Reposted by John P SlatteryMassimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 17hthe Catholic Church and the death penalty 0184
Reposted by John P SlatteryBr. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 17hThis is vile and disturbing. 2252
Reposted by John P SlatteryParis Marx @parismarx.com · 06/10/2026Plus, events are coming! Some are already listed on my website and more will be posted soon. Stay tuned: parismarx.com/speaking/ 4124
Reposted by John P SlatteryParis Marx @parismarx.com · 06/10/2026Preorders are incredibly important to a book’s success — even more than you might think! Find more preorder links and get more information on HYPERSCALE from the book’s website: hyperscalebook.com 1123
Reposted by John P SlatteryParis Marx @parismarx.com · 06/10/2026HYPERSCALE tells the full story of the data center buildout and the backlash it’s facing. It’s out in just two weeks — but I need a favor! If you’re planning to buy it, it would make a huge difference if you place a preorder. Get your copy today: bookshop.org/a/18331/9798...disconnect.blogHyperscale is out in two weeks!Preorder your copy to get the full story on the AI-fueled data center buildout 614748
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was disappointed with the lack of critical views in this piece. What about the theologians and philosophers who did not drink the kool-aid? This feels like a piece written to boost an IPO. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comIs Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. ModelsIn a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 031
Reposted by John P SlatteryDavid Gibson @gibsonwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026PSA for journalists: National Catholic Reporter is hiring a News Editor to help lead all facets of news coverage. It's a great opportunity given downward trends in media but a great place to work no matter the times. True pros, no A.I... www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b...indeed.comDeputy Editor - Remote - Indeed.comNational Catholic Reporter 179
Reposted by John P SlatteryRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10632601548
Reposted by John P SlatteryParis Marx @parismarx.com · 03/09/2026In October, my new book HYPERSCALE hits shelves in North America and Europe. But my dive into the world of data centers started over two years ago when I put together a series called DATA VAMPIRES. With opposition to data centers exploding, I decided this was a good moment to bring the series back. 310622
Reposted by John P SlatteryChris Dazzleox 🇵🇸 @dazzleox.bsky.social · 02/09/2026On a Zoom call with 200 people and I assume more in person (can't see the room but based on how many people are laughing at how a guillotine can slice a bagel.) Average age has to be like 75; love seniors ofc and shows how much interest there is in the ethics of AI. by @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social 121
Reposted by John P SlatteryJ. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Many are reasonably skeptical of religion. I too struggle to connect with cultures that avoid admitting wrongs, repenting, & finding hope in the art of restitution & seeking mercy. So I'm heartened to work with John Slattery, organizer/scholar on science & eugenics www.science.org/content/blog...science.orgEugenics and the history of Science and AAAS 151
Reposted by John P SlatteryJ. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 29/08/2026So I'm grateful to be a fellow at Duquesne's Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law to develop a (TBA) initiative connecting experts & organizers with diverse Christian communities who need to understand, act, and re-imagine the role of technology in our lives. 261
Reposted by John P SlatteryDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A site created by his former students 7736324
Reposted by John P SlatteryBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/08/2026“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.cbc.caProminent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC RadioClimate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk. 371424482
Reposted by John P SlatteryEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/08/2026In "Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities", I call on humanities scholars to make legible to the world how even as we work with and write texts, the words aren't the work. This recent paper by Lauren Goodlad of is an excellent example: doi.org/10.1525/rep....doi.orgWe Have Always Been Action TheoristsToward a Critical Theory of Language for the Era of “Large Language Models”Scholars of literature and culture understandably place themselves among the world’s premiere experts on matters of language. But they also know that fields like linguistics and communication have the... 29631
Reposted by John P SlatteryJ Moral Theology @jmoraltheology.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Brianne Bell Jacobs @briannejacobs.bsky.social opens v.15.2 with her incisive theological critique of AI in "Infinite Generation, Infinite Consumption: Theological Anthropology & Human Relationships with Artificial Intelligence." As she argues, while promising... doi.org/10.55476/001...doi.orgInfinite Generation, Infinite Consumption: Theological Anthropology and Human Relationships with Artificial Intelligence | Published in Journal of Moral TheologyBy Brianne Bell Jacobs. AI chatbots promise infinite generation and connection, but when we turn away from human relationships toward AIs as companions, we undercut the generative context through whic... 134
Reposted by John P SlatteryMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 30/07/2026If you're a broke but passionate reader and can't afford your own copy of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY, we've got you. Apply for a free solidarity copy here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comApplication for a Solidarity Copy of Molly’s BookAre you a passionate reader who has been desperate to get your paws on a copy of Molly Crabapple's New York Times bestseller HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: THE STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND? Due to th... 611753
Reposted by John P SlatteryPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/10/2024A Brief History of Nobody Reads Anymore 🧵 8352147
Reposted by John P SlatteryCommonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 05/06/2026Pope Leo’s call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities. @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social on 'Magnifica humanitas':commonwealmagazine.orgArmed and DangerousPope Leo's call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities. 021
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This is powerful stuff from @mollycrabapple.bsky.social!! "If tech does not serve humans in their quest for a good life, then we must discard it. And if we can't stop the slop vampire, at least we can refuse to bow our heads....“What Enoch makes, Enoch will break.”read.dukeupress.eduVampire Slop | Critical AI | Duke University Press 0277
