Virginia Dignum

Living the artist life 😄 at Cheltenham Literature Festival to present my book "The AI Paradox" press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Tomorrow (10/15) at 2:00 pm BST, please join Cheltenham Festival of Literature in welcoming @vdignum.bsky.social, author of The AI Paradox. In conversation with Jamie Bartlett and Eleanor Drage, Dignum will discuss the hopes, paradoxes and possibilities of living alongside intelligent machines.

Next week 10/15 at 2:00 pm BST, please join Cheltenham Festival of Literature in welcoming @vdignum.bsky.social, author of The AI Paradox. In conversation with Jamie Bartlett and Eleanor Drage, Dignum will discuss the hopes, paradoxes and possibilities of living alongside intelligent machines.

New perspective piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social together with @vdignum.bsky.social and Jason Tucker. www.techpolicy.press/the-uns-ai-p...

Europe's Apply AI Strategy starts with "AI first". Responsible AI starts at zero: what are we trying to achieve, for whom, and is AI the right means at all? Apply AI: Europe's AI strategy has forgotten European values thinking-in-public.ghost.io/apply-ai-eur...

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On #PopeLeoXIV #MagnificaHumanitas ❇️ 3 things right: #AIgovernance is a power issue, autonomous weapons, information environment. 🔴 3 weaknesses: AI is not inevitable, misses QuestionZero, anthropomorphisation is theologically incoherent blog: reflectingwide.blogspot.com/2026/05/magn...

Today marks the 52nd anniversary of "25 de Abril", the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. I was almost ten then. Too young to fully understand, but old enough to know something was wrong before, and that what was happening was big. #25Abril #Portugal #democracy #liberty

If you're near Umeå, Sweden, see @vdignum.bsky.social tomorrow (26 April) at 2:00 pm CEST at Bildmuseet! In conversation with museum director and curator Katarina Pierre, Dignum will discuss her new book, The AI Paradox, followed by a signing. This free talk will be held in English: buff.ly/GPXO3dW

If you're near Umeå, Sweden, see @vdignum.bsky.social next week, 26 April at 2:00 pm CEST at Bildmuseet! In conversation with museum director and curator Katarina Pierre, Dignum will discuss her new book, The AI Paradox, followed by a signing. This free talk will be held in English: buff.ly/GPXO3dW

The AI Paradox by @vdignum.bsky.social has been reviewed by @bentarnoff.com for @thenation.com: “by probing the riddles and antinomies that exist below the surface, Dignum gives the general reader a truer gauge of the subject’s depth.” Read the full review:

Great speed presentations by ADD team followed by a thought provoking reflection talk by @vdignum.bsky.social centering on the human responsibility in deciding on, developing, and deploying AI

The #AI Paradox by @vdignum.bsky.social Febr 2026 @princetonupress.bsky.social I just posted a #book review (in German)—it’s definitely worth reading and truly insightful and refreshing. I’m working on an English version, coming soon acemaxx-analytics-dispinar.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

The #AI Paradox #Book Review The AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future @vdignum.bsky.social Febr 17, 2026 @princetonupress.bsky.social London 2026. acemaxxanalytics.substack.com/p/the-ai-par...

(I started reading an awesome new #book) The #AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future by @vdignum.bsky.social Prof. Virginia Dignum @princetonupress.bsky.social Febr 17. 2026. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

In The AI Paradox, @vdignum.bsky.social cuts through the hype and sensationalism that often surround #AI and reveals why the most profound questions it raises are not about technology but ourselves. Out now! Read a free sample of this powerful book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Technology

Andrew Robinson calls @vdignum.bsky.social's The AI Paradox a "stimulating analysis." Read the full review in @nature.com's Books in Brief:

A piece in Science asks whether he should hire AI instead of a graduate student. But this is not about #AI. We are confusing speed and quantity with quality and relevance. Academia is about mentoring knowledge not efficiency. Blog: reflectingwide.blogspot.com/2026/03/when... #academia #Mentorship

A user’s guide to navigating the intricate, often contradictory relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence. The AI Paradox by Virginia Dignum is now available! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Technology #Innovation #Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Sveriges AI-strategi som kom förra veckan bygger på en missuppfattning om att reglering hindrar utvecklingen av digitala tjänster. Vår forskning visar tvärtom att reglering kan gynna både svensk AI-utveckling och medborgarnas rättigheter, skriver Virginia Dignum och Maja Fjæstad.

