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“There is no honour for the humanities in regaining their standing through the attention of #AI companies, if they engage only on the technology industry’s terms. In that case, they will have become important in exactly the wrong way.“ #AIEthics #PhilTech

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I am looking forward to the #BMS #Research day at #Utwente today and to give a brief talk on #sensors and why we need to pay more attention. #PhilTech https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/organisation/departments-institutes/department-ldt/BMS-Research-Conference-2025/

On my way to the #SPT conference at #TU/e . Let’s do some #PhilTech 💪🏻

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I am looking forward to Isaac Oluoch‘s PhD defence today. Feel free to join us online. It has been a pleasure to serve as his supervisor for his #PSTS MSc thesis and as his Daily Supervisor (w/ Monika Kuffer). #PhilTech #STS #RemoteSensing #GeoAI https://www.itc.nl/events/2025/4/255007/phd-defence-isaac-oluoch-frame-pro-framework-for-the-responsible-and-accountable-mapping-of-deprived-urban-areas

If you are in #Enschede (or the #Twente region), visit our interactive exhibition, which is an important part of our research project in the #HOLDEN project :) #PhilTech #TechEhics

https://tankstationenschede.nl/event/interactive-art-exhibition-opening-this-is-not-a-camera/

Our beautiful campus awaits the study seekers for the Master’s #OpenDay at the #UTwente . I am looking forward to the bright young people considering to study #Philosophy of #Science , #Technology and #Society with us :) Oh, and this is literally just across my office… #PhilTech #TechEthics #AIEthics #STS #HistoryOfTechnology

Important 🧵… #Ethics #AIEthics #PhilTech #academia

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Just three days left to apply for our 5-year #AdAstraFellowship in #Ethics and #Philosophy of #Technology! Further details and a link to the application system are available on our website at: www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n... #PhilTech #PhilSci #PhilJobs #AIEthics #UCD

Ad Astra Fellow in Ethics and ...

Just one week left to apply for our Ad Astra Fellowship in #Ethics and #Philosophy of #Technology at @ucddublin.bsky.social… 👀 #PhilTech #PhilSci #AIEthics #DataEthics #PhilSky #PhilJobs

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On my way to kick-off our #Philosophy and #Sociology course at the #IndustrialDesign BA programme at #Utwente. Who would have thought that you can study Industrial Design and get lectures about “why we should stop designing” at the same time? #PhilTech #STS #HigherEd

#UCD School of Philosophy is looking for a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the #Ethics and #Philosophy of Technology for a prestigious 5-year fellowship leading to a permanent position (subject to satisfactory performance). #PhilTech #PhilSci #AIEthics #PhilJobs https://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/newsandevents/2025/ad-astra-ethics-technology/

#UCD School of Philosophy is looking for a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the #Ethics and #Philosophy of Technology for a prestigious 5-year fellowship leading to a permanent position (subject to satisfactory performance). #PhilTech #PhilSci #AIEthics #PhilJobs www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n...

Ad Astra Fellow in Ethics and ...

Do you have a stellar track record in #Ethics and #Philosophy of Technology (including, though not limited to, ethics of AI)? Would you like to be my colleague at University College #Dublin? Good news: @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social is hiring!

For further details and information about #UCD’s Ad Astra programme, see: https://www.ucd.ie/adastrafellows/en/ (apply via College of Social Sciences and Law section, or DM for informal enquiries). #PhilJobs #PhilTech #AIEthics ✨

UCD School of #Philosophy is looking to hire an Ad Astra Fellow in #Ethics and Philosophy of Technology, inc. ethics of AI (5-year fixed-term, leading to permanent subject to performance). For details, see my.corehr.com/pls/coreport.... Closing date: 21st Feb. #PhilSky #PhilTech #AIEthics #PhilJobs

Send us your bright and curious BA students! The international two #MSc programme is a unique opportunity to dig deep into various disciplines and fields to study the interplay between #science, #technology, and #society ! Sign up: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/study-choice-calendar/master-open-day/

#PhilTech #PhilSci #STS #History #EthicsOfTechnology

Enjoying the presentations at the #EmergingTechnologies and #SocietalTransformations conference at @utwente . #STS #PhilTech https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/researchcentreforsciencecommunication/events/2024/9/1729072/emerging-technologies-societal-transformations-conference-2024

I was thinking about how there is only a very minor philosophy of engineering, and engineering does not have an equal formal status in history of S&T and STS Which might go back to the status of engineering as not really academic in some(?) (anglophone?) countries? #histsci #philtech #sts

#STS #PhilTech #AI #SustainableAI #TechnoSolutionism #ClimateChange #Environment: "Contrary to its perceived role as a solution, I argue that sustainable AI inadvertently perpetuates and reinforces existing structures of socio-economic exploitation and exclusion. Building on critical technology and AI studies as well as materialist thinking, I shed light on the hegemonic narratives, visions, and beliefs that ground the technological horizon of this conception. Thus adding to a critical theory of technology, the central aim of this paper is to “demystify the illusion of technical necessity” with which sustainable AI is presented and “expose the relativity of the prevailing technical choices”. The pursuit of sustainable AI is not driven by benevolent intentions for resource-friendly and ethical solutions but represents a contingent choice that emerges as the technological manifestation of the current socio-economic horizon.

Laying out this argument, the paper proceeds as follows. First, I survey the concept of sustainable AI. Second, I demystify the narratives, visions, and beliefs behind the concept by sketching three epistemological dimensions to analyze AI: AI-as-technology, AI-beyond-technology, and AI-as-ideology. Grounded in science and technology studies (STS) and philosophy of technology (PhilTech), this threefold distinction lays the foundations for a critical assessment of sustainable AI and details the ways that this conception reinforces the existing status quo. Third, I expand these insights and identify the techno-solutionist and economic narratives that facilitate the current enthusiasm for sustainable AI. Finally, I demonstrate how this enthusiasm inadvertently co-opts genuine climate solutions, creating the illusion of moving forward while being stuck within a system of economic, environmental, and social exploitation. The inevitable conclusion is that a climate-friendly future demands a different path."

https://ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wjds/article/view/4_1_4/119

📬New Weekly Reckoning just dropped! In the news: Anthropic gives Claude a bridge obsession, WiFi just got more expensive for millions in the US, the public’s thoughts on genAI, and hikikomori are gaining notice outside of Japan.
https://ethicalreckoner.substack.com/p/wr-29-a-golden-gate-lobotomy-what
#newsletter #techethics #philtech #STS

LLMs = partially automated luxury plagiarism™ #AI #PhilTech

“If, in the next technological era, all we’re doing is the same thing we do on screens now but on a screen that’s a couple inches in front of our eyes, that’s not inspiring.” Hear, hear! #Apple #VisionPro #VR #AR #PhilTech https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-apples-new-vision-pro-headset-might-do-to-our-brain/

#Apple’s focus on #multimodal object identification is particularly interesting in the context of the forthcoming #VisionPro. Imagine a voice assistant that can classify and augment real-world objects. #PhilTech #PhilAI https://aifocussed.medium.com/how-apples-new-ai-shakes-up-the-ai-world-by-seeing-what-gpt-4-misses-b3bf8190503b

I am looking forward to two stimulating days at the “Mining Matters” workshop at #utwente : https://www.utwente.nl/en/sustainability/climate-centre/events/2023/11/1218824/workshop-mining-matters #PhilTech #STS

“[#Tesla] dismissed the information it had available in favor of its marketing campaign for the purpose of selling vehicles under the label of being autonomous," rules judge. #PhilTech #AIEthics https://apple.news/ATmmFuPxnQ069U9Yy9J0V4Q