José Marichal
Pol Sci Prof @ California Lutheran University. Tech, AI and society. Author of "You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem" - Bristol University Press (Sept. 2025). Random culture tweets.
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- I'm concerned that the hubristic nature of Silicon Valley tech-bros makes it so that the critical minds needed to shape AI in pro-social, pro-human ways just exit or become "refusalists." All this will do, I'm afraid, is cede the ground to the Elon Musk and Peter Thiels of the world.
- "Algorithms flatter us... they give us back to us.... what about becoming instead of being who you are in the moment." From the panel "Can we Bring Back the Truth in the Disinformation Age" at the 2025 Conference on World Affairs at The University of Colorado-Boulder
- After thinking on this chart a bit... I'd imagine if you asked someone on the right, they'd think this was crazy.. but I think they are responding to a "leftward shift" in the culture (and maybe the Dem electorate) not a shift in the actual voting behavior of the Democratic party in Congress.
- Your daily reminder of which party is more responsible for polarization: From www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
- Your daily reminder of which party is more responsible for polarization: From www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
- All orchestrated by this guy 😁.
- "why don't kids play outside anymore must be the phones" abc7chicago.com/post/amid-pl...
- Just like they teach in Econ 101 🤔