Andreas Bischof
@andreasbischof.bsky.social
Sociologist with interest in Technology & Culture. Here for critical content on digital tech and data in people’s lifeworlds. Oh, and fun.
Website: https://andreasbischof.net
Current projects: https://mytuc.org/pwsh
Writings: https://mytuc.org/ppwn
Website: https://andreasbischof.net
Current projects: https://mytuc.org/pwsh
Writings: https://mytuc.org/ppwn
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UGent-rector Petra De Sutter gebruikte onbestaande citaten in haar speech bij de start van het academiejaar. Ze bevestigt aan Apache dat de fouten door AI veroorzaakt zijn. #technonchalance
apache.be/2026/01/08/r...
apache.be/2026/01/08/r...
Rector Petra De Sutter gebruikte door AI ‘gehallucineerde’ citaten in openingsspeech
De foute citaten werden op de UGent-website in oktober ‘opgekuist’ zonder enige uitleg.
apache.be
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 AM
UGent-rector Petra De Sutter gebruikte onbestaande citaten in haar speech bij de start van het academiejaar. Ze bevestigt aan Apache dat de fouten door AI veroorzaakt zijn. #technonchalance
apache.be/2026/01/08/r...
apache.be/2026/01/08/r...
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Don't blame Grok: We need to move beyond the idea that generative AI models are just data, models & prompts. That frame places AI companies as passive observers of their own products - but they're the sole deciders of how models are optimized & to what goals. From me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
Why Musk is Culpable in Grok's Undressing Fiasco | TechPolicy.Press
Grok’s functionality is not a black box, but the result of specific design decisions made by executives and engineers at xAI, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Don't blame Grok: We need to move beyond the idea that generative AI models are just data, models & prompts. That frame places AI companies as passive observers of their own products - but they're the sole deciders of how models are optimized & to what goals. From me in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
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«KI ist power-projection und zwar im militärischen, wie im psychoanalytischen Sinne des Projektionsbegriffs.»
Zusammen mit @modomodo.bsky.social @bildoperationen.bsky.social, @robin-c.bsky.social,
@vinzenzhediger.bsky.social & anderen habe ich bei
@cargoverlag.bsky.social ein paar Beobachtungen zu 2025 veröffentlicht. Dabei u.a. Überlegungen zum Institutozid durch KI & zur Krötenmast der @spd.de.
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@vinzenzhediger.bsky.social & anderen habe ich bei
@cargoverlag.bsky.social ein paar Beobachtungen zu 2025 veröffentlicht. Dabei u.a. Überlegungen zum Institutozid durch KI & zur Krötenmast der @spd.de.
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Was vom Jahr bleibt.
2025
www.cargo-film.de
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 PM
«KI ist power-projection und zwar im militärischen, wie im psychoanalytischen Sinne des Projektionsbegriffs.»
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So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves
January 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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“why are women using ai less than men” bc our ideas have to actually be good
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“why are women using ai less than men” bc our ideas have to actually be good
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SLOPOCALYPSE NOW: www.artforum.com/features/yea...
Slopocalypse Now
Hari Kunzru surveys the AI slop that dominates our feeds and likens the way it drowns out information to a new form of censorship.
www.artforum.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
SLOPOCALYPSE NOW: www.artforum.com/features/yea...
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Online reaction economies are largely driven by outrage, cringe & paranoia. As #AISlop is optimized to generate engagement, its emerging genres can probably be best distinguished by the ways they prompt specific affects & trigger certain reactions (including pseudo-forensic readings) #Sloptimization
December 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Online reaction economies are largely driven by outrage, cringe & paranoia. As #AISlop is optimized to generate engagement, its emerging genres can probably be best distinguished by the ways they prompt specific affects & trigger certain reactions (including pseudo-forensic readings) #Sloptimization
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OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets (from LibGen) - Ars Technica
All that money and they still couldn't afford to buy books. #ai #ethics
share.google/3QA7CYsChJWx...
All that money and they still couldn't afford to buy books. #ai #ethics
share.google/3QA7CYsChJWx...
OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets
OpenAI risks increased fines after deleting pirated books datasets.
share.google
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
OpenAI desperate to avoid explaining why it deleted pirated book datasets (from LibGen) - Ars Technica
All that money and they still couldn't afford to buy books. #ai #ethics
share.google/3QA7CYsChJWx...
All that money and they still couldn't afford to buy books. #ai #ethics
share.google/3QA7CYsChJWx...
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🏆Gestern wurde der Wissen der Vielen – Forschungspreis für #CitizenScience im Rahmen der #PartWiss in Leipzig feierlich verliehen. Ausgezeichnet wurden stellvertretend für ihre Teams Dirk Knoche, Sven Bittenbinder & Melike Şahinol. www.mitforschen.org/forschungspr...
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🏆Gestern wurde der Wissen der Vielen – Forschungspreis für #CitizenScience im Rahmen der #PartWiss in Leipzig feierlich verliehen. Ausgezeichnet wurden stellvertretend für ihre Teams Dirk Knoche, Sven Bittenbinder & Melike Şahinol. www.mitforschen.org/forschungspr...
