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Joseph Wilson

@josephwilsonca.bsky.social
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writer - educator - anthropologist "Humans of AI: Understanding the People Behind the Machines" out now from Aevo U of T Press josephwilson.ca

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
In @thestar.com today I wrote about the dreamy rekindling of space travel coinciding w Toronto’s terrestrial tear down of a communal place to share the Dark Side of the Moon.
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Shawn Micallef: Artemis II rekindled our interest in space — which makes the loss of this Toronto landmark hit that much harder
Artemis II returns to Earth even as crews demolish the McLaughlin Planetarium, the symbol of a bygone era of enthusiasm for space exploration.
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United Humanists @unitedhumanists.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 28/03/2026
In the early 1990s, Bruno Latour was not hired at the Institute for Advanced Study. I wrote an article about that decision and what it reveals about the science wars and the history of science studies, now live @histsocialscience.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/article/985884
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
It's time to play "Who Said It? AI Edition" aka "AI Researchers Say The Darndest Things." First three correct submissions win a copy of my new book from @uoftpress.bsky.social #AI #STS www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-ti...
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It’s time to play ✴️ “Who Said It? AI Edition”! ✴️
🌏 It takes a lot of human labor to make it seem like there are no humans involved in AI. Just pull the curtain back slightly and you’ll see them: software developers, hardware engineers, data annotato...
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Come and hear a conversation between @danbrownefilm.bsky.social and me at the U of T Bookstore on May. 26. 6-8 PM FREE. @uoftpress.bsky.social @torontosri.bsky.social srinstitute.utoronto.ca/news/underst... TICKETS: www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...
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Understanding the people behind the machines — Schwartz Reisman Institute
In his new book Humans of AI , anthropologist Joseph Wilson draws on extensive fieldwork to show how artificial intelligence is not inevitable or autonomous, but built, shaped, and sustained by the p...
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Inspiring to hear @karenhao.bsky.social talk about the power citizens have in rising up against toxic empires. At @rotmanschool.bsky.social
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University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Join us for the launch of #HumansOfAI at the University of Toronto Bookstore, where @josephwilsonca.bsky.social will be in conversation with Dan Browne. March 26, 6–8pm EDT Reserve tickets here: bit.ly/4cqKr0h @UofTBookstores #FreeEvent
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Join me for the launch of Humans of AI from U of T Press with @danbrownefilm.bsky.social on March 26 in Toronto #AI #Anthropology #STS #LLMs www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-launc...?
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Book Launch: Humans of AI by Joseph Wilson
Join author Joseph Wilson in conversation with Dan Browne for the launch of Humans of AI: Understanding the People Behind the Machines!
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
@shawnmicallef.bsky.social blurbed my new book and it has, so far, made three people laugh out loud, especially in the context of the other blurbs: "AI... may, or may not, change our entire lives and world" is like a British way of saying "you guys don't know wtf you're talking about."
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Big thanks to @gretchenmcculloch.com and her post on Public Lending Rights. My new book #HumansofAI is in libraries all across Canada and now I get paid for that! Registration is open: publiclendingright.ca My book from @uoftpress.bsky.social utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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Humans of AI - University of Toronto Press
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Another gem from @dushkopetrovich.bsky.social at @nplusonemag.com n + 1: The Second-Term Aesthetic www.nplusonemag.com/issue-52/ess...
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The Second-Term Aesthetic | Dushko Petrovich Córdova
So, in the cramped airplane’s limited sightlines, I looked for clues about whether these were just regular Midwestern dads, like me, flying for work, or whether they were regular Midwestern dads, flyi...
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My book Humans of AI: Understanding the People Behind the Machines is out today from Aevo U of T Press! www.linkedin.com/pulse/meet-h... If you’re interested in: #humans #anthropology #AI #language #LLM #labor check it out. Review copies avail.
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Meet the Humans of AI
Trying to make sense of the carnival of interest that surrounds AI can be exhausting. Do you need to “future-proof” your business? Gird yourself for the robot apocalypse? Or prepare for the rapturous ...
