Carissa Véliz
@carissaveliz
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
That's exactly the attitude that gives his predictions more power to become self-fulfilling prophecies. (Read #Prophecy to understand why).
"Carissa Véliz, en Profecía, ofrece un puente entre los rituales antiguos y el proceso que nos conduce a establecer lo sagrado." Somos criaturas ansiosas y sedientas de certezas, lo que nos hace aceptar las predicciones algorítmicas como revelaciones. #libros www.eleconomista.com.mx/amp/opinion/...
#Prophecy, spotted in the wild by a kind reader in #Vancouver. #books #authors
So very grateful to Dr. Joy Buolamwini (@poetofcode.bsky.social) for giving a copy of #Prophecy to Pope Leo XIV! The work of @ajlunited.bsky.social is extraordinary, and Joy's own book, Unmasking AI, is a tour de force; any work on #AIEthics would be better for citing it. #Books #authors
What a privilege to be at the @hayfestival.bsky.social today. Thank you so much Frederick Studemann for the fantastic conversation. Highlight of the day: meeting the great Gisèle Pelicot. Very grateful to everyone who makes the magic happen. #HayFestival2026
If you’re near the Harvard book store, get your signed copy of #Prophecy! #books #authors @harvardbookstore.bsky.social
If you haven't picked up your copy yet, now's your chance! US: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692... UK: swiftpress.com/book/prophecy/
Books are the perfect antidote for many of the evils that the digital world has brought. Will you build a better future with me than the ones dreamed up by dystopic tech projects? Evey bit helps - getting the book, recommending to a friend, a post, an online review, a kind word. #authors
A book about forecasting, comedy, academia, and what it's like to lead a good life, and so much more. I wrote the book I really wanted to write, without regarding for anything else. I hope it's the #book that you want to read.
Authors need allies to beat the tyranny of the algorithm. You know that moment when you let go of your fear of failing (and your fear of succeeding too), and you just go all out and say what you truly think needs to be said? That's #Prophecy for me.
Today is publication day for #PROPHECY! A book about prediction, power, comedy, and why AI is the new Oracle of Delphi. I laughed writing this book, and maybe it’ll make you laugh too (I also cried, but I don’t think it’ll make you cry!). In stores now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692...
I think I've found the soundtrack for #PROPHECY! Get ready for the future! 4 days for publication. If you haven't pre-ordered it in the US, this is your chance! Once it's out you won't be able to say you were one of the ones to foresee the future 😉 To pre-order book in US: a.co/d/0fxNOrKD
Had fun signing copies of #Prophecy for @blackwells.bsky.social in Oxford today! They’ll be available for pre-order online! #authors #books @blackwelloxford.bsky.social
Less than two weeks today to publication and book launch! Are you going to be in NYC? Join me and the amazing Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social at the legendary 92NY to talk about predictions and how to build the future that we want to inhabit. Sign up here (also online): www.92ny.org/event/cariss...
but if you stay quiet, they set the agenda, the framework, and the public discourse is gradually conquered by more nonsense (a mix of marketing and collective delusions). Much of it is just terrible philosophy disguised as science. 3/
Grateful to Tim Wu (@superwuster.bsky.social) for this wonderful #bookrecommendation for #PROPHECY: "Some of the best books are those that make you examine that which you take for granted in daily life... www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692...