky.social cloudwork study to warn that a UK–EU youth mobility scheme could inadvertently funnel young people into exploitative gig roles: www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
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A very valuable meeting point in academic journey.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
May 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A very valuable meeting point in academic journey.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
Team 'platform without borders'
Thank you @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, @andretwp.bsky.social & Denise Kasparian for putting this together.
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CPT just published a symposium on my book! huge thanks to Susan Bickford, @pollysigh.bsky.social, @nicolecurato.bsky.social, @jgastil.bsky.social, Victor Bruzzone, @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for contributions that critique, stretch, & apply the book's argument in such generous & productive ways
Thinking democracy in a digital age - Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory -
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May 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
CPT just published a symposium on my book! huge thanks to Susan Bickford, @pollysigh.bsky.social, @nicolecurato.bsky.social, @jgastil.bsky.social, Victor Bruzzone, @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for contributions that critique, stretch, & apply the book's argument in such generous & productive ways
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📣 28-29 May at QMUL @clasp-qmul.bsky.social End of Year Event on 'The Materialities of AI', feat. @katecrawford.bsky.social @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
April 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📣 28-29 May at QMUL @clasp-qmul.bsky.social End of Year Event on 'The Materialities of AI', feat. @katecrawford.bsky.social @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
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Really cool piece by @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social and Dougie Booth on Rosa Luxemburg's vision for socialist democracy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Socialist democracy: Rosa Luxemburg’s challenge to democratic theory - James Muldoon, Dougie Booth, 2024
Contemporary democratic theorists have tended to assume that democracy is compatible with and even requires a capitalist economic system. Rosa Luxemburg offers ...
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April 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Really cool piece by @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social and Dougie Booth on Rosa Luxemburg's vision for socialist democracy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Many human-AI relationships and the companies that make them possible are like a Black Mirror episode come to life. I spoke with David Batty about them recently for this article:
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‘She helps cheer me up’: the people forming relationships with AI chatbots
From virtual ‘wives’ to mental health support, more than 100m people are using personified chatbots
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Many human-AI relationships and the companies that make them possible are like a Black Mirror episode come to life. I spoke with David Batty about them recently for this article:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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It is publication day for THE CINEMA OF EXTRACTIONS (@columbiaup.bsky.social), a book about the materials that make movies possible and how to read between the raw materials and the screen worlds they create.
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It is publication day for THE CINEMA OF EXTRACTIONS (@columbiaup.bsky.social), a book about the materials that make movies possible and how to read between the raw materials and the screen worlds they create.
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This is a brilliant, powerful essay
Jeanne Morefield, "Blood ties: Trump’s 'invasion' narrative and the real story of pain in America" www.bostonreview.net/articles/blo...
Jeanne Morefield, "Blood ties: Trump’s 'invasion' narrative and the real story of pain in America" www.bostonreview.net/articles/blo...
Blood Ties - Boston Review
Trump’s “invasion” narrative and the real story of pain in America.
www.bostonreview.net
February 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is a brilliant, powerful essay
Jeanne Morefield, "Blood ties: Trump’s 'invasion' narrative and the real story of pain in America" www.bostonreview.net/articles/blo...
Jeanne Morefield, "Blood ties: Trump’s 'invasion' narrative and the real story of pain in America" www.bostonreview.net/articles/blo...
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In one fell stroke, the Clintons transformed health care reform into the third rail of American politics and buttressed the relentless pursuit of geopolitical primacy.
@morefius.bsky.social on the bipartisan failures that have led to this dire moment:
@morefius.bsky.social on the bipartisan failures that have led to this dire moment:
Blood Ties - Boston Review
Trump’s “invasion” narrative and the real story of pain in America.
www.bostonreview.net
February 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In one fell stroke, the Clintons transformed health care reform into the third rail of American politics and buttressed the relentless pursuit of geopolitical primacy.
