Of course they lied to Congress. And now there's no one in the DoJ that will do anything about it. Keep calling them out on their lies. We're the only check on them now.

L'Union européenne annonce 1,3 milliards d'euros dans l'IA et la cybersécurité : voici ses objectifs Bruxelles prévoit une énorme enveloppe de 1,3 milliard d’euros pour les secteurs technologiques stratégiques entre 2025 et 2027.

L' #Union #européenne annonce 1,3 milliards d'euros dans l' #IA #AI et la #cybersécurité : voici ses objectifs

www.lesnumeriques.com/societe-nume...

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads: "BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

The truth about quantum computing Quantum computing has turned into a phrase that the tech industry will sprinkle on almost anything to help raise funds and generate sales. As a result, there is a tsunami of hype about what quantum…

Is the truth about quantum computing actually that it’s beyond the hype? | iai.tv/video/the-tr...

Scott Aaronson tells us what’s really going on with the quantum computing revolution.

#techsky #philsci 🧪

The submission deadline is on 01 April 2025, don't forget to submit your work on networks! @philsci.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @hoposjournal.bsky.social

Postdoc opportunity in #AI ethics! Join a new project on Algorithmic Bias based out of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Ethics. #philsky #philsci ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...

This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?

Video is now available of the AI Policy and Governance Working Group December panel at The British Academy on shaping viable AI futures mailchi.mp/391dada272b8...

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHILOSOPHY TEACHERS AAPT TALKING/TEACHING JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT TEACHING PHILOSOPHY EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY ON ZOOM 3:30 - 4:30 PM ET FEB. 26 USING SOCIAL ANNOTATION IN PHILOSOPHY COURSES CHAEYEON LEE & DR. STEVEN BROWN MAR. 12 TEACHING AROUND AI (OR "THE DEATH OF THE COLLEGE PAPER") DR. ANDRÉ DE AVILLEZ MAR. 26 ASSIGNING PHILOSOPHICAL LETTERS INSTEAD OF ESSAYS DR. CLAIRE LOCKARD APR. 9 HOW TO TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT CHATGPT & CITATIONS DR. KRISTOPHER PHILLIPS APR. 23 PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR REGULAR SUBSTANTIVE INTERACTION ONLINE DR. MEGAN FLOCKEN MAY7 USING SIMULATIONS IN APPLIED ETHICS DR. STEPHANIE ADAIR MAY 21 TEAGLE & TRANSFORMATIVE TEXTS DR. DAVID LIAKOS PHILOSOPHYTEACHERS.ORG/TALKING- TEACHING

Check out this great lineup for the @theaapt.bsky.social Talking/Teaching series!
Not sure how I snuck in there, but if you’re free April 9, I’d be happy to talk with you about how to teach students about the importance of citations and epistemic communities!

It's out! You can now access The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI: www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...

20 #openaccess chapters covering topics on AI, ethics, philosophy, legal domains and sectoral applications.

Huge thanks to all the authors who made this possible!

A group of students working at the British Library

AI is reshaping democracy – impacting decision-making, power, and governance. How do we navigate these changes?

Join us on 27 March for our next AI Debates event, chaired by Timandra Harkness, as experts explore AI’s role in democracy.

Book your free ticket: bit.ly/BLDemocracyAI

Passage from Carl Sagan’s 1995 book, the demon haunted world. The passage states “ not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world. This book is a personal statement, reflecting, my lifelong love affair with science. but there’s another reason: Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a four boating of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time - when the United States is a service or information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those and authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good, and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media. The 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially, a kind of celebration of ignorance.

More true every day

Policy Brief: AI, Copyright, and Productivity in the Creative Industries In this report we examine the impacts Generative AI may have on the UK's creative sector’s workforce and productivity and provide policy recommendations for the Government.

Researchers at Cambridge University's Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy have published a report urging the UK government to implement transparency requirements for AI companies and to exercise "caution" on copyright exemptions for AI scraping
www.mctd.ac.uk/policy-brief...

The Final Despotism When Technology Rewrites Human Freedom

The age of human tyranny was cruel—but flawed. AI tyranny will be perfect. It will know you better than you know yourself. It will shape your reality before you resist. And if we lose democracy now, we may never get another chance to win it back

An Agenda to Strengthen U.S. Democracy in the Age of AI Federal and state policymakers must rise to the challenge artificial intelligence poses to safe, secure elections and responsive, accountable governance.

AI will transform our democracy. Now is the time for states to set up guardrails to protect personal data, improve transparency and ensure election security.

