“The conviction that generative AI is inevitable leads to it creeping in everywhere, and this eventually makes it seem inevitable. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. But there’s nothing inevitable about it. What’s happening is the result of specific choices.” - Wim Vanrie So important to remember.

Some very serious training happening at the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab today. While we were testing Queer Codebreakers 3.0, these pupsters were testing their waiting for treats skills and totally smashed the assignment.

Based on our work for Full Stack Feminism in Digital Humanities, delighted this piece is now published and available… academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...

How long is this ridiculous speech gonna go on for?

"Grok is not an anomaly; it is a mirror. It reflects, with algorithmic fidelity, the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the ideology it was designed to serve." www.thedissident.news/the-algorith...

Great to hear from a tech company talking actual sense about privacy, surveillance and security with relation to AI. Also love how she’s refers to “while our brain is in a jar”!!!

“While nobody will escape AI, only a few will prosper under it,” writes ‪@kevindeliban.bsky.social. “This current dynamic suggests that the technology’s underlying purpose is to entrench inequality and reinforce existing power dynamics.” www.techpolicy.press/austerity-in...

Me in The New Statesman today on poverty. Please share :)

“In shocking news” 🗞️ tech companies launch new AI products without consideration of societal consequences!

Using big LLMs for basic queries is 'like turning on stadium floodlights to look for your keys' - this is good on the AI environmental questions.

An astonishing statistic. And the fact that we created a world where that is virtually logistically impossible is a real detriment and very sad. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How can EU AI policy better reflect cultural values, shared meaning-making, and democratic integrity? Join the @kt4democracy.bsky.social Workshop, Culture in the Loop: Shaping Human-Centric AI Policy, to join the discussion. 🗓 8 May | 13:00–14:30 | Online Register: kt4democracy.eu/events/cultu...

Electricity demand from data centres is set to more than double to nearly 950TWh by 2030 – and AI is the primary driver, finds the IEA in its latest report. #SiliconRepublic #AI #DataCentre #IEA

‘More water is needed because “climate change will lead to an increase in global temperatures and the frequency of extreme weather events, including heat waves”, Amazon wrote in its application.’… Basically, we need more 💧 to put out the 🔥 , cause I’ve added more 🔥 to the 🔥

We need tech leaders and tech industries that actively engage with the problems their industries are causing. What is the point of these (extractive) technologies if the planet and its inhabitants are dead??

Was just talking about this yesterday, how will this new business model work? Do businesses pay to be mentioned in the AI summary??

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...

Daily reminder from Theo, that rest is important. Many argue it’s an act of resistance 🤩

We either care about copyright or we don’t care. Many of us will remember Aaron Swartz who downloaded academic journals & as a result was prosecuted, the stress of which led him to take his own life. The hypocrisy of current political leaders to just downplay this now for AI should make us angry 😡

Open knowledge is being ransacked by AI bots 🤖 Like all similar activities, companies generate revenue through AI will happily take but never give back! Ideologically the whole AI system is f**ked

We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on developing a justice-oriented audit framework synthesising computational methods, theories of justice, and existing regulations to premeditatively focus audits towards meaningful accountability. www.adaptcentre.ie/careers/post...

The world can be sh**, so be like Theo, enjoy a (doggy) ice cream on a sunny day 🤩

“Process not product” - literature reviews help us synthesise a field, it helps get to grips with the concerns, which include the nuances and specifics which deeper our understandings. It also provides us connections to research networks and a sense of belonging…

Fantastic! So X, full to the brim with right wing ideologies and political madness, will be (if it isn’t already) a direct pipe line into xAI - biased rubbish in, biased rubbish out!

When you resubmit one paper and feel accomplished, then remember you have two more that need the same level of editing for resubmission 🤪 (as well as all the other ideas floating in your head that should really be put to paper!!) Happy Friday 😅

Some company recruiting coders to teach AI to code! I wonder what career progression looks like in this job!!!!

Call for Proposals: Archives & Records special issue – Trauma-Informed Approaches to Archives and Records Archives and Records is the journal of ARA. Find full details of the Call for Papers, submission process and timeline here: www.archives.org.uk/news/call-fo...

Every £ donated before Tues at midday will be DOUBLED, meaning more opportunities for queer creatives. We are so close to hitting our goal, and that's all thanks to you our amazing community. Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

New podcast! To fight authoritarianism and fascism, we must build collective power, challenge the union of corporate and state power, and imagine new, just tech. Dan McQuillan is the author of Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence, from Bristol University Press.

Preparing a lecture for MA informatics students (whom I don’t know) on the topic of Queer & Feminist Approaches to AI, & have realised I probably shouldn’t assume any knowledge of these critical frameworks! Am I wrong? 😑 I hope I am since this is exactly the problem we face in terms of technology 🥹

I love this man! only if many more countries had a president like Michael Higgins

As the gov is bent on destroying our heritage and research institutions, our original question becomes even more urgent. Witherto the future of the Black historical record? Join @jmjafrx.bsky.social, @nadejdaishawebb.bsky.social, Sasha White and a powerhouse of talent in May. #wobdyale

And so it begins…

🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾 📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save

Busy day at work for this one…

What is the future for tech feminism in an AI era - & what resources can the past offer in generating a response to this future? 12 March, 2-4pm, discussion with Prof Caroline Bassett (University of Cambridge) in SHL Digital IRL & online. Info & register www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro

When I said digital preservation is important because of the risk of the double erasure of LGBQT+ histories, I meant it!!

With all the sh** in the world, remember to find joy in the small things! Theo just found a blue ball in the woods and is pretty happy with himself. I hope everyone finds their blue ball 🔵 today ☺️

The CFPB will begin deleting agency data as soon as today. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and Musk staffers are rewriting history on U.S. government websites and erasing data from databases nationwide—removing information that doesn’t align with their political agenda.

It's #dpc #digitalpreservation #ff Follow Friday. This week a simple reflection. Data has never mattered more, and never more fragile. #DPC and the #digipres community have expertise and contacts that will help with that. Spread the word and save the bits.

An entirely new financial settlement is needed in Higher Education - as many of us have been saying all along. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Christ, it’s only February in year 0 (or 1 depending on how you count!) of this trump nightmare! 🥺

If you’re worried about AI consciousness but don’t give a shite about animal sentience and welfare then I don’t think we can be friends!

Do you want to collect & share important stories in your community or have a great idea for a community archive but need support? Apply for the Scaling Community Through Archives cohort! 8 public librarians will receive stipends, mentoring, & resources. tascha.uw.edu/cohort-appli.... Deadline: 4/1.

University of Glasgow is looking for a digital special collections lecturer: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DHG603/i... (Fascinating to me that their iSchool is housed within the School of Humanities.)

I am looking forward to giving a paper in a couple of weeks with Bob Shoemaker on the history of the English criminal trial. ials.sas.ac.uk/events/legal...