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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 16h
subtitles done right @theregister.com
screenshot of a news headline "musk follows trump's lead, swaps AI for SI in spacex rebrand", subtitle reading "actual intelligence in worryingly short supply"
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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OVT @ovt-vpro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
De dood van Alfredo Goeloe tijdens een arrestatie raakt een oude wond van etnisch profileren. Volgens onderzoeker Jair van Schalkwijk van Controle Alt Delete ligt de oorzaak hiervan van niet alleen bij vooroordelen van agenten maar ook binnen een breder systeem. Luister het gesprek in je podcastapp.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Amid warnings of runaway AI systems and even human extinction, Jenny Domino and Jen Weedon say an important question remains: "what is AI doing to people, communities, and their rights, right now?"
techpolicy.press
Who Is AI Risk For? Centering People in the AI Risk Conversation
Jenny Domino and Jen Weedon write that a human rights approach to AI risk demands a global, ecosystem-wide perspective.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A "radical intentionalist," writes Eryk Salvaggio, treats an AI model as a 'mind' to be interpreted rather than a product that was designed. It is "a strange and dangerous relationship for designers to have with a product they are literally designing," he writes — and worse as a basis for policy.
buff.ly
To Make AI Rules, Policymakers Must Resist the Influence of ‘Radical Intentionalists’
In industry rhetoric, a radical intentionalist stance dominates any interpretation of model behavior, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
“our ai broke out and hacked some organisations” = "we failed to set up appropriate safeguards, failed to continuously monitor our experiments, and ignored a basic principle of reinforcement learning: if hacking gets rewarded, the system learns to hack"
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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The history of AI development is not rooted in neutral algorithms, but in entrenched systems of power that shape our lives. @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social dives into this history, interrogating who builds this tech, who benefits from it, and who bears the cost.
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Vandaag heb ik de raadsleden van Amsterdam bijgepraat over etnisch profileren en stopformulieren als maatregelen voor het voorkomen ervan
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's so weird to me that "agents" behaviour is described as if it was a mystical property. LLMs have been trained on datasets that include hacking descriptions and instructions. Therefore they reproduce it. There's nothing magic or autonomous about it. It's really that simple
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026
Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus: pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...
A cutaway view of a stone tower containing an elaborate water-powered medieval geared machine. Rising out of the machine is a rainbow-tinted, pixelated God with the robes, beard and all. To one side of this scene is a cluster of tiny people in Jesus-era robes, falling about themselves in religious ecstasy all over a stone staircase, atop of which stands a robed priest with his hands upraised. The background is a set of shining golden rays, emanating from pixel-God.
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
mathandai.org
Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Many people are asking me for a nuanced opinion of the ex-Anthropic bro's assertions that "AI" will "supersede" or even "extinguish" humanity. So here it is, my nuanced opinion: This is utter and complete bullshit. Thank you for your attention to this matter
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ik schreef een noot over een oordeel door het college voor de rechten van de mens: "voldoen aan geopolitieke handelsrestricties als reden om het discriminatieverbod te negeren" Je kunt het nu lezen in AMR.
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Veel mensen vragen mij wat een genuanceerde lezing is van de "onthullingen" door de oud-Anthropic medewerker dat "AI" de mensheid gaat "voorbijstreven" of zelfs vermoorden. Hierbij dus mijn genuanceerde lezing: dit is compleet BS. Over tot de orde van de dag,
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...
techcrunch.com
OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunch
There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.
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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It was great to join CNN International/PBS on Amanpour and Company to discuss the OpenAI/HF incident, and how this is actually a story about OpenAI’s intent and lack of responsibility in deploying the most rudimentary security practices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwv8...
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What Really Happened When OpenAI Bots Escaped a Cybersecurity Test? | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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Amnesty EU @amnestyeu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today, ministers from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands are meeting to discuss progress on plans to deport people to so-called ‘return hubs’ in countries outside Europe. In practice, these places risk becoming ‘cruel black holes’ for human rights 🧵
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/08/2026
Free Newsletter: It's time to talk about what happens if OpenAI dies. With $800bn in obligations and decelerating revenue, it's unclear how this company survives, and today I dig into what it'll take for it to do so, and what happens if it fails. www.wheresyoured.at/what-happens...
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Al jaren gebruikt het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken een racistisch algoritme om mensen die een visum aanvragen te controleren. Volgens @amnestynl.bsky.social komt dit neer op etnisch profileren. Dit is in strijd met de mensenrechten en is strikt verboden. Kijk de uitzending op @nieuwsuur.nl
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Al jaren weigert het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken te stoppen met een racistisch algoritme. Kijk de uitzending van @nieuwsuur.nl vanavond om 22:00 op NPO2.
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
amazon looks more and more like aliexpress
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Van Alle Fraude Is 1,5% Uitkeringsfraude
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Op Keti Koti was ik te gast bij Dossier NAV, een podcast van @omroepzwart.bsky.social. Ik ging in gesprek met @sinancankaya.bsky.social en Nawa Sira over hoe koloniale machtsverhoudingen doorwerken in de digitale wereld, en hoe dit tot discriminerende algoritmen en institutioneel racisme leidt.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
👎 Nieuw opiniestuk in @volkskrant.nl : de overheid blijft vasthouden aan discriminerende algoritmes www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
volkskrant.nl
Opinie: Waarom weigert de overheid te stoppen met discriminerende algoritmen?
De inzet van profileringsalgoritmen is geen technische keuze, maar een politieke afweging. De vraag is waarom de overheid en het College voor de Rechten van de Mens eraan blijven vasthouden, nu we wet...
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Consider these two propositions: a) computationalism is true; i.e., cognition is (or can be understood as) a form of computation b) computational tractability constrains (models of) cognition Believing a and not-b is incoherent. Read more in thread.
