Chair of Economics of AI & Innovation at Univ Cote d'Azur (prev SPRU); tech change, competition & industrial policy. World citizen, European federalist, Antifascist - Mr Goodie Goodie Mayor of Vanillatown (cit)https://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lv4hlwqm322zThe latest lateral expansion of private #AI labs / #tech #giants is into #economics! What an honour for the profession to be finally considered! (sarcasm) The trend is concerning: first, we witnessed the AI brain drain from CS to big tech (expected for PhDs, less expected for top professors) >>29 Jul 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4hlwqm322zhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lrs3vdtnb226I mean, really do want to believe at some psychological level to those studies saying that socials do not polarise, but if you peek at anybody anywhere scrolling you just see slop, fake news, and derogatory content. Big tech has such a big responsibility for the descent of the west into autocracy17 Jun 2025 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrs3vdtnb226https://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lp3gwb7djk2tFrom 'exporting democracy' to 'exporting datacentre services' -the more the awareness on the need of #AI #decoupling advances in the #EU (even though the AI continent plan is still plagued by references to #AGI which are baseless)...13 May 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3gwb7djk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lp3gjhjju22tAs the #AI arms race rages on due to #global #rivalries here's my take focused on the #EU: "Move Fast and Integrate Things:the Making of a European Industrial Policy for Artificial Intelligence"- I warn against 'double weaponisation' of IP &propose principles for a pro-(global) public goods posture! https://www.csfederalismo.it/images/2025/RP/FCSF-RP_EU-AI-Industrial-policy_Vannuccini_May2025.pdf13 May 2025 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3gjhjju22thttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lp2wcpx23c2tReminder: tomorrow Wed 14/5 4PM Paris time, @joshgans.bsky.social presents at our VOILA! #seminars @univcotedazur.bsky.social 'Does #AI Really Create an #Automation #Dilemma?' If you don't attend, it means you are not really interested in #artificialintelligence! So, register here and share! https://my.weezevent.com/voila-saison-3-episode-5-does-ai-really-create-an-automation-dilemma13 May 2025 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2wcpx23c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lnzzqrw4bc2sWe conclude Season 3 of VOILA! on 14/5 (4PM Paris/CEST) with a talk by super @joshgans.bsky.social on "Does #AI really create an #automation #dilemma?" Register below to attend online! Our multidisciplinary, inclusive series at the frontier of AI gets cooler by the day! @univcotedazur.bsky.social https://my.weezevent.com/voila-saison-3-episode-5-does-ai-really-create-an-automation-dilemma30 Apr 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzzqrw4bc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lnzzhm5xlc2sDid you miss our latest VOILA! seminars @univcotedazur.bsky.social on #AI& the #economy? Catch-up with the recording! Lea Samek @oecd-ocde.bsky.social presented an encompassing research on: "how do #firms and #sectors engage with AI? #Innovation, #skills, and #use. @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social https://youtu.be/nWfvtZldaNw?si=PzO3hjBuN-JTuKQc30 Apr 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzzhm5xlc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lmwyjjbfj22tThe AI2027 exercise (ai-2027.com) is the n-tieth example of Silicon Valley inbued-thinking boys (even when they are not kids) extrapolating trends with back-of-the-envelope calculations to justify their unidimensional sci-fi dreams of AGI. >> https://ai-2027.com/16 Apr 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwyjjbfj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lmwxuzthik2tCool @alexhanna.bsky.social post: AI slop is bad in absolute terms, but it also sends a signal: consumers (of ads, or info) matter nothing, we are just an appendix on which to vomit the crappiest of the content. Plus, the effort to process the info is now passed-through on us... https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/i-hate-wasting-time-on-identifying-ai-slop/16 Apr 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwxuzthik2thttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3llta3qhdmk2wIs the #computer a good metaphor for the #brain? That's pretty relevant for how we imagine and produce #AI. Spoiler: it's not a good metaphor :) Want to hear more? Listen to the recording of our last VOILA! seminar from Romain Brette @univcotedazur.bsky.social: https://youtu.be/mFO9fsduOl4?si=01AYG0L-k5fqogQa02 Apr 2025 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3llta3qhdmk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3llr4zeqhls2pNew VOILA! seminar tomorrow 2/4 4PMCEST! Lea Samek @oecd-ocde.bsky.social presents "How do #firms and #sectors engage with #AI? #Innovation, #skills and use"-a panoramic take on #artificialintelligence & the #Economy! Register: https://enquetes.univ-cotedazur.fr/index.php/278592?newtest=Y&lang=fr! @univcotedazur.bsky.social01 Apr 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3llr4zeqhls2phttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lkekjqts2s2fThe aesthetic of postmodern conservatism is cringe and shitty, and that's why it matches so well with AI art: the slop is a product and complement of fascism. Truly great piece by @garethwatkins.bsky.social https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/14 Mar 2025 