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Dr. Jordan Taylor

@jordant.bsky.social
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Critical Computing + Art + Queer Studies | he/they | jtaylor.lgbt | Postdoc at the University of Michigan

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I got my PhD in the history of gender and race in Texas. My heart is breaking for my colleagues and their students there now. All The Things You’re Not Allowed To Say In Texas The state now controls what professors can teach. Read in The Atlantic: apple.news/Ab0QITAfHSpq...
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All the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In Texas — The Atlantic
The state now controls what professors can teach.
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The AoIR mailing list got a creepy email ostensibly from an AI Agent 🫠
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Nope 😶
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So far, Salt Lake City is full of contrasts. First day: Went to a queer bookstore Second day: A group of cops next to me at a cafe were talking about how much they hate queer and trans people
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thanks Alicia!
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Alicia DeVrio @uhleeeeeeeshuh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Are algorithm audits meaningfully fixing issues in algorithmic systems? In our paper at #AIES2026 this week, @davidthewid.bsky.social and I argue that it’s time to deprioritize algorithm audits & instead shift scrutiny to the larger systems of power in which audits sit. 1/n
image of first page of the AIES 2026 paper titled "No More Plaudits for Algorithm Audits: A Provocation" by Alicia DeVrio & David Gray Widder
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Come work with us!
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Of all the company websites I've been studying recently, OpenAI's is the hardest to scrape 🙃
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 17/09/2026
"As a visual test, Gay Times did an experiment of our own, asking the latest version of ChatGPT to “generate a photorealistic picture of a happy couple on holiday somewhere in the world, kissing while taking a selfie”."
gaytimes.com
AI is making the world straighter
The machines are coming for your queerness! According to AI, happiness is white, straight and has terrible taste. James Ball investigates.
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cool article! Your findings parallel a lot of what I studied in my PhD: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I've recently been revisiting my web dev skills to scrape tech companies It has been a nice reminder that critical computing scholarship isn't simply "anti-technology" (even though that's how our research is often caricatured)
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Starting a new research project and now every ad I see online is for an AI company 🫠
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'm more hoping to ward it off 😭
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
No one warned me about the Ann Arbor train whistles
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Dolly-Curry combo is so devastating
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thankful to San Diego's KPBS for briefly covering some of my research about the the harms of generative AI on artists w/ Harry Jiang & William Agnew www.kpbs.org/podcasts/the...
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What makes art human? Inside animation's AI reckoning
AI is changing animation, but the real debate isn't about technology. It's about creativity, authorship and what makes art feel human. We hear from artists, researchers and philosophers wrestling with...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/08/2026
"The White House says its AI framework is done. It will not say what is in it. The framework gives the government a 30-day preview window on frontier models. The benchmarks are classified. The thresholds are classified. The framework itself is not classified, but it is not public either."
thenextweb.com
The White House says its AI framework is done. It will not say what is in it.
The voluntary AI model evaluation framework met its August 1 deadline. The White House will not disclose its contents, who has seen it, or when companies will use it.
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Congratulations! So glad it is out finally
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Sireesh Gururaja @siree.sh · 24/07/2026
It's finally out! At a time when basic research funding through the NSF and NIH in the US is under threat, it's important to understand what "basic" means in the context of more available DoD funding. For a lot of academics, the DoD's "basic" might not be be as basic as you think!
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I forgot there was a straight Ultimatum series
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WIRED @wired.com · 19/07/2026
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm sorry! It seems like it was a really tough cycle this year
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Queer in AI @queerinai.com · 12/07/2026
TIME SENSITIVE: NeurIPS is launching a new Affinity Support Pilot Program! Award recipients will receive support to present their research at #neurips2026 affinity events. We encourage you to thoroughly read the requirements before applying. The deadline is July 20 AoE. (1/2)
docs.google.com
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Queer in AI @queerinai.com · 02/07/2026
Pride month may be over, but Queer in AI is only getting started on our many initiatives for this year and we would appreciate any & all support!
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I had a wonderful time discussing algorithmic resistance on this panel last Sunday!
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Alicia DeVrio @uhleeeeeeeshuh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Join our #FAccT2026 CRAFT session on resistance to & refusal of AI this Sunday, June 28 at 2:15pm! panel discussion w Renée Sieber @cyberlyra.bsky.social @ali-alkhatib.com @jordant.bsky.social @stoopt.bsky.social @hagenblix.bsky.social & collage workshop to explore resistance together
Poster for the “Visioning Resistance” CRAFT workshop at FAccT 2026, held on June 28, 2026 in the Hémon Room from 2:15-4:30pm. 

Panel & Collage Workshop on Adversarial Responses to Artificial Intelligence. What can FAccT researchers learn from resistance and refusal of Al?

Panelists: Renée Sieber, Janet Vertesi, Ali Alkhatib, Jordan Taylor, and Sophie Toupin
Moderator: Hagen Blix
Organizers: Alicia DeVrio, Inha Cha, Shira Abramovich, Audrey Le Meur, Ali Alkhatib, and
David Widder

Optional: Bring your own scissors and scrap paper. Collage your conference ephemera!

