James Garforth

I think I might be a burnt out husk now

I hope your UK lawyer is more competent

The implied purpose of the "trust" here is telling. It's needed for to sell more AI and harvest more data, but nothing about actual benefits for the people trusting it.

I would say this findings shows women are more AI literate than men, because the majority of non-magical beings have no innate ability to "judge truthfulness"

And please all join me in summoning Alex Gillespie to Bluesky

Had a great time prepping for a Tech Refusal workshop today. Getting to talk to wonderful, smart people about important things is really the highlight of this job. Shoutouts to @ftollon.bsky.social @meenakshimani.bsky.social @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social @kimberleyparadis.bsky.social

Funded PhD opportunities - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life

The @leverhulmecal.bsky.social PhD studentships are now live here leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/leverhulme-c... Are you looking for a PhD programme that supports interdisciplinary approaches to algorithmic life? Closing date 26 February

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the only way to ensure it's a bubble that'll eventually burst is to prevent institutional uptake of these technologies, which is still possible if we keep refusing and resisting

Learning objectives 1 Gain conceptual clarity and deeper understanding of ‘AI’, its various forms and meanings 2 Understand how the science of human cognition can help resist AI hype 3 Critically uncover pseudoscientific claims about AI 4 Analyse critical intersectional theories (racism, sexism, ableism and more) to analyse social harms such as the exploitation of labor behind AI technologies 5 Critically grasp the relationship between AI technologies, sustainability, and environmental devastation 6 Perform a critical AI literacy project to start ways of resisting AI in a specific context

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Summer School open for applications! www.ru.nl/en/education...

"This course is designed to foster critical AI literacies in participants to empower them to develop ways of resisting or reclaiming AI in their own practices & social context”

Learning goals 👇

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My brain just screamed "case study", so far gone am I

Samesies

Except that what we teach in the classroom is the standard we set for research

"I got straight As!"
"Well that's incredibly wrong"

The Home Office also recognise that this may have an impact on user of care services who are likely to be older people and those with disabilities. The Home Office believes that despite these points the changes are justified for a number of policy reasons including reducing net migration and ending reliance on overseas recruitment.

Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.

Why We Fear AI — Common Notions Press Fears about AI tell us more about capitalism today than the technology of the future.

The ebook version of Why We Fear AI is currently on sale for just $5 directly at the publisher! @commonnotions.bsky.social

You heard it here first folks, Rachel only ever psychically levitates her many premium bonds!

Sorry, but why does every single person who thinks of this believe they’re the only person in the world to think of this? FWIW, as others have said, yes, students can and will use LLMs to reflect on the LLM’s initial response. (That’s also not what a primary source is but whatever.)

Two years? Does that mean you went for the golden retriever? :D

Edinburgh university staff back industrial action again in longstanding dispute over cuts and redundancies Staff at the University of Edinburgh have today (Tuesday) backed industrial action for a second time in a longstanding dispute over £140million cuts, job losses and compulsory redundancies.

There was moment I thought perhaps we had movement here, but the @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strike is on. You can read more about why here:

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...

Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp

Maybe we can get a hologram to go on tour.

Identifying flaws in GenAI unfortunately offers a pretext for claims that perfecting the product is just a matter of time & money. So pointing to chatbots’ role in,say, suicides can only go so far if we don’t also identify the systemic, irresolvable lack of Gen AI’s human commitment bc math has none

📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...

applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome

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Ruha Benjamin on a stage standing in front of a projected screen which reads: UNLEARNING INTELLIGENCE as Smartness INNOVATION as Social Progress TECHNOLOGY as Self-Propelled DEEP LEARNING as Statistical Strength POWER as Subjugation IMAGINATION as a Superfluous HUMAN NATURE as Self-Interested

@ruha9.bsky.social asking us to unlearn some of the bullshit silicon valley and western thinking is predicated on

“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have

I didn't know we had a call scheduled

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A stopped train is on time twice a day?