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Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities
Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...
cm.asiae.co.kr
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
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Virtually every digital technology of this century has been designed to feed and flatter the worst parts of yourself
Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.
Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence
Both the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat...
arxiv.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Virtually every digital technology of this century has been designed to feed and flatter the worst parts of yourself
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"[My job as Juniorprofessorin] was created in 2021 after attempts at closing the Department [...] failed. Its purpose was to stabilise the department’s situation and ideally to develop a plan for the future. But to this day, we don’t know if we will even have a future." #IchBinHanna
My blog post with the ADAM network has now been published. It's about precarity, the future of small subjects, and communal approaches to academic work. I hope it will resonate with some. #IchBinHanna #KleineFaecher #SkandiRetten
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...
Hard Times and Trial Approaches: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies Between Precarity and the Future
Dr Rebecca Merkelbach reflects on her keynote speech at the most recent Saga Conference. Held every three years, Saga Con is the most important meeting of Old Norse scholars, bringing together acad…
difficultmedieval.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"[My job as Juniorprofessorin] was created in 2021 after attempts at closing the Department [...] failed. Its purpose was to stabilise the department’s situation and ideally to develop a plan for the future. But to this day, we don’t know if we will even have a future." #IchBinHanna
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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To begin reclaiming control of its future, Europe must chart a path toward digital sovereignty, argues Johnny Ryan, Director of Enforce at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. He says there are three key levers to achieve this: politics, policing, and procurement.
Europe Isn’t Weak—It Just Pretends To Be. Here’s How to Fix That. | TechPolicy.Press
Europe must reclaim digital sovereignty through three levers: politics, policing, and procurement, writes Johnny Ryan.
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
To begin reclaiming control of its future, Europe must chart a path toward digital sovereignty, argues Johnny Ryan, Director of Enforce at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. He says there are three key levers to achieve this: politics, policing, and procurement.
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Holy shit.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
Ronald Reagan narrates a new anti-tariff ad from Canada
The new commercial is part of a $75 million ad campaign by Ontario aimed at Republican voters.
www.fastcompany.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Holy shit.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
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Blah Blah Blah... apparently increases AI accuracy medium.com/the-generato...
The words “blah blah blah” increase AI accuracy
Who needs Chain of Thought when “blah blah blah” works?
medium.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Blah Blah Blah... apparently increases AI accuracy medium.com/the-generato...
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Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Reminder of why the intersection of science defunding, elite dislocation, and AI-as-solve-it-all will possibly kill the research base as we know it:
pardoguerra.org/2025/07/15/e...
pardoguerra.org/2025/07/15/e...
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Reminder of why the intersection of science defunding, elite dislocation, and AI-as-solve-it-all will possibly kill the research base as we know it:
pardoguerra.org/2025/07/15/e...
pardoguerra.org/2025/07/15/e...
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This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
S5 E11 - Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 19/10/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
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Generating a 5 second video is the energy equivalent of running a microwave for an HOUR
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Generating a 5 second video is the energy equivalent of running a microwave for an HOUR
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So this came out a year ago 🕸️. Yet, it is still around - both as a printed book and in digital #openaccess! 👉 doi.org/10.7551/mitp.... We just had a great author meets critics session on it at #shot2025 with @modomodo.bsky.social, Elizabeth Petrick, @ccmmody.bsky.social & Thomas Haigh. #histsci 📚💙
Coming up on October 15 @mitpress.bsky.social: My book THE CONNECTIVITY OF THINGS: NETWORK CULTURES SINCE 1832 is finally making its way over the Atlantic. Be in touch if you'd like a review copy! There might be occasional posts about this 😀.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255074... #histsci #history 📚💙
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255074... #histsci #history 📚💙
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So this came out a year ago 🕸️. Yet, it is still around - both as a printed book and in digital #openaccess! 👉 doi.org/10.7551/mitp.... We just had a great author meets critics session on it at #shot2025 with @modomodo.bsky.social, Elizabeth Petrick, @ccmmody.bsky.social & Thomas Haigh. #histsci 📚💙
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Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.
October 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.
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CfP: Soziologie im Zeitalter generativer KI – Forschung über und mit KI. Beiträge (theoretisch, methodologisch, empirisch) bis 30.11.2025. Mehr Infos & Einreichung: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@berlinerjournal.bsky.social #CfP #Soziologie #KI #LLMs
@berlinerjournal.bsky.social #CfP #Soziologie #KI #LLMs
Call for Papers – Soziologie im Zeitalter generativer künstlicher Intelligenz (KI): Forschung über und mit KI
Das Themenheft des Berliner Journals für Soziologie „Soziologie im Zeitalter generativer KI: Forschung über und mit KI“ lädt theoretische, methodologische und empirische Beiträge ein, die generative K...
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
CfP: Soziologie im Zeitalter generativer KI – Forschung über und mit KI. Beiträge (theoretisch, methodologisch, empirisch) bis 30.11.2025. Mehr Infos & Einreichung: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
@berlinerjournal.bsky.social #CfP #Soziologie #KI #LLMs
@berlinerjournal.bsky.social #CfP #Soziologie #KI #LLMs