If you’re looking for an example of technofascism this is it: Palantir’s manifesto.
See also my article on technofascism link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thanks, and especially for your work as editor!

Author copies arrived! Thanks @mitpress.bsky.social

I’m looking for an assistant/PhD student to work with me at the University of Vienna

If you’re interested please apply online (no email)

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

@pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social published an essay I wrote related to my book “Artificial Religion” pghrev.com/the-myths-we... and an excerpt of the book pghrev.com/talk-to-me-p... on publication day 🙂

"A wise and insightful exploration of both ancient religion and modern technology, ARTIFICIAL RELIGION is an important work for anyone who wants to understand this moment in which AI seems to inspire such fervently religious zeal." -- Greg Epstein, author of TECH AGNOSTIC

My new book "Artificial Religion" is published today by @mitpress.bsky.social !!!

mitpress.mit.edu/978026205221...

I am grateful for this incredibly thoughtful and well presented book review of "Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social by Guy W. Bates @aucklanduni.bsky.social in "Postdigital Science and Education" @springernature.com
@coeckelbergh.bsky.social

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

Tomorrow I do the opening keynote at the IEEE 5th International Conference on Computing and Machine Intelligence www.icmiconf.com (online)

Interview in Belgian news magazine @knack.be

Entrevista: Como a IA abre caminho para o tecnofascismo | Intercept Brasil Pesquisador da Universidade de Viena defende que tecnologias não são neutras.

Interview on AI and technofascism in @intercept.com.br

www.intercept.com.br/2026/03/26/e...

Agentic AI and the next intelligence explosion For decades, the artificial intelligence (AI) “singularity” has been heralded as a single, titanic mind bootstrapping itself to godlike intelligence, consolidating all cognition into a cold silicon po...

Interesting: “If intelligence is inherently social, then the path to more powerful AI runs not through building a single colossal oracle but through composing richer social systems—and these systems will be hybrid.”

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

« L’intelligence artificielle doit servir la démocratie », affirme un expert La gouvernance mondiale de l’intelligence artificielle est cruciale à une époque où le multilatéralisme est mis à mal, estime l'un des experts nommés par les Nations Unies pour constituer le Groupe sc...

Interview about democracy and AI now also on the UN news website: (in French)

news.un.org/fr/story/202...

Agentic AGI will create a cage for identity — unless we design for human unpredictability Algorithms already know us eerily well. They show us social posts that appeal to our innermost instincts, ads that tap into our deepest desires, and music that

I was interviewed about agentic AI and prediction, mentions my book Self-Improvement
agi.fightersteel.com/agentic-agi-...

Pourquoi la croisade de Peter Thiel contre l'antéchrist est loin d’être une lubie inoffensive L’influent investisseur Peter Thiel multiplie ces dernières années les conférences et les prises de position pour avertir contre l’avènement de l'antéchrist. Et ce n’est pas qu’une lubie de milliardai...

Recently I was interviewed by France24 for this article on Peter Thiel and the antichrist

www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-...

Arrived from Taipei this morning: the Chinese complex character translation of “Communicative AI”!

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96 German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at age 96. Habermas' work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figur...

apnews.com/article/juer...

Just published an eletter in Science together with @coeckelbergh.bsky.social !

Our comment responds this article: “AI can help humans find common ground in democratic deliberation”

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our claim: A fair Habermas Machine should account for unequal stakes.

Mark Coeckelbergh, philosophe : « L’intelligence artificielle doit servir la démocratie » Le philosophe Mark Coeckelbergh fait partie des 40 experts nommés par l'ONU au sein du Groupe scientifique international indépendant sur l’IA

Interview unric.org/fr/mark-coec...

On Saturday 14 March I do a public lecture at KU Leuven

www.kuleuven.be/ethics-kuleu...

Greetings from the first meeting of the UN’s Scientific Panel on AI, with speeches by the UN Secretary-General and others

New article on prophets and AI (with Amanda Lagerkvist and Blazenka Scheuer)

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism In the shadow of the fascism of the 1930s, George Orwell wrote 1984. A new study suggests that his world is closer than we want to think

A summary of my article on technofascism by Stephen McNair
eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/te...

Greetings from Berlin, where I will speak today about consciousness and AI/robotics at the World Forum of the future of democracy, tech/AI and humankind

Other speakers at the Forum include Hilary Clinton, Susan Schneider, David Gunkel, Joanna Bryson, Sandra Wachter, and various filmmakers

Deeply honoured to have been appointed to the United Nations’ Independent International Scientific Panel on AI by the United Nations General Assembly, on recommendation of the Secretary-General.

Here is the list of members www.un.org/independent-...

AI, climate change and justice: elements for a normative framework centring the Global South - AI and Ethics AI and Ethics - AI’s inextricable materiality is central to its environmental impact. From energy-intensive computation to the extractive demands of hardware and infrastructure, AI...

New publication on AI, climate change, and justice for the global south

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

Greetings from Hong Kong, where I will give an invited talk tomorrow at the philosophy department of HKU

Technofascism: AI, Big Tech, and the new authoritarianism - AI & SOCIETY The rapid development of digital technologies, including AI, is having a significant impact on the social, economic, and political life. Yet, while presented as milestones in innovation and progress, ...

New article on AI and fascism

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

Author copy arrived