20 Books to Read in February as recommended by @grandcontinent.bsky.social includes the new book by @vdignum.bsky.social, The AI Paradox! @florianlouis.bsky.social calls it ‘[Un] petit livre percutant’ – read the full review here:

@vdignum.bsky.social's The AI Paradox is a user’s guide to navigating the intricate, often contradictory relationship between #ArtificialIntelligence and human intelligence. Arrives 17 February. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #ReadUP #Technology #AI

New blog: When Agentic Goes Rogue, reflecting on Science article www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...: the real risk isn’t autonomy, but autonomy without coordination, institutions, or accountability. ➡️ reflectingwide.blogspot.com/2026/01/when... #AgenticAI #AIAlignment #AIGovernance #Democracy

The AI Paradox by @vdignum.bsky.social is “a nuanced, hopeful vision of a future with human intelligence amplified, not overwhelmed, by machine intelligence.” Read the full Kirkus review:

sharing our new article on the role of regulation for #AI therapist chatbots. with @jasonetucker.bsky.social and @petterericson.bsky.social AI Policy Lab @Umeå University #ResponsibleAI #AIgovernance

I was privileged to attend #MLIndaba2025 #MLI2025 #Urunana www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...

My comments on Mustafa Suleyman ill-called 'seemingly conscious AI' 🤦‍♀️ www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...

@jswanljung.bsky.social ha ha first thing I see on linkedin www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... cc @vdignum.bsky.social

Trump’s AI plan swaps ethics and environmental safeguards for unilateral dominance, betraying the human‑centred cooperation the world needs. Unilateral AI domination jeopardizes us all. #AI #ResponsibleAI #AIforAll #AIgovernance #globalAI www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu...

#AI for Good of who? of whom? Thank you @abeba.bsky.social for denouncing this charade and say loud and clear what many of us commenting on: #ITU's summit is more about washing than responsibility #aiforgood

@unistuttgartiris.bsky.social presents its work to our wonderful advisory board - @vdignum.bsky.social, Bob Williamson, and Jens Birkholzer. @csindermann.bsky.social gave a great about the biases of people when seeking information from large-language models.

Going completely out of my comfort zone, I'm sharing this short scifi I just wrote, when challenged to imagine a possible future where all AI development and use is responsible. Comments are much welcome, but be gentle 😊, never attempted writing fiction before... www.linkedin.com/pulse/click-...

If you are working on how AI shapes and is shaped by society, this is your opportunity to join us as a fellow in 2026 at AI Policy Lab @Umeå University 🕐 Deadline: 1 June, 17:00 CET #AIpolicy #AIgovernance #AIethics #responsibleAI #AI aipolicylab.se/call-for-fel...

New publication! As US platforms resist regulation, Europe has a chance to lead by building transparent, interoperable social media aligned with #humanvalues Read more 👇 #TechGovernance #DSA #DMA #AIAct #Interoperability #DigitalSovereignty #Europe www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

"Beyond the AI race: why global governance is the greatest innovation" Read my new blog in #AIPEX: aipolicylab.se/2025/04/08/b... I argue that AI governance is our greatest innovation challenge. #ResponsibleAI is not the finish line. It is the only viable path forward. #AIgovernance #AIethics

🏝️Insightful talk in sight! 🔔Join the webinar Responsible #AI: Governance, #Ethics, and Sustainable Innovation by Responsible #AI expert @vdignum.bsky.social 👉The event is organised as part of the European University of Technology lunchtime seminars series. Read more: kt4democracy.eu/events/respo...

I've joined the University of Amsterdam, as a guest professor and upcoming co-director of Civic AI Lab 2.0. Looking forward to collaborate and explore the potential of all what AI Policy Lab @Umeå University and SIAS can do together. More information on the Civic AI Lab: www.civic-ai.nl

Every time we think he cannot get worse, Trump manages go lower than lower. Lies, intimidation, shouting... schoolyard bullies, that is what 'disrespect' really means. It is now time for a united front, the US is changing sides, we need to be strong with Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I argued yesterday with both a head of a law department who'd written a book on AI accountability and a young PhD student, neither of whom really understood how or when to use generative AI. Please consider this a draft and give me feedback or other links. joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/02/gene...

Great news but it is beneath Europe's values to call it a race. As a race, it will have only loosers, no one wins. We need is a collective exploration. There are many unexplored paths to take, there are many strenghts, multidisciplinary, to apply. We are in it together, not against each other.

But the big problem is that production seems to have gotten decoupled from any useful measure of progress. There is a whole science-of-science literature hand wringing about the fact that scientific production has increased ~exponentially but progress has not accelerated and has even slowed down.

I'm not at Paris #AIActionsummit, but here are my thoughts: Leaked statement lacks urgent AI governance and misses key issues like power imbalances and current and future harms. We need real, global action, not more words. www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... #AI #AIgovernance #ResponsibleAI

The Handmaid's Tale IRL? 😞😢

This morning I want leaders in Europe and the 🇪🇺 to stand up for European values, be in action mode, be calm AND courageous, show unity, provide reassurance, and show empathy. Thank you.

“Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen” - Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1968) (Tech bros at inauguration. Where the #AI exec order was cancelled) (image: BBC)

A historical day?! Should I be sad, horrified, outraged, all of it? Watching a president, no, a full-on dictator, signing decisions to a cheering mob of thousands? Freeing criminals, criminalising innocent, and torching the planet's future? A list of all he signed: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...