Simone Vannuccini

>> we have public alternatives at hand that already do a fantastic job studying AI impacts: @ainowinstitute.bsky.social top example. Those who study AI for the #public #interest should reinforce collab, as after markets, now even AI economics research heads toward a private oligopoly...

>> now, the battlefield where to prevail in the AI #LLM landscape is that of economics research aimed at justifying the value of the technology and its business model. So, competition moves to the think-tank space. The key problem with that is that these are #private research centres >>

The latest lateral expansion of private #AI labs / #tech #giants is into #economics! What an honour for the profession to be finally considered! (sarcasm) The trend is concerning: first, we witnessed the AI brain drain from CS to big tech (expected for PhDs, less expected for top professors) >>

Chapitre 2 - Pour l’Union européenne, il n’y a pas d’autonomie stratégique sans autonomie budgétaire

✍️ Olimpia Fontana & @svannuccini.bsky.social

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Merci beaucoup à tous les contributeurs (1/2): @pierrealayrac.bsky.social, @antonintd.bsky.social, @svannuccini.bsky.social‬, Olimpia Fontana, @maxkrahe.bsky.social‬, @paulmalliet.bsky.social, @alajanantti.bsky.social‬, @dzurstrassen.bsky.social

I mean, really do want to believe at some psychological level to those studies saying that socials do not polarise, but if you peek at anybody anywhere scrolling you just see slop, fake news, and derogatory content. Big tech has such a big responsibility for the descent of the west into autocracy

But... is it? The author of the piece is a well-known ideological conservative that has all the interest in casting the bleaker of shadows. The current President has daily meaningless rants maybe we focus on that. The real problem to me seems the Axel Springer right turn imposed to Politico

Interested? Here is the paper: www.csfederalismo.it/it/attivita/...

... So, @ec.europa.eu let's not fall for this, and let's build a #European #AI that is #plural and not necessarily based on the 'the-bigger-the-better' mantra!

... These projects and commitments to democracy, privacy etc are less credible than monopoly (the game) currency, given the ease with which these companies have turned to lipservicing a US govt that heads at breakneck speed towards becoming an autocratic regime...

... as fair guarantors of AI development to obtain contracts and shape the market. Evidence of that? In the span of a couple of days, OpenAI introduced its 'OpenAI for countries' with the aim to replicate the #Stargate project abroad and Microsoft responded with its 'European digital commitments'...

... the more US Big Tech will try to present themselves as neutral vehicles of infrastructural services, working for the public/global good. This is one of the two ways of weaponising industrial/tech policy I described in my last paper: hyperscalers dressing themselves...

From 'exporting democracy' to 'exporting datacentre services' -the more the awareness on the need of #AI #decoupling advances in the #EU (even though the AI continent plan is still plagued by references to #AGI which are baseless)...

As the #AI arms race rages on due to #global #rivalries here's my take focused on the #EU: "Move Fast and Integrate Things:the Making of a European Industrial Policy for Artificial Intelligence"- I warn against 'double weaponisation' of IP &propose principles for a pro-(global) public goods posture!

Reminder: tomorrow Wed 14/5 4PM Paris time, @joshgans.bsky.social presents at our VOILA! #seminars @univcotedazur.bsky.social 'Does #AI Really Create an #Automation #Dilemma?' If you don't attend, it means you are not really interested in #artificialintelligence! So, register here and share!

We conclude Season 3 of VOILA! on 14/5 (4PM Paris/CEST) with a talk by super @joshgans.bsky.social on "Does #AI really create an #automation #dilemma?" Register below to attend online! Our multidisciplinary, inclusive series at the frontier of AI gets cooler by the day! @univcotedazur.bsky.social

YouTube video by Université Côte d'Azur VOILA!S03E04 :" How do firms and sectors engage with AI? Innovation,skills and use" par Dr Lea Samek

Did you miss our latest VOILA! seminars @univcotedazur.bsky.social on #AI& the #economy? Catch-up with the recording! Lea Samek @oecd-ocde.bsky.social presented an encompassing research on: "how do #firms and #sectors engage with AI? #Innovation, #skills, and #use. @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social

There is loads of economic research on AI that does not need the AGI trope to say something interesting, eg on industrial and competition policy of AI. And it is also painful to see for all the scholars of technological change, especially when the industrial revolution is brought into the narrative!

Complexity is eliminated (as diversity is in proximate political views), economic incentives and forces are simplified. I am a bit shocked that this is now given airtime by @cepr.org seminar series on the #economics of #AI, which is a top institution promoting serious scientific work >>

This back-of-the-envelope way of thinking is very typical of longtermists, and to me seems too similar to the outcome of what average students in econ-101 would do to solve a take-home assignment and then abandon the course without studying the rest of key concepts. >>

AI 2027 A research-backed AI scenario forecast.

The AI2027 exercise (ai-2027.com) is the n-tieth example of Silicon Valley inbued-thinking boys (even when they are not kids) extrapolating trends with back-of-the-envelope calculations to justify their unidimensional sci-fi dreams of AGI. >>

I Hate Wasting Time on Identifying AI Slop I Hate Wasting Time on Identifying AI Slop By Alex I hate spending time trying to decipher if something is AI slop or not. I do not enjoy that I need to...

Cool @alexhanna.bsky.social post: AI slop is bad in absolute terms, but it also sends a signal: consumers (of ads, or info) matter nothing, we are just an appendix on which to vomit the crappiest of the content. Plus, the effort to process the info is now passed-through on us...

20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.

A better world is possible.

YouTube video by Université Côte d'Azur VOILA! S03E03 : "Brains beyond computers" par Pr Romain Brette

Is the #computer a good metaphor for the #brain? That's pretty relevant for how we imagine and produce #AI. Spoiler: it's not a good metaphor :) Want to hear more? Listen to the recording of our last VOILA! seminar from Romain Brette @univcotedazur.bsky.social: youtu.be/mFO9fsduOl4?...

New VOILA! seminar tomorrow 2/4 4PMCEST! Lea Samek @oecd-ocde.bsky.social presents "How do #firms and #sectors engage with #AI? #Innovation, #skills and use"-a panoramic take on #artificialintelligence & the #Economy! Register: enquetes.univ-cotedazur.fr/index.php/27...! @univcotedazur.bsky.social

Stupratori alla Casa Bianca - Valigia Blu Dal presidente Trump alla visita di Conor McGregor, misoginia e apologia della cultura dello stupro alla Casa Bianca sono ormai saldate a una cultura di governo che propugna un modello ben definito di...

🧵 Stupratori alla Casa Bianca | @giuliab.bsky.social www.valigiablu.it/casa-bianca-... via @valigiablu.it

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

The aesthetic of postmodern conservatism is cringe and shitty, and that's why it matches so well with AI art: the slop is a product and complement of fascism. Truly great piece by @garethwatkins.bsky.social newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Should #AI really be such a cornerstone of #European #industrialpolicy? AI might underdeliver on expectations, but is the proxy for new #global rivalries power politics. Read more in my commentary-in a nutshell: more than #deeplearning the #EU needs deep pockets! www.csfederalismo.it/images/2025/...

New VOILA! (Visions Of InteLligence Artificielle) seminar, open and accessible because #AI should be for everyone! Romain Brette will discuss whether #computers are good metaphors for #intelligence. Link to register below - it's an initiative of EFELIA Côte d'Azur and my Chair!