@morefius.bsky.social on the bipartisan failures that have led to this dire moment:
@morefius.bsky.social on the bipartisan failures that have led to this dire moment:
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🚀 The official French-subtitled preview of our documentary ‘In the Belly of AI’ is here! 🎬
📺 Full broadcast on Tue., Feb. 11, at 10:40pm CET on France 2!🔥
by @henripoulain.bsky.social Julian Goetz & me
ft. @milamiceli.bsky.social @xriskology.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social & more
📺 Full broadcast on Tue., Feb. 11, at 10:40pm CET on France 2!🔥
by @henripoulain.bsky.social Julian Goetz & me
ft. @milamiceli.bsky.social @xriskology.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social & more
February 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🚀 The official French-subtitled preview of our documentary ‘In the Belly of AI’ is here! 🎬
📺 Full broadcast on Tue., Feb. 11, at 10:40pm CET on France 2!🔥
by @henripoulain.bsky.social Julian Goetz & me
ft. @milamiceli.bsky.social @xriskology.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social & more
📺 Full broadcast on Tue., Feb. 11, at 10:40pm CET on France 2!🔥
by @henripoulain.bsky.social Julian Goetz & me
ft. @milamiceli.bsky.social @xriskology.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social & more
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Andreesen likened DeepSeek to a ‘Sputnik moment’ Is it an appropriate analogy? My colleagues and I @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social unpacked it as part of our global politics of AI research area www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...
Is ‘Sputnik Moment’ an appropriate analogy for the launch of DeepSeek? - LCFI
Marc Andreesen likened the launch of the Chinese-made large language model, DeepSeek-R1, to the ‘Sputnik moment’, referring to the 1957 launch of the USSR’s Sputnik 1, the first satellite launched fro...
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February 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Andreesen likened DeepSeek to a ‘Sputnik moment’ Is it an appropriate analogy? My colleagues and I @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social unpacked it as part of our global politics of AI research area www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...
great to be on @PoliticsJOE_UK to chat about our book Feeding the Machine, DeepSeek and a little bit about my new book on AI companions.
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AI will make your job worse | AI expert interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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February 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
great to be on @PoliticsJOE_UK to chat about our book Feeding the Machine, DeepSeek and a little bit about my new book on AI companions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w-J...
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Another short piece from me where I express my disappointment at how the UK AI Opportunities Action Plan prioritises industry interests and language and highlight how this creates tensions for acting responsibly with AI. My latest in @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/106837/uk-ai...
Throwing Caution to the Wind: Unpacking the U.K. AI Opportunities Action Plan
The U.K. AI Opportunities Action Plan prioritizes a speculative future benefit over safeguarding against foreseeable risks to human rights.
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January 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Another short piece from me where I express my disappointment at how the UK AI Opportunities Action Plan prioritises industry interests and language and highlight how this creates tensions for acting responsibly with AI. My latest in @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/106837/uk-ai...
DeepSeek shows alternative models of AI are possible - so long as you don't ask it about Winnie the Pooh.
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DeepSeek shows alternative models of AI are possible
So long as you don’t ask it about Winnie the Pooh
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January 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
DeepSeek shows alternative models of AI are possible - so long as you don't ask it about Winnie the Pooh.
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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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“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
@morefius.bsky.social on Trump’s invasion narrative, the opioid epidemic, U.S. exceptionalism, and the real story of pain in America:
@morefius.bsky.social on Trump’s invasion narrative, the opioid epidemic, U.S. exceptionalism, and the real story of pain in America:
Blood Ties - Boston Review
The real story of pain in America.
www.bostonreview.net
January 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
@morefius.bsky.social on Trump’s invasion narrative, the opioid epidemic, U.S. exceptionalism, and the real story of pain in America:
@morefius.bsky.social on Trump’s invasion narrative, the opioid epidemic, U.S. exceptionalism, and the real story of pain in America:
Trump's inauguration marks a seismic political shift in Silicon Valley - a complete capitulation to the far right and the beginning of a new era of 'tech for evil': trashing the environment, military AI, misinformation and rampant cronyism.
