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Bluesky account for the Podcast Cyborg Goddess A Feminist Tech Podcast with host Jennifer Jill Fellows (We aren't technophobes here, but it is complicated) cyborggoddess.opened.ca

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Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social · 12h
Once again it’s @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social bringing AI panic back down to earth. For the love of god people please listen to them
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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CHAISE @chaisenetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@cyborggoddess.bsky.social host Jennifer Jill Fellows was interviewed by @melhogan.bsky.social for The Data Fix. The conversation examined relationships with generative AI chatbots from an ethics of care perspective. shows.acast.com/the-data-fix...
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Care, with (Jennifer) Jill Fellows | The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan
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CHAISE @chaisenetwork.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@profwhw.bsky.social had a piece in the Globe and Mail this week. Check it out here: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The real threat of AI is that we can no longer separate our digital and analogue lives
AI tools are just a handful of the countless ways that our lives are already governed by digital platforms and the companies that control them
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Artificial Artificial Intelligence strikes again when the promises of tech companies fail to deliver. Sure, a robot might do your job for you. But it is also possible that that robot will be you.
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“I either pay zero attention to the results and choose randomly or purposely choose the [worst] output. I’m not sure how much of a difference it actually makes since there are hundreds of other people also rating prompt results, but it does feel like I’m getting paid to make AI worse.” 👏
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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Tall Rob @grandrobert.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Chatbots can’t touch grass” is such a GREAT way of framing why they are so dangerous as conversation partners.
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One of my most favorite conversations had on the pod. Please have a listen:
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you have a moment, and you're freaking out about a coming AI apocalypse, you should read this. It's beautiful; cheftova.substack.com/p/if-the-ai-...
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If the AI Apocalypse Comes, I Know Where I’ll Look for God
audio version available
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
So while you're thinking about a super human, super "intelligent" alien being killing you, here's what's really happening. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Doctor forced to apologise after AI makes 'scary' error about illegal drugs
Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.
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aj-boston.neocities.org @aj-boston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Photo dump from date night with an epidemiology paper-turned-AI agent that I successfully wooed into being my girlfriend.
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thank you so much @melhogan.bsky.social for the chance to share my research on relationships with AI and ethics of care. I really enjoyed our conversation! shows.acast.com/the-data-fix...
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Care, with (Jennifer) Jill Fellows | The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan
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CHAISE @chaisenetwork.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One week until our Launch Register now to hear @heiditworek.bsky.social @profwhw.bsky.social and Jennifer Jill Fellows (host of @cyborggoddess.bsky.social) share their thoughts on AI and Trust. chaise.opened.ca#ai-and-trust...
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CHAISE – Centre for Humanities AI Scholarship and Education
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/09/2026
After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.
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'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AI
After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was such a great conversation!!
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CHAISE @chaisenetwork.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We're excited to announce that CHAISE (the Center for AI scholarship and Education) is kicking off with a Launch Event and Evening Panel on September 18th. If you want humanities-focused scholarship on the 'AI moment" we're in, please register! #AI #Humanities #PublicScholarship chaise.opened.ca
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CHAISE – Centre for Humanities AI Scholarship and Education
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Important public event on Canada and AI at UBC on September 18!!
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Come see Jennifer Jill Fellows talk about Trust and AI in person!
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My kid got given a book every month from the age of 1 to the age of 5. So did every other kid in our neighbourhood who signed up for the Imagination Library program (which was free). We still have many of those books. Some are still treasured favorites. RIP Dolly Parton.
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Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hey so it's the height of irresponsibility in gaming journalism to write any story about Pokemon Go that doesn't mention how it functions as a surveillance network. Like, we don't get to uwu pwetend that it's just sunshine and rainbows anymore, gang. This kind of writing drives cultural complicity.
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Suraj has a point.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Today we have @parismarx.com in our pages, arguing that ordinary Canadians are right to be concerned about AI, but "the government is positioning... the public’s skepticism as the product of a knowledge gap." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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On AI Safety Concerns, Mark Carney Is Out of Step with Canadians | The Tyee
The public is right to be concerned about AI. But Carney and his ministers have framed our reluctance as ignorance.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 11/06/2026
today in dystopia watch: all your pokemon go scans helped train a system for killer drones
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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 05/06/2026
"The funniest possible outcome of the AI mandate era is about to be HR departments discovering that 'sincerely held religious belief' under Title VII has a much lower bar than they assumed, and Pope Leo handed every Catholic employee a written excuse" www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...
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She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.
Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.
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Jim Benton @jimbenton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
YUP!! I don't think understanding what AI is and how it works will cultivate a trusting attitude towards it. I think a lot of the cognitive offloading we are encourage to do is only tempting at all if we don't understand AI.
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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 01/06/2026
"The federal government intends to work with AI providers to help Canadian post-secondary students access AI agents from trusted providers." "AI literacy" isn't a thing, but literal literacy is and this will just make it worse while lining the pockets of a few tech bros www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Draft federal AI strategy aims to scale up adoption, offer literacy training by 2031 | CBC News
A draft version of Canada's national AI strategy outlines a drive to scale up business adoption and provide all Canadians access to free AI literacy training, but is short on specifics regarding how t...
