Hannes Cools 🟥 - @hannescools.bsky.social
@CoolsHannes
Assistant Professor Human Factor in New Technologies - University of Amsterdam (profile no longer in use)
Not very surprising... 🤦♂️ Was @elonmusk 's opinion piece written by AI? @Tagesspiegel thinks so. The newspaper asked Grok to write for a conservative newspaper why only the AfD can save Germany. Result: almost identical piece to the one in DieWelt. tagesspiegel.de/politik/umstri…
🆘❌ Naar aanleiding van de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs schreef ik een opinie voor Folia over hoe beloftevolle en vaak jonge onderzoekers buitensporig hard geraakt worden door de besparingen 👇 via @Folia folia.nl/nl/opinie/1638…
Big tech is shifting right for Trump 🌐🧐 (exhibit ∞) “Joel Kaplan has been one of the most forceful voices inside Meta against restrictions on political speech, arguing internally that such policies would disproportionately mute conservative voices.” semafor.com/article/01/02/…
Happy New Year! 🎆 First recommended read: @FinancialTimes staff writers forecasting the world in 2025. Last year, they had 15 out of 20 predictions right 😮✨ ft.com/content/ac44e3…
🙏 Very much enjoyed @VWPickard's talk on reimagining local media infrastructures at @ivir_uva. In it, he analyzed some of the structural problems afflicting our information ecosystems. In addition, he offered some 'non-reformist media reforms'. More info: ivir.nl/nl/agenda/ivir…
Onbegrijpelijke beslissing. Naast het onderwijs wordt er in Nederland ook stevig bezuinigd op de publieke omroep (NPO). Gisteren raakte bekend dat de VPRO na 23 jaar met programma Tegenlicht. Ook hier kwaliteitsverlies... 👎 #DoeHetNiet volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/…
Just heard that our paper 'Uses of Generative AI in the Newsroom' was the 2nd best read paper of Journalism Practice this year 🙏 Nice to know that people still view/read academic papers 🙃 @ndiakopoulos tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
🚨Digital Democracy Centre is hiring full professor 🚨 Professorship in Digital communication & society. Join a fantastic group of researchers in DK 🇩🇰 Any questions - @claesdevreese (go to bsky 🦋 ;)) 🗓️ Apply before February 17! Full job post: …sd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
🆘 We waren met veel, heel veel in Den Haag vandaag. Hopelijk zijn deze irrationale bezuinigingsplannen snel van tafel! #nationalebetoging @WOinactie
Cinemas in Amsterdam are out of this world...
Highly recommended 🧐 Every year, @benedictevans produces a presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. For 2025, his presentation is titled ‘AI eats the world’. More questions than answers, but such interesting questions! 👇 ben-evans.com/presentations