The poster is a collage using brightly-colored paper in yellow, blue, green, pink, and red; the title is styled in chunky black paper-cutout letters. Images of pencils and raised fists are also pasted around the text.
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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This paper received an Hono(u)rable Mention at #FAccT2026
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Excited to share this. @neel2112.bsky.social, @mariaa.bsky.social, and I analyzed 500K anonymous ChatGPT convos (shared w/ consent from WildChat) to see if people were generating fiction. We found tons of stories, fanfiction & erotica. Many users iterated on the same stories for days and weeks.
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AI FICTION IN THE WILD Neel Gupta  Maria Antoniak  Melanie Walsh

Some professional authors are beginning to use AI tools to help produce their fiction writing. Are readers using AI to generate fiction, too? Drawing on over 500,000 anonymized, English-language ChatGPT-user conversations (Zhao et al.), we find that more than one third of the conversations involve some form of fiction generation—including original stories, roleplay, fanfiction, and erotica. This AI-generated fiction is notably dominated by power users. We identify common fiction generation patterns and profiles among these users, including what we call infinite story demanders, who repeatedly request and revise variations of the same or similar narratives over extended periods of time. We show that users especially gravitate toward fanfiction and erotica, and that they are broadly drawn to generic forms, repetition, immediacy, and niche combinations of story elements. Our findings motivate two theoretical provocations. First, we argue that AI technologies may lead to a shift in the conventional relationship between the author and reader, potentially producing what we call a solipsistic reader-writer, who both generates and consumes fiction within a closed conversational loop, interacting with a machine rather than a human other. Second, we note that LLMs enable interactivity, play, and permutation in ways that are seemingly pleasurable for users, raising questions about where AI will fit into contemporary storytelling and entertainment ecosystems. We situate these developments within broader transformations in literature and media, including self-publishing, fanfiction, and pornography, and suggest that AI-generated fiction shares structural affinities with on-demand, personalized, and repetitive cultural forms.
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
So much amazing Queer in AI work at #FAccT2026!
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justine zhang @tisjune.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
at facct this week? wondering if "political economy" is a rich collection of intellectual tendencies and critical sensibilities, or concerned that it's yet another academic branding tactic?curious about the background text of this flyer? join us!! sat 7-9 at co-op BMP!!
political economy of algorithms and computing (a facct 2026 social)
coop bar milton parc sat june 27 7-9pm
black text over a background of grey text, an article titled "class capitalism and computers" from the 13th issue of interrupt, a newsletter published by erstwhile org computer people for peace
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 15/06/2026
At least 3 gay bars in the historic LGBTQ+ district in San Francisco are using face scan tech, often without patrons knowing. This data collection, especially as Trump admin are pushing to generate ‘lists’ of trans people, is highly dangerous. gomag.com/article/san-...
gomag.com
San Francisco Gay Bars Are Scanning Patrons’ Faces and Collecting Their Data - GO Magazine
Several bars in the Castro are now using facial recognition technology that records a person's name, address, and even their gender.
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
You can take a look at the paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org
Un-Straightening Generative AI: How Queer Artists Surface and Challenge Model Normativity | Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Honored to have my research on Queer Artists featured by the ACM for Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #QueerHCI #QueerAI #QueerInAI #HCI #FAccT
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/06/2026
This is real. "More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking." www.wired.com/story/leak-e...
wired.com
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.
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Queer in AI @queerinai.com · 12/06/2026
Come hang out with us at our FAccT bar social in a couple of weeks! Find more information at queerinai.com/facct-2026 🥂
Image with Queer in AI logo, FAccT logo, and the following text: "FAccT 2026 Bar Social. Thu, June 25 6:30 - 9:00 pm EDT. queerinai.com/facct-2026".
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Join us on Thursday, June 25th for the Queer in AI FAccT Social #FAccT #FAccT26 #FAccT2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/06/2026
Every single refugee we've let in since December is supposedly fleeing white genocide.
motherjones.com
US accepts only white refugees for sixth consecutive month
The Trump administration is spending more than $100 million to fight the "emergency" of "white genocide" in South Africa.
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A big shout-out to Michael Correll (is he on Bluesky...?) for this blog post which is ::chef's kiss:: as a bridge to HCI from my work on ethics education in the context of "hey maybe let's re-think what it means to be good at computer science." mcorrell.medium.com/the-othering...
“HCI is an ‘other,’ a less-serious place to be shunted aside or begrudgingly included for marketing reasons so the serious men in real computer science can get on with the actual work. HCI as ‘bless your heart’ patronized computer science, peripheral, marketing fluff ... I was asked to make sure that my work was “legible” to CS departments by including little winking asides that, sure I primarily do HCI work ... but in 
my heart of hearts, I am 
actually secretly a 
database guy or a machine 
learning guy or otherwise 
‘really’ CS.”
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Rudy Fraser @rude1.blacksky.team · 21/05/2026
Hello, we are still looking for peer mod signups. Many Blacksky community members expressed interest in being peer mods but we have not received enough volunteer peer mods. If you're interested in being a peer mod, please apply below.
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
In light of last week's Met Gala, I wrote some thoughts based on my research studying a model used to curate generative AI training data medium.com/@jtaylor_hci...
medium.com
Is Fashion Art? Not According to This Model Used to Train Generative AI
Last Monday, celebrities flocked to New York City for Fashion’s Biggest Night: the annual Met Gala fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum…
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Looking to talk to one or two queer / trans people who moved from Texas to Seattle because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed in Texas for a short piece today. Lmk if that's you, dms are open and my signal is kissphoria.57
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...
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We’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots
“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese...
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
You can take a look a the academic paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
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How Professional Visual Artists are Negotiating Generative AI in the Workplace | Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Great coverage from Brian Merchant on our research into the impacts of generative AI on professional visual artists ⬇️
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I don't think folks realize how deeply unpopular AI is among young people
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Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Google Docs now slaps a massive "write with Gemini" pop up at the bottom of blank documents 🙃
A blank google doc with a bar at the bottom asking "write with gemini"
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 08/05/2026
glaad.org/meta-x-and-y...
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Meta, X, and YouTube’s Scores Hit New Lows in GLAAD’s Sixth Annual LGBTQ Social Media Safety Index | GLAAD
GLAAD announced today the findings of the sixth annual Social Media Safety Index (SMSI), its yearly evaluation of public-facing policies related to LGBTQ safety...
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