Jacob Johanssen
@jacobjohanssen.bsky.social
Associate Prof at St Mary's University. I write about digital media and psychoanalysis. Don't use this account much.
https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/staff-directory/jacob-johanssen
https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/staff-directory/jacob-johanssen
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«ChatGPT told a young mother in Maine that she could talk to spirits in another dimension. It told an accountant in Manhattan that he was in a computer-simulated reality … It told a corporate recruiter in Toronto that he had invented a math formula that would break the internet …» #ParanoiaMachine
For the last few months, we've been talking to current and former employees of OpenAI to understand what went wrong with ChatGPT this year and how the company is fixing it. Here's the story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
«ChatGPT told a young mother in Maine that she could talk to spirits in another dimension. It told an accountant in Manhattan that he was in a computer-simulated reality … It told a corporate recruiter in Toronto that he had invented a math formula that would break the internet …» #ParanoiaMachine
New article with Jack Black now in Theory, Culture & Society:
The Subject of AI: A Psychoanalytic Intervention
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Subject of AI: A Psychoanalytic Intervention
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New article with Jack Black now in Theory, Culture & Society:
The Subject of AI: A Psychoanalytic Intervention
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Subject of AI: A Psychoanalytic Intervention
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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📯 APS Conference 2026
Trust, Mistrust and Community
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
Trust, Mistrust and Community
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📯 APS Conference 2026
Trust, Mistrust and Community
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
Trust, Mistrust and Community
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
Our book Media and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Introduction has just been published in Persian! 🎉
Many thanks to Saeid Ghobadi for the translation:
barkhatbook.com/product/bk_2...
Many thanks to Saeid Ghobadi for the translation:
barkhatbook.com/product/bk_2...
کتاب رسانه و روانکاوی مقدمهای انتقادی | برخط بوک
<ul><li><span style="color:hsl(0, 75%, 60%);"><strong>ارسال و توزیع از یکشنبه 11 آبان </strong></span><br>مطالعات روانکاوانهی رسانه حوزهای میانرشتهای است که با استفاده از مفاهیم و نظریههای ...
barkhatbook.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Our book Media and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Introduction has just been published in Persian! 🎉
Many thanks to Saeid Ghobadi for the translation:
barkhatbook.com/product/bk_2...
Many thanks to Saeid Ghobadi for the translation:
barkhatbook.com/product/bk_2...
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is Spotify (and its distribution partners) retaliating against artists who boycott?
this video is about what happened after I removed my music from Spotify.
please reach out if you’ve experienced something similar
this video is about what happened after I removed my music from Spotify.
please reach out if you’ve experienced something similar
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
is Spotify (and its distribution partners) retaliating against artists who boycott?
this video is about what happened after I removed my music from Spotify.
please reach out if you’ve experienced something similar
this video is about what happened after I removed my music from Spotify.
please reach out if you’ve experienced something similar
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Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
www.irishtimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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This fits perfectly, as the default aesthetic of #AIslop already owes a lot to Kinkade: If you look at algorithmically curated databases used to fine-tune AI models such as «LAION aesthetics,» you'll find Kinkade's paintings ranked higher than almost anything else in terms of «aesthetic score»
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July 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This fits perfectly, as the default aesthetic of #AIslop already owes a lot to Kinkade: If you look at algorithmically curated databases used to fine-tune AI models such as «LAION aesthetics,» you'll find Kinkade's paintings ranked higher than almost anything else in terms of «aesthetic score»
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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The 4th annual Henderson Heritage Group 'Experiences in Communities' public event: Friday 10 October 6-8pm
THE event of the autumn in the world of #democratictherapeuticcommunities and #activistresearch - tickets available now! ❤️🔥 #survivor #practicesofequality
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1440614559... ❤️
THE event of the autumn in the world of #democratictherapeuticcommunities and #activistresearch - tickets available now! ❤️🔥 #survivor #practicesofequality
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1440614559... ❤️
July 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The 4th annual Henderson Heritage Group 'Experiences in Communities' public event: Friday 10 October 6-8pm
THE event of the autumn in the world of #democratictherapeuticcommunities and #activistresearch - tickets available now! ❤️🔥 #survivor #practicesofequality
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1440614559... ❤️
THE event of the autumn in the world of #democratictherapeuticcommunities and #activistresearch - tickets available now! ❤️🔥 #survivor #practicesofequality
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1440614559... ❤️
APS 2025 - We are ready! See you tomorrow
@assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
@assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
APS 2025 - We are ready! See you tomorrow
@assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
@assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
We're getting ready, see you all soon!
We are incredibly excited about the programme for our upcoming annual APS conference: www.conftool.net/aps-2025/ses...
You can still register! @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
You can still register! @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
APS 2025 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions
www.conftool.net
June 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We're getting ready, see you all soon!
