iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Will share more about the wonderful festival organized by @samiraibnelkaid.bsky.social 🩷 but for now, just sharing my drawing from the amazing workshop by @marentierra.bsky.social and @joostvossers.bsky.social to create situated and social depictions of AI to decolonize public representations ✨️✨️🙏

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Mark Dingemanse @markdingemanse.net · 25/09/2026

This weekend! Reclaiming our Futures, De Lindenberg, Nijmegen reclaimingourfutures.org A two-day festival of arts and sciences convened and curated by @samiraibnelkaid.bsky.social with funding from KNAW & our Futures of Language project Almost full — some last minute registrations still possible!

Iridiscently coloured ginger with slogan "The Future if Rhizomatic"

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 25/09/2026

Thanks so much to my wonderful colleagues Marieke & @marentierra.bsky.social for setting up at @samiraibnelkaid.bsky.social's amazing festival: reject AI instead reclaim the future! 🫚 💞 💥 Posters are here: zenodo.org/records/1736... & you can read more here: olivia.science/ai about our work.

a photo of this poster: https://zenodo.org/records/17111928

photo of some cool orange lighting, a fluorescent green frame with this poster in it: https://zenodo.org/records/17367323

a very blue frame with a poster from here in it: https://zenodo.org/records/17367323 which says Have you considered not using AI?

a room with a black table and a blue frame with a poster that says AI is evil: https://zenodo.org/records/17367323

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I have a foolproof way to make sure that your papers contain absolutely no fake references . . . . . read the papers you cite.

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BlonicYouth @blonicyouth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

next model bro just a few hundred billion more dollars bro the next model is gonna do everything its supposed to do bro it's right around the corner just a few trillion dollars and...

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🇨🇦🇸🇪 🧡 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @promich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

More and more convinced that hyperscale data centres are to our age what cars and highways were a century ago: A wrong technological choice to be avoided. And by "wrong" I mean anti-social, violent, wasteful, community-destroying, planet-destroying, etc).

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/06/2026

It's really hard to convey just how massive the scale of legislation has been to target trans people. From a few dozen pieces of legislation in 2015 to over a thousand in 2025. It started with sports bans in 2020 and now we're here. it was never about sports.

A bar chart titled "Figure 1: Anti-LGBTQ bills introduced per year, 2015–2026." The chart displays two sets of bars for each year: "Bills Introduced" (dark red/gray) and "Bills Enacted" (yellow). The data shows a significant upward trend in introduced bills starting in 2020, peaking in 2025 at over 1,000 bills, with the 2026 data representing a partial count as of March 2026. The source is noted as LegiAlerts.org Big Compilation Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Sheet.

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Marcela Suarez @marentierra.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

My heart is full of hope because teaching and learning critical AI literacy with participants was and is an act of resistance in this political context.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

☀️ 📚 Day 5, by using what they learnt throughout the week, participants developed and presented novel ideas for resisting and reclaiming. Formats ranged from traditional presentation to theatre play and game design. See below an illustration of the latter (scroll up for more context). 7/🧵

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

☀️ 📚 Day 4, after restorative time, free-form discussions & reflections on the movie, we joined a session from @marentierra.bsky.social’s Sustainable AI course, where students presented vlogs 🎬 that they had created for their final projects. So impressed & proud by what our AI students made! 6/🧵

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

☀️ 📚 In the evening of Day 3, we had a screening of the documentary film "Ghost in the Machine" 🎬 This event was co-organized with students from the School of AI. The audience was students from our BSc course Sustainable AI & MSc course Bias in AI, in addition to Summer School participants. 5/🧵

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GHOST IN THE MACHINE (2026) OFFICIAL TRAILER

YouTube video by Ghost in the Machine

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

☀️ 📚 Day 3 of the Summer School, after @marentierra.bsky.social’s eye opening lecture about unsustainability of AI and the global supply chain, @altibel.bsky.social gave an inspiring and heartwarming lecture on reclaiming our skills and the importance of reading and writing by ourselves. 4/🧵

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

☀️ 📚 Day 2 of the Summer School, @marentierra.bsky.social lectured about critical intersectional perspectives on AI and I lectured about AI and cognitive science. Each of us bringing distinct but complementary frames for resistance. 3/🧵

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

☀️ 📚 Day 1 of the Summer School, we had the inspiring and thought-provoking keynote by @olivia.science, titled: “What is AI, and why is it harmful?” You can watch it here 🎬 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85... 2/🧵

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What is AI, and why is it harmful?

YouTube video by Olivia Guest

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Sure, LLMs are useful for: 1. Fraud 2. Plagiarism 3. Cognitive off-loading Which of those use-cases are you promoting?

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Person: say, i am alive.

Computer: I am alive.