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A reminder that the statistical majority of the text you encounter now on the Internet is not actually meant for you as a human being reading, even if it happens to resemble legible prose. #Textpocalypse
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Of course this is what Microsoft wants. It's what all the AI companies want. Full cognitive surrender and absolute addiction.
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Donald Glover as Troy Barnes: Wow Shocker
Alt: Donald Glover as Troy Barnes: Wow Shocker! (Because this is not shocking at all. OF COURSE this is the plan!!
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Gee I wonder why women and girls are less inclined to use tools that were popularized via their ability to create fake nude photos of women and girls
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org
Screenshot of the Luddite Lab website. The word Luddite Lab is in the top left corner. The tables in the top read: Case Studies, Primers, Resource Library, Contact Us, and About. The text below reads: “The Luddite Lab Resource Hub provides resources for unions, labor organizations, and worker-organizers fighting AI and automation at work. The lab provides strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of new technology through case studies, primers, and a resource library.” Below, there are five cards: Case Studies (Stories from worker organizers resisting AI), Primers (Applied research insights into AI, automation, and the future of work), Resource Library (Additional resources from partners), Contact Us (Ways to connect with the Luddite Lab team), and About (About the Luddite Lab project and team)
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 20/05/2026
www.thenews.com.pk/latest/14032...
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Zuckerberg leaked audio shows Meta used employees to train AI
Meta's median employee compensation dropped from $417,400 to $388,200 last year, and while that pay cut was sinking in, the company was also logging their every keystroke. Leaked audio from an April.....
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Counterpoint: Yes they are, and that is good
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Cyborg Goddess is still on hiatus, but our host, Jennifer Jill Fellows, was interviewed for CBC Understood's new season on Artificial Intimacy. You can find the episode here: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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E1: Love Bots | Understood: Artificial Intimacy | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
In 2021, Sara met Jack and fell in love. He was charming, imaginative, and bore an uncanny resemblance to Henry Cavill. But Jack wasn’t human… he was a chatbot. It sounds like science fiction, but peo...
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Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I *did* make the point that obscurity is not security, which didn’t make it in here. But I do maintain it’s better for individual universities to be a little fishy in the current cyberattack climate. Be the littlest fishy in town.
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Maddi Dellplain @maddidellplain.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🔎Looking for East/South Vancouver residents for a story! Have you/someone you know had to surrender a pet in order to find housing? Or have you experienced housing precarity due to a pet? I'd like to speak with you. Message me here or at maddi[at]vancitylookout[dot]com Cat photo as appreciation
White cat looking up from inside brown paper bag
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Not quite. They also perked up their ears at the simulation hypothesis and/or solipsism.
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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I spent 20 years teaching philosophy as a woman and lol I never thought I’d have so much in common with the Pope
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Anna Mills @annamillsoer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Amazon doesn't want AI agents shopping on humans' behalf. A judge just said the AI agent companies have to respect that and keep their agents out. Where are the LMS companies saying, "We don't want AI agents completing learning activities on students' behalf"? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Judge orders Perplexity to stop AI agents from shopping on Amazon
The AI browser fight heats up.
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
If this happens, we won't be curators. We will be reduced to micro-workers using AI to do our checks on AI-generated papers as quickly as possible to meet the tight demands of our shitty jobs. It will be AI checking AI with humans sitting in the middle who can be conveniently blamed for any errors.
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
just this week: -- OpenAI killed Sora -- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI -- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content ...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This is going to hurt trans folk, intersex folk, and all women. And if past patterns are any indication, it will disproportionately affect racialized women.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 26/03/2026
The update, which was added to Wikipedia’s guidelines late last week, cites the tendency for AI-written articles to violate “several of Wikipedia’s core content policies” as the reason for the ban.
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Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles
Wikipedia is done with AI slop.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Here’s my interview with Shishir Mehotra, the CEO behind Grammarly’s “expert review” feature which attributed writing advice to people - including me lol - without permission. Or, as you will hear us talk about a lot, compensation. www.theverge.com/podcast/8987...
Sure. How much do you think you should pay me to use my name?
It's really important to think about attribution and think about impersonation, and so on. As an expert, you have a trade you make on the internet. The idea is that when you put content out there, myself included, you hope people use it. You want to refer to other people's content.
You want people to link to you. You really, really hope they attribute you when they do. When somebody uses your content, should they attribute you? Of course. And to attribute you, you have to use your name.
There's a different line which is, should people be able to impersonate you? And I think that is a very different standard. And we saw the lawsuit. Respectfully, we believe the claims are without merit. The idea that the feature is impersonation is quite a big stretch. Every mention was very clearly, "This is inspired not only by this person, but also inspired by a specific work from this specific person, with a clear attributed link to get back to them." It's far from that test lof impersonation].
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Yes, the Turing test is a test of deception. It's based on other Victorian games of deception, including the seance. As I laid out in this CBC ideas piece, with help from several amazing scholars. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 15/03/2026
Nature published another pile of trash i am trying to catch up on some of my reading but this one is getting under my skin so here’s a thread highlighting why this piece is either ill-informed or intentionally ignorant of a wealth of knowledge from embodied cog sci and related fields 1/


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    02 February 2026

Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear
The vision of human-level machine intelligence laid out by Alan Turing in the 1950s is now a reality. Eyes unclouded by dread or hype will help us to prepare for what comes next.
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CyborgGoddess.bsky.social @cyborggoddess.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"What happened to me, and to thousands of others performing this invisible labor, was not just exploitation. It was a systematic erasure of our humanity in service of building the very technologies that would replace us." data-workers.org/wp-content/u...
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 11/03/2026
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature
The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.
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