Nolen Gertz

Nolen Gertz

@ethicistforhire.bsky.social

Philosophy professor @utwentephilosophy.bsky.social Author of #NihilismAndTechnology (RLI 2018), #Nihilism (MIT 2019), #PhilosophyOfWarAndExile (Palgrave 2014) https://www.nolengertz.com #Philsky #Philtech #Existentialism #Phenomenology #Filmsky

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Nolen Gertz
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Thread of things I wrote this year: 1) Updated edition of my #NihilismAndTechnology book with new chapters about why AI doesn't exist, why ChatGPT shouldn't exist, and why climate change can't be solved by nihilism... rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...

rowman.comNihilism and Technology, Updated EditionInvestigating how human values mediate the design and use of new technologies, the updated edition of Nolen Gertz’s Nihilism and Technology explores the ramifications of artificial intelligence. G...
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Great movie and the only one to successfully use AI to show that it is a tool of capitalist-fascist vampires...

Anthony Oliveira@meakoopa.bsky.social

watching Radu Jude’s DRACULA (2025), a movie (using AI) about AI’s vampiric predations ruining art. Here is one of my favourite sequences so far

Nolen Gertz
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As much as I of course loved Walter Koenig in Star Trek, I especially enjoyed him doing a hilarious Captain Kirk impression in the underappreciated Moontrap (1989) in which he teams up with Bruce Campbell to fight an evil robot on the Moon... letterboxd.com/ethicistforh...

letterboxd.comA ★★★ review of Moontrap (1989)"We don't take any shit from machines!" Bruce Campbell and Walter Koening fighting alien robots on the Moon! What more could you want out of a movie? What an absurdly terrible but stupidly fun Termina...

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Carl T. Bergstrom
@carlbergstrom.com

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

Nolen Gertz
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“Substituting automated machine processing for human presence, authentic listening, and personal responsibility in my work directly conflicts with my obligation to uphold human dignity and flourishing as primary” religionnews.com/2026/10/26/i...

religionnews.comA Kentucky man becomes the first humanist granted religious exemption from AI(RNS) — David Durman, an administrator at the University of Kentucky, said using AI would cause him to offload his thinking and decision making, which would violate his humanist views. He hopes other ...

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UTwente Philosophy
@utwentephilosophy.bsky.social

UT philosophy professor Nolen Gertz to give Studium Generale lecture on AI at Wageningen University on 27 October: www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

utwente.nlUT philosophy professor Nolen Gertz to give Studium Generale lecture on AI at Wageningen University on 27 OctoberNolen Gertz, Associate Professor of Applied Philosophy at the University of Twente, to give a Studium Generale lecture on "Irresistible Artificial Intelligence" at Wageningen University on Tuesday, 27...

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Rafa Sales Ross
@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Right, so, male influencers are being sent out to tell Black people that resisting data centers is wrong actually because people don't understand how to really measure their water use. It’s an appeal to scientific expertise intended to intimidate Black people.

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Emily St. James
@emilystjams.bsky.social

We are right on the cusp of AI utopia*. *-agentic AI makes the internet both unsafe and unusable, so I am forced to go outside and write everything longhand by candlelight

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John Scalzi
@scalzi.com

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

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John Scalzi
@scalzi.com

If you gave a nickel to a crow that crow would have made more, by billions, than Anthropic

Reuters@reuters.com

Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026, WSJ reports reut.rs/4z2Zi9J

reut.rsAnthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026, WSJ reportsAI startup Anthropic recorded a net loss of more than $80 billion ​in the first half of this year, including $72 billion in ‌accounting charges, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a draft initial public offering prospectus.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
@olivia.science

Yo Dawg, I heard you like AI, so I put an AI in your AI so you can AI while you AI.

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social

The UK’s Electoral Commission is developing an AI system to notify candidates of significant deepfakes within three hours of posting, its chief executive told a panel earlier this month, Tech Policy Press fellow James Ball reports.

buff.lyUK Election Watchdog Develops AI System to Flag Deepfakes Within 3 HoursThe AI-powered system is designed to notify candidates of significant deepfakes within three hours of posting to social media, reports James Ball.
Nolen Gertz
@ethicistforhire.bsky.social

My son (12) received instructions from his teacher about how to use AI to prepare for upcoming exams. The teacher warns that "AI can make mistakes" and can tempt them to "be lazy and stop critical thinking" so the teacher recommends they "use AI responsibly"...

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Thankfully my son has no interest in using AI and ignored the instructions because the teacher used AI to illustrate the cover and that was enough for him to throw it in the trash...

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Post Monkey@postmonkey.bsky.social

Oh frabjous joy! Finally I too am in a position to doxx someone on this internet!!!! That is obviously none other than Distinguished Professor of NiHiLiZM, @ethicistforhire.bsky.social. I will not at this time be taking any denials or "corrections". Thank you.

Nolen Gertz
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"Police confirmed they had responded to a report of 'criminal mischief involving a robot' on the 1200 block of Filbert Street around 1:16 p.m. on Wednesday."

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