Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.
Alex Taylor
@alex-taylor.bsky.social
Partner & daddy living in wonderful Edinburgh. Muddling through with ideas from #FeministTechnoscience #STS #MultiSpeciesRelations #HCI #ReparativeAI
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
BRAID x IDI Hybrid Seminar - Alex Taylor
Thursday, 30th January 2025 [Inspace / Zoom]
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BRAID UK@braiduk.bsky.social · 2y agoOur seminar series is kicking off this semester with Dr Alex Taylor on 'Red Teaming and the Operationalising of Responsibility', Thu 30 Jan at 4pm. Get your ticket now! 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/braid-x-id... @designinf.bsky.social @inspacegallery.bsky.social @alex-taylor.bsky.social
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
UK Research and Innovation
UKRI convenes, catalyses and invests in close collaboration with others to build a thriving, inclusive research and innovation system.
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🎤 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...
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...
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
theguardian.com
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 🔥
Thao Phan@thaophan.bsky.social · 2y agoJeni Lee and I made a documentary on drone delivery trials in Logan as part of the AI-in-the-street project w @noortjem.bsky.social @mayameme.bsky.social @alex-taylor.bsky.social @mrsbunz.bsky.social @louhicky.bsky.social Watch the it in full here (12 mins): www.careful.industries/ai-in-the-st...
“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...
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
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📣 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...
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.
theconversation.com
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...
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
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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...
Senior Policy Officer - Online Safety
Senior Policy Officer - Online Safety Full time / Part time Salary: £42,593 - £48,245, with potential for further progression to £54,317 with our pay progression scheme. Location: Hybrid Contracted to...
ico.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
📢 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? 💥
Lilly Irani@gleemie.bsky.social · 2y agoBsky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about 1) structural analysis of anti-surveillance movements, what they need to succeed, how they make knowledge 2) agonistic politics
📣 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!
Karen Gregory@karengregory.bsky.social · 2y agoMonday, Nov 18th: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/here-be-dr... Hosted by the Critical Data Studies Cluster at Edinburgh Futures Institute, with the Bridging AI Divides @braiduk.bsky.social programme:
Looking forward to this!
Centre for Technomoral Futures@technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 2y agoLess than 1 week until our Technomoral Conversation on what the Majority World can teach us about AI! 📍 Edinburgh & online 📅 19 Nov 6-7.30pm GMT 🎟️ Tickets: edin.ac/4dC6tKo Co-chaired by our Director @shannonvallor.bsky.social & CTMF PhD Affiliate @srravya.bsky.social, this event will feature...
Speaking this Thursday @4pm (GMT) is the brilliant Dr Peaks Krafft. Join us online, or in person if you’re Edinburgh based!
BRAID UK@braiduk.bsky.social · 2y agoThe next speaker in our seminar series on 14 Nov is Dr Peaks Krafft, discussing BRAID project "CREAATIF: Crafting Responsive Assessments of AI and Tech-Impacted Futures". Book your hybrid ticket now 👇 shorturl.at/V2J1l @designinf.bsky.social @inspacegallery.bsky.social #BraidUK #ResponsibleAI
Come and work with me! I mean, that's the main draw, right?
MancHSTM@manchstm.bsky.social · 2y agoJOB KLAXON: We are hiring a Lecturer in History of Medicine and/or Health (FT & permanent); we're encouraging applications from colleagues with expertise in history of mental health & mental illness. Please share and repost. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #HistMed #HistSTM #HistPsych
📣 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
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.
responsiblenlp.org
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
📢 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!
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
Join our event "AI in the street: prompts for debate" Thurs, 12 Sept 6.30pm at Science Gallery London with @NoortjeMarres & @mayameme & other lovely humans. Please register 👉https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-in-the-street-at-science-gallery-london-tickets-970353422207 Thx @Braid_UK
The Critical Data Studies research cluster is growing-- what a crew! efi.ed.ac.uk/ecosystem/cr...
Critical Data Studies - Edinburgh Futures Institute
Researching the political and social dimensions of data-driven and AI technology.
efi.ed.ac.uk
👇 I went to Summer Hall for the first time with Karen last week. So awesome and so upset to hear there’s the risk of closure! Nooo!
Karen Gregory@karengregory.bsky.social · 2y agochng.it/Yb7bMgZjN5 Preserve Summerhall as a Cultural Hub in Edinburgh
Where are AI’s publics? Are they latent in mundane acts of participation? Is public formation hampered by AI’s individualising interfaces? We will discuss in Edinburgh on June 5 in a BRAID event organised by @alxndrt.bsky.social with A Powell and B Nissen et al: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/where-are-...
