Henrik Skaug Sætra

Henrik Skaug Sætra / [spillteori]

@futuritas.eu

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Technology, ethics, and philosophy. Oh, and some political science - more specifically political theory.
Associate professor at the University of Oslo.
My research: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=p

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Henrik Skaug Sætra / [spillteori] @futuritas.eu · Aug 8

What's the value of academic articles and doing research? The product or the process?

This article has been a long process, and how I've processed the ongoing AI disruption of research. I use it very little, and while it's clearly not all bad, I argue for caution.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.

Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.

https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d

Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown

Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies

www.ft.com

Reposted by Tuomas Mattila, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Elisa Freschi

Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 1d

Would be interesting to compare the results on more recent models - but this problem won’t go away. LLMs are always going to be extrapolating from what has already, and often, been thought, which is why they aren’t windows to the future but anchors to the past.

Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 1d

Neat demonstration of how artificial so-called intelligence is taking us backwards.

"ChatGPT produced content most consistent with the 1960s and DALL-E 3 in the late 1980s and early '90s."

#AI - see @shannonvallor.bsky.social's work for important thinking on this
phys.org/news/2026-02...

New study uses Neanderthals to demonstrate gap between generative AI and scholarly knowledge

Technological advances over the past four decades have turned mobile devices and computers into the world's largest library, where information is just a tap away. Phones, laptops, tablets, smartwatche...

phys.org

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arnaerr ✦ COMMISSIONS OPEN @arnaerr.bsky.social · 1d

"Shouldn't have wished to live in more interesting times"

#bg3 #baldursgate3 #art

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

According to an organizer, “all signatories are full-time employees, and nearly 30% are Google Cloud workers.”

800 Google employees demand an end to any cloud contracts with ICE and CBP

The petition also called for executives to protect vulnerable Google employees, "from cafeteria workers to data center employees."

www.businessinsider.com

Reposted by David Murakami Wood, Henrik Skaug Sætra

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

"Explicitly intertwining the aspirations and fate of SpaceX with Musk’s CSAM generating social media website, his AI bullshit machines, and his right wing political project is horrifying and monopolistic."

This SpaceX Situation: Not Good!

Elon Musk's political projects are combining into a highly concerning megacompany.

www.404media.co

Reposted by Sven Nyholm, Henrik Skaug Sætra

Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 3d

Good news - we have a new ERC-funded 4-year PhD Studentship at the University of Edinburgh, based in Philosophy and our Centre @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, supervised by Dr Emily Sullivan; the project applies philosophy of science to assessing ML's epistemic & social value. Apply by 16 March!

ERC PhD studentship: The Ethics and Philosophy of Science of Machine Learning | Scholarships and Student Funding | Student Administration

This is a four-year ERC funded PhD studentship (starting in September 2026).

registryservices.ed.ac.uk

Henrik Skaug Sætra / [spillteori] @futuritas.eu · 3d

For those I've been discussing this with earlier - a new version of the AI/AGI and the social contract paper. Feedback very much appreciated. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 8d

A great thread on AI-driven epistemic contamination

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 8d

Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” I tried following one to see how these references are infecting academic knowledge systems codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/t...

Tracing the social half-life of a zombie citation

Photo by Henrik L. on Unsplash Academic publishing is currently experiencing a viral spread of “zombie citations.” This term refers to references of academic publications that do not ex…

codeactsineducation.wordpress.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 9d

404 Media has published the full user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE to bring up addresses for deportation targets. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...

Reposted by Howard Williams, John Foot, Silvia Secchi , and 5 more Howard Williams, John Foot, Silvia Secchi, Stephen Ryan, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Prokla Redaktion, Klaus Oschema, David Darmofal

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 12d

Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Kim L. Scheppele, Rebecca Solnit , and 6 more Joanna Bryson, Kim L. Scheppele, Rebecca Solnit, Brendan Nyhan, Michelle Everson, Adrian Daub, David Murakami Wood, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 12d

Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com

"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."

Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social

Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

www.wired.com

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Alan de Brauw, Jonathan M. Gilligan , and 8 more Stephan Lewandowsky, Alan de Brauw, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Hilde Van den Bulck, Fabián Muniesa, Brian Keegan, Henry Jones, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Julien Théry, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Francesco Nicoli

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12d

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.

We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 14d

The NYT reported many hours ago that the government account was provably false (which @bellingcat.com & others had already exposed in video) yet the BBC as of 11am UK time makes no mention of this fact and still centres the government’s false narrative, mentioning only ‘conflicting’ views. Shameful.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14d

The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14d

Statement from Senator John Fetterman about today’s events in Minnesota:

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 14d

At the very least every Democratic officeholder or candidate should be calling for the impeachment and/or arrest of Noem, Homan, and Bovino.

Bare minimum.

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 15d

Perhaps it's relevant for American media and companies to know that there are now various apps that allow European citizens to see the origin of products they want to buy, and in case they come from the USA, the app offers European alternatives. It's been discussed in detail on TV evening news... >

Reposted by Richard Price, Steve Peers, Paul M. Schwartz , and 4 more Richard Price, Steve Peers, Paul M. Schwartz, Els Torreele, Laleh Khalili, Mark Rice, Henrik Skaug Sætra

Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data.

My latest for @wired.com:

www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.

www.wired.com

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Robert Huber, Markus Wagner , and 4 more Cas Mudde, Robert Huber, Markus Wagner, Thomas M. Meyer, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Carolina Plescia

Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Job Alert!

We are looking for a Senior Scientist (40h/week) to develop, establish, and organize the research network “Democracy and Human Rights”.

Start: March 1, 2026
Application deadline: February 2, 2026

Find out more👇

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...

jobs.univie.ac.at

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17d

“Safety experts and tech critics have long condemned the Ring devices for security risks and privacy violations, not to mention their role in building the largest civilian surveillance network in US history.”

Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System

Online activists are telling owners of Ring Doorbell cameras that it's time to get rid of their devices, which can be used by ICE.

futurism.com

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Dora Breckinridge @heyitsdora.com · 17d

In a world of AI slop shortcuts in gaming, I am reminded that for The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, the developer's 60 year old father learned pixelart in MSPaint to help make the game

If it matters enough to you, you can always learn too, even at 60

A screenshot from The Friends of Ishikawa, showing the protagonist and his friends loitering under a bridge at sunset

A screenshot from The Friends of Ishikawa, showing the protagonist walking with the caption "hold r to be in delinquent mode"

A screenshot from The Friends of Ishikawa, showing the protagonist playing pingpong on a rooftop

A screenshot from The Friends of Ishikawa, showing the protagonist and his friends lazing around a messy apartment

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

The 15 richest people in America saw their collective wealth jump nearly $1 trillion during Trump's year back in office.

Many of them were standing alongside Trump at his inauguration one year ago today.

How are you doing?

Reposted by Brenda Cossman, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Olivier Mannoni

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20d

👇👇👇👇

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Reuters @reuters.com · 20d

US big tech stocks fall in Europe after Trump tariff threats reut.rs/45T4DDN

US big tech stocks fall in Europe after Trump tariff threats

Shares of U.S. tech giants fell in Europe ‌on Monday after President Donald Trump's vow to implement an increasing ‌range of tariffs on European countries until the U.S. is allowed ‍to buy Greenland.

reut.rs

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 20d

Unhinged

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Hanne Østli Jakobsen @hannejakobsen.bsky.social · 21d

Plottwist: Flyene vi ville brukt mot amerikanerne på Grønland kontrolleres de facto av amerikanerne 🙃
www.morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/kan-...

Reposted by Paolo Beria, Henrik Skaug Sætra

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 21d

🇸🇪 Kristersson: We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed. Only Denmark and Greenland decide on issues concerning Denmark and Greenland. I will always stand up for my country, and for our allied neighbors.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 21d

Almost the entirety of Greenland was in the streets protesting Donald Trump. I don’t remember record breaking protests taking place around the world when Joe Biden was President. I do remember paying less for groceries.