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Lotfi El Hamidi @lotfielhamidi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Eindelijk, de Nederlanders beginnen te integreren.
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 15/06/2026
Banning children from social media?
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computerweekly.bsky.social @computerweekly.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Amnesty International says AI-driven risk profiling systems are discriminatory and may lead to misleading results that violate international human rights law... 👉 [read]
Amnesty calls for ban on AI risk-profiling systems
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
@accessnow.bsky.social @amnesty.org & 200 signatories are alarmed by the rapid militarization of AI & are calling on tech companies & states to halt the provision of AI systems for use in the military kill chain that risk facilitating violations of intl law. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
amnesty.org
Global: Joint Statement on AI in Warfare - Amnesty International
In a joint statement drafted by Access Now and Amnesty International, civil society organizations and independent experts are calling for tech companies and states to halt the provision of AI systems ...
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our report "Automating Suspicion" has been featured on @aljazeera.com's centre for public liberties and human rights liberties.aljazeera.com/en/guilty-by...
liberties.aljazeera.com
Guilty by Algorithm
Amnesty’s recommendation is unambiguous: risk profiling in law enforcement, migration and social security must be banned outright, whether the systems are driven by artificial intelligence or rule-bas...
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
ML-based risk profiling systems do not, and cannot perform the social-scientific roles they are saddled with. As such, their use by state actors should be prohibited. Report by @alexlaufer.bsky.social @amnesty.org @amnestynl.bsky.social
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Whether predictive systems can be ethically—or even functionally—used in socially sensitive contexts depends on their epistemic credentials. I am delighted to see my work inform policy recommendations in a new report from Amnesty International. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Cover of Amnesty International Report – AUTOMATING SUSPICION
RISK PROFILING AS A SMOKESCREEN FOR STRUCTURAL
DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUALITY
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026
this @amnesty.org report is a must read!!
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Widespread use of risk profiling by law enforcement, social security and migration programs is incompatible with international human rights law and must be banned, Amnesty International said in a new report which includes Australia’s Robodebt Scheme as an example www.amnesty.org.au/amnesty-repo...
amnesty.org.au
Amnesty International report finds automated risk-profiling systems breach human rights, citing failures of Australia’s Robodebt Scheme
The widespread use of risk profiling systems by public authorities in law enforcement, social security and migration is incompatible with international
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Automatische systemen die door de overheid worden gebruikt om criminaliteit en fraude te "voorspellen", aka risicoprofilering, zijn in strijd met de mensenrechten en moeten worden verboden concludeert @amnestynl.bsky.social in een nieuw rapport
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Governments claim risk profiling systems help identify potential criminals or fraudsters but in practice they reinforce discrimination & inequality. A new @amnesty.org report shows how their use in law enforcement, social security & migration violates human rights. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
cover of report titled "automating suspicion: risk profiling as a smokescreen for structural discrimination and inequality"
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Dr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Waarom zijn het eigenlijk “azc-rellen”, Nederlandse pers? Zijn het “Joodse-rellen” als Joden worden aamgevallen? Waarom noemen we de rellen hier naar het slachtoffer en niet naar de daders?
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Edwin Mermans @edwinmermans.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Mocht je in Tilburg zijn of wonen en heb je ff niks te doen vanmiddag.
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NRC @nrc.nl · 24/04/2026
Zonder waarschuwing verwijderde Meta Instagramaccounts van queerclubs, nachtclubs en activistische organisaties, soms met tienduizenden volgers. "Je beseft pas hoeveel macht Meta heeft, als ze alles van je afpakken."
nrc.nl
Meta verwijdert lhbti-vriendelijke organisaties van sociale media: ‘We plaatsten nooit iets over seks’
Censuur: Zonder waarschuwing verwijderde Meta ze: Instagramaccounts van queerclubs, nachtclubs en activistische organisaties, soms met tienduizenden volgers. Ook Amsterdamse clubs voelen de effecten: „Je beseft pas hoeveel macht Meta heeft, als ze alles van je afpakken.”
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Heerlen wil met AI“rotzooi” door “hangjongeren voorspellen. Dit lijkt sterk op predictive policing en dat is in strijd zijn met de mensenrechten. “Er is een groot risico op etnisch profileren. Amnesty International hoopt dan ook dat de gemeente Heerlen de inzet van Pulse-Twin heroverweegt.”
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Goed dat de AP een boete oplegt. Echter moet de zaak over het heimelijk surveilleren van Moslims worden onderzoek als etnisch profileren, resp. discriminatie van moslims in het bijzonder. @amnestynl.bsky.social roept het kabinet op om een adequate aanpak van moslimdiscriminatie te implementeren.
screenshot van een nieuwsbericht over gemeenten die beboet worden voor het heimelijk surveilleren van Moslims
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Merijn Oudenampsen @merijnoudenampsen.org · 23/01/2026
Rosanne Hertzberger schetst het NSC als dwalend in een woestijnlandschap tussen technocratie (VVD) en autocratie (PVV). De Toeslagenaffaire is echter niet primair een probleem van technocratie. Eerder van institutioneel racisme en de onderbuikgevoelens van Henk Kamp. De PVV in de VVD zeg maar.
nrc.nl
Column | NSC en de staatsrechtelijke modderpoel
In de VS rijden anonieme witte busjes rond met gemaskerde ICE-agenten die mensen intimideren, opjagen en met geweld afvoeren. Bestemming onbekend. Zonder toegang tot gezondheidszorg of juridische bijs...
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Wel fijn dat de NOS spreekt van de "ontvoerde" president Maduro
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
@proton.me is protonmail/calendar planning to develop some feature like those of hey mail, next to security developments?
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