New project "Deceptive Stories about Technology" has its first keynote lecture outing at #revaluingexpertise conference in Helsinki. What's the deceptive story you'd most like to question?

With the UK elections arriving, the consequences of marginalizing citizen voices become more apparent - conspiracy theories are on the rise - see theguardian.com/politics/artic…. I hope my paper shows the risks of relying on 'objective data' in these conditions.

Every day new papers, regulations and treaties on #AI are released. But where are people - the public? Come and join us on June 5 in Edinburgh. All welcome!

STUDENTS: REGISTER TO VOTE RIGHT NOW! The law is as follows. 1. You can register at home AND at your term-time address, if that's more convenient for you. 2. You can CHOOSE on the day where to vote. 3. But you can ONLY legally vote in ONE place on the day.

“The future of AI is not in the future. It is about what we do right now” #BeebanKidron "Tech tantrums – when tech meets humanity": A #DigitalFutures4Children public lecture All welcome in person/online lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/06… LSE Media & Communications 5Rights Foundation 📖blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2024/…

This is consistent with my experience having students identify and reflect on their use of genAI in writing assessments. One assessment including the line 'Not worth £20' - critical thinking is of higher value than chatbot text!

My colleagues Goldsmiths, University of London are fighting hard to point out that staff cuts are not necessary. Goldsmiths has an incredibly influential place in UK and global scholarship (and I always dreamed of working there) - why not work to grow this? #NotaDoneDeal

AI is Expensive - how stories told by the technology industry conceals the real costs of AI blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2024/…

“AI is expensive, not cheap. The efficiencies that are promised do not necessarily involve less work and fewer costs – just different work and different costs, some of which will only reveal themselves in time”

"Your Artificial Future is Repulsive: On Climate Change, Data Tech, and Artifice" By: Theodora Dryer just-tech.ssrc.org/field-reviews/…

📣Absolutely amazing 3-yr post doc opportunity, working with Sara Heitlinger on More-than-human sustainability and smart cities at HCID.CITY (London). Sara is incredible, topic couldn’t be better and HCID Centre is the best!! I’d do it if I could! jobs.ac.uk/job/DHX600/pos…

someone please do an environmental impact assessment of apple’s push to get people to buy new hardware made of rare minerals because literally phones do everything people need and they were just slowing down replacing them which would have made a very big environmental difference

“They are crucial in addressing global issues, from developing media and information literacy and combating disinformation to guiding the future adoption and use of AI tools.” Robin Mansell @[email protected] The British Academy #MediaStudies

👩‍💻 An insightful piece on the hidden costs of AI: "First, we need to understand better what makes AI expensive. Then, we need to consider what factors can actually lead to real efficiency." #AIdevelopment #UCDdigitalpolicy

Just doing my little bit (along with my brilliant colleagues) to show just how essential media and communications studies are for understanding the present and future

Associate Prof. Alison Powell Alison Powell @[email protected] from LSE #MTHSmartCities

Alison Powell Alison Powell @[email protected] and Alex Taylor [email protected] are presenting chapter "How can anyone be more than one thing" which is was written as their dialogue! #MTHSmartCities

Presenting a wonderful piece of work with a great collaborator - we talk about why we use storytelling and creativity to shape ideas about politics and policy

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At the risk of being misrecognized as an 'AI sceptic' bot account, here's another actual research result: emotional AI tech is not good for security.