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Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium online session This is a complete playlist of the presentations from the online session of the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium that took place on Thursday 30...

There's still space left at this year's online symposium. If you'd like a taste of what could be discussed why not dip into our playlist of all the recorded content from last year's online event.

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Building Civic Strength for an AI Era Our new AI Civics initiative treats AI not as a tool to be mastered, but as a domain of civic life where people have rights, responsibilities, and avenues for collective action.

Announcing our new initiative! This is my next major project. It's called AI Civics. datasociety.net/points/build...

I am recruiting a postdoc in HCI & AI!


Interested in augmenting human thinking and learning, futures of work & education, participatory AI, collective intelligence, or related topics? Please get in touch! This 2-year position will be based at a top university in Europe (email or DM for more info)

THRILLED that Brian Chen's new policy brief, "The Big AI State: How the Trump Administration is Shaping US Industrial Policy toward 'Global Technological Dominance'" is live! Trump is not "deregulating"; his admin is intervening in the market BIG TIME to bolster AI. datasociety.net/library/the-...

with all the thievery I think we will also be dealing with Trump Family Endowment priorities for years to come

so nice to run it by you.....hard at work

📣 Our method for conducting community-based algorithmic impact assessments is now available! We’ve just launched a new section on our website where you can find an extensive toolkit, documentation of our pilots, and a series of reflections on lessons learned. datasociety.net/research/alg...

Text on a pink background that shows the title of the new primer: "Gear Shift: Driving Change in Public Sector Technology through Community Input" by Meg Young, Sarah Fox, Vinhcent Le, and Oscar J. Romero Jr. It includes a quote: "The path forward for equitable government technology requires a fundamental gear shift."

New! Govt tech purchasing has never been more high stakes, yet decisions about it rarely include public input. @megyoung0.bsky.social‬, w Sarah Fox, Vinhcent Le, & Oscar J. Romero Jr, explain why such input is essential, and outline specific opportunities & tactics. datasociety.net/library/gear...

📣 New op-ed for Tech Policy Press is out. Thanks to @benlennett.bsky.social, @megyoung0.bsky.social, @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, @datasociety.bsky.social for making it possible!

@megyoung0.bsky.social and I penned this intro essay to a special collection of brilliant essays, convened by @techpolicypress.bsky.social and @datasociety.bsky.social. We asked our friends: what do the normies need to know to fight the long fight against technofascism?

Find them all linked here.

Tech Power and the Crisis of Democracy | TechPolicy.Press Announcing a new series, Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.

1/ I want to express my thanks to all the authors convened by @datasociety.bsky.social for the special series we kicked off this week on @techpolicypress.bsky.social. The first was the scene-setter from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social on tech power and the crisis of democracy:

Why are Tech Oligarchs So Obsessed with Energy and What Does That Mean for Democracy? | TechPolicy.Press Promises of abundance contrast with the real environmental impact of AI infrastructure, writes Data & Society's Tamara Kneese.

For @techpolicypress.bsky.social , I
tried to connect some dots between AI-related energy investments and other technofascist attempts at concentrating power through land and resources, from nuclear startups to network cities

Thanks @justinhendrix.bsky.social @megyoung0.bsky.social for the edits

🧵 for the late crowd! New pieces- on tech and democracy from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, the myth of AGI from @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social, and the challenges of actually deploying AI in government by @benzevgreen.bsky.social - part of a new series!

Tech Power and the Crisis of Democracy | TechPolicy.Press Announcing a new series, Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.

Opening a new series on Tech Policy Press in collaboration with Data & Society called “Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis,” Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.

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Screenshot from the Nation: “Many of the people who are building bugout bunkers for the impending civilizational collapse are the same people allowing, if not bankrolling, the destruction of public institutions and democratic forms of the rule of law. Because when the sea levels rise, when people are displaced by climate injustice, we can either choose the path of justice and solidarity for all or we can choose the path of death and destruction for most, and security for a few, and they are trying their hardest to force society onto the path of the latter”

This is exactly it. Silicon Valley preppers + the delusional architects of AI addled techno fascism aren’t denying climate change, they’re remaking society to save themselves while pushing for speculative energy futures where they fully control the earth’s resources www.thenation.com/article/envi...