Alex Taylor

Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.

Reminder @alex-taylor.bsky.social is speaking *this* Thursday discussing his BRAID project on red teaming & outsourcing labour in the Global South.

Make sure you don't miss out - get your hybrid ticket now 👉 rb.gy/64oljm

@technomoralfutures.bsky.social @edcdcs.bsky.social @uoe-gail.bsky.social

UK Research and Innovation UKRI convenes, catalyses and invests in close collaboration with others to build a thriving, inclusive research and innovation system.

With the global push for AI innovation there's never been a better time for international collaboration on responsible AI. We start the new year with a #BRAID call for collaboration between UK and US institutions: www.ukri.org/opportunity/... #responsibleAI #funding

🎤 Interested in relational entanglements of care and repair in tech? Apply for our 4S panel ‘Echoes of Care and Repair in Times of Broken Machines’ (panel 86), at 4S 2025 (Seattle, WA) - apply here www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...

HK art

Christmas lunch 🎄
When in Asia… 🍜

Haha, thank you Ewa. This one is going to be scrappy and rough. Hoping for patience and some inspiration from an unruly, post-holiday audience :-)

More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD Exclusive: Diagnoses part of lawsuit being brought against parent company Meta and outsourcer Samasource Kenya

ALL 144 Facebook content moderators assessed by a psychiatrist in Kenya have PTSD because of their work moderating content for Facebook.

Let that sink in.

www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

Love ❤️ that Mary Douglas has a Google Scholar profile. She was and is a beacon 💡

👇 This short documentary video 📹 on drone delivery in Logan, Aus, is a must 🔥

The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture

“We should be concerned abt the closure of the EngLit course at Canterbury...This is more than an institutional failure. It signals a cultural shift that risks leaving future generations without the critical, empathetic + intellectual tools provided by literature. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Five ways you might already encounter AI in cities (and not realise it) From facial recognition to delivery drones, cities around the UK are already trialling AI tech.

📣 Reflections from our *AI in the Street* project in The Conversation (@theconversation.com), by inimitable project lead @noortjem.bsky.social.

theconversation.com/five-ways-yo...

Journal of Cultural Economy Digital (mis)trust: rethinking trust in digitalizing societies; Guest Editors: James Maguire and Kristoffer Albris. Volume 17, Issue 6 of Journal of Cultural Economy

Our latest Special Issue is out now: Digital (mis)trust: rethinking trust in digitalising societies -eds James Maguire and Kristoffer Albris www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/c...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is looking for a Senior Policy Officer in Online Safety.
Full time, salary £42,593-£48,245.
Deadline - 3rd December 2024
ico.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ICO/jo...

Event's flyer. It reads: The Left in the European Parliament. Save the Date. (Un)artificial Intelligence: Workers behind the machine. 21.11.24. 2:30 - 5:30 pm. Organised by MEP Leïla Chaibi. European Parliament-Brussels. Room ASP 1G2. Interpretation: FR-EN-IT-ES-DE.

📢 This Thursday, I’ll be speaking at the European Parliament alongside MEP Leïla Chaibi & Prof. Antonio Casilli. We’ll be joined by data workers from 🇪🇸🇨🇴🇮🇹🇺🇸🇸🇾 to discuss the labor behind AI and what worker-centric regulation could look like.

🎥 Watch live, 2:30pm CET: www.youtube.com/live/U4692yg...

Nice @gleemie.bsky.social 🙂

1. The operationalising of responsibility in AI (w/ particular interest in capitalist global supply chains)

2. hmm, if I had the internet off switch 🎚️in front of me, would/could I do it? 💥

📣 If you’re in Edinburgh next Monday be sure to make this👇

We’re feeling very lucky to be having danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social join us!

Looking forward to this!

Speaking this Thursday @4pm (GMT) is the brilliant Dr Peaks Krafft. Join us online, or in person if you’re Edinburgh based!

Come and work with me! I mean, that's the main draw, right?

Has to include bsky.app/profile/mila...

❤️

Hi Joolee. Can you DM me?

The UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Responsible and Trustworthy in-the-world NLP is based at the University of Edinburgh. Applications are now open for funded PhD studentships starting as part of the September 2025 cohort. Our deadline is 9th January 2025.

📣 Call now open for fully funded PhDs in 🔥Responsible NLP at University of Edinburgh! 📣

An awesome opportunity to look at AI through a critical lens. I'm especially keen to talk w/ applicants coming to this from #sts #sociology #digitalhumanities #feministtechnoscience

www.responsiblenlp.org

An infographic about What is the value of integrating AI into creative processes? hybrid seminar on Thu 10th October with a profile image of the speaker Caterina Moruzzi at the right bottom corner

Join our next event of the @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Hybrid Seminar Series where @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social will present her talk, ‘What is the value of integrating AI into creative processes?’.

📅 Thu 10 Oct 2024
⏰ 4 – 5pm
📍 @inspacegallery.bsky.social / Zoom
🎟 edin.ac/3TRU4eq

Not sure about senior. You are a kick ass scholar or KAS as we say in these parts.

📢 So happy with the ✨awesome✨ website reporting our @braiduk.bsky.social project #AI-in-the-street.
Taken aback by how much we’ve done!

See: careful.industries/ai-in-the-st...

Thnx to @carefultrouble.bsky.social @noortjem.bsky.social @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @mayameme.bsky.social + many more!

Spectacular morning in #Edinburgh. Sights from Blackford Hill always beautiful.

👆 and many thanks to @braiduk.bsky.social

Join our event "AI in the street: prompts for debate" Thurs, 12 Sept 18:30, Science Gallery Lndn w/ @noortjem.bsky.social @mayameme.bsky.social @mrsbunz.bsky.social & other lovelies

Register 👉https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-in-the-street-at-science-gallery-london-tickets-970353422207