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Dr Tiera Tanksley

@drtanksley.bsky.social

AI, Ethics & Education 📚 I examine how biases within EdTech and AI can exacerbate educational equity gaps for Black students 2023-2024 Op Ed + MacArthur Foundation Public Voices in Tech Fellowship

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Jamie D. Gravell, PhD (she/her)@jamiegravell.bsky.social · last mo.

Love to see @drtanksley.bsky.social absolutely rocking it & amplifying the voices of kids most directly harmed by the race to adopt AI in schools.

Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · last mo.

Looking forward to reading the latest from @drtanksley.bsky.social and "how the proliferation of AI technologies into K-12 schools has actually worked to exacerbate educational disenfranchisement for Black youth, giving rise to synthetic equity gaps.”

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I just got done watching a truly horrible movie at Sundance ("The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist"). It was introduced by the Sundance programming rep as having "a strong sense of informational integrity", but it's hard to imagine a characterization more off the mark. A long thread 🧵>>

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This was interesting one to be interviewed for -- and I'm looking forward to seeing it at Sundance!

Ghost in the Machine: documentary film, 2026@ghostdoc2026.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hello, we’re Ghost in the Machine, a landmark documentary that’s mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI. We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.

film preview image of a hand holding fake eyes, with the Sundance Film Festival logos.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9mo ago

“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times

Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...

m.economictimes.com

Rebecca Colesworthy@rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I finally watched this. The data and the tech are horrifying. @drtanksley.bsky.social’s research and pedagogy, however, are incredible — themselves a reminder of how GREAT great scholarship is. Just so, so good. Truly, everyone pls watch this — to learn about the bad and to be reminded of the good.

Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ

Dr. Han VanderHart@hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Can’t say how important this panel excerpt with @drtanksley.bsky.social is—particularly, IMO, for teachers using grading/anti-cheating programs run by AI. “Anti-Blackness is the algorithm meant to solve the problem of Black life.”

Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 9mo ago

You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again. Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students. #Critical_AI_Literacy www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...

SB@sbridger.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Link to the Penn study mentioned, demonstrating the ineffectiveness and disempowering consequences of ChatGPT study tools (even in the best iteration, with safeguards & teacher input, the study tools are no better than traditional study methods): knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/with...

Ruha Benjamin@ruha9.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ

Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This wide-ranging response from Dr @drtanksley.bsky.social on AI inadequacies & profound harms in education, reinforcement of racism, anti-blackness, dehumanisation & inequality, & the health & environmental harms of the AI industry is a terrific listen And universities have signed on to this 🤬

Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 9mo ago

You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again. Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students. #Critical_AI_Literacy www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...

Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol · 2y ago

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks" www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...

Amanda Lenhart@amandalenhart.bsky.social · 2y ago

Pleased to see Common Sense has released a report I co-authored with my former colleagues on the impact of experiences with misleading or fake online information among teens and how those experiences can diminish broader trust in online information. www.commonsensemedia.org/research/res...

Research Brief: Teens, Trust, and Technology in the Age of AI

In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly embedded in everyday life, teens are navigating complex challenges around trust, authenticity, and online safety.

commonsensemedia.org

Dr Tiera Tanksley@drtanksley.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yall. Been writing my theory paper introducing Critical Race Technology Theory (CRTT) in education while listening to Not Like Us, Euphoria & now GNX on repeat... Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂 squabble up.

Dr Tiera Tanksley@drtanksley.bsky.social · 2y ago

In the depths of a new piece on anti-blackness in AI + Education & I have to say: The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.

Dr Tiera Tanksley@drtanksley.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey fam!! Just wanted to introduce myself : I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI. My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity #BlackEduSky

A picture of my recently published article titled "We're changing the system with this one: Black students using critical race algorithmic literacies to subvert and survive AI-mediated racism in school"
Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)@jphillll.bsky.social · 2y ago

Oh my god. I had no idea: Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 2y ago

"92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI" www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines... this is a damning report

reads: The Ways AI Decides How Low-Income People Work, Live, Learn, and Survive The use of artificial intelligence, or AI, by governments, landlords, employers, and other powerful private interests restricts the opportunities of low-income people in every basic aspect of life: at home, at work, in school, at government offices, and within families. AI technologies derive from a lineage of automation and algorithms that have been in use for decades with established patterns of harm to low-income communities. As such, now is a critical moment to take stock and correct course before AI of any level of technical sophistication becomes entrenched as a legitimate way to make key decisions about the people society marginalizes. Employing a broad definition of AI, this report represents the first known effort to comprehensively explain and quantify the reach of AI-based decision-making among low-income people in the United States. It establishes that essentially all 92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI.
p.e. neloms 🤎@theauthorpen.bsky.social · 2y ago

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.