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Steph Dick

@mysdick.bsky.social

Historian of math, computing, and the mind. Assistant Prof. of Communication at SFU. Co-editor of Abstractions and Embodiments. PhD from Harvard. Likes cats, writes pysanky eggs, working on a comic book about AI ✨

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AI and the Politics of Extraction | Centre for Climate Justice
YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice AI and the Politics of Extraction | Centre for Climate Justice

🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.

03.12.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

loved this conversation. Anyone need a crash course on why the intersection of AI, fascism and climate breakdown? We tried to cover it all!

04.12.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 317    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

This whole convo is fantastic - 1.5 hours of very informative chat on climate justice vs the gross economics of tech

Ft @naomiaklein.bsky.social @profwhw.bsky.social @profhvdv.bsky.social, hosted at @ccj-ubc.bsky.social

youtu.be/27BHQhkK52I

05.12.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Open box of books with two out showing front and back covers propped up on the balcony railing of my Minneapolis condo. Trees and sunshine are in the background.  The book's full title is JUST CODE: Power, Inequality, & the Global Political Economy of IT, and it is in bold black lettering with pastel fading trails of the letters.

Open box of books with two out showing front and back covers propped up on the balcony railing of my Minneapolis condo. Trees and sunshine are in the background. The book's full title is JUST CODE: Power, Inequality, & the Global Political Economy of IT, and it is in bold black lettering with pastel fading trails of the letters.

Copies of JUST CODE just arrived! Partnering w Con & teaming w 19 brilliant STS authors on the vital topic of code/codes & inequality was so special! Authors (full list ToC below) On bsky: @mysdick.bsky.social @histoftech.bsky.social @dmulvin.bsky.social & blurb from @anitachan.bsky.social #histtech

12.08.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Noblesse Without Oblige - Dissent Magazine The super-rich opt out of the social contract by picking and choosing which laws apply to them, whether in offshore tax havens or at home.

Got a new essay in @dissentmag.bsky.social on secrecy havens. The culture of impunity that secrecy fosters has profoundly damaging effects on social&political fabrics especially in places that were turned into tax havens in the context of empire/decolonization www.dissentmagazine.org/article/nobl...

13.01.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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#5 Critical AI Seminar Series: AI and the (Re)Shaping of Intelligence Invited lecture by Wendy Chun, Stephanie Dick & Matt CanuteΒ Β 'AI and the (Re)Shaping of Intelligence' Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is Simon Fraser University’s Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media, Professo...

Lastly, during the final session on May 14 (2025), 5:30–7 PM (CEST) the brilliant @whkchun.bsky.social @mysdick.bsky.social and Matt Canute will collectively discuss AI and the (re)shaping of intelligence β€” sign up: www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/5-cri...

27.11.2024 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi ✨ Together with Anna SchjΓΈtt Hansen and Tobias Blanke, I organize the #CriticalAI Seminar Series @uvahumanities.bsky.social. This is the 24-25 programπŸ™Œ

⚑The sessions are online and open to everyone, find more info and sign up here: t.co/ScqpC7ZDrT

27.11.2024 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

Really nice series of #STS #histSTM #evhums essays on Dune + author Frank Herbert's multiple connections with 'gritty' (cf shiney) scences, which I somehow missed first time around. Wondering again if anyone has written about Dune (or science fiction in general) and sociobiology/evolution/gender?

03.03.2024 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks so much and for sharing @clancyny.bsky.social !!

03.03.2024 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sciences of Dune essays for the LARB that were published when Part 1 was released. Including an essay by the great historian of computing and math, @mysdick.bsky.social

03.03.2024 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sciences of β€œDune”: An Introduction | Los Angeles Review of Books

In honor of Dune Part 2, here is a little series on the Sciences of Dune we wrote for the LARB when Part 1 was released. Includes essays on prophecy, eugenics, pharmacology, language, medicine, harvesting, ethnography, and I wrote about computers and Mentats lareviewofbooks.org/feature/scie...

02.03.2024 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Wow, this looks good

08.01.2024 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thrilled to share work on AI + reproductive rights in Argentina with my πŸ’› collaborators #DiegoJemio & #FlorenciaAranda. πŸ”₯ Intro Syed Mustafa Ali, @mysdick.bsky.social, Sarah Dillon, Matthew L. Jones, Jonnie Penn, Richard Staley + more πŸ”₯ @lukestark.bsky.social, @aaronmendonplasek.bsky.social & more!

08.01.2024 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So much great work in here, we'll be revisiting this special issue for a long time. Congrats to Steph et al!

08.01.2024 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BJHS Themes: Volume 8 - | Cambridge Core Cambridge Core - BJHS Themes - Volume 8 -

Here is the latest issue of BJHS Themes -- Histories of AI: A Genealogy of Power -- which developed out of our Mellon Sawyer Seminar. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

04.01.2024 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

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