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  Indigenous languages are often hidden to LLMs, for good reason. We speak with @keoni@mastodon.nz, CTO of Te Hiku Media, about his work on Indigenous data sovereignty, and why it’s worth being skeptical when the “AI" industry says it cares about preserving Indigenous languages. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Big Tech Colon-AI-lism”! (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)

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  Wages were won through people power. We dispel 5 common myths in my new video, Myths Around AI and Productivity, based on the work we’ve been doing at @DAIR@dair-community.social with The Luddite Lab. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BO0iy91lfU

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  I'm incredibly excited to announce that I've signed a contract with @themitpress@mastodon.mit.edu for a new book! It's tentatively entitled NET WORKS, and it's about ImageNet, a dataset of 14 million photos scraped from the web. If it wasn't for ImageNet, we likely wouldn't have "AI" as we currently know it. I've been thinking about this book for at least five years now, and I'm very excited to finally write it. Thanks to the great folks at MIT Press fo...

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  Surveillance ≠ safety. We speak with scholar and filmmaker @sava@mastodon.social about the state of technology in schools, on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Who’s Responsible for ‘Responsible AI’”. (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)

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  AI has no place in 911 calls. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “State of Emergency”. (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)

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  Today, The AI Con is being released in paperback in the UK! Now in cool blue! (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)

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  Can we compare the AI bubble to the 19th-century railroad bubble? We dive deep on the AI bubble with Matthew Scherer on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode  “When the Bubble Bursts”. (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)

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  Thank you, Majority Report and Emma Vigeland, for having me on! Check out the full video - we covered quite a bit in this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXsQ1i3bfQI

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  RE: https://mas.to/@gabrielesvelto/116805072414090752 This is very bubble shaped. I'm not looking forward to what is coming next.

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  I'll be joining @CBC Radio-Canada tomorrow on Ontario Today to discuss AI resistance! Folks can listen to the program via CBC Radio in Ontario or online on the CBC Toronto website, just click on the play ▶️ arrow on the Live Radio link. If you want to share your story, you can call the program between 12-1 PM ET at 1-888-817-8995. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto

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  RE: https://dair-community.social/@alex/116807538629962663 Starting in 10 minutes!

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  The myth of the 20x engineer… From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Beware the 20x Engineer”! w/ @emilymbender

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  In Montreal for FAccT today? Come to The Anti War, Anti Carceral, Anti Fascist Social. 12:15 PM at MONO on Sainte-Catherine.

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  A message for the class of 2026: We need more friction!

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  See you soon, Ottawa! I'll be at Octopus Books in conversation with Kelly Bronson from the University of Ottawa to dismantle AI hype. RSVP here: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/5208420260625

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  Join @DAIR, the ASA Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section, and the ASA Section on Children and Youth as we host a panel on non-academic careers for sociologists. We’ll be joined with experts from civil society and government who will discuss their career trajectories. May 28, 11 AM PT/2 PM ET on Twitch.

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  Leftists don’t hate technology, actually...

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  Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/16735740

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  Today, @DAIR@dair-community.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. https://labor.dair-institute.org

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  We're coming, DC! @emilymbender and I will be talking about our book The AI Con on Monday, hosted by the Center for Digital Ethics and moderated by Laura DeNardis. Hope to see you there! https://events.georgetown.edu/digital-ethics/event/book-talk-with-bender-and-hanna

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  @emilymbender and I are so excited to announce that THE AI CON has been selected as Book in Common for 2026-27 at Cal State Chico! We're excited for thousands of folks to read and engage with our work. We'll be visiting campus on April 7, 2027 for a public event.

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  Shy Girl was a product of publishing industry woes. Bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado walked with us through the world of literature and the challenges writers and the publishing industry face with the emergence of AI slop. On MAIHT3k's latest ep. “There’s No Ghost in the Machine”. (with @emilymbender)

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  Join @DAIR and workers on the front line of resisting AI as we release the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a new resource for fighting AI at work. 9 AM PT / Noon ET / 4 PM GMT on Wednesday, May 20 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-the-luddite-lab-resource-hub-registration-1988317489134?aff=oddtdtcreator

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  Somali data workers did not sign up for this. Senior tech reporter Niamh McIntyre at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, talks with us about the questionable practices of AI training data company Appen. More on our latest Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 episode “Uber for Military Surveillance". (with @emilymbender)

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  Being “bad” at art is good, actually!** **My favorite excerpt from my appearance with @emilymbender on the @404media podcast with @samleecole in the episode “The Marketing Tricks of ‘Artificial Intelligence’”.

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  Join @emilymbender and I in New York for Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s first LIVE show! We’re doing a live taping at the Starr Bar in Brooklyn on Thursday, April 30. Space is limited, so get your tickets. All profit goes to @DAIR. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mystery-ai-hype-theater-3000-live-tickets-1986920944030?aff=oddtdtcreator

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  What makes Pennsylvania perfect… Maia Woluchem and Livia Garofolo of Data + Society on our latest Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 episode, “Data Centers Go Nuclear”. Check out their latest piece in @newint: https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/pennsylvania-perfect (with @emilymbender)

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  **Pennsylvania Sen. McCormick’s wife works for who now? **Maia Woluchem and Livia Garafolo from Data+Society's Trustworthy Infrastructures program, joined us for episode 74 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. They discuss their recent piece “Pennsylvania Is Perfect” for @newint on the impacts of, and resistance to, the development of data centers in Pennsylvania.  https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/pennsylvania-perfect (with @emilymbender)

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  Join the Scholar's Strategy Network and I as we discuss AI in higher ed and push back against Cal State’s $17M contract with OpenAI, as many of the system’s priorities go unaddressed. Next Wednesday (April 8), 5-7 PM, at San Francisco State. Register for an op-ed workshop to follow! https://scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/bayareaopedai

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  What coders lose by relying on AI. From our event with the University of Washington Office of Public Lectures. (with @emilymbender)