Maia Woluchem
@mwoluchem.bsky.social
Program Director of Trustworthy Infrastructures @datasociety.bsky.social & talking about racial capitalism @ NYU Wagner. Formerly Ford Foundation, MIT DUSP. She/her.
Thank you @melhogan.bsky.social for having me and @cellllla.bsky.social in wonderful company to talk about the research in PA we are doing with @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @anthrotechana.bsky.social at @datasociety.bsky.social!
Mél Hogan / The Data Fix@melhogan.bsky.social · 3w agoThis episode recaps some of the highlights from this amazing set of speakers: aydelotte.swarthmore.edu/publications...
So cool to have our Trustworthy Infrastructures work featured in @19thnews.org alongside such luminaries!
Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe politics of people for or against data centers can’t be easily distilled into red or blue, D&S's @mwoluchem.bsky.social tells @19thnews.org. “Communities should be at the forefront of these decisions," she says. "They are going to be the ones living amongst them.” 19thnews.org/2026/06/wome...
📣 New! In seeking to accelerate AI infrastructure projects in PA, efforts that bypass local governance can harm communities. @cellllla.bsky.social & @mwoluchem.bsky.social offer an alternative framework that better aligns state infrastructure goals with local needs. datasociety.net/library/last...
PA Sen. McCormick’s wife works for who now? @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social of @datasociety.bsky.social joined us for episode 74 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. They discuss their recent piece “Pennsylvania Is Perfect” for @newintermag.bsky.social. newint.org/science-and-...
What makes Pennsylvania perfect… @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social of @datasociety.bsky.social on our latest Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 episode, “Data Centers Go Nuclear”. Check out their latest piece in @newint.bsky.social. newint.org/science-and-... (w @emilymbender.bsky.social)
So proud of @anthrotechana.bsky.social for organizing this incredible workshop with @dairfutures.bsky.social x @datasociety.bsky.social ! If you're in Portland or on the West Coast, register now!
DAIR Possible Futures@dairfutures.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew in-person workshop incoming, this time co-hosted with @datasociety.bsky.social in Portland, OR! Saturday, April 11, 1pm-3pm at 350 PDX. For tickets and more info, head over to Eventbrite ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-data-...
🎧On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000...🎧 @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social of @datasociety.bsky.social join @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social to dig into the reality of data center construction. Tune in live: Monday, March 9, noon PT, twitch.tv/dair_institute
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In @newint.bsky.social, D&S's @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social write about their work tracing the impacts of, and resistance to, the AI industry's development push in Pennsylvania — and introduce us to some of the people living in the thick of it. newint.org/science-and-...
'Pennsylvania is perfect'
Tech companies are building enormous data centres and reconfiguring energy infrastructure across the US, all to power the burgeoning AI industry. On a road trip, Maia Woluchem and Livia Garofalo trace...
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Tonight! Moderated by D&S’s @mwoluchem.bsky.social, this conversation will feature legal and built environment experts Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Sebastián Díaz Howard-Allman, Gillian Graber, and Marina Otero Verzier.
Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · 6mo agoFeb 12 at 6:30 pm in NYC: Join us and the Architectural League of NY for a conversation exploring the data center landscape, humane infrastructure, and urgent questions at the intersection of architecture, planning, and law. archleague.org/event/archit...
I am beyond honored to join Mayor-elect Mamdani’s Transition Committee on Technology and help deliver this incredible vision for a city we all deserve. Genuinely, I also couldn’t more excited to do this alongside so many people I admire and respect so much. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
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On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to @mwoluchem.bsky.social, @livgar.bsky.social, and Joan Mukogosi from @datasociety.bsky.social about their research trips across Pennsylvania, where they learned about the current and future impacts of the nascent AI data center industry in the state.
On the road again! Latest dispatch from Three Mile Island from @livgar.bsky.social, Joan Mukogosi and me, this time from outside a Bon Ton.
Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · 12mo agoWith a deal to provide nuclear-powered energy to data centers, Three Mile Island is coming back online to power the AI boom. As @livgar.bsky.social, Joan Mukogosi, & @mwoluchem.bsky.social write, locals are wrestling with how to handle AI-driven industrial change. datasociety.net/points/in-pe...
Commentary today from TI’s brilliant @livgar.bsky.social and many other experts about Meta’s profoundly disturbing chatbot policies and their real human impacts. Essential reflections for any and all of us using the internet
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12mo agoLast week, Reuters published two articles by journalist Jeff Horwitz reporting concerning details about Meta's AI chatbot policies and products and how they affect children and vulnerable adults. Tech Policy Press invited experts to submit reactions to the reports—here are their responses:
Grateful to @justinhendrix.bsky.social for facilitating this necessary conversation between @smw.bsky.social, Ryan Gerety, and me on why this AI Action Plan is so dangerous and what we can do about it. Listen/read here:
Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · last yr.Yesterday, the Trump administration unveiled its AI Action Plan. Shortly after it was published, Justin Hendrix sat down with the AI Now Institute's Sarah Myers West, Data & Society's Maia Woluchem, and the Athena Coalition's Ryan Gerety to discuss the plan and what it portends for the future.