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkekjqts2s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3ljk5tawh722rShould #AI really be such a cornerstone of #European #industrialpolicy? AI might underdeliver on expectations, but is the proxy for new #global rivalries power politics. Read more in my commentary-in a nutshell: more than #deeplearning the #EU needs deep pockets! https://www.csfederalismo.it/images/2025/commenti/CSFCommentary318_AI-EU_Vannuccini_27Feb2025.pdf04 Mar 2025 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljk5tawh722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3ljj2w6cgbk2tNew VOILA! (Visions Of InteLligence Artificielle) seminar, open and accessible because #AI should be for everyone! Romain Brette will discuss whether #computers are good metaphors for #intelligence. Link to register below - it's an initiative of EFELIA Côte d'Azur and my Chair! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljj2w6cgbk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3ljban4acwk2rHow is it even possible to work or just exist when these fucking petty lame disrespectful bullies are at power? Dark times ahead, and no consolation that idiots are often the doom of themselves. So sorry for Zelensky, that is investing heart and body in a mission he never asked for. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010019918/trump-zelensky-vance-ukraine.html?smid=url-share28 Feb 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljban4acwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3litukgoztk2vGerman friends! Exercise one of the most foundational rights and vote the fascists out! We are not obliged to go through the worst outcome, and you can make your own destiny! Enjoy @janboehm.bsky.social and vote! https://youtu.be/DgPvWtvUZF8?si=xtEvIaj-tTPKuEyO23 Feb 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3litukgoztk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3liloph3f3c2vhttps://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scientific-institutions-have-a-long-history-of-anticipatory-obedience/4020931.article20 Feb 2025 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3liloph3f3c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3liieq24fp22lThat's not even a killer acquisition... the company was already on the deathbed. While on-device AI could still be a dominant design challenge to smartphones, we are not there yet at all, and the AI pin joins the valley of tears of failed AI projects... [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2025 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3liieq24fp22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lic32bfdwc2uI would have expected a different take on #AI from the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social gov, more focused on AI impacts on democracy and market concentration. Instead, besides the obvious pivot to security, the narrative is stuck on 2022's AGI (Anthropic surely plays a role). You can do better, guys! https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/remarks-made-by-technology-secretary-peter-kyle-at-the-munich-security-conference?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3418ff02-84ff-4458-8b60-ec27c45892ab&utm_content=immediately16 Feb 2025 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lic32bfdwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lhf74r3uis2dPaywalled, but the title is enough: "Stop Worshiping the American Tech Giants" - the real giant is Lina Khan https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/opinion/deepseek-ai-big-tech.html04 Feb 2025 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhf74r3uis2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lhew6faej22qFancy an exploration of #artificialintelligence #industrial #dynamics? Tune in my seminar at @mioir.bsky.social on 24/2! I will talk about the #industrialization of #AI, #innovation, #policy, & applications to #robotics! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhew6faej22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lhevwp43ik2qTomorrow 5/2 4PM Paris time a new VOILA! #seminar w/ Heather Zheng SAND Labs on 'Protecting #Human Creatives Using #Adversarial #AI Tools' (#nightshade #glaze). Share, register and join us to learn how to resist AI #IP exploitation! #copyright #generativeai #creativecontent @clequesne.bsky.social https://resana.numerique.gouv.fr/public/information/consulterAccessUrl?cle_url=471283114UjgAYAYKBztRPAVjBmgBIVxiDzJWdwBpA2gFOFU0AThTZAAxUjIJblBmAjoCMg==04 Feb 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhevwp43ik2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lgygtfslzs2zIt is not a title from 'the onion', but it reads like - because reality of AI is more grotsque than fiction. Startup or incumbent, it is always time for a good old hypocrisy when your business is challenged! https://www.404media.co/openai-furious-deepseek-might-have-stolen-all-the-data-openai-stole-from-us/30 Jan 2025 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgygtfslzs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/svannuccini.bsky.social/post/3lgvbjuronc2z#Deepseek challenges #AI #oligopoly, but what about #resisting it? Our 1st VOILA! sem (5Feb 4PM Paris) features Heather Zheng (SANDLab) on 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀; she will present #nightshade #glaze projects as tools to safeguard copyright against #genAI! Register: https://resana.numerique.gouv.fr/public/information/consulterAccessUrl?cle_url=471283114UjgAYAYKBztRPAVjBmgBIVxiDzJWdwBpA2gFOFU0AThTZAAxUjIJblBmAjoCMg==29 Jan 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:kvfwkiuxrhkb5m67fbfekaa5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvbjuronc2z