Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣 ✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U.... 732159755
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 35mI'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 19539
Reposted by Timnit GebruDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 1hStill true. Time to pre-order @timnitgebru.blacksky.app's new book, DEEP UNLEARNING: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U...simonandschuster.comDeep UnlearningTimnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—deliveri... 1199
Reposted by Timnit GebruKevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 6hCongratulations to the 2026 winners of the Right Livelihood Award! @jalilahaider.bsky.social @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Rural Women’s Assembly Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association 0133
Reposted by Timnit GebruRoland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 20hThis is really fantastic and more than well-deserved - congratulations, @timnitgebru.blacksky.app, you're an inspiration! 15715
Reposted by Timnit GebruRight Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 21hWhat happens when an AI researcher challenges the direction of the industry from within? Meet @timnitgebru.blacksky.app, one of the 2026 Right Livelihood Laureates — a pioneering researcher confronting concentrated power in artificial intelligence. rightlivelihood.org/the-change-m... 18229
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 21hLoll Yudkowsky, Soares and such AREN'T SHILLS? The Yudkowsky who founded the eugenicist, rationalist cult? The one who predected singularity to be 2025? The one in the sex parties that women have to attend to "network? The rape orgies with dubious consent mechanisms that Soares coorganizes? 628963
Reposted by Timnit Gebrufairweathersurfer.bsky.social @fairweathersurfer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Australians, go check out the 74 entities watching a single Australian target. 0117
Reposted by Timnit GebruTyne Daile Sumner @tynedaile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A reminder that this exists and that it is, verifiably, very cool: www.surveillancewatch.iosurveillancewatch.ioSurveillance Watch: They Know Who You AreSurveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations. 14528
Reposted by Timnit Gebruarthaus @arthouse06.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026invaluable website for those of us affected by AI/tech surveillance in r/t (+realizing how metastasizing VC funding is within surveillance~globally) 0179
Reposted by Timnit Gebrudirk.f5r @dirk-f5r.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yet another signal that the world is lost without strong women. Congratulations and well done! 0234
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....dair-institute.orgSurveillance WatchThis interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations. 3220134
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Oh look. More things that makes sense happening in these United States. 1530663
Reposted by Timnit GebruWell, That Was Spooky @thediscoveryofzero.com · 29/09/2026This interview with @timnitgebru.blacksky.app does a good job puncturing some of this BS. I think the private sector often profits off of just this sort of move: hiding ‘expertise’ behind proprietary doors and then making public claims that can’t be scrutinized is par for the course in business.podcasts.apple.comThere Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI Says Timnit GebruPodcast Episode · Uncanny Valley | WIRED · September 29 · 32m 413644
Reposted by Timnit GebruThe Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How can we build an organized force for tech justice? Oakland Tech Week is exploring the possibilities. DAIR's @timnitgebru.blacksky.app will be there in conversation with @parismarx.com and others. Event is sold out, but visit the OTW website for info on virtual options: urlvanish.com/6fe70bc9 01712
Reposted by Timnit GebruTeresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@timnitgebru.blacksky.app, a PhD in computer vision; Altman, a dropout funded by Musk and Thiel. One explains how llms/chatbots work; the other is part of a cult that blathers on about 'reasoning,' 'rogue AI, 'digital immortality,' and other nonsense. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...wired.comTimnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AIOne of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. 07928
Reposted by Timnit GebruMarcelo Soares @msoares.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ms. @timnitgebru.blacksky.app calls the doomtrolling bluff and practically sends an "OK doomer".wired.comTimnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AIOne of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. 09434
Reposted by Timnit GebruEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When Coxon was suddenly ALL OVER the media, it felt to many like that was because his story deserved that much interest i.e. that the media was doing its job informing the public of an important threat. The wall-to-wall media coverage wasn't organic though, it was orchestrated: >>piratewires.com 617981
