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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I am excited to share that my TEDx Talk, Who Deserves Rights in the Age of AI?, is now live! Give it a watch and feel free to share your thoughts. You can access the video here: youtu.be/NCvt2GeTcFQ?....

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Who Deserves Rights in the Age of AI? | Josh Gellers, PhD | TEDxJacksonville

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

As co-editor of two volumes about #AI, I am still seeking submissions related to: - AI and environmental law (Edward Elgar) - AI and the environment (Oxford University Press) If you have ideas for either of these books, feel free to reach out! (And please share w/ others who might apply)

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I'm thrilled to announce the launch of @UofNorthFlorida's new #AI for Work and Life certificate! No technical experience required. Taught by industry and academic experts. The best part? The certificate is FREE through the end of 2025! Register here: learn.getcertificate.online/courses/cour...

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Yes but it comes down to the meaning of “or,” as in the legal owner OR the beneficial owner. Will we be compensated at all if we are merely the latter but not the former?

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

“For books where the author has granted the publisher an exclusive right to publish the book, the publisher is the legal owner, and the author is the “beneficial” owner under copyright law.”

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

PSA: Please don’t get your nutritional facts and dietary advice from AI.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Can’t wait to hear what Gen Alpha thinks of B&B.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Ezra Klein has made this point time and again on his podcast- For Democrats, the currency of politics is still money. For Republicans, the currency of politics is attention.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Yes! Perhaps among a sea of bad ones.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Nice to see the Secretary of the Treasury finally admit what anyone with a high school understanding of macroeconomics already knew…

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Amazing. Thanks for sharing. You should consider posting on LinkedIn as well!

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

* and dismantling the systems that prevent such people from influencing how technologies are regulated.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Hm what is a “capacity for personhood”? I presume you mean moral personhood?

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

We need to distinguish between AI models that are derivative of many other models and AI models that are deliberately generated to look like specific human models.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I think that concern is orthogonal to the bigger one- replacing human talent with AI.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

If this can be done non-profits should be lining up to support this effort on a mass scale.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

In the US, gas hasn’t been below $1 since I was in high school (1998-2002).

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Reminds me of the Netflix show, Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_C...

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

On the bright side, it looks like cancel culture IS real after all.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

The administration got caught in a lie and now someone is going to lose their job. My money’s on Bongino. At least Bondi is qualified.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Be kind. It’s the first time they’re interacting with a real human not on a screen.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Just completing the 180 degree turn away from Marxism, results be damned.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Actually, it’s only regime change if it comes from the régime region of France. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling interference.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Serious question- why didn’t they just cancel it? It seems like it stands for everything they are against. Someone should ask the Press Secretary what the President did yesterday to celebrate the event.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Why are you using scare quotes around the word experts?

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Oh maybe he’ll announce another grifting business venture meant to enrich the president and his family?

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

This is the intended result of a fear campaign.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Super interesting phenomenon. One of the IEEE groups I’m involved with (P7017) focuses on religious robots and this might serve as a cautionary tale case study.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The cruelty is the point. People who score high on status threat/social dominance orientation are frothing at the mouth over this. This is exactly what they wanted, empathy be damned.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Thanks for following up. I definitely did not review for this journal that doesn’t seem to exist (at least in the name that was given).

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I know there will be a LOT of criticism of this but it shows where universities are heading. Small schools will simply crumble if they can’t adapt. Students will turn to LinkedIn learning if we can’t train them for the AI-powered economy.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

This weekend, I passed 1K citations. I never thought I would hit this # as a political scientist with a non-elite pedigree who studied an obscure topic. Yet here we are. Thanks to everyone who has cited my work approvingly or critically over the years!

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Don’t go down the Cocomelon rabbit hole…

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Except when the government said he wasn’t and tried to pin it on an obscure employee who was on vacation.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Yes! Regenerative braking is amazing. Also helps with real-time data for insurance companies (less evidence of braking hard) and puts less wear and tear on your brakes.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

To clarify- I meant the relationship IS severed, not that it SHOULD be that way. Polls show people just don’t care about climate when they can’t afford eggs.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

In the US, the two are effectively severed.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Yes, saying “Reagan might as well have written this book himself” is comically inaccurate. You are conflating “reduce EIA laws” with “deregulate entire industries.”

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I think a central (unspoken) tension in the book involves the elimination of processes intended to produce environmental justice in favor of outcomes that EJ advocates seek to obtain.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

If the lesson you got from 2024 was “we shouldn’t try to engage the enemy,” you don’t have a winning strategy for 2028.

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Josh Gellers @joshgellers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Yes! Nowhere in the book do they discuss the stagnation of wages and the exponential increase in executive compensation. This is a huge problem.

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