We are incredibly excited about the programme for our upcoming annual APS conference: www.conftool.net/aps-2025/ses...
You can still register! @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
You can still register! @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
APS 2025 - ConfTool Pro - BrowseSessions
www.conftool.net
May 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
We are incredibly excited about the programme for our upcoming annual APS conference: www.conftool.net/aps-2025/ses...
You can still register! @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
You can still register! @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social
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Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity - APS 2025
Registration closing soon!
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
Registration closing soon!
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April 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity - APS 2025
Registration closing soon!
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
Registration closing soon!
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Penned by Thomas Mann for Freud’s 80th birthday:
“A thinker and investigator who knew how to stand alone and then drew many to him and with him, he went his way and penetrated to truths which seemed dangerous because they revealed what had been anxiously hidden, and illumined dark places.
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“A thinker and investigator who knew how to stand alone and then drew many to him and with him, he went his way and penetrated to truths which seemed dangerous because they revealed what had been anxiously hidden, and illumined dark places.
1/6
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Penned by Thomas Mann for Freud’s 80th birthday:
“A thinker and investigator who knew how to stand alone and then drew many to him and with him, he went his way and penetrated to truths which seemed dangerous because they revealed what had been anxiously hidden, and illumined dark places.
1/6
“A thinker and investigator who knew how to stand alone and then drew many to him and with him, he went his way and penetrated to truths which seemed dangerous because they revealed what had been anxiously hidden, and illumined dark places.
1/6
Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity - APS 2025
Registration closing soon!
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
Registration closing soon!
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
April 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Hope and Despair: Crisis and Opportunity - APS 2025
Registration closing soon!
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
Registration closing soon!
www.psychosocial-studies-association.org/conference-2...
New publication:
Rethinking Symbolic Violence on Social Media: Incels and Mentalisation
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Rethinking Symbolic Violence on Social Media: Incels and Mentalisation
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April 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New publication:
Rethinking Symbolic Violence on Social Media: Incels and Mentalisation
ojs.ub.rub.de/index.php/HA...
Rethinking Symbolic Violence on Social Media: Incels and Mentalisation
ojs.ub.rub.de/index.php/HA...
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Radicalised Adolescence? Hit series sparks calls to counter toxic masculinity
Radicalised Adolescence? Hit series sparks calls to counter toxic masculinity
The Netherlands now following the UK in launching initiatives to show Netflix's four-part series Adolescence in middle schools while France's education ministry ponders tighter controls on teens exposed to hate speech and porn. We’ll ask about a fiction inspired by real life cases of boys who went so far as to murder girls.
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April 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Radicalised Adolescence? Hit series sparks calls to counter toxic masculinity
Adolescence and Toxic Masculinity
everydayinquiry.substack.com/p/adolescenc...
everydayinquiry.substack.com/p/adolescenc...
Adolescence and Toxic Masculinity
by Jacob Johanssen
everydayinquiry.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Adolescence and Toxic Masculinity
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everydayinquiry.substack.com/p/adolescenc...
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Coming out in September…
#psychoanalysis
#psychoanalysis
April 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Coming out in September…
#psychoanalysis
#psychoanalysis
I have written a short piece on Adolescence. The series is about more than "toxic masculinity". Many thanks to Everyday Analysis for publishing.
www.everydayanalysis.co.uk/post/adolesc...
www.everydayanalysis.co.uk/post/adolesc...
Adolescence and Toxic Masculinity
Adolescence is about more than incels and toxic masculinity.
www.everydayanalysis.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I have written a short piece on Adolescence. The series is about more than "toxic masculinity". Many thanks to Everyday Analysis for publishing.
www.everydayanalysis.co.uk/post/adolesc...
www.everydayanalysis.co.uk/post/adolesc...
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Consensus worst “LOST” ep
March 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Consensus worst “LOST” ep
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In der Netflix-Serie »Adolescence« begeht ein 13-Jähriger einen kaum fassbaren Mord. Wurde er von der sogenannten »Incel«-Community angestachelt? Der Kommunikationsforscher Jacob Johanssen dechiffriert die Codes und Werte der Subkultur.
Netflix-Serie »Adolescence«: Incel-Mythos der 80-20-Regel im Faktencheck
In der Netflix-Serie »Adolescence« begeht ein 13-Jähriger einen kaum fassbaren Mord. Wurde er von der sogenannten »Incel«-Community angestachelt? Der Kommunikationsforscher Jacob Johanssen dechiffriert die Codes und Werte der Subkultur.
www.spiegel.de
March 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In der Netflix-Serie »Adolescence« begeht ein 13-Jähriger einen kaum fassbaren Mord. Wurde er von der sogenannten »Incel«-Community angestachelt? Der Kommunikationsforscher Jacob Johanssen dechiffriert die Codes und Werte der Subkultur.
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