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Gitika Saksena

@gitika-saksena.bsky.social
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Doctoral Researcher in Anthropology at SOAS.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 22/08/2026
Friends, have you seen the investigation on UK students hiring Kenyans to write their papers & dissertations? I assume it wasn't cross Atlantic news as the media only seems to be interested in laundering eugenics to the mainstream. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Inside the world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ paid to write essays for UK students
Highly educated Kenyans working for essay mills ghostwrite academic work that students pass off as their own
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/07/2026
There is something so compelling and beautiful about robot fail videos
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Massive thanks to We&AI for tonight's launch of the AI Resist List. Here I am talking @hopeful.technology to a room of people very happy to whoop and cheer despite being on a lecture theatre approx the same temperature as the surface of the sun 💪 📸 @gitika-saksena.bsky.social 😍
A lecture theatre with a slide that says let's use our power to make a difference for everyone
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MJ Lira @mjlira.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Hope starts here. 🌱 @hopeful.technology @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @gitika-saksena.bsky.social @debbieball.bsky.social At the #LondonDataWeek for the AI Resist List Launch ✨
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Society for Hopeful Technologists @hopeful.technology · 01/07/2026
Hello, everyone! A little about us: We are a solidarity network that: 1) Strengthens and activates Hopeful Technologists, so more people can make, advocate for and stand-up for the technology they believe in and want.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/06/2026
These pause AI nonsense calls have been happening for a long time. It's always about power because they wanna consolidate and stop racing against each other for no gains. Here's a previous time of many they tried the same silliness: futureoflife.org/open-letter/...
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Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Future of Life Institute
We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.
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Gitika Saksena @gitika-saksena.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“But if people are going to use AI, let it be small, local, carbon-friendly, and most of all, materially visible” fll.pubpub.org/pub/slm-priv...
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Small and Local Language Models: Private and Free is Hard to Beat
We've built the DIY toolkit for you!
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Gitika Saksena @gitika-saksena.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Beyond Disruption and Invisibility: Evaluating Everyday AI Use in India
Though AI quietly powers much of India's daily digital life, it's rarely named - while national narratives celebrate transformation. This talk explores how users actually experience AI as a functional...
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