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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 7h

Over the next few months I’ll be sharing insights from my book #DemocratizingAI with audiences all over the world! Coming up in Oct: 3 talks in the artsy, tech-savvy Baltics, 3 talks in Germany, 2 talks in the US & India. Releasing Nov/Dec dates soon, watch this space 🤖 @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So pleased to be featured on one of my absolute favorite Substacks, @democracyrenovator.bsky.social led by Danielle Allen, with an interview about my book #DemocratizingAI written by Zachey Kliger (whose Tech & Democracy roundups are a clear must-read)! www.democracyrenovator.com/p/a-morally-...

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wow, reading these words about #DemocratizingAI from @rcalo.bsky.social (@uwlaw.bsky.social) means the world to me—I keep learning a huge amount from the law&tech community & esp Ryan’s absolutely pathbreaking work. I am so inspired by #techlaw scholarship &want #philosophers to be in dialogue w/it!

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

During my Euro sabbatical, I’ve been investing into impacting local AI policy & media. In this @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy show I (in stress-activated German!) debunk alarmist AI doom narratives. Actionable priority problems rn: #oligarchy, #marketconcentration, #regcapture, antidem #ideology.

Professor Annette Zimmermann on AI and Democratic Control, superintelligence, xrisk, AI safety, AI ethics, Deutschlandfunk Kultur

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So cool to see @linamkhan.bsky.social calling out #AIexceptionalism at the recent @theatlantic.com festival—a key concept in my book Democratizing AI! Throwback to my @re-publica.com talk in Berlin earlier this year on how tech oligarchs use exceptionalism to further concentrate power & wealth:

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Grateful to receive this kind praise for my book #DemocratizingAI from Brian Berkey (Penn)! Colleagues, DM me if you are teaching #polphilofAI #AIethics #ppe #sts this year & want to teach parts of this book & need a digital instructor copy. @manchesterup.bsky.social #philosophyofAI #philoftech

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Amazing feeling to finally unpack a physical copy of #DemocratizingAI! #publicationday Get your anti-broligarchic treatise here: www.amazon.com/Democratizin... @manchesterup.bsky.social #philosophyofAI #AIethics

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Visiting the Baltics this fall for some talks, keen to connect with the broader local #AI / #philosophyofAI / #AIethics / #AIpolicy / #democraticinnovations community. What should I make sure not to miss & who should I talk to? Recs welcome!

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Ah well I sure hope someone would write a whole book about what a ✨politically alert✨ response might look like ☺️👀

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Excited to learn last week that colleagues are using our @neuripsconf.bsky.social position paper, in which we debunk common #myths & #misconceptions about #democratizingAI, in their undergrad teaching. We’re starting to track this so if you’re including our paper in your syllabus pls dm/email me ✨

Zimmermann, Annette et al. “Don’t Give Up on Democratizing AI for the Wrong Reasons” (NeurIPS’25) #politicalphilosophyofAI

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

TODAY only: you can pre-order 🤖DEMOCRATIZING AI🤖 for 50% off if you order it through MUP's website! Stop doomscrolling Big Tech oligarchs' whacky manifestos and find out why & how to subject AI to meaningful democratic control: tiny.cc/ege6101 @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Throwback to my talk at an excellent @columbiauniversity.bsky.social workshop in Paris by powerhouses Jean Cohen & @katharinapistor.bsky.social! TLDR: tech oligarchic capture affects multiple spheres, not just one. As I argue in my book, we need frameworks & mechanisms to address *all* of them.

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Had a great time presenting some insights from political philosophy about how to do civic tech well at an exciting @sorbonne-universite.fr @sciencespo.bsky.social workshop in Paris! (1) technosolutionism can take the form of harder-to-spot cryptonormative judgments re: feasibility constraints.

Professor Annette Zimmermann, Democratizing AI, Sorbonne 2026

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

FYI my book’s index is the most interesting index 💃🏻 #democratizingAI #philosophyofAI #boygenius

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Lured to Paris by a long trail of croissants and many nerdy conversations about constitutional rights & democracy & AI. Anyone here (possibly post-CVPR?) interested in chatting about technical & policy aspects of #democraticAI #philosophyofAI #AIpolicy: dm me 🤖

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

here's the discourse dynamic I am talking about: fueled by (possibly well-intentioned yet noticeably noncommittal) #AIpopulism think pieces—easily instrumentalized & weaponized for antidemocratic goals by other political actors.

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

AI democratization skeptics & opponents like to obsess over the claim that regular people can't possibly participate bc they lack AI expertise, while simultaneously obsessing over simplistic narratives like "AI populism" whenever people DO exercise democratic counterpower 🙃 #DemocratizingAI

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Soo pumped to talk about my book #DemocratizingAI at re:publica in Berlin nxt Mon 4:45 pm alongside so many scholars & journalists whose work I have admired for a long time including (but not limited to!) @karenhao.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @quinnslobodian.com @doctorow.pluralistic.net

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Teehee spotted this hot take in The Hague 🤖

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy to be interviewed in @dazeddigital.com about the feminist, anticonsumerist political & philosophical context of the ongoing cyberdeck renaissance on TikTok! Impressed with the young, politically & technologically engaged women at the forefront of this scene.

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This Wed I’ll be talking about #democratizingAI at the @yale.edu Political Theory Workshop! What an honor to be back (though sadly on Zoom this time) 10 years after first setting foot on this campus as a visiting student & deepening my resolve to dedicate myself to democratic theory. #polphilofAI

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Really looking fwd to speaking about how & why to subject AI to more democratic control at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Colloquium in Law, Philosophy & Political Theory on Fri! Thanks to @joshuacohen.bsky.social & David Singh Grewal for inviting me. #democratizingAI

Professor Annette Zimmermann colloquium talk on Democratizing AI at UC Berkeley Colloquium in Law, Philosophy and Political Theory, political philosophy of AI

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Throwback to my colloquium talk at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social — such an honor to talk with such a brilliant audience about my book, which you can now [convince your university library] to pre-order!

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Just arrived in Mexico City for NeurIPS’25! Presenting our position paper ‘Don’t Give UP on Democratizing AI for the Wrong Reasons’, synthesizing some interesting insights from my book. Fellow 🤖Philosophy of AI🤖 nerds in CDMX: dm me & let’s hang out!

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

This coming Monday I’ll be discussing some core ideas from my book, Democratizing AI, with @milamiceli.bsky.social ( @dairinstitute.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social ) & @jonasfegert.bsky.social ( @kit.edu ) at Publix Berlin. Register here: pretix.eu/publix/wemge...

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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Kicking off my summer research stay in Europe with a keynote lecture on my forthcoming book ‘Democratizing AI’ at the Annual Conference of the Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW). Excited to see many familiar faces in Delft in a few days! #democratizingAI #philosophyofAI #AIethics

OZSW Dutch Research School of Philosophy 2025 annual conference poster Annette Zimmermann keynote Democratizing AI

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