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, #philtechhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mxwtnu3et223Great article on the great act of creativity that accounting is. The problem runs deeper than this article suggests. If you want to understand it better, read Chapters 2 and 6 of "Prophecy" (on the history of statistics and the problems of data). https://www.economist.com/business/2026/10/14/the-ai-boom-is-threatened-by-an-epidemic-of-unreliable-numbers15 Oct 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwtnu3et223https://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mxwobtehps23This is the best podcast I've listened to about prediction markets. A tiny fraction of users make almost all the profit? Why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUqmUHvd2Y To understand how predictions work in the real world, get Prophecy: US: a.co/d/05wgYdCf UK: amzn.eu/d/037r1bLS #books #authors15 Oct 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwobtehps23https://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mxtcf5dx2k2xHonoured and grateful for this shout out from @mariapopova.bsky.social of whom I am a big fan! “In an epoch when it is difficult to say anything original about AI, [Prophecy] offers a revelatory look at the prison we have chosen to live inside and a key out.” https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/10/13/carissa-veliz-prophecy/14 Oct 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxtcf5dx2k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mxpd2comf22sMy latest on The Antidote: On the culture baked in language, the pleasures of Spanglish, and infuriating automatic AI translations. Isn’t it incredible that we can preserve some sayings word for word through centuries? What does that tell us? https://carissaveliz.substack.com/p/stop-messing-with-my-language-ai?r=605fde&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true12 Oct 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpd2comf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mxj7eugy2s2eEvery technology, and every business practice, depends on our collective acquiescence. Culture is mightier than any technology. The surveillance backlash is real, and it matters. Maybe these people will find more ethical jobs building privacy products... https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-surveillance-startup-flock-safety-cut-several-hundred-jobs-amid-backlash-2026-10-09/10 Oct 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxj7eugy2s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mx7gd22tpc22Ecstatic to share that #Prophecy has been shortlisted for the FT #BBYA26! I'm so honoured. Writing Prophecy was an amazing adventure, but it was hard and risky, and it being well received and appreciated fills me with joy. https://www.ft.com/content/d0b2bf57-56c9-4d49-b721-611fc11df7a4?syn-25a6b1a6=106 Oct 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7gd22tpc22https://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mwm6vrw5cc2rIf you're in business and you're not clear on which events can be predicted, which can't, and which shouldn't be, then you're very likely to make a big and avoidable mistake. Don't. Read Prophecy instead. #BBYA26 US: a.co/d/03T1JddG UK: amzn.eu/d/0frOJZUJ28 Sep 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwm6vrw5cc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mx4r75nyzk2vMy latest on The Antidote: "If Cervantes didn’t approve of chivalry novels for their clichés, for their responsibility in confusing people about what’s true, for setting the wrong ideals to strive for, then he would’ve hated LLMs and the age of AI." https://carissaveliz.substack.com/p/quixotic-thoughts-on-challenges-to?r=605fde&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true05 Oct 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4r75nyzk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mx2ivoxbr22vSometimes we make the simple complicated. Meta's current business model depends on #surveillance; therefore, the incentive is for it to design products to further that surveillance, not to benefit you (much less your friends and family!). https://www.wired.com/story/muse-creates-detailed-profiles-of-all-your-friends-and-family/04 Oct 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2ivoxbr22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mwuzkbpn322wUgh, my social media is full of nonsense today. I wish we were more careful about who we give publicity to... Anyway, if you want an actually critical and rigorous philosophical and historical explainer of EA, read Prophecy. US: a.co/d/0gbR692N UK: amzn.eu/d/0eJwAoTi02 Oct 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuzkbpn322whttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mwuyripnt22wVery much looking forward to this event. Join us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuyripnt22whttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mwpycwltys25Thanks to everyone who has subscribed to The Antidote! It's been a good few weeks. If you keep reading, I'll keep writing. If you haven't subscribed, check it out here: carissaveliz.substack.com/about30 Sep 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpycwltys25https://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mwpxpcvn7k25The most important cost is not the £320,000 and the 100 hours of police time, it's the loss in civil liberties. There is no democracy without privacy, and we erode them both at our peril. More in Privacy Is Power: amzn.eu/d/0gCH29i5 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/29/trial-live-facial-recognition-cameras-london-stations-false-positive https://amzn.eu/d/0gCH29i530 Sep 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpxpcvn7k25