Reposted by James GarforthRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I might write a little song about how standards don't fix anything without legal enforcement and routine safety inspections. 37915
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I have joined the significant number of people signed off for burnout at the moment. There are a few interwoven factors, but high among them is this: caring about teaching computing ethics against a backdrop of what industry/our departments are doing atm is soul-destroying. Take care of yourselves. 130
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Students are going to buy drugs anyway, so the University might as well become a dealer 010
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Ohh, THIS is what they meant by videogames encouraging violent behaviour 000
Reposted by James GarforthDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 16/08/2026And by the way, those tasks that some people say isn't really writing, or isn't really research, and so is outsourceable to the psychosis machine? It's not okay to use it for them, either. And those tasks ARE writing and research. Insight is an emergent property of doing the work. 5/5buttondown.comThe 'I only use AI for...' fallacyHallo friends, and welcome, new readers! I hope you’re managing to navigate safely whatever weather challenges may have come your way this year. In today’s... 419051
Reposted by James GarforthDr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026If you live in the UK please sign this petition against data centres! act.38degrees.org.uk/act/datacent...act.38degrees.org.ukStop these monster data centres before they wreck our neighbourhoods!Are you worried about this too? 11716
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A great discussion of something @aggillespie.bsky.social also spoke about at our Refusal workshop in February. One of my rare sources of optimism is that students are often fully driving the push back on AI if only given the space to do so. 000
Reposted by James GarforthDr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026📢 The Gender + Sexuality Data Lab is hiring a Research Assistant to join its project, ‘Box Breakers: Improving Organisational Data Practices for Minoritised Communities’. 22214
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026In other news, OpenAI's car went rogue after they parked it on a hill and removed the handbrake 032
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Maybe universities could also learn from this? 010
Reposted by James GarforthRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Anyway, my theory - FWIW - is that lots of the experienced and senior people who are hooked on LLMs are actually having a midlife crisis, and that spending money on Claude is cheaper than buying a Lambo buttondown.com/justenoughin...buttondown.comThe Sports Car Theory of LLM AdoptionIf LLMs make decision makers feel stupid, maybe they'll stop using them? 1814656
Reposted by James GarforthHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026“Amazon, Walmart, Cisco, Uber and Meta are among early adopters that have introduced caps, discouraged wasteful use or pushed employees to cheaper models in a bid to keep AI spending under control.”ft.com‘We created a monster’: companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgetsAmazon, Walmart and Uber are among early adopters that have introduced caps or discouraged wasteful activity 611531
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 17/06/2026"Cars used to kill children, now we want a shot" (also the cars still kill children) 000
Reposted by James GarforthOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/06/2026Corporate needs you to find the difference between AI companies and social media companies... 516050
Reposted by James GarforthNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Every staff update in every university right now: 1. We are excited to announce a strategic investment of eleventeen squillion pounds in ACRONYM, a new AI-powered centre for the development of strategic acronyms. 2. Staff have until Friday to apply for enhanced Voluntary Death. 7295112
Reposted by James GarforthDavid Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Hilarious and deeply insightful writing by @brianphillips.lol. 3042751645
Reposted by James GarforthDan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 30/05/2026You can either join your union, go to the meeting, and get in the fight, or you can watch them kill higher education in the US. This will not pass. There will not be a natural reset. You fight or die. 2514153
Reposted by James GarforthBarrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 31/05/2026On the eve of our submission window opening, we felt we should add an AI policy 434482872
Reposted by James GarforthDr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... 11898461
Reposted by James GarforthJosh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 23/05/2026EXC: Shock at Edinburgh Medical School as more than a dozen courses are to be cut, sparking fears of redundancies. One course that generated £500k in annual profit is being shut down. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2613266...heraldscotland.comFury over 'unacceptable' closures of 'highly-regarded' med school programmesThe closure of the Science Communication and Public Engagement programme has drawn particular ire, with 130 offers rescinded. 0109
Reposted by James GarforthAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Today @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 8665349
Reposted by James Garforthjesse, head of endorsement deals at Boingo Wireless @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 19/05/2026my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED 8140343102
Reposted by James GarforthAlex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Good piece, brief and to the point from @drjogrady.bsky.social Gen Sec of UCU: “We are calling for direct government intervention before the crisis spirals further.” Intervention is cheaper than most think, and pound for pound excellent investment in our future economic prosperity.politicshome.comThe government must intervene before the universities crisis worsensDuring moments of political crisis it’s often said there are weeks when decades happen. This has been one such week. 14127
Reposted by James GarforthCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"People everywhere are picking up the mantle of collective resistance....Educators and students are pressuring their institutions. Victims and their families are suing. Tech employees themselves are campaigning. Group chats for more organizing abound. People are marching." - @karenhao.bsky.socialtheguardian.comThe Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction | Karen HaoFixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI 0125
Reposted by James GarforthDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI 5945501580