The Perilous Incoherence of Democratic Minimalism When Truth Becomes Optional, Tyranny Becomes Inevitable

Democracy isn't just about voting—it's about collectively seeking truth. @shadihamid.bsky.social's "democratic minimalism" dangerously ignores this, paving the way for autocracy in the age of AI and misinformation. My new piece on why democracy without truth is no democracy at all.

And who they didn't like

Accelerated internal tides in a warming climate Internal tides are accelerating globally due to intensified stratification from climate warming.

🌊 Internal tides speeding up in warming oceans

A new study finds that global warming accelerates internal tide speeds, impacting marine ecosystems and energy flows.

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ClimateChange #MarineScience #SciComm 🧪

Final CFP for a special issue of @jgps.bsky.social

"Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science"

philevents.org/event/show/1...

Submission deadline: *March 31* for #philsci approaches comparing scientific disciplines.

Merleau-Ponty and the embodied self | Ron McClamrock Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological philosophy suggests the search for the self and consciousness need not be focused on the space within our skulls, explains Ron McClamrock.

“The idea that consciousness is constituted by some kind of sense-data or qualia becomes an artefact of a view left behind,” argues Ron McClamrock.| https://buff.ly/3ei6aFN

Tap to read more about why we should turn our attention to the lived body.

#philsci #consky

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

Scientists, #HPS scholars & experts help protect NOAA: Join me in signing this open letter calling on Congress & the Trump admin to ensure that NOAA & its sub-agencies remain fully funded & staffed, & that the independent, trusted science the agency produces is protected
act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk
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In the latest #HOPOS issue, Paul Redding answers the questions on everyone's mind:

Did Hegel map out key features of Charles Sanders Peirce's philosophy of mathematics?

And could Hegel have helped Peirce with his criticism of Cantor on the continuum?

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Who is working on helping explain the role of technology in what's happening with the federal government agencies? How can we put our expertise on the social and technical dimensions of infrastructure to work for the public?

“Lesser Ground Cuckoo.” Side view of a Lesser Ground Cuckoo bird facing right, in Costa Rica. This cuckoo, like a real one, has a distinctive bright blue and yellow pattern around its round eye, giving the appearance of a giant almost human-looking eye shape with heavy black eyeliner. The bird has a yellow/gold breast, a tannish back and a long black tail, all covered with patterns. Its pinkish legs and claws are visible as it stands on a thin log. All around the bird, stylized green and black leaves are twining up, down and all around, providing a sense of movement. On the bottom left is a large green leafy plant. The ground is brown. Patterns are everywhere. Original monotype, chine collé, collage by Anita Heckman. 12” x 12”, 2020. Original is available for sale at chemersgallery.com . Giclée reproductions available at anitaheckman.com

“Lesser Ground Cuckoo.” A reclusive bird, Morococcyx erythropygus, with amazing eyes, seen in Costa Rica. #FebruArty #eyes #sciart #birds 🪶 #Monotype chine collé, #collage ✂️ #ArtYear #Artshare #WomensArt #artistsupport #neotropical #printmaking 12”x12,” 2020.

Handcrafted clay sculpture depicting a Caribbean Reef Octopus, being held up by the artist's left hand over a solid black background

A heavily stylized Octopus sculpture depicting the species Octopus Cyanea, also known as the Day Octopus. Handcrafted from clay and painted with acrylics and pigments.

A photo of the ventral side of an octopus sculpture, showing the fully sculpted arms and beak.

A handcrafted clay sculpture depicting the Blue Ringed Octopus. This species is unsafe to handle as it is highly venomous.

Your daily dose of Antidote. 💕🐙🌊 Friends, continue to love, admire & find joy where you may, in spite of it all.

🤗💐 Sending love and hugs to all friends and connections, both new and old.

The horrors persist but so do we ☀️

#Art #EyeBleach #OnlyBeautifulThings #Octopus #Beauty 🐡🌊🐙🦈

From the Guest Editor: Higher Education in Wartime BY HENRY REICHMAN Following is the guest editor’s introduction to the winter 2025 issue of Academe, out this week. The full table of contents for the issue is available here. We live in a wor…

What an honor it was to guest-edit the latest and so timely issue of the @aaup.bsky.social magazine, Academe, on Higher Education in Wartime, published today. My thanks to the authors! Check it out! academeblog.org/2025/02/06/f...

#Academia #AcademicSky

Popular meme format, grandma labeled with "bluesky's public launch was one year ago today." Younger person helping her labeled with "sure grandma let's get you to bed."

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!

with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

Another short video from the series: The Quantum Atlas - published by The University of Maryland
www.olenashmahalo.com/project/quan...

Ion Trap Qubits. Info: link ↑ / ALT

🧪 ⚛️ #physics #scicomm
#SciArt #3Dart #C4D #mograph #NoAI