Reposted by Timnit GebruKerstin Sell @kerstinsell.bsky.social · 28/09/20261/2 I was wondering / confused about the apocalyptic scenarios industry leaders have been sharing lately & about the accompanying calls for regulation... this is spot on: 1168
Reposted by Timnit GebruJill S @outseide.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Finally got to the #vibecheckpod episode with @timnitgebru.blacksky.app about the perils of AI. Whew what a fantastic and succinct conversation. If you don’t understand (yet) how this project is tied up eugenics, give it a listen. And: we still have a choice. WE have agency. Use it. 2266
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026All of this media on "takes on rogue AI" or whatever, is all the billionaires (newly minted or old), people doing so-called "AI safety" getting hundreds of millions claiming to save us from extinction, and then me playing in my kiddy pool with my pretend dollars 😂 www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...npr.orgThe AI safety debate is confusing. Here's our guide to the different factionsThe battle over AI's promise and perils is not a clash between two opposing sides, but a debate among a range of competing voices and ideologies. Here is a guide to who's who in that debate. 1016322
Reposted by Timnit Gebrudylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As I've said in many interviews recently, the AI industry needs to be regulated the same way we do other industries that make products with potential harms. The sensationalism is a distraction. sfstandard.com/2026/09/21/e...sfstandard.comSo, is AI going to kill us? 11 experts, 11 answers.Confused by the competing theories about AI’s threat to humanity? We asked accelerationists, doomers, protesters, and a state senator what needs to happen next. 15014
Reposted by Timnit Gebrudylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 28/09/20262. "Going rogue" is sensationalistic. Products of ALL kinds do unexpected things that we need safeguards to prevent. Yes, AI agents running amok IS dangerous. So are industrial power tools. Hence OSHA and stringent safety training and protocols to use them. 26223
Reposted by Timnit GebruEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Guys, no one doubts that Tesla is responsible if its cars roll down hills and crash into people (or anything else). The problem is that until VERY recently, it was not accepted that it was possible for something on wheels that we forgot to put breaks on to travel downhill at high speed. 514124
Reposted by Timnit GebruEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026More on this later, but it feels like a community putting a lot of effort into creating a cognitive callus against the threat of work that undermines a chunk of their world-view: bsky.app/profile/emil... >> 210614
Reposted by Timnit GebruEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There seems to be an enormous discourse going on in EA circles (some of which spills over where I can see it), focused on the phrase "stochastic parrots" in which Timnit, Meg and I are effectively treated as memes. >> 27913
Reposted by Timnit GebruEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a thread about erasure of women's expertise and work in this area. As often happens, erasure comes together with overexposure. >> 313338
Reposted by Timnit GebruDavid Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"The illusion of speed and urgency promulgated by the tech companies is also a ploy to misdirect both policymakers and the public. Unfortunately, it sometimes works." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app & @emilymbender.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...technologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. 35725
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026I am now reading @poisonivy.bsky.social's account which starts with "I’ve dropped a few articles about my experiences at Vibecamp, and interactions in the Rationalist / Effective Altruist corner of the TESCREAL diaspora." Because nothing seems to take these people out 😡 928674
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026We had to wait for the....NEW YORK POST to write about this. Y'all know there is so much more where this came from but journalists don't want to dig and people are terrified to speak to any journalist seeing the type of reporting they've been doing 301751674
Reposted by Timnit GebruAmbrose @ambrosia-engine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most of this Silicon Valley network in AI is also Epstein's network. It's not just women and girls who are groomed and abused by these men. Perhaps a death and sex cult shouldn't be left to self regulate tech products. We need accountability and justice. 324794
Reposted by Timnit GebruThe Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Looking forward to this pre-screening panel at #OaklandTechWeek on Tuesday 9/29. DAIR's @alexhanna.bsky.social will be in good company! Register at the Oakland Tech week website: oaklandtechweek.com/sessions/gho... @mediajustice.bsky.social @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social 0166
