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Mark Coeckelbergh

@coeckelbergh.bsky.social
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Philosopher of technology | Professor at Philosophy Department University of Vienna | Author of AI Ethics, Why AI Undermines Democracy, and Artificial Religion | member UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI | coeckelbergh.net

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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New article on AI and creativity in Technophany technophany.philosophyandtechnology.network/article/view...
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AI Rituals: A Performative-Communicative Reconceptualization of Creativity and Meaning-Making in the Age of Generative AI
This paper examines how generative artificial intelligence reshapes creativity and meaning-making, proposing a shift from individual authorship toward collective, hybrid, and ritual forms of creation....
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today also in print
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New article in Synthese! With John Dorsch and Tillmann Vierkant link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Does AI undermine democratic deliberation? How engagement algorithms hijack epistemic agency - Synthese
Does artificial intelligence (AI) threaten deliberative democracy? This paper argues that it does, not because it isolates citizens in simplistic “filter bubbles” understood as ideologically homogeneo...
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Marielza @marielza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Las empresas de IA necesitan justificar y atraer inversiones $ masivas. Al hablar de la IA como aquello que sólo ellos comprenden y pueden controlar, los tecnócratas posicionan a la IA como un fenómeno apocalíptico para legitimarse ante la sociedad y ser los ‘profetas’ a solucionar" [su] futuro. 🔥
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Interview in Argentinian newspaper Clarín: www.clarin.com/mundo/mark-c...
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Mark Coeckelbergh, filósofo y asesor de la ONU en Inteligencia Artificial: "Los tecnócratas posicionan a la IA como un fenómeno apocalíptico para legitimarse ante la sociedad"
Es miembro del Panel Científico Internacional Independiente de las Naciones Unidas sobre Inteligencia Artificial y una de las voces más autorizadas a la hora de hablar de la ética de la IA."Me preocup...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From my talk at Festival de las Ideas, Plaza de España, Madrid
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Interview in Belgian newspaper De Tijd www.tijd.be/ondernemen/t...
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Techniekfilosoof Mark Coeckelbergh na de AI-paniek: ‘De invloed van sciencefiction is ongelooflijk groot’
Beleven we straks een Terminator-scenario? Volgens AI-bazen bestaat er een ernstig risico dat artificiële intelligentie de mensheid uitroeit. Die apocalyptische retoriek komt niet uit het niets, zegt ...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just talked to CNN news India
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Interview on technofascism in Tehran Times (in English) www.tehrantimes.com/news/529911/...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Soon in Madrid at Festival de las Ideas
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
On 19 September I will talk at Festival de Ideas in Madrid and on 22 September at Madrid Innovation Lab - looking forward! festivaldelasideas.es
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Festival de las Ideas. El pensamiento sale a la calle
Un festival plural, que incluye todas las formas de pensamiento. Un gran evento que reúna: filosofía, música, teatro, arte y performance
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Modern Day Bartleby @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This book by @coeckelbergh.bsky.social via @mitpress.bsky.social is excellent & very much required reading for these times
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Want to work with me? Looking for an excellent philosopher of technology for the position of postdoc assistant: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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University Assistant postdoctoral in the research area of Philosophy of Media and Technology
University Assistant postdoctoral in the research area of Philosophy of Media and Technology
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
On my way to Ghent to do the opening keynote at ECAF2026 (European Conference on Algorithmic Fairness ) 2026.ecafconference.org
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ECAF 2026
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
UN warns humanity is ‘dangerously close’ to handing kill decisions to machines www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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UN warns humanity is ‘dangerously close’ to handing kill decisions to machines
The United Nations and the International Red Cross are urging countries to adopt bans and restrictions on autonomous weapons systems, often called killer robots
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Modern Day Bartleby @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#NowReading2026 AI ETHICS by @coeckelbergh.bsky.social via @mitpress.bsky.social imbibed at Ammonite Coffee Market #Hongo #本郷 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
Photo of a small wooden table on which is a beige coffee mug of black coffee with a tiny black ammonite logo. To the right is a tiny black paperback book with an illustration of a three-headed arrow.
