Anupam Basu
@abasu.bsky.social
Collecting data about stories. Telling stories with data.
Book: Shakespeare and Scale
Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/25sentkx
Cambridge UP: https://tinyurl.com/287ff98p
Book: Shakespeare and Scale
Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/25sentkx
Cambridge UP: https://tinyurl.com/287ff98p
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Anupam Basu
@abasu.bsky.social
· Oct 7
Been in the works for a while, but delighted it's finally out in the world, especially in the current political environment. I contributed an essay on the demonization of migrants in early modern England, a phenomenon that bears dispiriting similarities to our time.
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The Palantir takeover happening in the US and UK is astonishing!
corporatewatch.org/palantir-in-...
corporatewatch.org/palantir-in-...
Palantir in the UK: From the Ministry of Defence to the NHS - Corporate Watch
Palantir have recently been awarded a massive NHS data contract in England. But how did this shady Big Tech company come to power in the UK?
corporatewatch.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The Palantir takeover happening in the US and UK is astonishing!
corporatewatch.org/palantir-in-...
corporatewatch.org/palantir-in-...
Karp went to do a PhD in neoclassical social theory in Frankfurt. As a Jew, Steinberger says, Karp “wanted to understand how Germany, a pillar of European civilisation, had descended into barbarism.”
Palantir’s founding mission was “defending the west” 🙄
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Palantir’s founding mission was “defending the west” 🙄
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Fear really drives him’: is Alex Karp of Palantir the world’s scariest CEO?
His company is potentially creating the ultimate state surveillance tool, and Karp has recently been on a striking political and philosophical journey. His biographer reveals what makes him tick
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Karp went to do a PhD in neoclassical social theory in Frankfurt. As a Jew, Steinberger says, Karp “wanted to understand how Germany, a pillar of European civilisation, had descended into barbarism.”
Palantir’s founding mission was “defending the west” 🙄
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Palantir’s founding mission was “defending the west” 🙄
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#Antropic #AI model resorts to blackmail to avoid being shut down in a stress test.
www.cbsnews.com/news/anthrop...
www.cbsnews.com/news/anthrop...
Anthropic CEO warns that without guardrails, AI could be on dangerous path
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei centered his artificial intelligence brand around safety and transparency. He's determined to figure out the ways AI can be misused to try to mitigate the risks as best Anth...
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#Antropic #AI model resorts to blackmail to avoid being shut down in a stress test.
www.cbsnews.com/news/anthrop...
www.cbsnews.com/news/anthrop...
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It's board meetings all the way down!
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's board meetings all the way down!
So LensKart is about to offer an $8B IPO in India and it's hyping up its claims of #AI based eye testing. Perhaps understandable that he'd want to bandwagon. But alarmingly, there's little mention of either research-based evidence or regulatory approval.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
AI biggest trigger for IPO: Lenskart's Bansal - The Times of India
India Business News: Lenskart is preparing for its Dalal Street debut on November 10, aiming for an $8 billion valuation to fund significant AI investments. The SoftBank-b
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
So LensKart is about to offer an $8B IPO in India and it's hyping up its claims of #AI based eye testing. Perhaps understandable that he'd want to bandwagon. But alarmingly, there's little mention of either research-based evidence or regulatory approval.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
"This year 38m farmers received forecasts powered by #AI. Rather than simulateing exactly what is going on in the atmosphere, they make predictions by comparing patterns they see in weather data with previous, similar patterns in the historical weather records."
www.economist.com/science-and-...
www.economist.com/science-and-...
AI models ace their predictions of India’s monsoon rains
Some weather forecasts can now be done on a laptop
www.economist.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"This year 38m farmers received forecasts powered by #AI. Rather than simulateing exactly what is going on in the atmosphere, they make predictions by comparing patterns they see in weather data with previous, similar patterns in the historical weather records."
www.economist.com/science-and-...
www.economist.com/science-and-...
