Last week I participated in a panel discussion on AI as part of a private event in New Zealand.
How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization
Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...
Notes from inside China's AI labs
Lessons from my trip to talk to most of the leading AI labs in China.
March 2026 Global Dialogues Survey | Windfall Trust
Here’s what the world had to say about the AI economy
The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019–2025
An inside view of the AI revolution, from the people an…
3: Consulting the Record: AI Consistently Fails the Public - AI Now Institute
Amid the excitement over AI’s (speculative, hypothetical) potential, we have lost sight of the sobering reality of its present and recent past. AI is already intermediating critical social infrastructures, materially reshaping our institutions in ways that ratchet up inequality and concentrate power in the hands of the already powerful. It is consistently deployed in ways […]
What it Takes to Standardize AI
Civil society advocates are heading to Geneva next month for the UN's inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance (6–7 July) and the ITU AI for Good consultation (8 July). IX's Mallory Knodel prepared notes for a planning meeting with GNI's Multistakeholder Approaches to Participation in AI Governanc
My Thoughts on AI, Part 1: Fears, Opinions, and Mental Journey
My own personal thoughts and opinions on AI effects and usage, and how those have evolved over time
Human perspectives on AI · Global Voices
This GV Spotlight edition will explore how the use of, promotion of, and resistance to artificial intelligence is playing out for the Global Majority.
AI FOR EPISTEMICS & COORDINATION
Civilization and technology have radically improved the human condition. Nonetheless, the world sometimes goes in directions which essentially nobody would prefer — e.g., nuclear arms races, unexpected financial crashes, predatory marketing, or ubiquitous political misinformation.
AI is now unpopular. That may not make a difference.
"AI" and Productivity
[I keep bringing these up on Bluesky, so I think it’s time to gather them up and make a post out of them.] This is a collection of articles...
Discussions about AI* regulation
See also collection for specific examples: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections… * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI* discourse
Discussions about discussions about AI, probably mainly on Bluesky but may include other platforms. * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
OpenAI’s models broke free and launched a cyberattack. Congress wants new rules before it happens again.
Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands
Who decides when AI is too dangerous?
I am determined to prove that you can be largely anti-AI but also not be an asshole. The attitudes of some people on this site will NOT win…
How many anti- and pro- AI moderation lists do you think I can simultaneously end up on? Who else is competing in the intersection with me?
So I get that there's (yet again) a big debate going on about AI on Bluesky. I am turning off replies to this post because I don't want to…