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Big Tech Gives Us the ‘Roman Salute’: Welcome to the Era of ‘Tech for Evil’
When people show you who they are, believe them.
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January 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trump's inauguration marks a seismic political shift in Silicon Valley - a complete capitulation to the far right and the beginning of a new era of 'tech for evil': trashing the environment, military AI, misinformation and rampant cronyism.
open.substack.com/pub/doesnotc...
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As Trump is inaugurated, he is flanked by many top tech CEOs who have all bent the knee and vowed to work hand in hand with the incoming President: Bezos, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Musk, Cook, Chew all attending.
January 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As Trump is inaugurated, he is flanked by many top tech CEOs who have all bent the knee and vowed to work hand in hand with the incoming President: Bezos, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Musk, Cook, Chew all attending.
The most amusing part of the whole TikTok ban saga is how many young Americans are discovering a whole new world of Chinese propaganda on Chinese social media platforms like Xiaohongshu as a result of the possible blackout
January 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The most amusing part of the whole TikTok ban saga is how many young Americans are discovering a whole new world of Chinese propaganda on Chinese social media platforms like Xiaohongshu as a result of the possible blackout
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Last year, I spent a lot of time talking to insiders at the UK's AI Safety Institute. It's the world's leading govt body for tracking AI dangers. My piece, published today, goes behind the scenes to ask the question: Can it really hold billion-dollar AI companies to account? time.com/7204670/uk-a...
Inside the U.K.’s Bold Experiment in AI Safety
Researchers are identifying current and future dangers within AI models away from the conflicts of interest they’d face in the industry
time.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Last year, I spent a lot of time talking to insiders at the UK's AI Safety Institute. It's the world's leading govt body for tracking AI dangers. My piece, published today, goes behind the scenes to ask the question: Can it really hold billion-dollar AI companies to account? time.com/7204670/uk-a...
Nobody is more responsible for the rise of a tech industrial complex than Obama-era Democrats who courted them and did everything possible to grow their power.
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Biden warns nation about the rise of American tech oligarchs
“The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit.”
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January 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Nobody is more responsible for the rise of a tech industrial complex than Obama-era Democrats who courted them and did everything possible to grow their power.
www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24...
www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24...
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Karl Marx’ conversion from republicanism to communism in 1844 was conducted through the 19th-century equivalent of a passive-aggressive text message to your roommate: a formal letter to his housemate Arnold Ruge over hot gossip. Excerpt from @brunoleipold.com’s
Citizen Marx.
Citizen Marx.
January 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Karl Marx’ conversion from republicanism to communism in 1844 was conducted through the 19th-century equivalent of a passive-aggressive text message to your roommate: a formal letter to his housemate Arnold Ruge over hot gossip. Excerpt from @brunoleipold.com’s
Citizen Marx.
Citizen Marx.
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Here is our review on Daily Kos: www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
Written by Mark Graham (@geoplace.bsky.social), James Muldoon (@jamesmuldoon.bsky.social) and Callum Cant, it details the lives of low-wage workers, mostly women, in places like Kenya, India and the Philippines....
Written by Mark Graham (@geoplace.bsky.social), James Muldoon (@jamesmuldoon.bsky.social) and Callum Cant, it details the lives of low-wage workers, mostly women, in places like Kenya, India and the Philippines....
Nonfiction Views: The global sweatshop behind AI, plus this week's notable new nonfiction
In recent months, there has been a steady stream of books published about Artificial Intelligence, or A.I. I tend not to select these books to feature, even though I consider the issue fascinating ...
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January 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Here is our review on Daily Kos: www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...
Written by Mark Graham (@geoplace.bsky.social), James Muldoon (@jamesmuldoon.bsky.social) and Callum Cant, it details the lives of low-wage workers, mostly women, in places like Kenya, India and the Philippines....
Written by Mark Graham (@geoplace.bsky.social), James Muldoon (@jamesmuldoon.bsky.social) and Callum Cant, it details the lives of low-wage workers, mostly women, in places like Kenya, India and the Philippines....