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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anthropic's IPO seems to be happening after the Midterms. If agents permit and humanity survives until then ... The numbers on this are staggering. A valuation of $2 trillion would make this to big to fail. Could we pace this frontier? www.reuters.com/business/fin... #anthropicstudies #AI #openAI

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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs

Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters. The ...

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Klingt nach einem Geniestreich, wenn ich mich fragt ...

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Captain it’s Wednesday @wednesday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Captain it's Wednesday

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ECREA Media, Cities and Space Section @mediacity-ecrea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Amazing news: don't miss this special dossier on urban AI!

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Noch bis zum Sonntag an der Frankfurter Schirn: Tim Otto Roths „Vocal Revolutions“. Not to be missed! Für das Foto gilt: The Artist is present. Und die etwas geschrumpfte Ausstellung „The World Through AI“ lohnt sich auch.

Vocal Revolutions, Klangskulptur von Tim Otto Roth, Schirn Frankfurt, September 2026

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Even if I could put 24 hours of my day into research on current #AI developments, I would hardly be fast and comprehensive enough. Here's a new and (un-)expected twist: Microsoft's new frontier AI lab has come up with a Code of Conduct for its project of "Humanist AI". /1

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

„Text, in this context, is really .txt, …“ Do not miss Matt Kirschenbaum‘s latest take on AI‘s textpocalypse!

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Eine sehr klare Analyse, lesenswert.

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Attila Bátorfy @attilabatorfy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today on Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities we present a long-forgotten graphic method: the Haeckel-inspired organic diagrams created by the Russian-German sociologist Paul von Lilienfeld to visualize social complexity. Read the full story here: attilabatorfy.substack.com/p/a-graphic-...

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Das ist eine sehr gute, differenziert argumentierende Petition, die ich gerne unterschrieben habe. Und das solltet Ihr auch tun!

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We need to get rid of AI-written papers completely! It has no place in academic writing unless used for stylistic and grammatic assistance (if needed). Btw, I just spent a day correcting a DeepL translation of a text of mine. It seemed fine at first glance, but meagre once you do a real walkthrough.

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It seems like #Anthropic is going #precrime, pre-IPO. We knew about the company's internal security paranoia, but this feels like a whole new level of cyberpunk megacorp bullshit.

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Guardians vs. Investors! This preprint is really interesting if you're interested in #AI, values, alignment, and business practice. Also required reading for #anthropicstudies.

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

💳 Starting very soon -- we'll talk about The Credit Card Book at the @cais-research.bsky.social colloquium in a bit! 📚 #digipay #creditcard #booksky

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wie macht man im Jahr 2026 ein Seminar über, mit, zu Michel #Foucault ? Vermutlich sollte ich die Überlegungen dazu dokumentieren, denn aus einer solchen Überfülle großartiger Texte auszuwählen, ist eine Herausforderung. /1

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Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf @hhu.de · 21/05/2026

Neuer Studiengang: Digital Cultures Selfies, Daten, Avatare – digitale Praktiken und Phänomene prägen, wer wir sind. Memes, virtuelle Welten und Algorithmen haben die Gesellschaft schon verändert und werden es weiter tun. 1/4

Jemand hält ein Handy in beiden Händen und öffnet eine Social Media App

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Captain it’s Wednesday @wednesday.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Captain it's Wednesday

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I just love Bluesky‘s quiet posters feed! It is full of human-written gems, actually.

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Finally registered for 4S in Toronto this October. Really looking forward to the 50 year anniversary of @4sweb.bsky.social ! The hashtag might be #4S26 #4S2026 or #4S50, right? But hashtags aren't a thing these days anyway. However, I look forward to seeing you at Lake Ontario!

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Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

💳 What can a credit card tell us about our digital present? On 9 September, we’re delighted to welcome former CAIS Fellow Sebastian Gießmann back to CAIS to talk about his book "The Credit Card Book" 📅 4:00–5:00 PM | At CAIS & online cais-research.de/en/event/boo... @sebgiessmann.bsky.social

Das Buch mit dem Titel „Das Kreditkarten-Buch: Geschichte und Theorie des digitalen Bezahlens“ von Sebastian Giessmann steht auf einem Handlauf im Treppenhaus am CAIS.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/08/2026

🤖 Long before PCs were commonplace, software like ELIZA & Little Computer People used clever programming to create the illusion of machines that could think, talk & act on their own. Examples? Explore the new Vintage Artificial Intelligence collection! blog.archive.org/2026/08/16/v... 🧵

Screenshot of a grid of items from the Internet Archive's Vintage Artificial Intelligence collection, showing eighteen software title thumbnails including Eliza C64, Pisko, Hidden Agenda, SimLife, Robotwar, Abuse, Eliza 3.1, A Mind Forever Voyaging, A.I., Alter Ego, Worms, Talking Sam, The Dream Machine, Law of the West, Racter, and 64luff, each with view, favorite, and comment counts.