Reposted by Timnit Gebrulunarshocked.bsky.social @lunarshocked.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I actually love how Trump makes it explicit: apnews.com/article/trum... Nooooo if White people did it it's not "artificial". It's super. It's supreme. (Supreme was also in the poll but maybe that was too on the nose for them)apnews.comUS diplomats told to say ‘super intelligence’ — not ‘artificial intelligence' — after Trump's callThe State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President... 0111
Reposted by Timnit GebruAmbrose @ambrosia-engine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's media capture. nananwachukwu.github.io/media-captur...nananwachukwu.github.ioMedia Capture Watch — Mapping Big Tech's Influence on JournalismAn interactive investigation into Big Tech and AI companies' funding relationships with journalism and media organizations. 0118
Reposted by Timnit Gebruz @oddbott.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026i was just thinking about this earlier today. like they dont need to be propagandizing so hard like this 1246
Reposted by Timnit GebruHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Jesus Christ, what the hell is wrong with you @democracynow.org 34811
Reposted by Timnit GebruKathleen Kelly @kathleenkellymusic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026it's so disappointing that these folks who do much good work have been so lazy and credulous with the AI bros. As @timnitgebru.blacksky.app says in this thread, it's not like their love of eugenics is a secret. @democracynow.org do better!! 0307
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026Literally the ROOT of this extinction theory is Nick Bostrom, who, in his list of 20 or so or whatever potential "existential risks," he had dysgenic pressures, along with so-called super intelligence. This is public information, he wrote it in a "paper." 59827
Reposted by Timnit GebruCultureIsFirst @cultureisfirst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Everything hysterical Malo Bourgon has said in response to Amy’s question on how would it extinct humans, replace the term “humans” with “white race” and you hear the White Supremacist rant. 🚩Anti- #AI people should think hard what ideologies they’re feeding. 0213
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026Democracy Now! has now gone from constantly inviting Max Tegmark to platforming people from none other than MIRI. That's right MIRI. Y'all know how bad that is? Do you understand the level to which they are doubling down on the eugenicists? 11287100
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026🔇🔇🔇 I want to announce a @dairinstitute.bsky.social virtual event concerning the ***REAL**** impacts of "AI" on the most vulnerable of populations, refugees. Everything you see is first experimented on them.🧵 ⏰ October 1 at 6-8pm CET/9am PDT on Zoom. ✴️ Register at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 312361
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026I'm gonna do a recap of this week when I get a breather because the hype DDOS strikes daily 🙄 As for the whole CRISPR Dario "discovery" announcement: 213243
Reposted by Timnit GebruAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542261620
Reposted by Timnit GebruSarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026‘Claims of incipient, dangerous superintelligence are not based in good scientific or engineering practice. …they are narratives based in ideologies of transhumanism, eugenics, and wishful thinking about imagined future digital humans.’ By @emilymbender.bsky.social and @timnitgebru.blacksky.apptechnologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. 27036
Reposted by Timnit GebruTom Resing @tomresing.com · 24/09/2026If you have concerns about AI, read this The AI Con. @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social know what's going on behind the sparkles and magic wands. #BookSky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1520...app.thestorygraph.comReview by resing - The AI ConIf you have concerns about AI, read this book. Emily Bender and Alex Hana know what's going on... 47424
Reposted by Timnit GebruDr. Carlie Trott @carlietrott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"According to the AI industry, we should be more worried about a fictional machine god than about the climate catastrophe these data centers exacerbate, the asthma suffered by those living near them, the rising electricity bills of the public subsidizing them, or the water...[for] cooling them." 110341
Reposted by Timnit GebruAl Raven @alraven.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Cool new piece by @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social ⬇️ www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...technologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. 0279
Reposted by Timnit GebruNorman J Fischer @smellsfischy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1... pretty succinct account of the current state of AI Bubble desperation by @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.socialtechnologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny. 0124
Reposted by Timnit GebruEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There seems to be a coordinated talking point among the EA folks that the "standard" approach to "AI" on "the Left" is "AI is just stochastic parrots so no need to worry about it". (Sorry for all the scare quotes, but y'know) >> 7408110