'Grief, Technology and Revolution: A women, and youth led revolution in Iran.' Read @maasalan's blog on the power of the internet as an agent for societal change: oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/ne…

MPhil in #DigitalHumanities New course options now up on the website! You'll choose between a basket of options alongside your core courses - introducing Digital & Media Art and Emancipatory Digital Practices. cdh.cam.ac.uk/mphil/courses Application & funding deadline: 5 January 2023

Tomorrow I'll be discussing my paper "The Uselessness of AI Ethics" with Erich Prem at TU Vienna. 2pm CET, 8am EST, 11pm AEST. You can watch the live stream on YouTube or join us on Zoom. Be lovely to see some friends and supporters there. #aiethics informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2331

Are UK universities being supported by the defence sector to evolve killer robots? This Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) article explore the findings of our investigation on the risks that university dual-use research could be incorporated into harmful weapons systems. aoav.org.uk/2022/untitled-…

Do you feel that automated decision-making reduces our humanity?

The biggest tech companies in the world imagine a future where AI will replace a lot of human labor. But this vision ignores the fact that much of what we think of as “AI” is actually powered by tedious, low-paid human labor. vice.com/en/article/wxn…

.Demilitarise Education has uncovered close to £620 million of university investments in military partnerships❗️ They are calling for UK Universities to publicly commit to demilitarisation by signing the Demilitarise Education Treaty: actionstorm.org/petitions/demi…

🚨 LENT TERM CARD🚨 Our amazing events officers have put on some great speaker events, 🧑‍🏫 campaign events, 🤖 and chill events. 🍺 We'd love to see you there!

UNA-UK is a proud member of the global campaign to Stop Killer Robots and the UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots coalition. Want to learn more about how #StopKillerRobotsUK members campaign in the UK to stop killer robots? Head to the new website! ukstopkillerrobots.org.uk/about-us/coali…

.Christopher Manning have you thought about what you’re endorsing by retweeting this utopia where the poor get chatbots as doctors because they can’t access the care the rich get? Which is not even the only problematic part of the tweet.

Cathy O’Neil

We are here in Costa Rica for the Digital Dehumanisation Conference. In the next few days, campaigners from all around the world will be discussing how to #StopKillerRobots. Stop Killer Robots

Really looking forward to this event next month! Please do come by! #camfest

“People want to believe so badly that these language models are actually intelligent that they’re willing to take themselves as a point of reference and devalue that to match what the language model can do,” says @emilymbender.bsky.social. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

🔥Today is #WorldBookDay 📚 and March is #WomensHistoryMonth - these ten women are changing how we see privacy, AI, and tech, check them out: Nita Farahany Danielle Citron Carissa Véliz Shoshana Zuboff @safiyanoble Ruha Benjamin Orly Lobel Meredith Broussard Elizabeth M. Renieris Marta Peirano

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Next week is our BIG speaker event of the term! Filling in endless job applications? Ever wondered how your application gets screened? @KerryAMcInerney's research asks whether AI really does de-bias recruitment...🤔 THUR 9th MAR - 17:30 - 16 Mill Lane 📋forms.gle/j9eyLQc6oSVtnV…

THURSDAY is our BIG speaker event of the term! Filling in endless job applications? Ever wondered how your application gets screened? @KerryAMcInerney's research asks whether AI really does de-bias recruitment...🤔 THUR 9th MAR - 17:30 - 16 Mill Lane 📋forms.gle/j9eyLQc6oSVtnV…

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EVENT CANCELLED/POST-PONED: Huge apologies to our attendees, but unfortunately our speaker is unwell so there will be NO EVENT TODAY. We wish her a speedy recovery ❤️ and will be excited to host at another date. Thank you to you all for registering your interest!