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Help take A Call to Address Humanity’s Cosmic Footprint (Nature Astronomy) to the UN. Endorse & share today: www.cosmicfootprint.org/openletter.h... #SpacePolicy #ScienceDiplomacy #STS
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Open Letter
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
An excerpt from my upcoming book #HumansofAI for @uoftpress.bsky.social "Pay No Attention to Those Engineers Behind the Curtain: The Hidden Infrastructure that Runs AI" #STS @americananthro.bsky.social @cas-sca.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2025/08...
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Pay No Attention to Those Engineers Behind the Curtain: The Hidden Infrastructure that Runs AI - Society for Linguistic Anthropology
-Joseph Wilson The following is an (lightly edited) excerpt from Joseph Wilson’s forthcoming book Humans of AI: Understanding the People Behind the Machines to be published by University of Toronto Pr...
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My own school, @uoft.bsky.social has advised against all non-essential travel to the US, including for conferences like this. Insisting on in-person attendance to @americananthro.bsky.social is antithetical to the principles we adhere to as social scientists; pleaser reconsider. #anthropology
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I've made some gentle requests but haven't heard anything back. @americananthro.bsky.social Please reconsider your policy to hold an in-person only conference this year. You're alienating all non-US members who aren't comfortable travelling to the US this year. #anthropology
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Hi all: Q for the #anthropology community. Any suggestions for programs for creating diagrams for a (ling anth) dissertation? I need to do two things: 1. create a map of my field-site (a science lab); and 2. turn photos/video stills into black-line drawings. cc @ethnolectures.bsky.social
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
@nickseaver.website did you see this in the Atlantic? #Attention ftw. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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You’re Being Alienated From Your Own Attention
Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention.
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
pudding.cool/2024/11/sitt... from @alv9n.com
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Sitters and Standers
The American worker divide: Those who sit, and those who stand
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Join us Dec. 3 at 12 PM EST for our last Paper Club of 2024, with Leshem Choshen from MIT CSAIL/IBM "Future of Open Human Feedback". #AI #NLP #LLM #ML #STS Open to all! paperclub.aitinkerers.org/p/join-our-p...
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Join Our Paper Club with MIT on The Future of Open Human Feedback [AI Tinkerers - Paper Club]
Join Our Paper Club Event Series! Meet with Leshem Choshen, AI Researcher at MIT and IBM, to explore how open human feedback can transform AI development. Don’t miss this unique opportunity: Hear dire...
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Bob E Hayes @bobehayes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Police departments across U.S. are starting to use #AI to write crime reports "legal experts are raising concerns over accuracy, transparency, and potential bias — challenges that could significantly shape the future of AI... in #policing..." www.cnbc.com/2024/11...
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Police departments across U.S. are starting to use artificial intelligence to write crime reports
Even as AI gains traction in police work, legal experts are raising concerns over accuracy, transparency, and potential bias.
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My latest for the Globe and Mail argues that "The whole notion that AI will overtake humanity relies on a false premise" #AI #NLP #ML #LLM www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The whole notion that AI will overtake humanity relies on a false premise
There is a belief that more computing power will directly and inevitably produce more intelligence on the part of AI. But that fundamentally misunderstands what intelligence is
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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Thrilled that @parismarx.com of the brilliant @techwontsave.us and King Ludd himself, @bcmerchant.bsky.social are now teaming up to give us an extra weekly dose of tech-critcial insight and wisdom with System Crash - Timely and neccesary - first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
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System Crash
Technology Podcast · 2 Episodes · Updated Weekly
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
A reminder that Spectacles of Waste is now available 'everywhere', it seems. From Polity/Wiley or your preferred book provider. Sad to say, I'm already working on the sequel: waste in space, or spaceshit earth! www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... #STS #histSTM
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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 19/11/2024
The #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week. Do share it and flag up if you’d like added. go.bsky.app/VJQzace
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Anybody have any good #starterpacks for #Anthropology #STS #AI eager to get back into the community!
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Joseph Wilson @josephwilsonca.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
My latest for the Globe and Mail argues that "The whole notion that AI will overtake humanity relies on a false premise" #AI #NLP #ML #LLM www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The whole notion that AI will overtake humanity relies on a false premise
There is a belief that more computing power will directly and inevitably produce more intelligence on the part of AI. But that fundamentally misunderstands what intelligence is
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