2023 was the year AI exploded into the mainstream. It was also the year workers, artists and activists stood up against bosses and tech giants using it degrade their jobs and communities. I wrote about the rising movement of new Luddites for The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Holy shit! This is what happens when women design shoes.

What a great start to the weekend!! Thanks U of T Department of Computer Science for awarding me with the Beatrice "Trixie" Worsley Graduate Scholarship in Computer Science! 😁

“I very much identify as a Luddite,” [Veena] Dubal said. “This doesn’t mean I am against technology. It means I am against dispossession.”

May future generations of CS scholars never have to justify that HCI is CS work. May they never have to justify why qualitative work can be rigorous. If they do, may the burden be symmetric on the quant scholars. I will do my bit in this group project. Hope others will join.

Today! May 6, 2024, 3:20pm - 4:50pm—Changing climate: The potential and limits of technology for sustainable cities ft. Vanessa Gray, Maaz Gardezi, and Mohammad Reza Najafi.

Today's final session with Reza Najafi and Maaz Gardezi explores the potential and limits of technology for sustainable cities, and how we might use data and AI to reimagine the intersection of climate change, technology, and socio-ecological justice.

Had a fun chat with the panelists! Thanks to everyone who attended the session :)

Really excited to be at the Northeast HCI meeting. This morning I was a discussant for a session with three papers on labor and automation

Happy to be in the midst of this wonderful research! Find our #CHI2024 paper: "Alternative Values in Navigation Technologies for Urban Placemaking " featured in this article by U of T Department of Computer Science! Also, attend our in-person talk at Northeast HCI tomorrow at 10:45 PM Carnegie Mellon University!

📢 Hot off the press! Find the full #CHI24 paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36… It was a pleasure to present this at Northeast HCI! (northeasthcimeeting.com)

The ACM #CHI2024 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is underway in Honolulu! Lots of SRI researchers presenting work, incl. Ishtiaque Ahmed, Reem Ayad | ريم عياد, Taneea S Agrawaal, Sharon Ferguson, Michael Inzlicht, & more. Check out a paper by SRI's @kellymcconvey & Shion below.⬇️

सभी का ख़ून है शामिल यहाँ की मिट्टी में किसी के बाप का हिन्दुस्तान थोड़ी है - Rahat Indori #IndianLokSabha #ElectionResults

What a brilliant breakdown of the '24 General Lok Sabha Polls by The Hindu. If you want to understand the numbers, do give it a read!

Silvia is one of the smartest and bestest people I know! Apply to work with her!!

"Can't afford food? Blame billionaires, not immigrants" Poster spotted in Toronto

Late post but it was great to see a growing IIIT Delhi presence at #CSCW2024! Cc Taneea S Agrawaal Shravika Mittal Meghna Gupta Riya Sinha Asra Sakeen Vedant Das Swain