#India is moving towards legislation for the regulation of #AI generated content. All AI content must be clearly labeled.
www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...
www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...
Government plans stricter AI, deepfake rules; proposes platform accountability
The proposed amendments to IT rules provide a clear legal basis for labelling, traceability, and accountability related to synthetically-generated information.
www.indiatoday.in
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#India is moving towards legislation for the regulation of #AI generated content. All AI content must be clearly labeled.
www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...
www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...
Reposted by Anupam Basu
Cool reflection on the interpretive circularity of models & texts.
We tend to imagine that models tell us about the relations between texts, and differ only by accuracy.
But you can also turn this around and use texts to explore the relations between different models / interpretive approaches.
We tend to imagine that models tell us about the relations between texts, and differ only by accuracy.
But you can also turn this around and use texts to explore the relations between different models / interpretive approaches.
June 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Cool reflection on the interpretive circularity of models & texts.
We tend to imagine that models tell us about the relations between texts, and differ only by accuracy.
But you can also turn this around and use texts to explore the relations between different models / interpretive approaches.
We tend to imagine that models tell us about the relations between texts, and differ only by accuracy.
But you can also turn this around and use texts to explore the relations between different models / interpretive approaches.
October 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The #AI realignment of labor relations is going to be long and difficult.
fortune.com/2025/10/14/g...
fortune.com/2025/10/14/g...
Goldman economists on the Gen Z hiring nightmare: ‘Jobless growth’ is probably the new normal | Fortune
“History also suggests that the full consequences of AI for the labor market might not become apparent until a recession hits.”
fortune.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The #AI realignment of labor relations is going to be long and difficult.
fortune.com/2025/10/14/g...
fortune.com/2025/10/14/g...
Been in the works for a while, but delighted it's finally out in the world, especially in the current political environment. I contributed an essay on the demonization of migrants in early modern England, a phenomenon that bears dispiriting similarities to our time.
punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...
punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...
October 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Been in the works for a while, but delighted it's finally out in the world, especially in the current political environment. I contributed an essay on the demonization of migrants in early modern England, a phenomenon that bears dispiriting similarities to our time.
punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...
punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...
Reposted by Anupam Basu
How the Public Sees Philosophy:
Insights from a National Survey in the Czech Republic | by Vít Gvoždiak & Martin Zach dailynous.com/2025/09/03/h... #philosophy #public #philsky
Insights from a National Survey in the Czech Republic | by Vít Gvoždiak & Martin Zach dailynous.com/2025/09/03/h... #philosophy #public #philsky
How the Public Sees Philosophy: Insights from a National Survey in the Czech Republic (guest post) - Daily Nous
What do ordinary people think philosophy is for? That's one of the questions a pair of philosophers, Vít Gvoždiak and Martin Zach (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences) aimed to answer. ...
dailynous.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
How the Public Sees Philosophy:
Insights from a National Survey in the Czech Republic | by Vít Gvoždiak & Martin Zach dailynous.com/2025/09/03/h... #philosophy #public #philsky
Insights from a National Survey in the Czech Republic | by Vít Gvoždiak & Martin Zach dailynous.com/2025/09/03/h... #philosophy #public #philsky
1/3 Obviously, much of this is spot on! But I'm skeptical of the "seize the means of knowledge production" flourish. That train left when we decided we were okay with universities being basically hedge funds with attached teaching/research units. When it became normal to pay >50k to get an education
"the solution is still the one that can succeed: to build a new cultural order, a new civilization. To do so, academics must embrace an unusual new role: as knowledge workers, they must seize the means of knowledge production."
www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...
www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...
Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books
Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.
www.publicbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
1/3 Obviously, much of this is spot on! But I'm skeptical of the "seize the means of knowledge production" flourish. That train left when we decided we were okay with universities being basically hedge funds with attached teaching/research units. When it became normal to pay >50k to get an education
October 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
www.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