Trump's new #AIActionPlan threatens to expand the surveillance and criminalization of our people under the guise of “innovation.” We’re breaking down what this means and how we can resist next WEDS, 7/30 at 6PM ET | 3PM PT, bit.ly/our-techfuture
@tamigraph.bsky.social and I get to some mythbusting today about data centers and the supposed future they bring. Long story short: 😬
alice e marwick@alicetiara.bsky.social · last yr.Data Centers Aren't the Future of American Prosperity- @tamigraph.bsky.social & @mwoluchem.bsky.social bust the myths of data centers: they don't massively increase jobs, they don't increase clean energy investment, and they don't benefit local communities! OH SNAP datasociety.net/library/data...
Today Trump, Sen. McCormick, and industry leaders convened to discuss their plan for AI-forward PA. Upshot: $92 billion will go to data centers, natural gas & nuclear infrastructure, & re-organizing labor around the AI race. DoE Sec. Chris Wright declared: “AI is our second Manhattan Project.”
Proud of this labor of love and how full circle this process was - beginning as a grateful workshop participant and ending as director of this incredible team. Offering up precious ideas from around the globe on what trust means, with or without the tech that mediates it today. Read here!
Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · last yr.📣 Just published! Our new anthology reframes the question of trust and technology away from whether a particular technology is trustworthy and toward how trust shapes institutions, bodies, and knowledge. 1/5 datasociety.net/library/trus...
JOIN me, @xriskology.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social & @mwoluchem.bsky.social for @datasociety.bsky.social 's #PredatoryData event discussion of the 21st C #eugenicsInBigTech and how to resist it. RSVP and join us online tomorrow Thur 4/10 at 1P EasternUS time! datasociety.net/events/resis...
Resisting Predatory Data
Join Predatory Data author Anita Say Chan, Emile P. Torres, and Timnit Gebru for an online discussion of the 21st century eugenics revival in big tech and how to resist it, moderated by D&S’s Maia Wol...
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Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · last yr.Join us tomorrow! bsky.app/profile/data...
Over 100 researchers are issuing a statement today that reiterates the scientific consensus that AI can exacerbate bias and discrimination. The last three U.S. Administrations — including the first Trump Administration — and 192 other nations have recognized this basic fact.
Trustworthy Infrastructures is hiring! Come work with @livgar.bsky.social, Joan Mukogosi, and me, as we look to build out our Nodes & Conduits project. We're really looking forward to getting to know you and your work - please don't hesitate to reach out with any additional questions!
Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · last yr.Job alert: We’re hiring a post-doc research fellow to work with our Trustworthy Infrastructures program on a project exploring how post-industrial communities adapt to socioeconomic transformations driven by the tech industry. Learn more & apply by April 18! job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr...
April 10 @ 1pm ET: Join "Predatory Data" author @anitachan.bsky.social, @xriskology.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social, & @mwoluchem.bsky.social for a discussion of the 21st century eugenics revival in big tech and how to resist it. RSVP and join us online! datasociety.net/events/resis...
Lots of things coming up this spring! We're so excited to have @drniajohnson.bsky.social, Ekene Ijeoma, and @followlori.bsky.social in to talk through community confrontations around infrastructure. Registration link below!
Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · last yr.March 20 @ 3pm ET: Join us for this public panel — part of our Connective (t)Issues workshop — as we break down confrontations between tech infrastructures & local communities w @drniajohnson.bsky.social, Ekene Ijeoma, @followlori.bsky.social & @mwoluchem.bsky.social datasociety.net/events/conne...
The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Join higher education workers from around the country on 2/13 at 8 PM Eastern / 7 PM Central / 6 PM Mountain / 5 PM Pacific for a national strategy call on the federal attack on higher education and h...
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It turns out the NY doc indicted for telemedicine abortion care in LA was once MY doctor. Hands down the best I have ever had - I broke down in tears on my 1st visit because I had never received care like that & didn't even know it was possible Pls support her if you can: www.theactgroup.org/donate
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A week after the election, our team took a road trip through Pennsylvania to talk to folks about AI infrastructure taking over their towns. We stopped at Amazon data centers, abandoned electrical plants, Three Mile Island, ate at many hometown diners, and Bethlehem Steel, among many others 1/
Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · last yr.A beautiful dispatch by D&S’s @livgar.bsky.social, @mwoluchem.bsky.social, and Joan Mukogosi about their recent research road trip through Pennsylvania, tracing the connection from the industrial past to our tech-dominated present — and uncertain future. datasociety.net/points/digit...
📣 New CFP! On May 8 and 9, we’re hosting an online workshop on the intersection of generative AI technologies and work. Learn more about what we’re looking for and apply by February 7. datasociety.net/announcement...
Thrilled to announce the @datasociety.bsky.social Generative AI & Labor Primer by Aiha Nguyen & Alexandra Mateescu. It covers how GenAI impacts many forms of work, the human labor behind GenAI & AI's impact on worker control & surveillance. A labor/tech must-read! datasociety.net/library/gene...
Generative AI <p>and Labor
This new primer shows that understanding how AI will affect work requires examining how work is organized, how industries are structured, and whose and what work is valued.
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In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, D&S Policy Director Brian Chen writes about Trump's plans to militarize technology: “To conjoin Silicon Valley profits with the war machine, Trump now inherits a national security base that gets the last word on tech policy.” www.techpolicy.press/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Embrace of National Security Will be All-Encompassing Under Trump | TechPolicy.Press
Data & Society policy director Brian Chen writes that President-elect Trump will inherit a techno-security architecture primed to militarize new technologies.
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