Professor of Political Arithmetic at Uni of Amsterdam | Political economy of AI governance | Leader of the RegulAite project (https://www.regulaite.eu)https://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3mvajt4brzc2fThe social sciences are under pressure. Yet universities' crush on tech only intensifies. That's bad. In the digital age more than ever, we need scientists help us hold society together against centrifugal tech forces. My plea to put the social sciences back in the place where we need them 👇 https://dmugge.leaflet.pub/3mvajsw6g2s2f?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=publish&utm_content=did%3Aplc%3A4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y%2F3mvajt4brzc2f11 Sep 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvajt4brzc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3mlnc3ug4xs22#AI policy everywhere uses "risk management (RM) frameworks". But that, @leevisaari.eurosky.social and I argue, creates blind spots: future AI harms that cannot be quantified and attributed to specific actors fall by the wayside. RM thus limits democratic control. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19460171.2026.266906312 May 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnc3ug4xs22https://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3ma4cpisw7k2jIt has arrived! The #AI Matrix, on paper and IRL 🤩 Digital was nice, but the analogue me likes this even better 😎 Want your own copy? It's available here: https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/the-ai-matrix/?k=9781788218597 On paper, but also open access! Thanks again to Vali Stan and Regine Paul for the amazing collaboration 🚀16 Dec 2025 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4cpisw7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3m6gslj56qk2pRegine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/the-ai-matrix/?k=9781788218597 (Link doesn't work? Try this one: https://www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/MuggePaulStanAIMatrix.pdf)25 Nov 2025 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6gslj56qk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3m4gutudmvs2gThe front and back cover of this week's New Yorker. Says the BofA ad on the back: "You didn't come this far just to come this far." Just what the front cover dude cozily tucked away under the $-bill was thinking before he dozed off. A bit of cognitive dissonance, seeing them next to each other...30 Oct 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gutudmvs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3m3wazilngs2w"Waar blijft het Ministerie voor Digitale Zaken om de regie over tech in de samenleving terug te pakken?" vragen @marleenstikker.bsky.social en ik in NRC. #AI raakt zo ongeveer alle facetten van de samenleving. Uitermate slecht idee dus om het aan Big Tech over te laten. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/10/22/ai-zou-een-politieke-topprioriteit-moeten-zijn-a4909946?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=clipboard&utm_campaign=share&utm_term=share-modal&gift_token=4909946~1761813710~XZK7ep0IEeKfgABQVoV_mg~LFR0RFoBbgkgnTNxC7m_YyGQY2Xps--aSvD93IbCK3M24 Oct 2025 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3wazilngs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3lykhipppm22cWhat's the state of play around #AI sovereignty in Latin America? Natan Amado picks it apart in this RegulAite working paper. Spoiler alert: without push-back, AI dependency will only entrench LA's peripheral position in the global economy. https://www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/Amado2025.pdf11 Sep 2025 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykhipppm22chttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3lp6py732lc2nA deeply personal deep dive into #AI & politics with the Ivory Tower podcast. 🙏 to Tadey Luka Sadovyi for being such a gracious and erudite host 😃 Here's the Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7f5naYcT5vbRKS5gb82HUM?si=-Wpdff8gQO2luaandd31QA15 May 2025 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp6py732lc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3liz6bhdd2s2bA year ago, Brussels uncorked champagne after the #AI Act adoption. Now, the "regulatory superpower"-story is dead; it's all about "AI competitiveness". @leevisaari.bsky.social and I ask: is this bowing to US pressure, or does the EU finally step up to the plate? https://www.techpolicy.press/the-eu-ai-policy-pivot-adaptation-or-capitulation/25 Feb 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3liz6bhdd2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3liwalpegqc2vGender vote share gap among young Germans. Massive. Among women, the left, greens and social democrats have a comfortable majority; among men, AfD, CDU/CSU and FDP score 50%. Thanks to @lizamugge.bsky.social for pointing me to this; the German original is here: https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2025-02-23-BT-DE/charts/umfrage-afd/chart_1862361.shtml24 Feb 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwalpegqc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3lgflkwxbg22423 Jan 2025 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgflkwxbg224https://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3lgfhzfvjek2tMaybe the EU losing the AI race against US tech on Trump steroids is good news? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/losing-ai-race-may-blessing-daniel-m%C3%BCgge-o63hc/?trackingId=iDZ5wfLgQfidUYWHCSVfPg%3D%3D23 Jan 2025 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfhzfvjek2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3lgbafhysl22xWith the US #AI executive order rescinded on Day One of Trump's 2nd act, here's my take on the divergence of American and European visions for AI - and the need for the EU boldly to chart its own course. https://youtu.be/vgTvtVxw7wM?si=mjrT0EtSh2HaP1IZ21 Jan 2025 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbafhysl22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3ldarthedwc2yWhy it's time to resist invasive digitization... https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel-m%C3%BCgge-184852211_all-around-digital-tech-is-embraced-as-the-activity-7273599205326163969-KDma https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel-m%C3%BCgge-184852211_all-around-digital-tech-is-embraced-as-the-activity-7273599205326163969-KDma?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android14 Dec 2024 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldarthedwc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3lcz6kfdits2nFor better or worse, a realistic take on #AI in military affairs: connecting dots, and fast. With this, EU's vulnerability - defense split along borders - becomes only more acute. For independence from foreign tech, genuine integration is the only option. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/10/1108354/we-saw-a-demo-of-the-new-ai-system-powering-andurils-vision-for-war/11 Dec 2024 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcz6kfdits2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3lao7indhvk2gThe #EU "digital sovereignty" push concentrates too much on beating US Big Tech at its own game. Instead, it must harness digital technologies for social progress much more forcefully - w/foreign companies where possible; with its own #Eurostack where necessary. https://www.hertie-school.org/en/digital-governance/research/blog/detail/content/a-better-lodestar-for-eu-ai-sovereignty11 Nov 2024 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lao7indhvk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3lac4ursh7n2jWhat does Trump win mean for #EU tech policy? It not only turns digital sovereignty into a live issue. But also: the EU should rethink whether USA really is the digitization-example to follow. (Spoiler: it's not...) (Article posted on LinkedIn; sorry for out-link.) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel-m%C3%BCgge-184852211_eu-tech-usa-activity-7259951896579227649-nm-q06 Nov 2024 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lac4ursh7n2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3kn4gk23mmc2pWhat's the point of "AI made in Europe", a key plank of the EU's digital sovereignty agenda? It could be used to extract the EU from a delirious "AI race" - or to try to get ahead in it. What does EU strategy itself have to say? My two cents in the LSE Europe blog 👇 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2024/03/07/what-is-the-point-of-ai-made-in-europe/07 Mar 2024 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn4gk23mmc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3kmwhx7o7ad2uDigital sovereignty is a big thing in Brussels - also in #AI. But what are the politics behind the "EU AI sovereignty" ambition? Who needs it, and why? For the Journal of European Public Policy, I've dissected 6 yrs of Commission strategy to find out. Now OA here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2024.231847505 Mar 2024 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmwhx7o7ad2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dmugge.eurosky.social/post/3kia2sv7gxm2dWhat next for #AI gov now that contours of EU rules have been agreed? Join us to debate these questions with Pegah Maham (SNV), @j2bryson.bsky.social (Hertie School), Lisa Vermeer (Dutch gov't) and Marieke de Goede (UvA) on 26 January, 17:00 in Amsterdam. Registration here: https://spui25.nl/programma/building-the-european-ai-future05 Jan 2024 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:4hq2eclchndkheg4e6nafb3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3kia2sv7gxm2d