Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Oh thanks, that's really helpful! I checked within Word and for some reason the backwards text is marked as Arabic rather than English... No idea yet how to fix it but it's progress! 020
Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Does anyone have any idea why my Scrivener tries to summon Chthulhu when I export my book to Word? My manuscript is due today 😭 @scrivenerapp.bsky.social 100
Reposted by Kanta DihalGlyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"How can a museum make sense of a topic like AI?" - @sciencemuseum.org.uk Curator of Mathematical Sciences Laura Joy Pieters talks to @anilseth.bsky.social, Arthur Gretton, @drdihal.bsky.social, @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social, and @martahalina.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgJg...youtube.comWhy Does AI Scare and Seduce Us?YouTube video by Science Museum 053
Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social · 21/11/2025We're hiring! Teaching Fellow in Science Communication - Digital Media Campaigning (Part-Time): www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-... Application deadline 11 December.imperial.ac.ukDescriptionPlease note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment... 010
Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Wired UK seem to be a few weeks behind the US one - the US edition had a feature interview with that guy last month in their special issue on health. 020
Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The paperback edition of IMAGINING AI is here! I held it for the first time last week, when I was invited to speak at the @wto.org Public Forum in Geneva. Half the price of the hardback one! global.oup.com/academic/pro... 020
Reposted by Kanta DihalByte sized AI @bytesizedai.bsky.social · 11/07/2025It's happening. www.newsweek.com/ai-misogyny-... @ainowinstitute.bsky.social @swachter.bsky.social @smw.bsky.social @drdihal.bsky.socialnewsweek.comAI is creating a new gender divideLaura Bates told Newsweek there will be a "widening gap in terms of women's access to and uptake of new technologies…this will have a devastating impact." 043
Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Job alert! We're looking for a part-time teaching fellow to deliver the module ‘Science Communication and Global Justice’ to students on our MSc Science Communication. Details here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-... The deadline is 7th July. Do get in touch if you have questions and please share!imperial.ac.ukDescriptionPlease note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment... 045
Reposted by Kanta DihalMichael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Dr Kanta Dihal (@drdihal.bsky.social) being warmly introduced by Dr Laura Ludtke (@ladyelectric.bsky.social) before her excellent keynote at #BSLS2025, “A Mythology of AI.” 0111
Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Have you read this? It's by two colleagues of mine, I had no idea the postmortem AI industry was already so huge: link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comGriefbots, Deadbots, Postmortem Avatars: on Responsible Applications of Generative AI in the Digital Afterlife Industry - Philosophy & TechnologyTo analyze potential negative consequences of adopting generative AI solutions in the digital afterlife industry (DAI), in this paper we present three speculative design scenarios for AI-enabled simul... 110
Reposted by Kanta DihalJeremy Cohen @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025@stephenjcave.bsky.social, @drdihal.bsky.social, and Sarah Dillon’s 2020 edited volume, ‘AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines’ examines the prehistory of key concerns of contemporary AI discourse: academic.oup.com/book/36637academic.oup.comAI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent MachinesAbstract. This book is the first to examine the history of imaginative thinking about intelligent machines. As real artificial intelligence (AI) begins to 2125
Reposted by Kanta DihalStephen Cave @stephenjcave.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Fascinating column on the meanings of AI by Gillian Tett in @financialtimes.com this weekend. www.ft.com/content/0926... (Citing @drdihal.bsky.social's and my book *Imagining AI* 🙂🤖 global.oup.com/academic/pro...) @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social 1125
Reposted by Kanta DihalDr Brett H Meyer @bretthmeyer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024This is a fantastic introduction: The Whiteness of AI Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comThe Whiteness of AI - Philosophy & TechnologyThis paper focuses on the fact that AI is predominantly portrayed as white—in colour, ethnicity, or both. We first illustrate the prevalent Whiteness of real and imagined intelligent machines in four ... 3112
Reposted by Kanta DihalDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 18/10/2024Like, if you're thinking on how technology intersects w/ society, eugenics, race, disability, gender, & sexuality but w/o people like (but not limited to) @gsvoss.bsky.social @drdihal.bsky.social @marika.bsky.social @jaarboss.bsky.social @hypervisible.bsky.social @savasavasava.bsky.social? Fix that. 15111
Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social · 15/03/2024Okay, I think I'm officially done with no-longer-Twitter. Happy Ides of March! On to bluer skies. 2160