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Tony Chemero

@tonychemero.bsky.social

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Philosophy and Psychology professor at University of Cincinnati. Embodied cognition, AI, social cognition, phenomenology, critical theory. Against fascism, like everyone should be. (he/him)

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Uolevi @surkea.bsky.social · Jul 21

We don't need AI, but we do need a livable Earth. We can't have both.

#fuckAI#ArtistsAgainstAI#AgainstAI#SayNoToAI

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Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.bsky.social · 5d

Today's the day for my anti-AI zine volume 2: "Human Perspectives on the Latest AI Hype Cycle" 🎉

Enjoy the fruits of my focus these past few months and learn from many great people!

Scanned zine to print your own and the full text and references are available at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI

Front and back cover of the Zine sitting among Japanese maple leaves. Front cover has the title "Human Perspectives on the Latest AI Hype Cycle" with subtitle "AI Sucks and You Should Not Use It, Volume 2"
along with the date of October 2025 and author Lauren Woolsey.

Back cover has the text "References available on the back of this unfolded sheet and at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI" along with a QR code to that link. Then it has the text "Share with a friend, light the world! Connect w/ me: @cgsunit.bsky.social"

Pages 2 and 3 of the Zine, open among tree leaves.

Page 2 starts with handwritten "First...some backstory!" and then the text reads as follows: "Version Volume 1 of this zine, (June 2025), is called “Why GenAI Sucks and you should not use it.” I gave copies to my friends, did swaps at Grand Rapids Zine Fest, and shared the digital scan with hundreds of folks. It’s been great to connect with a community of humans who also think AI sucks! Since June, more great folks have added to the conversation. Let me introduce a few here..."

Page 3 is titled Anthony Moser and has the following text: "“I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.” So opens this most excellent essay (posted August 2025).
You absolutely need to read it. Also, it has 24 linked resources, if my Zine v1.1 list wasn’t enough to get you started being a hater."

Pages 4 and 5 of the Zine, open among tree leaves.

Page 4 is titled Olivia Guest and has the text: "1. Look at Guest’s incredible collection promoting Critical AI Literacy (CAIL): olivia.science/ai . 2. Discover a framework to define AI in “What Does 'Human-Centred AI' Mean?” (July 2025). 3. Share with educator friends Guest et al: “Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia” (September 2025). Such a helpful paper for advocacy!"

Page 5 is titled Ali Alkhatib and has the following text: "“AI is an ideological project to shift authority and autonomy away from individuals, towards centralized structures of power.” -from his essay Defining AI. Ali is on my recent radar because he’s starting “AI Skeptics Reading Group” the same month that this Zine launches (October 2025)! If you're a reader, check out the book list on p. 7 here!"

Pages 6 and 7 of the Zine, in partial shadow from tree leaves and surrounded by Japanese maple leaves.

Page 6 is titled Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute and has the text: "Great projects DAIR supports: Data Workers Inquiry (work led by Dr. Milagros Miceli), Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 (by E. Bender and A. Hanna), Possible Futures workshop and Zine series. Timnit Gebru is founder and executive director of DAIR and co-author of the “TESCREAL Bundle” research paper. (Read it!)

Page 7 is titled Further Reading and has a drawn stack of books with the following titles and publication months: Resisting AI (08/22), Blood in the Machine (09/23), The AI Mirror (06/24), Taming Silicon Valley (09/24), Why We Fear AI (03/25), More Everything Forever (04/25), The AI Con (05/25), Empire of AI (05/25). There are notes for The AI Con that the authors run the podcast mentioned on page 6 and that it is the book that the Reading Group from page 5 started on 10/13/25. The page ends with the text "Authors and full titles in reference list!" and a signature from Lauren "Double U."

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 16d

Deleting my Academia.edu account now. I will gradually move my papers over to PhilPeople. If you need to read something of mine in the meantime, please dm or send an email.

Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 18d

Sold out here.

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 18d

That is our dog’s nickname as well.

Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 18d

They are playing here on Monday.

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 18d

Our dog is also named Hildegard von Bingen!

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 19d

Lots of your favorite philosophers are assholes.

dailynous.com/2025/09/19/p...

Philosophers File Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Cases on Transgender Athletes - Daily Nous

A group of 24 philosophers has submitted an amicus curiae brief for two US Supreme Court cases concerning laws about the participation of transgender athletes in sports. The two cases are Bradley Litt...

dailynous.com

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 20d

This one.

The cover of Assemblage Theory by Manuel DeLanda.

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 20d

Well, to be fair, I am reading him now because my wife told me to a few days ago.

Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 20d

Why did no one ever tell me to read Manuel DeLanda? I should have been citing him on every page of my in press book.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21d

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and those who have canonized him.

archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 26d

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 26d

Totally justified. A great record and a shop with really annoying commercials.

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Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social · 27d

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In case you were wondering why the incorrect rumor of “trans activist” and “fascist symbols” on ammo started, it’s because arrows and initials are common ways manufacturers stamp ammo.

Including “TRN” the ironsight and a direction broad arrow:

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 28d

"We must reject political violence in EVERY form"

Anyway, back to using State violence to clear homeless camps out of the park, because rich people were complaining they had to look at them.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 28d

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.

In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.

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Tony Chemero @tonychemero.bsky.social · 28d

Ask Ed about the obscure reference in the title.

Ed Baggs @edbaggs.bsky.social · 28d

Some friends and I submitted a commentary

Preprint here:

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

@guicogsci.bsky.social @segundo-ortin.bsky.social @diovicen.bsky.social @tonychemero.bsky.social

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Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · 29d

yup! shameless book and article plug if you want to go deep on the previous hype cycle and get some different angles for critiquing AI
Book, "In the Land of the Unreal": www.dukeupress.edu/in-the-land-...
Article, "Putting Big Tech in its Place": anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · Sep 9

hey im putting something together for my boss for his birthday. yeah can you write a letter or better yet an insane poem or horrifying drawing about the unspeakable crimes you all have committed together

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 9

😕

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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good for him! "‘‘I think I will continue until the University cuts all ties with companies and organisations named by the UN special rapporteur.’ Apart from Microsoft, that list includes HP, Google, Amazon, IBM, and Booking.com. "

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Sep 8

Remember when Trump said the birthday card he signed and sent to Epstein “doesn’t exist”?

Anyway, here it is:

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