Facial recognition technology is racist.

NOTHING QUITE LIKE CHOKING ON THE AIR UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY TO GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT GRADUAL, MARKET-BASED SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Well it was more or less exactly as horrible as we imagined.

This is a great web resource! #SOC3387

Say cheese! These tiny cameras are used to deep learn and track facial expressions.

Check out this latest article by our PhD candidate Zoe Vorsino (Zoe Vorsino) "Chatbots, Gender, and Race on Web 2.0 Platforms: Tay.AI as Monstrous Femininity and Abject Whiteness" published in the new issue of Signs Journal journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

In “Chatbots, Gender, and Race on Web 2.0 Platforms: Tay.AI as Monstrous Femininity and Abject Whiteness,” Zoe Vorsino studies how the gender & race of chatbots play a large role in the attitudes of online social groups. Read here (sub. req.):doi.org/10.1086/715227

Tay.AI was an experimental chatbot designed to engage with social media users. Zoe Vorsino analyzes how the chatbot's gender and race played a significant role in social spaces in the Autumn 2021 issue. Read it here (sub. req.): doi.org/10.1086/715227

The Department of Political Science is now hiring for American Politics, Assistant Professor. This is a 9-month, tenure track, full time, and permanent position to begin on 8/01/2022. To apply, please visit: governmentjobs.com/careers/hawaii…

**TT JOB** Univ of Hawai'i PoliSci Dept is hiring an Asst Prof in American Politics w/ a focus on racial justice & intersecting inequalities. Interdisciplinary scholars encouraged to apply! FEB 1st Deadline 1/2 #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

Co-writing w/ a brilliant scholar named Siri. Our reviewer said "we thought an article by Alexa and Siri was a joke." We both have non-trad academic backgrounds & worked hard for a PhD. No joke. Giving machines human names hurts women in big & small ways Alexa | Follow @amazonalexa Apple #Siri

Teaching/prepping for a course on women's studies, sexuality studies, and/or race, class, and gender? Signs Journal pulled together some great readings for general course themes (my article on Tay.Ai is in there 🤖!) signsjournal.org/features/signs…

Just remembered that China Mievelle article on social sadism... ah! Here it is. salvage.zone/in-print/on-so… vice.com/en/article/z3n…

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The reasons are simple: PhDs don't want to move to a random city for 1-2 years for a job that pays only $50K.

Call for Papers: “AI & SURVEILLANCE.” For a special themed section of Surveillance & Society, we invite submissions that explore the surveillant dimensions of #AI systems, both real & imagined. #surveillance #openaccess. DEADLINE: DEC.1. Information here: bit.ly/3D1Isxs

Mind-blowing discussions happing now at #EISAPEC22 at the incredible 'Violent Speculations II' panel with Francesco Ragazzi Zoe Vorsino Rocco Bellanova @[email protected]. Special thanks to Debbie Lisle for putting this and 'Violent Speculations I' together! Come join us!

Thanks Francesco Ragazzi Mirko Palestrino Rocco Bellanova @[email protected] Mark.B.Salter for a great EISA panel on violence and digital imaginaries (and a double thanks for the coffee!)