Person: oh my god.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

every time you click "Dismiss" and "Do not show me this again" on some pop-up AI bullshit, satya nadella and jensen huang each shed a single tear

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 22/01/2026

“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.” “What does it do?” “We were hoping you could tell us.”

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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Are you anti-AI because you believe our institutions delivered democratic accountability and some approximation of fairness that AI has ruined, or because you recognise AI as the amplification of existing injustices and structural cruelty?

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

kinda proud that my middle schooler sent this to me 🤣

simple drawing of a person gripping another person's mouth shut; the second person is labeled "AI Overview"

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.

"Philippa Islington-Smythe appears to be a public figure, known as an actor, influencer, and designer, featured in articles like Tom Cox's feature on her home and lifestyle in November 2024. She's associated with home, design, and potentially lifestyle content, often with pets like Chester & Sylvester mentioned alongside her in features."

Profession: Actor, Influencer, Designer.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 17/12/2025

people who think they’re oh so smart are probably even more likely to succumb to the eliza effect

What Is the Eliza effect?

The Eliza effect refers to people’s tendency to falsely attribute human thought processes and emotions to an AI system, thus believing that the system is more intelligent than it actually is. The phenomenon was named after ELIZA, a chatbot created in 1966 by MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

📝 OPEN LETTER 📝 Are you based in NL 🇳🇱 ? Do you also want government to thoughtfully shape our digital future, with care for people and nature? Please share and sign 🖊️ this letter addressed to parties forming the new Dutch government and outgoing administration. 📝 openletter.earth/zorgvuldig-a...

12 December 2025
Thoughtfully Shaping Our Digital Future
To the parties forming the government in the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as the outgoing administration,

We are writing to you in recognition of your crucial responsibility for shaping current and future AI policy, overseeing digitization, and upholding public values. We are a coalition of scientists, experts, and representatives of civil society organizations. We believe it is essential to address these matters together.

This letter has two objectives:

a) Provide context for current plans, including the AI Delta Plan, the AIC4NL position paper, and the Invest-NL AI Deep Dive. These investment proposals often rely on assumptions that lack scientific evidence and do not fully reflect public values.

b) To offer a constructive, well-substantiated alternative approach to digital futures based on people, nature, and democracy. We believe a collaborative process should guide decisions on the needs, scope, and nature of investments by bringing together scientists, civil society organizations, and stakeholders.

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Stealworkers

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

the monty hall problem will never confuse me because if i was there and he opened a door with a goat i'd just take my goat and go home

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Wine Mom Wrote a Mystery @winemommystery.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

It's impressive that Big Tech was like: We aren't douchy enough. What if we made asshole intelligence and burned up some of the earth's power and water faster?

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 04/12/2025

All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI. I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 03/12/2025

an important read for at least 2 reasons: 1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research 2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader taranis.ie/datacenters-...

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Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 01/12/2025

like big tobacco funding cancer research

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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

If you're looking for illustrations for "AI", don't use robots, glowing disembodied brains, or computer code in empty space. Here are a some alternative suggestions:

Baotou tailings dam, Inner Mongolia: Brown sludge shoots out of a pipe into a grey-brown wasteland stretching to the horizon, where tiny industrial buildings can be seen. Source: Liam Young/BBC, URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth

Lithium mining fields, Silver Peak, Nevada: An aerial photograph of a desert landscape, with what looks like a chessboard made up of swimming pools, the fields where lithium is mined, contrasting turquoise with the surrounding desert. Source: Doc Searly, Wikimedia, URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Peak,_Nevada#/media/File:Chemetall_Foote_Lithium_Operation.jpg.

Differently coloured cargo containers in the port of Barcelona, stacked on top of each other like Lego bricks. Source: OneLoneClone/Wikimedia, URL: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO-Container#/media/Datei:Puertobarcelona2.jpg.

Meta’s Stanton Springs data center in Georgia: An industrial complex illuminated in blue and yellow at night, separated from a neighbouring forest by fences. Source: Peter Essick/Fast Company, URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/91396678/meta-georgia-data-center-stanton-springs.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

⚠️ Google has given you access to The Computer That Lies. ⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/09/2025

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or
even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in
the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or
apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we
are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not
considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This
is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse
and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece,
we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology
industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to
relevant work to further inform our colleagues.

Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI
(black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are
in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are
both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and
Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf.
Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al.
2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA).

Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms
are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe.

Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 27/07/2025

From IBM, 1979

A COMPUTER
CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER
MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 20/07/2025

stop 👏 anthropomorphizing 👏 the 👏 chatbot 👏

wsj push alert that says: In a stunning moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/05/2025

how about a nothing app i'd take a nothing app

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tante @tante.cc · 18/02/2025

Someone asked me if there is a page that collects all the weird bullshit "AI" products currently being pushed to the market. That page exists. It's called linkedin dot com. But nobody there knows that they are in the asylum.

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