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My take on @petersinger.info 's effective altruism coeckelbergh.medium.com/how-effectiv...
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How Effective is Peter Singer’s Effective Altruism?
Questioning the Hidden Political and Empirical Assumptions
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Interview in newspaper De Morgen about tech entrepreneurs and the apocalypse www.demorgen.be/niet-te-miss...
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Rijk, machtig en op de vlucht voor de apocalyps: deze techondernemers bouwen schuilplaats in Argentinië
Ze zijn steenrijk en zitten dichter bij de macht dan ooit. Toch bouwt een groepje techondernemers op het Argentijnse platteland een schuilplaats om de apocalyps te ontvluchten. Wat drijft ‘s werelds e...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Author copies of the Japanese translation of “Communicative AI” (with @davidgunkel.bsky.social, @politybooks.bsky.social ) arrived! #seidosha
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Today my interview about #ChatControl was printed in Berliner Zeitung, cover story
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Kevin Riggle @kevinr.free-dissociation.com · 31/07/2026
In the same way that if you have an improperly sealed ant farm then the ants getting out is not the ants exhibiting any kind of superintelligence
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
New journal publication, on algorithmic providence and recommender systems link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The quasi-gods of algorithmic providence: recommender systems and religious frameworks - AI & SOCIETY
Recommender systems now mediate information exposure for over half the global population daily, shaping beliefs, values, and life decisions at unprecedented scale. Prior research has documented polari...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Interview about #ChatControl in Berliner Zeitung www.berliner-zeitung.de/article/eu-c...
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Technikphilosoph zur EU-Chatkontrolle: „Wir bewegen uns in den Überwachungsstaat“
Überwachung statt Kinderschutz? Technikphilosoph Mark Coeckelbergh kritisiert die EU-Chatkontrolle und warnt vor zu viel Macht für Staat und Big Tech.
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Dorothea Baur - the ethics crusader @dorotheabaur.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For those who don't follow me on LinkedIn. I have read and loved @coeckelbergh.bsky.social's book on self-improvement. It's finally given me rational arguments for my gut feeling which goes totally against this whole wellness capitalism stuff. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This morning I received my author copies of the Japanese translation of Why AI Undermines Democracy ( @politybooks.bsky.social / Seidosha)
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
With UN Secretary-General António Guterres
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Opening of the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, with speeches by ambassador López (El Salvador), Secretary-General Guterres, President of the General Assembly Annalena Baerbock, and others
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Wessel van Rensburg @wildebees.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The UN General Assembly is trying to give every country a seat at the AI governance table — not just the technologically advanced ones.
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Arrived in Genève for the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, where the report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence will be presented As member of the Scientific Panel I’m looking forward to many interesting meetings! www.un.org/global-dialo...
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Home | Global Dialogue on AI Governance
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Pleased to let you know that the first report of our Independent International Panel on AI, United Nations, is out now! www.un.org/independent-...
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Preliminary Report | Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
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Carbono @carbonoufrgs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Em artigo que comenta a Encíclica do Papa Leão XIV, @coeckelbergh.bsky.social evidencia os pressupostos cristãos e humanistas por trás da publicação papal, criticando algumas das posições assumidas no texto a respeito da distinção entre IA, humanidade e transumanismo. 👇 www.ufrgs.br/carbono/2026...
Mark Coeckelbergh: "O humanismo cristão não supera seu dualismo humano-tecnológico, talvez porque veja a redução dos humanos a máquinas, tal qual o transumanismo, como a única alternativa. Nesta encíclica, somos apresentados a uma dicotomia entre uma visão antropocêntrica e uma visão na qual os humanos são dominados pelas tecnologias, sem conseguir imaginar formas alternativas de conceber a relação entre humanos e suas tecnologias."
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My comments on Magnifica Humanitas now also published in Brazil, in Portuguese: www.ufrgs.br/carbono/2026...
