zeynep tufekci

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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @Princeton professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter @insight theinsight.org

floating in a most peculiar way theinsight.org Joined August 2009

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zeynep tufekci @zeynep Feb 24

My Princeton AI and society team is at the @IASEAIorg AI summit in Paris.

My Neurips keynote for our approach:
slideslive.com/39055698/are-w…

Our paper:
ai.sociology.princeton.edu

Say hi especially if you are *utterly* unimpressed by the current doom or hype models.

Wrong nightmares!

slideslive.com Zeynep Tufekci · Are We Having the Wrong Nightmares About AI? Though seemingly opposite, doom and optimism regarding generative AI's spectacular rise both center on AGI or even superintelligence as a pivotal moment. But generative AI operates in a distinct...

zeynep tufekci @zeynep 4d

If a Sorkin script had “secretly razes the historic East Wing of the White House, deliberately built not to be Versailles, and then added a gilded giant ballroom with uh, “donations”, and taxpayer money in the middle of wars, tariffs and crypto”, we’d say too heavy in symbolism.

Ben Page Verified account @Benpagelondon 4d

Wow the Whitehouse Ball room is….quite something. To put it mildly

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zeynep tufekci @zeynep Nov 4

Only because of the huge gap (they said so as much).

That this has to be mentioned is a very bad sign and it’s naive to think one tsunami election fixes it. Last two years made everything much worse, and there’s now a playbook.

We’ll see if there’s serious attempt at repair.

Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) @BrendanNyhan Nov 4

OTOH the near-complete absence of election denial so far is a very encouraging sign for democracy (though, again, in a stable democracy no one would even notice)
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zeynep tufekci @zeynep Nov 4

Bluesky has long been directionally correct as opposed to frying one’s brain here.

I post much less anywhere and many AI conversations I need to follow are here. Still this has been clear for a long time.

Are there annoying things about that platform? Many. Whatever, though.

Joe Weisenthal Verified account @TheStalwart Nov 4

Blueskywave. Those of us on here, across the board, were out of touch. I see no other conclusion.
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zeynep tufekci @zeynep Nov 4

Affordability is always a key electoral lever (hence Mamdani’s success) but this is obviously wrong. Voters ranked “State of Democracy” and “Corruption” right up there with cost of living.

This is why the ballroom demolition was such a key turning point: symbolic of just that.

Matt Lewis Verified account @mattklewis Nov 4

An important reminder: The voters did not reject Trump or Trumpism because it is evil, undemocratic, authoritarian, etc. They primarily rejected Trumpism because Trump actively took steps to raise the cost of things, after promising to bring down prices on day one.
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