James Hughes

Sociologist, left social dem antifascist w/ technoprogressive tendencies, postgenderist, @ieet.org, @citizencyborg on Substack, Bsky & Threads.

[Nicolas D Villarreal @NicolasDVillar1]

My new essay on Marxism and artificial intelligence! I show using the negative materialism of semiotics why we should take AGI and AI safety seriously, and also examine this new phase of class struggle through Marx's political economy.
https://t.co/vZ3L4TDoms

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

Also on Humanism, back in 2000 I interviewed Paul Kurtz, founder of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and the Council for Secular Humanism, about his book, Humanist Manifesto 2000.
https://t.co/wsclLaHN0a

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

I'm speaking to the Humanists at Harvard tomorrow (Oct 25) from 1-3pm. If you are in Boston, I'd love to see you. https://t.co/kt64wHe5FY

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

Nick Agar’s case against radical enhancement closely mirrors the case against artificial superintelligence and the AI successionists who welcome it. It is a weak case against the gradual, democratic enhancement of human beings.
https://t.co/3ZRpqaikXJ

[Jacobin @jacobin]

It’s not just radicals and doomers screaming the sky is falling.

The financiers who move money around for a living are starting to have serious doubts about how sustainable the AI boom actually is: https://t.co/xJRQ8ouJ9J

[David Wood @dw2]

What levers can we find and pull, to tackle the root causes of widespread suffering and illness? In this recorded presentation, I draw on lessons from history to provide foresight of potential future cures for the diseases causing the greatest suffering https://t.co/AqizqfhlY1

[IEET @IEET]

Exactly

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

This is insane. We cannot allow AI agents to go into your bank account and act independently without your authorization. But that is what’s happening right now.

Left unchecked, AI could endanger the entire global financial system — including your bank account.

Pause AI NOW!

[Matt McManus @MattPolProf]

Good

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

37% use TikTok. That trails YouTube (84%), Facebook (70%) and Instagram (51%). But more U.S. adults use TikTok than WhatsApp (33%), LinkedIn (31%), Reddit (25%) or X (18%). https://t.co/2VYg4sIzp1

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

I interviewed Nick Bostrom way back in 2000, when he was teaching at Yale, before he and I started building up the World Transhumanist Association, and then went on to start the IEET. From the Changesurfer Radio Archive. https://t.co/Rgy6fKMw89

[Steven Umbrello @stevenumbrello]

👷‍♀️🤖 Workplace tech and automation—labour impacts, worker autonomy, management systems. JRT invites rigorous research with actionable insights. Submit: https://t.co/tMg6hB0LWc

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

Pew: White evangelical Protestants are the only major religious group in which a majority says empathy can become dangerous when it leads people away from a society guided by God's truth
https://t.co/h4MBUJX6OD

[Pew Research Center @pewresearch]

Who should be responsible for reducing economic inequality?

For Americans who say there is too much economic inequality in the U.S., views on who should be responsible for reducing economic inequality differ by party.
#EconomicInequality #WealthGap

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

@TylerVibrant The enemy is billionaires not our expanding hunan capacities with technology or the people excited about longer lives and more capacities, i.e. transhumanism Confusing the two things only distracts from the unequal distribution of wealth and power

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Both @Meta & @X are actively suppressing all No Kings content from their platforms.

Wonder why?
Any ideas?

[Joshua Blanchard @philoshua]

A lot of philosophy-infused AI discourse is ridiculous because it boils down to this:
"Look at this dumb layperson who believes [contentious view held by some philosophers of mind]. As an expert, I can tell you [contentious view held by some philosophers of mind]."

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

Uploading Yourself to the Clioud https://t.co/eR6RKJiaCg

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

Its cryonics week for technoprogressives for some reason. This was a talk I gave to Alcor in 2000, although I have never signed up. This week Bread and Robots did an interview about cryonics and Nir and I discussed cryonics on Prosthetic Gods.

https://t.co/OU7dpyfiav

[James Hughes @citizencyborg]

Matteo on Bread and Robots: Cryonics - A Conversation with Carrie Wong Radomski about cryonics, biostasis, and a few other strange and interesting topics like Quantum Immortality. https://t.co/gatY6Xxwj5