Dan McQuillan
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Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuri...
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I wrote 'Resisting AI' (subtitled 'An Anti-fascist approach to Artificial Intelligence') to help preempt the kind of convergence of far right politics and the tech sector that we are waking up to today. The struggle against fascistic solutionism continues. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai
The next seminar from the Goldsmiths' Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought looks really interesting: Arun Saldanha on 'Sexuation and the ontology of race: notes towards a Darwin after Fanon' cpct.uk/2025/11/14/a...
Arun Saldanha (U Minnesota; CPCT Visiting Professor): Sexuation and the ontology of race: notes towards a Darwin after Fanon (21 November 2025 @5pm; hybrid)
The Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought (CPCT), Goldsmiths, cordially invites you to Arun Saldanha (U Minnesota; CPCT Visiting Professor) Sexuation and the ontology of race: notes towar…
cpct.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The next seminar from the Goldsmiths' Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought looks really interesting: Arun Saldanha on 'Sexuation and the ontology of race: notes towards a Darwin after Fanon' cpct.uk/2025/11/14/a...
Erm, I think we do already know, and the answer is 'no' (it won't transform the economy, unless you consider more austerity a transformation) and 'no' (it won't be profitable except by increasing precaritisation).
"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Erm, I think we do already know, and the answer is 'no' (it won't transform the economy, unless you consider more austerity a transformation) and 'no' (it won't be profitable except by increasing precaritisation).
AI's degrading effect on jobs and services is extending forms of austerity prevalent since the crash of 2008 while, via the frantic investment bubble that dominates US GDP, preparing a new financial crash of its own.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
AI's degrading effect on jobs and services is extending forms of austerity prevalent since the crash of 2008 while, via the frantic investment bubble that dominates US GDP, preparing a new financial crash of its own.
Registration open till 10:00 GMT/WET
I'll be giving a talk next Tuesday for the EUt+ webinar series on digital transformation:
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Registration open till 10:00 GMT/WET
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I'll be giving a talk next Tuesday for the EUt+ webinar series on digital transformation:
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'll be giving a talk next Tuesday for the EUt+ webinar series on digital transformation:
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"“With AI and robotics, you can actually increase the global economy by a factor of 10 or 100. There’s not like an obvious limit,” Musk told the audience."
This idiot's dancing robots are dancing on the graves of climate refugees #ClimateEmergency #Degrowth
This idiot's dancing robots are dancing on the graves of climate refugees #ClimateEmergency #Degrowth
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"“With AI and robotics, you can actually increase the global economy by a factor of 10 or 100. There’s not like an obvious limit,” Musk told the audience."
This idiot's dancing robots are dancing on the graves of climate refugees #ClimateEmergency #Degrowth
This idiot's dancing robots are dancing on the graves of climate refugees #ClimateEmergency #Degrowth
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
I'll be giving a talk next Tuesday for the EUt+ webinar series on digital transformation:
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'll be giving a talk next Tuesday for the EUt+ webinar series on digital transformation:
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
University finances are precarious, but leading institutions are swallowing the pedagogic promises of Anthropic & OpenAI just at the moment when the AI bubble looks ready to burst. Beyond fees and the attrition of skilled staff, will AI trigger the collapse of the entire sector?
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
University finances are precarious, but leading institutions are swallowing the pedagogic promises of Anthropic & OpenAI just at the moment when the AI bubble looks ready to burst. Beyond fees and the attrition of skilled staff, will AI trigger the collapse of the entire sector?
If your organisation still feels the need to start any questioning of AI with "We recognise that AI has huge potential to help with XYZ, but.." then they're still not free of the hype. It's past the time for fake even-handedness, and the AI emperor has no clothes.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If your organisation still feels the need to start any questioning of AI with "We recognise that AI has huge potential to help with XYZ, but.." then they're still not free of the hype. It's past the time for fake even-handedness, and the AI emperor has no clothes.
The opening statement here is jarring: "the U.S. Army quietly signed away a piece of its sovereignty" - we are supposed identify with some sense of concern, because what? The self-sovereign US Army is a force for good? 'The Authoritarian Stack' www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The opening statement here is jarring: "the U.S. Army quietly signed away a piece of its sovereignty" - we are supposed identify with some sense of concern, because what? The self-sovereign US Army is a force for good? 'The Authoritarian Stack' www.authoritarian-stack.info
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The Amazing World Of Tomorrow
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Amazing World Of Tomorrow
The insane financial and ideological all-in-ness around AI is inexplicable by models of capital & profit alone. This is a war on racial and gender equality and on the Second Law of Thermodynamics. White male privilege must prevail to the heat death of the universe, and beyond!
