Annette Zimmermann

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.…

A “Morally Binding” AI Safety Pledge democracyrenovator.com

I say more about why THESE are the central problems that #AIpolicy #AIgovernance & citizens more broadly need to focus on (not just doomer #xrisk scenarios) in my book Democratizing AI! bookshop.org/p/books/demo... Like & follow & comment for a free open access digital copy 🤖

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podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/w... & open.spotify.com/episode/5VxI...

Bedrohung oder Chance – Wie umgehen mit KI? open.spotify.com

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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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Let’s be nuanced about what kinds of *mechanisms* can *actually solve* all this and how this all relates to antidemocratic ideological mobilization driven largely by highly vocal tech oligarchs themselves. More here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Democratizing AI blackwells.co.uk

As a matter of principle, public sector deployments require (as a minimum) meaningful #publicjustification. Otherwise, there's a clear democratic legitimacy gap. #DemocratizingAI More background from @khari.bsky.social on this from last year: calmatters.org/economy/tech...

State claims there’s zero high-risk AI in California government—despite ample evidence to the contrary calmatters.org

I discuss this phenomenon, which I call #AIexceptionism, at length in Democratizing AI: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Democratizing AI blackwells.co.uk

During my keynote at Munich Media Days, I emphasized the key role of media for resisting simplistic AI narratives. The renewed hype/doom wave this summer distracted from the deeper goal of actually subjecting AI to democratic control & of keeping oligarchs in check 🤖💡 @medientage-mtm.bsky.social

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.

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!

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

Had a great time delivering a talk on AI oligarchs & labor exploitation at MO Museum of Contemporary Art and a keynote about #DemocratizingAI at Palace of the Grand Dukes/National Museum in Vilnius! Next stop: Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn #booktour #philosophyofAI @manchesterup.bsky.social

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 🤖

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: