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
Carissa Véliz
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By @carissaveliz.bsky.social
On prediction, self-fulfilling prophecies, gambling, risk and injustice.
@carissaveliz.bsky.social on the (elegantly concise) Philosophy Bites podcast talks about the way the tech billionnaires and their minions make dangerous claims about the future.
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🚨 "Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI" by @carissaveliz.bsky.social is a must-read for everyone interested in AI, and it's my AI Book Club's 38th recommended book:
The future isn't predicted — it is produced through prediction. Let's not follow in authoritarian footsteps. For more on forecasting and power, read #Prophecy. #books
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Spotted in the wild by a kind reader in Vancouver. #Prophecy. #books #authors
Spotted in the wild by a kind reader somewhere in Hollywood! Not sure I'll ever get used to learning that my words are living in unsuspected corners of the world; it feels as if parts of my mind had grown feet and are wandering book shops. Thanks for the photos; they make my day. #authors #Prophecy
Great to see the fabulous new book, 'Prophecy: Prediction, power and the fight for the future' by @carissaveliz.bsky.social cited by @gilliantett.bsky.social in her column in @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Very cool shout out for "Prophecy" by @maris.bsky.social! Many thanks! Véliz "writes in a style that's wry and personable... so that Prophecy is an invigorating and even empowering read." #books #authors www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re... #authors www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...
It was a pleasure to host yesterday's @interintellect.bsky.social salon with @carissaveliz.bsky.social. The book is superb, an exemplary work of what we sweet summer children used to call a public intellectual.
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
Carissa Veliz on Prophecy from Philosophy Bites on Podchaser, aired Monday, 11th May 2026. Predictions aren't quite what they seem to be, according to Carissa Véliz, author of the book Prophecy. They ...
The theme of the week is "Every piece of writing is a wager about how things may or may not hold together, on the page and off." – Emily Labarge
What I read this week
Dog Days by Emily Labarge
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...often acting as the avatars of hidden (or not so hidden) power. Written with verve, acuity, and humour, this is essential reading for the times we live in.” To pre-order the #book: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692...
From an award-winning University of Oxford professor comes a brilliant, urgent new look at prophecies—the predictions that determine our lives, from our personal finances and the quality of our health...