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Carbono @carbonoufrgs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Vol. 19: entrevista com Hito Steyerl sobre slop da IA. Artigos de: @coeckelbergh.bsky.social sobre a encíclica papal; Frédéric Lordon sobre IA e luta de classes; @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social sobre a dependência química do petróleo. Resenha de Felipe Fauri sobre Jonathan Crary. 👇 www.ufrgs.br/carbono
Arte com os nomes dos participantes do vol. 19 em azul, imitando pichação em um muro. Logotipos do Carbono e do IL UFRGS nas extremidades. Endereço do site.
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Interview in the Peruvian newspaper Hildebrandt en sus Trece about Palantir and it’s (potential) role in Latin America https:/www.hildebrandtensustrece.com/reportaje/articulo/2962
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Korean translation of my book ‘Why AI undemines democracy’ has been published now: aladin.kr/p/wSeJo
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AI는 어떻게 민주주의를 위협하는가 | 마크 코켈버그
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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La IA requiere una reforma de los derechos de autor, alerta el filósofo Coeckelbergh - Proceso Digital
El renombrado filósofo belga Mark Coeckelbergh, experto en Inteligencia Artificial (IA) que asesora a la Comisión Europea, considera necesario actualizar los sistemas actuales de derechos de autor par...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Earlier this week I had an interview with the Spanish press agency EFE, which led to these articles. I argue for a reform of copyright: www.diariolibre.com/revista/cult... unitel.bo/noticias/age... proceso.hn/la-ia-requie...
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Filósofo belga advierte sobre la necesidad de reformar derechos de autor por la IA
Mark Coeckelbergh, filósofo y asesor de la Comisión Europea, destaca la necesidad de actualizar los derechos de autor en la era de la inteligencia artificial
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Author copies arrived 🙂
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Philip Laughlin @philiplaughlin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Artificial Religion
Artificial Religion argues that to fully understand our puzzling relation to AI, we must first look at the religious and existential background of our thinki...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Interview on AI and religion @france24 (in French) www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-...
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Dans la Silicon Valley, l'intelligence artificielle prend des airs de divinité
Les Big Tech qui développent les chatbots et autres IA modernes ajoutent de plus en plus de références religieuses dans leur discours. À l’heure où le pape Léon XIV dénonce les potentielles dérives de...
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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
@coeckelbergh.bsky.social sees the "most urgent political message of this encyclical: a criticism of technocratic power.... This is not only about preventing AI from dominating humanity but also about preventing the few to dictate the new rules of the game." coeckelbergh.medium.com/against-ai-t...
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Against AI Technocracy
A Reading of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Autor copies of the Korean translation of “Communicative AI” (with @davidgunkel.bsky.social) arrived! Publisher: Saenggakieum Books Date: 27 April 2026
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Philip Laughlin @philiplaughlin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I was waiting for this. A response to the Pope Leo's recent encyclical on AI from the author of ARTIFICIAL RELIGION. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205221...
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Artificial Religion
Artificial Religion argues that to fully understand our puzzling relation to AI, we must first look at the religious and existential background of our thinki...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My reading of Magnifica Humanitas coeckelbergh.medium.com/against-ai-t...
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Against AI Technocracy
A Reading of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter Magnifica Humanitas
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My book on AI and democracy is now translated in French, published by Hermann
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Interview about Palantir in Die Presse (Austria) www.diepresse.com/21303801/die...
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Die „Techno-faschistischen“ Träume der Palantir-Milliardäre
Alex Karp, der Chef der US-Sicherheitsfirma Palantir, sorgt mit einem politischen Manifest für Furore – und Dutzende Millionen Klicks. Der Unternehmer-Philosoph ruft zur Aufrüstung mit KI-Waffen...
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Persian translation of Communicative AI is now available
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My piece on technofascism is mentioned on @tagesschau.bsky.social www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/u...
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Palantirs Manifest: Wie Alex Karps Technofaschismus-Rhetorik dem Konzern nützt
Das Manifest von Palantir-Chef Alex Karp geht viral. Kritiker werfen ihm "Techno-Faschismus" vor. Doch Karps Rhetorik passt auch auffällig gut zu den wirtschaftlichen Interessen des Datenkonzerns. Von...
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