Reposted by John P SlatteryCommonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 29/05/2026"Leo's call to disarm AI is simultaneously ethical, theological, technological, and, referencing Laudato si’, ecological." @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social: 'Armed and Dangerous'commonwealmagazine.orgArmed and DangerousPope Leo's call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities. 041
Reposted by John P SlatteryCommonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 28/05/2026.@antoniospadaro.bsky.social: ‘Magnifica humanitas’ challenges Silicon Valley’s Promethean pretensions.commonwealmagazine.orgPope Leo and the ‘Babel Syndrome’What Leo XIII did for wages and the right of association, Leo XIV does for the human person in the era of the algorithm. 041
Reposted by John P SlatteryCommonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 27/05/2026"AI is armed and dangerous, and the act of defusing it will take work from us all." @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social on Pope Leo's 'Magnifica Humanitas':commonwealmagazine.orgArmed and DangerousPope Leo's call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities. 032
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Yes, fair point around the "cultivated" language, it's not a perfect document! It also doesn't talk about artists, which my article mentions. But like any church document, I think it has enough good stuff to grow on, and many more paragraphs about critical approaches. 020
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026There are other ways to understand what the Pope did here! Bringing Olah onstage was an intentional act of trying to dialogue, not partnering. I think the document speaks for itself, and only mentions tech companies in very negative ways. More thoughts: www.commonwealmagazine.org/slattery-ai-...commonwealmagazine.orgArmed and DangerousPope Leo's call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities. 110
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026My latest for @commonwealmagazine.org , a reflection on what I consider the most powerful metaphor in the Pope's letter, and an urgent call: Disarming AIcommonwealmagazine.orgArmed and DangerousPope Leo's call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities. 031
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026It was bad optics with Anthropic, but the document itself lifts up solidarity, subsidiarity, social justice, the common good, and redistribution of wealth as core aspects of a technological future. 020
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026with all this 'construction site' language in #magnificahumanitas, I think we should start referring to Pope Leo XIV as "Bob the Builder" Prevost 050
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026i really love the act of expanding and specifying the technocratic paradigm in this letter. 185 "The modern Babel can be seen not only in the globalized technocratic paradigm, but also in the remote clash between opposing imperialisms, between powers that wish to preserve their supremacy...." 000
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I could live on paragraph 30 the rest of my life: "Rerum Novarum thereby continues to remind us that there is no authentic evangelization that does not also affect the structures of human society." #MagnificaHumanitas 051
Reposted by John P SlatteryProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Ya'll. I am shook. In a good way. Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing Slaveryapnews.comPope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slaveryPope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery. 10074021772
Reposted by John P SlatteryFr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Imagine being forced to subsidize the water and power costs for a data center that will generate NO continuing staff positions, all so that a billionaire can take your job. 46829
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I'll be interested to hear what you think! 000
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Well that's the real question I suppose, I don't trust him either 010
John P Slattery @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026My latest of AI and inevitability for @ctewc.bsky.social "An Ethicist’s Guide to Our Technological Dystopia" disq.us/t/53krpwg 231
Reposted by John P SlatteryAshok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster. 1259871943
Reposted by John P SlatteryVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I would like some of the folks who signed the Harper’s letter or spent years yammering about the threat to free speech posed by Oberlin undergrads protesting eugenicists to bring an ounce of that energy to the state censoring entire disciplines. 9573201
Reposted by John P SlatteryJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 27/03/2026This is how disciplines die. Now that Sociology courses don't count for GenEd credit, far fewer students will take them, let alone choose Sociology as a major. And so, Sociology department budgets will shrink, meaning fewer faculty and fewer courses offered. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...miamiherald.comFlorida bans sociology from core curriculum at state universitiesFor years, Republican lawmakers and education leaders have argued that sociology — especially high-enrollment introductory courses — has been overtaken by progressive ideology 26420195
Reposted by John P SlatteryCEO of Beckett Mariner @kariizumi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Pope Leo is the first Pope to have ever experienced the US healthcare system, so there's that 61215025237
Reposted by John P SlatteryAlex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social · 10/03/2026"AI is a loaded gun in the hands of children." Good piece in @commonweal.bsky.social by @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social 053
Reposted by John P SlatteryAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026"Remember when they told you the war was costing $1 billion a day? Turns out it was $3 billion a day just for the munitions. Oops." x.com/jekavanagh/s... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... 612370
Reposted by John P SlatteryCommonweal @commonwealmagazine.org · 09/03/2026"It feels right that Donald Trump is the one to bring AI into the mainstream of war-making. Trump is susceptible to all forms of sycophancy, for which chatbots are infamous." @johnslatteryphd.bsky.social on Trump's AI war:commonwealmagazine.orgThe First AI WarDonald Trump will go down in history as the president who made AI a weapon of war. 072
Reposted by John P SlatteryAAUP @aaup.org · 09/03/2026“Our federal government is sending a message that only a narrow definition of humanities can be supported, celebrated and invested in, and that there are only a narrow set of people, culture and experiences that are worth understanding in depth" 0208