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Carissa Véliz

@carissaveliz.bsky.social

Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Author of Prophecy ("Witty and surprising...intelligent" - NYT) and Privacy Is Power (An Economist Book of the Year). TED Speaker. Posts about #privacy, #AIethics, #philosophy, #philtech

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Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · last wk.

“Leer es un proceso de atención. (…) Como dice Zweig en su relato, la concentración es el eterno secreto de cualquier perfección. (…) La atención es un ejercicio de rebeldía.” elpais.com/eps/2026-09-...

En un mundo disperso, la lectura es un acto de rebeldía

Leer no es una capacidad innata del ser humano: requiere aprendizaje, atención y concentración absoluta. En un momento de constante agitación, detiene la vida unos instantes

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EGAller@egaller.bsky.social · last wk.

Antes de salir corriendo por la "amenaza de la IA" hay que hacer más preguntas y exigir una mejor tecnología. El poder sigue siendo nuestro, humano. Si van a escuchar/ver algo sobre el tema, que sea este video pódcast.

Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · last wk.

¿Qué tan peligrosa es la IA? ¿Deberías estar preocupado? Gracias a Denise Maerker (@denisemaerker.bsky.social) por la entrevista. Muy buenas preguntas. Una mente rápida y una buena lectora. Lo disfruté. youtu.be/lycjBlsrk-0?...

CJ@mateloos.be · 2w ago

One that could use some extra love there is @carissaveliz.bsky.social's #Prophecy, which is an absolute marvel offering a long arch across the times when it links the oracles and astrologers from yore to the contemporary next-best word guesses from LLM:

Prophecy by Carissa Véliz Narrated by Robertson Dean Audiobook on Libro.fm

“Lively. . . . Rousing. . . . Prophecy—roving, intelligent, irreducibly idiosyncratic—can expand our sense of possibility, starting now.” —The New York Times Book Review Tech empires are the prophets ...

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Alisa Bokulich@alisabokulich.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The question is not whether we will win the AI race, but what the goal is; the question is not how dangerous AI is but how dangerous the people and companies producing AI are." bookshop.org/p/books/prop...

Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI

“Lively. . . . Rousing. . . . Prophecy—roving, intelligent, irreducibly idiosyncratic—can expand our sense of possibility, starting now.” —The New York Times Book Review Tech empires are the prophets ...

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Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · 2w ago

If every time a tech executive says something alarming about the future you panic, then you haven’t read Prophecy. It’s ridiculous how one word from a tech executive whose company is about to go public can change the conversation of the whole world.

Michael VanCalbergh@mvcpoet.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm currently working on a review of this book and this is 100% a portion of what I took away. The beginning of this book, esp, is a wonderful way to teach yourself/rewire your brain to understand what the goal of prediction is by these people.

Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · 2w ago

If every time a tech executive says something alarming about the future you panic, then you haven’t read Prophecy. It’s ridiculous how one word from a tech executive whose company is about to go public can change the conversation of the whole world.

Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · 2w ago

If every time a tech executive says something alarming about the future you panic, then you haven’t read Prophecy. It’s ridiculous how one word from a tech executive whose company is about to go public can change the conversation of the whole world.

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Steve B@stevebasnett.bsky.social · 2w ago

"By articulating a vision of the future that seems inevitable, [tech leaders] want to create the impression that the surrender of privacy and other defining trends of the current moment cannot be stopped. But predictions become self-fulfilling prophecies only if we believe them and act accordingly."

Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · 2w ago

I want us "to become smarter, not stupider. (...) I want better science, not AI slop tainting our academic literature. And I want to see more excellence in everything —more idealism and less cynicism, more culture and fewer content creators." And you? www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/fut...

Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · 2w ago

Un honor ser citada por @and_rizzi en este importante artículo. Resistirse a la IA de hoy no es resistirse a la tecnología en general: es ser consumidores exigentes y una ciudadanía responsable. Es querer una tecnología mejor que una que vigila y predice. elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

La resistencia contra la IA gana fuerza

La concienciación de los extraordinarios peligros de la tecnología espolea un creciente y multifacético movimiento de oposición y sabotaje contra ella

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Carissa Véliz@carissaveliz.bsky.social · 2w ago

I want us "to become smarter, not stupider. (...) I want better science, not AI slop tainting our academic literature. And I want to see more excellence in everything —more idealism and less cynicism, more culture and fewer content creators." And you? www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/fut...

Which Future for Online Life?

Carissa Véliz warns against allowing a dehumanizing industry’s predictions from becoming self-fulfilling prophecies.

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Derek Gottlieb@derekgottliebphd.com · 2w ago

We’re into the new school year already, but here’s the list of what I read this summer (incl. indexing). 1.) Prophecy, by @carissaveliz.bsky.social — SO good and necessary.

Prophecy by Carissa Véliz: 9780385550970 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“Lively. . . . Rousing. . . . Prophecy—roving, intelligent, irreducibly idiosyncratic—can expand our sense of possibility, starting now.” —The New York Times Book Review ...

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