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The insane financial and ideological all-in-ness around AI is inexplicable by models of capital & profit alone. This is a war on racial and gender equality and on the Second Law of Thermodynamics. White male privilege must prevail to the heat death of the universe, and beyond!
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www.civicsoftechnology.org/events
If you are EU timezone and are interested in a book club that discusses ai in education, I hope you will join us for the Book Club in December. We will be looking at the themes in Resisting AI by @danmcquillan.bsky.social link to sign up below!
If you are EU timezone and are interested in a book club that discusses ai in education, I hope you will join us for the Book Club in December. We will be looking at the themes in Resisting AI by @danmcquillan.bsky.social link to sign up below!
Events — Civics of Technology
Learn more, RSVP, or submit a proposal for the 1st annual virtual conference to take place from 11am-3pm EST on both August 4th and 5th, 2022.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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If you are EU timezone and are interested in a book club that discusses ai in education, I hope you will join us for the Book Club in December. We will be looking at the themes in Resisting AI by @danmcquillan.bsky.social link to sign up below!
If you are EU timezone and are interested in a book club that discusses ai in education, I hope you will join us for the Book Club in December. We will be looking at the themes in Resisting AI by @danmcquillan.bsky.social link to sign up below!
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Next week, 5 Nov, we're hosting a talk by Lindsay Weinberg and Anish Vanaik on "astroveillance" in HE
"Through astroveillance, conservative political elites attempt to recruit students into roles as partisan monitors and informants against faculty"
Open to all here: www.de.ed.ac.uk/event/lindsa...
"Through astroveillance, conservative political elites attempt to recruit students into roles as partisan monitors and informants against faculty"
Open to all here: www.de.ed.ac.uk/event/lindsa...
Lindsay Weinberg and Anish Vanaik: Invited Eye – Astroveillance and the Digital Complaint | Digital Education
www.de.ed.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Next week, 5 Nov, we're hosting a talk by Lindsay Weinberg and Anish Vanaik on "astroveillance" in HE
"Through astroveillance, conservative political elites attempt to recruit students into roles as partisan monitors and informants against faculty"
Open to all here: www.de.ed.ac.uk/event/lindsa...
"Through astroveillance, conservative political elites attempt to recruit students into roles as partisan monitors and informants against faculty"
Open to all here: www.de.ed.ac.uk/event/lindsa...
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AI is everywhere, damaging society, causing division, and even suggesting fascistic solutions to social problems.
Hear Dan McQuillan in conversation with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia discuss an anti-fascist approach to AI.
Mon. Nov. 3 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK FREE
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
Hear Dan McQuillan in conversation with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia discuss an anti-fascist approach to AI.
Mon. Nov. 3 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK FREE
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
Select tickets – "Resisting AI": Dan McQuillan in conversation with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia – Zoom
"Resisting AI": Dan McQuillan in conversation with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia – Zoom, Mon 3 Nov 2025 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fi...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
AI is everywhere, damaging society, causing division, and even suggesting fascistic solutions to social problems.
Hear Dan McQuillan in conversation with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia discuss an anti-fascist approach to AI.
Mon. Nov. 3 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK FREE
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
Hear Dan McQuillan in conversation with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia discuss an anti-fascist approach to AI.
Mon. Nov. 3 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK FREE
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
'Resisting AI' foreshadowed much of our technofascist moment, but a lot has happened since publication. Why does a broken tech attract such huge commitments? How can it burn so much energy yet claim to save the planet? And can decomputing offer an escape from AI-drive nihilism?
On Monday, I'll be talking with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia of The Philosopher magazine about why it's more important than ever to resist AI, and how we can develop a convivial technopolitics. Register for free at www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/ai-an...
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
'Resisting AI' foreshadowed much of our technofascist moment, but a lot has happened since publication. Why does a broken tech attract such huge commitments? How can it burn so much energy yet claim to save the planet? And can decomputing offer an escape from AI-drive nihilism?
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"Decomputing as Resistance" ✊🏼
Nous avons le grand plaisir de publier aujourd'hui la version française du texte de @danmcquillan.bsky.social
Il est à découvrir en deux parties (la seconde sera publiée demain) Très belle lecture à vous!
Nous avons le grand plaisir de publier aujourd'hui la version française du texte de @danmcquillan.bsky.social
Il est à découvrir en deux parties (la seconde sera publiée demain) Très belle lecture à vous!
Le « decomputing » comme acte de résistance - Partie 1
L'IA contemporaine révèle les coutures de notre système actuel d'une manière qui ne peut être ignorée, mais doit être combattue
synthmedia.fr
October 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"Decomputing as Resistance" ✊🏼
Nous avons le grand plaisir de publier aujourd'hui la version française du texte de @danmcquillan.bsky.social
Il est à découvrir en deux parties (la seconde sera publiée demain) Très belle lecture à vous!
