Say Yes - Do No

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“They all say ‘yes’, but they do ‘no’. That has to be it. There’s no other way to explain these figures. If they would do ‘yes’, the figures would have improved by now. [sigh] It would be easier if they would just say ‘no’. Then you could have a conversation about it [staring blankly].” 

(Anon.)

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Reclaiming Futures - King's College London

A bit of a niche one given that it's based specifically out of KCL but there's a new (unofficial) group working there to challenge the uncritical narratives around AI in Higher Education. Reclaiming Futures is focusing specifically at King's for now but hopefully there'll be scope for crossover with other institutions,...
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Monday AI Resistance Update #9

A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... -- Article - A Lo-Fi Rebellion Against A.I. I don't think there's anything revelatory in this, artists have for a while now been valorising their own human jankiness as a counter to the hyper-realist sheen of GAI outputs but the commercialisation of it suggested...
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Monday(ish) AI Resistance Update #8

A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... -- The kids are alright... A rare feel good moment out of Florida which is doing the rounds to start with as the young ones over at the University Of Central Florida give a heartfelt reaction to the 'revolutionary' nature of AI... Article - Starmer adviser held 16...
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Monday AI Resistance Update #7

A random sampling of stuff I've come across this week... Article - The people building AI think it might be conscious. That’s not the most alarming part A nice contrast in this between the usual fantasies of AI fanatics/profiteers and some blunt cynicism from the redoubtable Emily Bender. Interesting to see the former...
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Summer School - Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming

Not necessarily one everyone will be able to access given the cost and location but definitely an interesting project and one I'd love to see replicated elsewhere. This summer school is organised by some great people, Iris van Rooij is someone I cite in my own work and I've had some contact with Olivia Guest through the...
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Shame, Shame, Shame... AI & Shame as Resistance Tactic

"Well it's easy to mock... fun too..." Click on pretty much any social media post about AI and the two things you're almost guaranteed to find are a: someone making as completely unsubstantiated claim about productivity, creativity or AGI and b: someone making fun of them for it. Where there's AI hype, there's AI...
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