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/3mtqi47ltyc2n#Books #authors https://substack.com/@carissaveliz/note/c-320728003 https://substack.com/@carissaveliz/note/c-320728003?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=605fde23 Aug 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqi47ltyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mtfcuziddk2iMany people ask me (and others) what career to have to have a job in the future. It's the wrong way to go about it. If you're the best at what you do, you'll likely be fine. Be the Marcel Marceau of your loved profession. https://time.com/partner-content/charter/why-leaders-should-ignore-predictions-about-ai/18 Aug 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfcuziddk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mtbqvcu7xc2hMy latest on The Antidote. On going to Zurbarán's exhibition at the National Gallery: The young and the old, the tall and the short, speaking different languages, alone, in groups, all get together in curiosity and awe to behold great works of art... https://carissaveliz.substack.com/p/on-curious-crowds-and-the-darkness17 Aug 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbqvcu7xc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mtbckvlnus2lAbsolutely thrilled to share that #Prophecy has been longlisted for the @financialtimes.com #Book Prize! If you haven't read it yet, this is the sign that you've been waiting for! https://www.ft.com/content/d8f770ab-325c-4655-bddd-e14a3e561362?syn-25a6b1a6=1 To get the book in the UK: amzn.eu/d/09YZQKKx In the US: a.co/d/0bWLMzZm17 Aug 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbckvlnus2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mt5ctlpbh22lA "fascinating, and often worrying, analysis of AI" @nature.com reviews #Prophecy. #authors @doubledaybooks.bsky.social https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02504-615 Aug 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5ctlpbh22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mt4mk7cm422lSpotted by a kind reader in a bookshop in Sonoma, Napa Valley, California. #books #Prophecy #authors15 Aug 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4mk7cm422lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mt4m6tf2us2l"Believe them or not, the predictions of Mr Musk, who last month briefly became the world’s first trillionaire, are worth taking seriously." ***No, they are really not.*** https://www.economist.com/business/2026/07/23/elon-musks-vision-of-the-future https://amzn.eu/d/08L3HxOt15 Aug 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4m6tf2us2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mt4i75pmcs2lCervantes, on #writing. #Authors. https://substack.com/profile/363050258-carissa-veliz/note/c-315230044?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=605fde15 Aug 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4i75pmcs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3msuqfodfns2zIs it necessary to say that Zuck's self-serving manifesto about the future is nothing but marketing, an attempt at a power grab at the future? If you've read Prophecy, the red flags will jump at you, one after the other.12 Aug 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuqfodfns2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mspv7mpkrs2tA few dozens of readers subscribed to my profile on Substack even though I'd never published a word, and one pledged a yearly payment even though I didn't have payments turned on. So I guess I'm Substacking now. Welcome to The Antidote. carissaveliz.substack.com/about https://carissaveliz.substack.com/about10 Aug 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspv7mpkrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3msd5rlby7c22"Profecía constituye un ensayo inteligente y estimulante que invita a replantear nuestra relación con la inteligencia artificial y, sobre todo, con la incertidumbre." @debatelibros.bsky.social Libro: https://www.penguinlibros.com/es/economia-politica-y-actualidad/626457-libro-profecia-9791387600631 Reseña: https://www.nuevarevista.net/profecia-carissa-veliz-baltar/05 Aug 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3msd5rlby7c22https://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3ms5z3r5yhc22Very happy and grateful to find #Prophecy high up in the list of recommendations for summer reads from @null. #books #bookrecommendations Get the book in the UK: amzn.eu/d/02LpZFLS Get the book in the US: a.co/d/0ftIwcBq https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/annual-book-recommendations https://amzn.eu/d/02LpZFLS03 Aug 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5z3r5yhc22https://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mrxemamgdc2p“There is no pleasure or pain for an AI, no skin in the game,” the philosopher Carissa Véliz writes in her recent #book Prophecy. As a result, an AI “cannot care, and therefore cannot value”. #authors https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai31 Jul 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxemamgdc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mrwp7qoock2p"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 https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/amp/opinion/algoritmos-ocupan-lugar-dios-20260729-825685.html31 Jul 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwp7qoock2phttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mrdjf4awps2sI enjoyed doing this podcast with @markhurst.bsky.social about #Prophecy. Check it out! #books https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu/id1285537944?i=100077763359223 Jul 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdjf4awps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mrcodnq7cs2s"Véliz leaves us with 10 lessons in prediction at the end of #Prophecy, urging us (...) to increase our exposure to serendipity. (...) The most important events in our lives, she argues, are likely to be the least predictable." By @richove.bsky.social. #authors https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/how-data-took-over-the-world23 Jul 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcodnq7cs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/carissaveliz.bsky.social/post/3mr5hpvkrck26Thanks! 🙏 #bookrecommendation #Prophecy [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:2quih4dvgzqsa5ih4o7oi5zh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5hpvkrck26