Mona Sloane

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Associate Professor of Data Science and Media Studies @monasloane.bsky.social spoke with @natsensors.nature.com about AI and the rise of intelligent sensing. Read more here: https://go.nature.com/4bUndPC

Co-Opting #AI is back in 2026! We're starting the season with a conversation on #KIDS, feat. three eminent thinkers and doers in the space: Sonia Livingstone, Ashleigh Greene Wade, and Annabel Blake! Join us for free on February 11, 4pm ET, via Zoom, sign-up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...

Derek, thank you for live posting the talk, I appreciate the notes and observations!

Answering a question about AI disruption, @monasloane.bsky.social points out how her students are struggling on the job market right now. They're the ones sending out hundreds of resumes, which is another reason to listen to them about AI.

More findings from @monasloane.bsky.social: Student participation in university administration has declined over the last 30 years.

Students are "digital natives" and "AI experts in their own right." [I have issues with those claims.] We need their voices in these discussions. [Hear, hear.]

We Are All AI Experts Now The social impact of AI is real. We need to understand the everyday use of AI to get a better picture of how we can prevent AI harm.

Now @monasloane.bsky.social is pivoting to teaching and students. "We are all AI experts now," she wrote here: medium.com/@monasloane/.... That is, students are actively exploring and gaining expertise in how to use AI in their studies.

Keynote: @monasloane.bsky.social says AI is a scaling technology, a social infrastructure (just there, like electrical infrastructure), a material culture, a valuation practice (changing the social status of jobs), and AI is power.

Excited to be helping facilitate the virtual track at the Virginia AI Symposium today! UVA's @monasloane.bsky.social is our keynote this morning for those on-site and about 150 of us on the livestream.

AI and the rise of intelligent sensing - Nature Sensors From wearable health monitors to autonomous robots, AI is reshaping how sensors collect, interpret, and act on data, with co-design and benchmarking key to their success, finds Andy Extance.

I spoke with Andy Extance for Nature Sensors about #privacy and #sensing and how #AI could help with local #data processing to address privacy much earlier in the pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Thank you for the kind words, @sistek.bsky.social! Our next conversation is on #AI and #kids, sign-up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...

🚀 Special Issue Alert: @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social and I are pleased to announce our Social Science Computer Review Special Issue What Is Sociological About AI? All articles: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec.... This special issue calls for the rise of sociology as a leading force in AI research.

YouTube video by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab Co-Opting AI: Libraries

If you missed yesterday's Co-Opting #AI event on #libraries with Eric Klinenberg, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser, fear not -- you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zp...

Happening tomorrow is Co-Opting #AI: #Libraries! Free sign up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...

NEXT WEEK: a conversation on #AI and #libraries! Honored to host @ericklinenberg.bsky.social, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser on Nov 19, 4pm ET for a chat about how AI reshapes libraries as places of learning and being together. FREE SIGN UP: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...

NEXT WEEK: a conversation on #AI and #libraries! Honored to host @ericklinenberg.bsky.social, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser on Nov 19, 4pm ET for a chat about how AI reshapes libraries as places of learning and being together. FREE SIGN UP: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...

Blue graphic with outline of a class robot. Text reads, "The Talent Acquisition and Recruiting AI Index"

AI is reshaping how people get hired. The TARAI Index from @monasloane.bsky.social and @ellens.bsky.social makes these systems visible, mapping 100+ recruiting tools that use AI to rank and evaluate candidates.

Explore the public database: www.tarai.org
Read more: bit.ly/4nO1MCo

‼️ AI shapes how people get hired—but how much do we know about those tools? 🎤 We’ve launched the TARAI Index, a public database mapping AI use in 100+ recruiting technologies. 🤓 It helps practitioners and researchers explore how AI really works in hiring 👉 www.tarai.org

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Professor Mona Sloane in conversation with Karen Hao and Seth Lewis.

Many copies of Empire of AI set up on a table.

@monasloane.bsky.social in conversation with tech journalist and author @karenhao.bsky.social

Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE

Thank you for coming!!

It was an honor to share a stage with the incredible @karenhao.bsky.social last week for a conversation with Seth Lewis about the Empire of AI with remarks from Dean Acampora. More here: lnkd.in/eeFCvtZW (Photo credit: Hoowithaview, Charlottesville, VA)

Today at 4pm, join us!

Co-Opting AI: Antiquity - DTD Lab Join panelists, Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, John L. Nau III assistant professor of classics at the University of Virginia, Kevin Donnelly, professor of history at Alvernia University, Elly R. Truitt, ...

Please join us on 10/22 for a new Co-Opting #AI episode on #antiquity! I am thrilled to be in conversation with Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Kevin Donnelly, and Elly R. Truitt to explore ancient concepts of automation, intelligent machines, gods and robots. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...

🎙️ New work out with Charity Nyelele, Antonios Mamalakis and Ava Birdwell, alongside many experts! Read our new report on Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation -- let's include local knowledge holders in AI innovation for extreme weather forecasting!

libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...

Thrilled to announce that the great Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social will visit UVA on 10/21, 6pm, Old Cabell Hall! Join me for an exciting conversation with Karen and Seth Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social, with opening remarks by Dean Christa Acampora. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

YouTube video by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab Co-Opting AI: Taxes

If you missed Co-Opting hashtag#AI: hashtag#Taxes with Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy, you can watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrT3...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Co-Opting AI: Taxes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join panelists, Ruth Braunstein, Associate Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, Ekkehard Ernst, Chief Macroeconomist at the International Labour Organization, Maximilian Kasy, Professor...

Co-Opting AI is back for the Fall 2025 season! Join us for a conversation on #AI and fair distribution feat. Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy: September 17, 4pm ET, free sign-up here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎉 🎤 Thrilled to announce the launch of the Co-Opting AI Archive: a place to listen to and watch all 50+ episodes from the last six years. More to come in the fall program! We will be talking about taxes, antiquity, libraries, and kids. Have a listen: www.monasloane.org/co-opting-ai.

Presenting this work at @ic2s2.bsky.social imminently, in the LLMs & Society session!

Historical Methods for AI Evaluations, Assessments, and Audits | Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.

I love the idea of history informing AI audits – it's something @sandhaus.bsky.social @azjacobs.bsky.social @emoss.bsky.social @monasloane.bsky.social drew on for our work on motion capture & was so important for surfacing the assumptions encoded in modern-day tech!

🔗: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management: Proceedings of a Workshop Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

Thrilled that our NASEM report on "Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management" is out now! Thank you to our committee and participants and to the wonderful Ben Shneiderman for co-chairing with me! More here: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...