Reposted by James GarforthDan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Only one week until the first virtual assembly of our Critical AI Network “How do we break something that is already broken?”. Three days of quick-fire presentations + keynotes on AI in/as Education, AI in/as Law, Governance & Politics, The Ecology of AI/AI & the Environment cpct.uk/2026/05/09/p... 0156
Reposted by James GarforthAsh @queerash.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Labour MPs calling for an orderly transition but unfortunately their government needs to be at least 18 years old with four doctors to sign off first 111641582
Reposted by James Garforthderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/04/2026having the opportunity to feign surprise and drop this line would give me a kind of high no drug could reproduce 10097301154
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 25/04/2026In their defense, there's a lot of duplication of effort when every other government team is _also_ ignoring all of the evidence 010
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The silver lining here is that this government is so broadly awful and unpopular that hopefully AI will suffer by association 000
Reposted by James GarforthCambridge Digital Humanities @camdighum.bsky.social · 21/04/2026We're delighted to share that we've extended the application deadline for our next Cambridge Data School, Teaching and Learning Critically in an Age of Generative AI. Get your application in by 1 May 2026 to be in with a chance of joining our next cohort 💡 Apply: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/41023/ 042
Reposted by James GarforthAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 17/04/2026if you are wondering "but what is it good for then and why are companies pushing it so hard" the answers are "it is good for centralizing power and rationalizing harm" and "because it is good for centralizing power and rationalizing harm" 14712
Reposted by James GarforthDr Zena Assaad @zenaassaad.bsky.social · 08/04/2026The ceasefire was supposed to include Lebanon, but instead, Israel attacked Lebanon 100 times in 10 minutes and massacred hundreds of people under the tired and unsubstantiated guise of a war on terror. apnews.com/article/iran...apnews.comCeasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait againA ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. 152
Reposted by James GarforthMia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...theverge.comUnionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wagesA key issue is protections against layoffs from AI 4034101714
Reposted by James GarforthAnchovy Georgiev @pommesdeguerre.bsky.social · 06/04/2026I can’t think of any historical equivalents to the universal glee here. It’s like Iraq striking a vuvuzela factory in the early 2000s 1369
Reposted by James GarforthSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction." "How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...publicbooks.orgFour Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public BooksWe are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education. 19889367
Reposted by James GarforthShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Good news: not just one open job, but two! Both are postdocs in philosophy of science/ML working with my @technomoralfutures.bsky.social co-Director Dr Emily Sullivan on issues in ML scientific understanding and explanation. Ads for a 3 year post and 2 year post are linked below, apply by 20 Aprilelxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Research AssociateThe Philosophy Department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a full time, fixed term Postdoctoral Research Associate. This post is available from May 2026. 13923
Reposted by James GarforthShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Deeply grateful to the UK AI and Robotics research community for this Leadership Award. So many wonderful researchers were honoured with me tonight - my own award would not be possible without my amazing @braiduk.bsky.social @technomoralfutures.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social colleagues 6719
James Garforth @jamesgarforth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026If this destroys grammarly that would be fabulous 110
Reposted by James GarforthKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/03/2026This is why AI "inspiration" - slop outputs fed into new chatbots - creates an near-immediate systemic collapse, and also why tech companies want to turn human creatives into little piggies that do nothing but feed the slop machine, because they *know* it's unique and valuablenymag.comThe Laid-off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their CareersExperienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy. 18516
Reposted by James GarforthCritical AI https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue @criticalai-journal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Three cheers for the House of Lords. This far from the the first time in their modern history that they have functioned as a check on the tendency of governments to comply with the industry pressure. 083
Reposted by James GarforthCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026"The task of AI education, then, is not merely to teach technical competence, but to cultivate the political imagination and collective capacities necessary to contest and reshape technological power," write Jan‐Philipp Siebold, Annemarie Witschas, and Rainer Mühlhoff.onlinelibrary.wiley.comWhen the Future Feels Foreclosed: AI Resignation and the Power to ActThis article develops the concept of ‘AI resignation’ to capture how young people encounter AI not only as a helpful or flawed tool, but as an overpowering and seemingly inevitable force that can for.... 11810
Reposted by James GarforthDavid Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I don’t think most academics realise that we’re way past the ‘AI concerns me’ phase and in the middle of a full scale apocalyptic war waged by tech corporations. We must fight for our lives and for everything we hold dear. AI should be exposed, shamed, and rejected in every facet of our profession. 511235
Reposted by James GarforthAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 23/02/2026surely we can teach the children how to ethically use this product designed for unethical use by unethical people 41171137
Reposted by James GarforthCentre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 24/02/2026In case you missed it, the recording of 'Technomoral Conversations: What's the Story with AI? AI Narratives and Counter-Narratives' with @abeba.bsky.social @johnthornhill.bsky.social @amoorelouise.bsky.social & @alex-taylor.bsky.social is available now! Watch the event recording 👇 edin.ac/4q8TXsZedin.acTechnomoral Conversations: What’s the Story with AI? AI Narratives and Counter-Narratives — Centre for Technomoral FuturesDuring this fireside chat, we will hear insights from experts across academia and industry on the dominant narratives surrounding AI, and what alternative stories can and are being told about AI and i... 1132