Dr. M. Birna van Riemsdijk

In other words: If AI does one thing well, it's making explicit what «being human» means under current conditions. The answer cannot lie in a return to a supposedly universal humanism, but rather in a radical critique of these conditions that understands the role of AI systems in maintaining them
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So-called «artificial intelligence» is essentially an explication machine, rendering explicit not only latent patterns in masses of data, but also fascist tendencies in liberal democracies as well as the exploitative, extractivist, and ultimately destructive business models of platform capitalism
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“the US has a history of eradicating the disabled. Eugenics – the pseudoscientific belief that humans should breed for “desirable traits” and suppress the undesirable ones – rose to popularity in the US and globally during the late 19th century.”

The Ugly Laws, a series of state laws at the turn of the 20th century, banned disabled, mentally ill and unhoused people from public places. This + other eugenic law like forced sterilization and interracial marriage bans were such comprehensive body of legislation the Nazis studied and cited them.

This is extremely fucking bad. It’s intentionally ambiguous.

Language used:
- addiction
- homelessness
- mental health conditions
- substance use disorders
- risk to self or public
- living on the streets
- cannot care for self

Please study the American Eugenics Movement. They won’t stop here.

I signed this letter. Maybe worthy of your signage as well?

Faschismus = Selbstentgrenzung - die Wirklichkeit trägt (zu Recht) zahlreiche ethisch-moralische Ansprüche an ein Individuum heran, diesen gerecht zu werden, kostet Energie. Eine faschistoide Absage an diese Ansprüche ist für manche wahrscheinlich eine Lusterfahrung.

This fits perfectly, as the default aesthetic of #AIslop already owes a lot to Kinkade: If you look at algorithmically curated databases used to fine-tune AI models such as «LAION aesthetics,» you'll find Kinkade's paintings ranked higher than almost anything else in terms of «aesthetic score»
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A short blogpost detailing my experience of censorship at the AI for Good Summit with links to both original and censored versions of slides and links to my talk

aial.ie/blog/2025-ai...

AI for good, with caveats: How a keynote speaker was censored during an international artificial intelligence summit Q&A with Abeba Birhane on how she was censored during the AI for good summit and how the industry can do better.

I sat down and chatted with the AI for Good keynote speaker @abeba.bsky.social about how her talk was censored, how this undermines the spirit of the summit, and what the industry can do to build fairer, more just systems.

thebulletin.org/2025/07/ai-f...

An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education

A strong statement of resistance to the relentless marketing of "AI" in education spaces. I encourage all educators to have a look and consider signing on:

openletter.earth/an-open-lett...

Had je deze open brief al gezien? Je kunt mee ondertekenen! ✍️ openletter.earth/open-letter-...

FAST COMPANY Article: While retirement typically occurs, after completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals called "micro-retirement." Micro- retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months. Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:

'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'

Indeed!!

Verklaring van Doorbraak en De Fabel van de illegaal over de strafbaarstelling van ongedocumenteerden | Doorbraak.eu Gisteren zijn de fascistische asielwetten van voormalig minister Faber door de Tweede Kamer geloodst. Wij zijn er woedend over dat deze afschuwelijke wetten, inclusief de strafbaarstelling van illegaa...

Dit is hoe je een statement maakt over fascistisch beleid:

www.doorbraak.eu/verklaring-v...

AAAI is actively integrating LLMs into the review process. According to them in a way that that preserves academic integrity. Based on an imo wholly naïve and misguided idea that ‘human-in-the-loop’ will make it ok. aaai.org/aaai-launche...

“De principes zijn: eerlijkheid, nauwgezetheid, transparantie, onafhankelijkheid, en verantwoordelijkheid. “AI” berust op oneerlijk verkregen data, nodigt uit tot afraffelen, is ondoorzichtig in plaats van transparant, maakt mensen afhankelijk, en leidt tot verlies van eigenaarschap.”

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Wel heb ik ooit @aob.nl hoe komt die AI-prietpraat in het onderhandelingsakkoord, en hoe krijgen we die er zo snel mogelijk uit? #cao #universiteiten ideophone.org/waarom-ik-ni... (ht @irisvanrooij.bsky.social)

Opinie: ‘Met haar reactie op Douwe Bob maakt Yesilgöz maar weer eens duidelijk hoezeer ze verschilt van Rutte’ De tweet van Dilan Yesilgöz over Douwe Bob, waarin ze van ‘Jodenhaat’ sprak, is volgens Paroollezer Atze Lourens een nieuw voorbeeld van haar polariserende manier van politiek bedrijven. ‘Zelf neemt z...

Goede ingezonden brief van Atze Lourens in Het Parool:

www.parool.nl/columns-opin...

A lot of the signatories to this letter are in the Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence department, and other scientific fields. They supply links to papers that support their concerns.

Kritische reflectie Eva-item Klöpping 'AI in de toekomst' | Intimate Computing Op 22 mei 2025 was Alexander Klöpping te gast in het programma 'Eva' van de AVRO/TROS. Hij presenteerde daar een 'toekomstscenario' waarin AI 'slimmer'

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) als toekomstscenario voor AI zoals Alexander Klöpping betoogde bij Eva? Een ideologisch problematisch en technisch onjuist narratief, aangewakkerd door grote AI en tech bedrijven. Mijn reactie op mijn blog: intimate-computing.net/kritische-re...

It’s ok to rest.

It’s ok to unplug.

It’s ok to take a break.

Rest is resistance.

Ableism has conditioned us to believe that taking care of ourselves is somehow lazy or wrong.

It’s not. It’s necessary.

If you don’t take breaks, your body will force you.

Give yourself permission to rest.

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

Our demands, see link

Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

openletter.earth/open-letter-...

“Transphobia is not f**cking feminist”

Kate Nash's powerful speech during her performance at Glastonbury.

Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as …

"In our writing, we drew on our lives: the losses of our parents, the births of our children, every love affair we’ve lived or imagined. Stories of human heroism and human depravity. These stories were stolen from us and used to train machines" #AIEthics #authors

lithub.com/against-ai-a...

Het is niét de schuld van jongeren zelf, wanneer je een beperking hebt, mentale problemen of chronisch ziek bent. En je uitvalt doordat passende begeleiding bij onderwijs, stage of werk ontbreekt.

Daarom willen we betere begeleiding en voorzieningen. Zodat iedereen kan meedoen! 🙌🏽

Videos about DiscReTe published! | Intimate Computing I am delighted to share with you that the videos of our project ‘Disconnections and Relationships mediated through Intimate Technologies (DiscReTe)’ have

The videos about our project Disconnections and Relationships mediated through Intimate Technologies (DiscReTe) are online! 💃 We investigated through dance how Intimate (Wearable) Technologies can support social connection through human-technology partnership. intimate-computing.net/news/videos-...

Many thanks Olivia and colleagues for the initiative and leadership! I wholeheartedly support this letter. Sign too if you want to resist the uncritical adoption of AI technologies in academia 👇

This thread! It cuts right through all the allegedly sophisticated comments from some of my (very liberal) academic colleagues who breezily wave warnings of the rising rode of disinformation away 👇🏼