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Steph Dick

@mysdick.bsky.social

Historian of math, computing, and the mind. Assistant Prof. of Communication at SFU. Co-editor of Abstractions and Embodiments. PhD from Harvard. Likes cats, writes pysanky eggs, working on a comic book about AI ✨

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Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 8mo ago

loved this conversation. Anyone need a crash course on why the intersection of AI, fascism and climate breakdown? We tried to cover it all!

Centre for Climate Justice@ccj-ubc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.

Vanessa Ogle@vanessahistory.bsky.social · 2y ago

Got a new essay in @dissentmag.bsky.social on secrecy havens. The culture of impunity that secrecy fosters has profoundly damaging effects on social&political fabrics especially in places that were turned into tax havens in the context of empire/decolonization www.dissentmagazine.org/article/nobl...

Noblesse Without Oblige - Dissent Magazine

The super-rich opt out of the social contract by picking and choosing which laws apply to them, whether in offshore tax havens or at home.

dissentmagazine.org

Dieuwertje Luitse@dluitse.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lastly, during the final session on May 14 (2025), 5:30–7 PM (CEST) the brilliant @whkchun.bsky.social @mysdick.bsky.social and Matt Canute will collectively discuss AI and the (re)shaping of intelligence — sign up: www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/5-cri...

#5 Critical AI Seminar Series: AI and the (Re)Shaping of Intelligence

Invited lecture by Wendy Chun, Stephanie Dick & Matt Canute  'AI and the (Re)Shaping of Intelligence' Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is Simon Fraser University’s Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media, Professo...

create.humanities.uva.nl

Angela Cassidy@angecass.bsky.social · 2y ago

Really nice series of #STS #histSTM #evhums essays on Dune + author Frank Herbert's multiple connections with 'gritty' (cf shiney) scences, which I somehow missed first time around. Wondering again if anyone has written about Dune (or science fiction in general) and sociobiology/evolution/gender?

Steph Dick@mysdick.bsky.social · 2y ago

In honor of Dune Part 2, here is a little series on the Sciences of Dune we wrote for the LARB when Part 1 was released. Includes essays on prophecy, eugenics, pharmacology, language, medicine, harvesting, ethnography, and I wrote about computers and Mentats lareviewofbooks.org/feature/scie...

Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sciences of Dune essays for the LARB that were published when Part 1 was released. Including an essay by the great historian of computing and math, @mysdick.bsky.social

Little boxes with illustrations for the subjects of each essay Medicine What to make of Dr. Wellington Yueh? Ethnography "Dune" itself is a work of ethnography — a gateway into a new world. Pharmacology "Dune" marked a moment when this approach to experimental drugs entered pop culture. Computers In the "Dune" universe, despite their ostensible absence, the computers and artificial intelligences of Herbert’s time are palpably present. Language Omnia El Shakry on the dream world of "Dune." Harvesting The question of “peak oil” or “peak spice" has always been a proxy for a paramount existential concern: whether we control anything at all. Prophecy The power of Dune, of its Fremen, is rooted in the prophecy. Eugenics How the history of eugenics informs "Dune." Sietchposting: A Short Guide to Recent Work on “Dune” The “dunescourse” — or “sietchposting,” as it is affectionately called — is vast.
Steph Dick@mysdick.bsky.social · 2y ago

In honor of Dune Part 2, here is a little series on the Sciences of Dune we wrote for the LARB when Part 1 was released. Includes essays on prophecy, eugenics, pharmacology, language, medicine, harvesting, ethnography, and I wrote about computers and Mentats lareviewofbooks.org/feature/scie...

Alexa Hagerty@alexahagerty.bsky.social · 3y ago

Thrilled to share work on AI + reproductive rights in Argentina with my 💛 collaborators #DiegoJemio & #FlorenciaAranda. 🔥 Intro Syed Mustafa Ali, @mysdick.bsky.social, Sarah Dillon, Matthew L. Jones, Jonnie Penn, Richard Staley + more 🔥 @lukestark.bsky.social, @aaronmendonplasek.bsky.social & more!

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Steph Dick@mysdick.bsky.social · 3y ago

Here is the latest issue of BJHS Themes -- Histories of AI: A Genealogy of Power -- which developed out of our Mellon Sawyer Seminar. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...