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

💳️ Von wegen Sommerloch, das gibt es beim digitalen Bezahlen wohl nicht … Gerade ist im Spektrum der Wissenschaft eine schöne Rezension meines Buches von Michaela Sonntag erschienen. 📚️ ➡️ www.spektrum.de/rezension/buchkriti… #digipay #kreditkarte #booksky

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Bücher, die mit mit dem Untertitel "Westdeutsche Leser:innen erzählen" aufwarten, sind ja nun auch eher grenzwertig.

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“And so the billboards symbolize the fait accompli that Silicon Valley presents us with today: systemic relevance as an all-or-nothing bet.“

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Heute lohnt es sich besonders, um 11.05 Uhr die „Lesart“ im Deutschlandfunk Kultur einzuschalten … www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/lesart… #digipay #kreditkarte #booksky

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Für mich schon jetzt das Buch des Jahres: Stephan Thomes zweiter #Grenzgang wartet mit erzählerischer Präzision und zugleich erstaunlich warmherzigen Humor auf. Und der Titel des Buches ist schlicht genial. ➡️ www.suhrkamp.de/buch/stephan-thome-… #booksky

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Really looking forward to this book talk @cais-research.bsky.social! Without a #CAIS fellowship the credit card book would hardly be what it is now. All welcome! #digipay #booksky

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Here's to The #Odyssey film we could have had: Emily #Wilson's much anticipated London Review of Books critique of Christopher #Nolan is just fantastic! Nolan's film is alright, but never achieves the grandeur of his other classic movies. It isn't quite Homer either. 👉 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🇪🇺 Another new form of public money—I find the designs for the new euro banknotes exciting. Some of them are really well done. But please form your own opinion! By the way, I’m in favor of the #DigitalEuro and the euro banknotes having a coordinated design. #Cash 👉️ www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot...

New design for a 10 euro bill with Ludwig van Beethoven. (c) ECB

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🎞️ This is great for all you film buffs out there! Pretty sure this will make its way into classes on cinema, media theory and format studies, too. 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jo3... Interestingly enough, IMAX seems to have created its own format mythology.

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Sinners Director Ryan Coogler Breaks Down Aspect Ratios

YouTube video by AMC Theatres

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The perfect summer reading for all you Weizenbaum people out there!

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I am really looking forward to this conference at Université de Luxembourg's fabulous Center for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu! HISTORIES OF TRACKING 📅 Sep 30 - Oct 2, 2016 📍 @uni.lu Keynotes: Matthew L. Jones, Michelle Spektor and Azadeh Akbari 👉️ www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

Conference Histories of Tracking, University of Luxemburg, September 30-October 2, 2026

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Man könnte auch sagen, dass ich ein ganzes Buch dazu geschrieben habe 😉 www.kulturverlag-kadmos.de/programm/det...

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Das Kreditkarten-Buch - Kulturverlag Kadmos Berlin

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

💳 So I did an interview with Geert Lovink on my credit card book. This one was really fun! Geert always asks the best questions. For all your media theory reading pleasures, you might want to check this one out ... 👉 networkcultures.org/moneylab/202... #digipay #fintech #CBDC #digitaleuro #booksky

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» Interview with Sebastian Gießmann on The Credit Card Book-History and Theory of Digital Payments

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Martina Winkler @martinawinkle14.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Ohne das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz wären illegale Maskendeals nie ans Licht gekommen. Genau dieses Recht wollen CDU, CSU und SPD jetzt faktisch abschaffen. Das dürfen wir nicht zulassen. Jetzt unterschreiben: 👇 #IFG weact.campact.de/petitions/sp...

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SPD, stoppt den Frontalangriff auf die Informationsfreiheit!

Wir alle haben das Recht auf staatliche Informationen. Seit 2006 müssen Behörden auf Antrag nach dem Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) Dokumente herausgeben – seien es Verträge, interne Weisungen oder...

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It is not the paperclip-producing AI that takes over the planet. As it turns out, it is brain rot in higher education. And a lot of other economic strategies that shall make us pay for commercial AI. ’My students know all too well what AI corporations are “working on.” They feel worked on, indeed.’

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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hände weg vom Informationsfreiheitsgesetz!

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Centre for Digital Inquiry @cdi-warwick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Join us for Leviathan’s Ear: a hybrid livestream + workshop on machine listening, voice interfaces, platformisation and digital sovereignty. With Sean Dockray, James Parker & Joel Stern from machinelistening.exposed. 7 July 2026, 10am–12pm Online + FAB 1.16, Warwick www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H3...

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Fabian Offert @zentralwerkstatt.org · 23/06/2026

Excited to share that we are now inviting proposals for our upcoming Critical AI Studies? conference at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social on Oct. 9&10, 2026. Please see the full CfP here: huml.ucsb.edu/conference. Submissions are due July 31, 2026. For questions DM me or @owenleonard.bsky.social.

Poster for the conference "Critical Artificial Intelligence Studies?" at the University of California, Santa Barbara, October 9&10, 2026. The subtitle says "An interdisciplinary conference on a field in formation."

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