Nous avons le grand plaisir de publier aujourd'hui la version française du texte de @danmcquillan.bsky.social
Il est à découvrir en deux parties (la seconde sera publiée demain) Très belle lecture à vous!
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« Decomputing as Resistance » ✊🏼 Après une première partie publiée hier, retrouvez la seconde et dernière partie du texte de @danmcquillan.bsky.social dans laquelle il explore son concept clef de Decomputing.
À lire sur Synth bien évidemment (le lien est en commentaire) 👇🏼
Très belle lecture à vous!
À lire sur Synth bien évidemment (le lien est en commentaire) 👇🏼
Très belle lecture à vous!
Le « decomputing » comme acte de résistance - Partie 2
L'IA contemporaine révèle les coutures de notre système actuel d'une manière qui ne peut être ignorée, mais doit être combattue
synthmedia.fr
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
« Decomputing as Resistance » ✊🏼 Après une première partie publiée hier, retrouvez la seconde et dernière partie du texte de @danmcquillan.bsky.social dans laquelle il explore son concept clef de Decomputing.
À lire sur Synth bien évidemment (le lien est en commentaire) 👇🏼
Très belle lecture à vous!
À lire sur Synth bien évidemment (le lien est en commentaire) 👇🏼
Très belle lecture à vous!
On Monday, I'll be talking with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia of The Philosopher magazine about why it's more important than ever to resist AI, and how we can develop a convivial technopolitics. Register for free at www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/ai-an...
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On Monday, I'll be talking with Andrés Saenz de Sicilia of The Philosopher magazine about why it's more important than ever to resist AI, and how we can develop a convivial technopolitics. Register for free at www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/ai-an...
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Fantastic thread (and pre-print) on Critical AI Literacy in Psychology.
The final line from the introduction is brutal: “Ultimately, current AI is research malpractice.”
The final line from the introduction is brutal: “Ultimately, current AI is research malpractice.”
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fantastic thread (and pre-print) on Critical AI Literacy in Psychology.
The final line from the introduction is brutal: “Ultimately, current AI is research malpractice.”
The final line from the introduction is brutal: “Ultimately, current AI is research malpractice.”
"We aligned our environmental and climate change sustainability strategy to ensure that buildings and infrastructure at Haslar contribute to net zero carbon emissions" www.gov.uk/government/p... Turns out part of the Green Economy will consist of low carbon concentration camps.
Haslar immigration removal centre (IRC): factsheet
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October 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"We aligned our environmental and climate change sustainability strategy to ensure that buildings and infrastructure at Haslar contribute to net zero carbon emissions" www.gov.uk/government/p... Turns out part of the Green Economy will consist of low carbon concentration camps.
The second part of the Italian translation of 'Decomputing as Resistance' is out. Huge thanks to Gianluca Fuser at 'Controversie – Ripensare le Scienze e le Tecnologie'. Linking to both here: www.controversie.blog/decomputing-...
www.controversie.blog/decomputing-...
www.controversie.blog/decomputing-...
Decomputing come atto di resistenza - Prima parte - Controversie
Questo stile di pensiero – caratterizzato da scenari di tecnologie fantascientifiche e di autoritarismo – è la risposta di coloro che desiderano mantenere una massiccia asimmetria di potere e ricchezz...
www.controversie.blog
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The second part of the Italian translation of 'Decomputing as Resistance' is out. Huge thanks to Gianluca Fuser at 'Controversie – Ripensare le Scienze e le Tecnologie'. Linking to both here: www.controversie.blog/decomputing-...
www.controversie.blog/decomputing-...
www.controversie.blog/decomputing-...
It was a privilege to be a PhD examiner for this work, delighted it's made it into book form. There's never been a more urgent time for Eoin's critical, nuanced & insightful perspective. 'Chatbot Therapy - A Critical Analysis of AI Mental Health Treatment www.routledge.com/Chatbot-Ther...
Chatbot Therapy: A Critical Analysis of AI Mental Health Treatment
Chatbot Therapy: A Critical Analysis of AI Mental Health Treatment examines automated mental health therapy in the form of therapy chatbots, taking a critical analysis of this new technology.
Drawing ...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It was a privilege to be a PhD examiner for this work, delighted it's made it into book form. There's never been a more urgent time for Eoin's critical, nuanced & insightful perspective. 'Chatbot Therapy - A Critical Analysis of AI Mental Health Treatment www.routledge.com/Chatbot-Ther...