Anna Neumann
@annaneumann.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Responsible AI @ RC Trust
ai ethics, accountability, fairness and policy
feminist cs
ai ethics, accountability, fairness and policy
feminist cs
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When someone builds a cheap and ubiquitous slop firehose, we're all forced to close our windows and lock our doors
Still waiting for someone to explain how this has been a net benefit for human society
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
Still waiting for someone to explain how this has been a net benefit for human society
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
Cornell University’s arXiv will no longer accept Computer Science reviews and position papers.
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When someone builds a cheap and ubiquitous slop firehose, we're all forced to close our windows and lock our doors
Still waiting for someone to explain how this has been a net benefit for human society
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
Still waiting for someone to explain how this has been a net benefit for human society
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
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There's a lot of confusion about saying all LLM behavior is "learned." Plenty is externally designed, albeit in different ways than we would design any other product. Developers can steer models through data curation, fine tuning, system prompts, RLHF and other directed RL techniques, and so on...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There's a lot of confusion about saying all LLM behavior is "learned." Plenty is externally designed, albeit in different ways than we would design any other product. Developers can steer models through data curation, fine tuning, system prompts, RLHF and other directed RL techniques, and so on...
Launched my Substack! ✨📌
First post is about Trump's AI executive order requiring system prompt disclosure to prove AI isn't 'woke.'
It's not making AI neutral, just embedding Trump's ideology while claiming objectivity.
Check it out: researchagainstthemachine.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
First post is about Trump's AI executive order requiring system prompt disclosure to prove AI isn't 'woke.'
It's not making AI neutral, just embedding Trump's ideology while claiming objectivity.
Check it out: researchagainstthemachine.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump and the 'Woke' System Prompt Police
Why Trump's system prompt disclosure won't make AI 'unbiased', and might make it worse
researchagainstthemachine.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Launched my Substack! ✨📌
First post is about Trump's AI executive order requiring system prompt disclosure to prove AI isn't 'woke.'
It's not making AI neutral, just embedding Trump's ideology while claiming objectivity.
Check it out: researchagainstthemachine.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
First post is about Trump's AI executive order requiring system prompt disclosure to prove AI isn't 'woke.'
It's not making AI neutral, just embedding Trump's ideology while claiming objectivity.
Check it out: researchagainstthemachine.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
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There could never be a 'Woke AI.' On a technical level, these are machines trained to identify and reproduce statistical biases in uncurated datasets. They are constrained only by the instructions written by the companies building them. The order just demands AI companies do it in a specific way. ⬇️
AI Could Never Be ‘Woke’ | TechPolicy.Press
The Trump administration’s plan, in targeting “ideological bias” and “social engineering agendas” in AI, ultimately enforces them, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
July 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There could never be a 'Woke AI.' On a technical level, these are machines trained to identify and reproduce statistical biases in uncurated datasets. They are constrained only by the instructions written by the companies building them. The order just demands AI companies do it in a specific way. ⬇️
Anthropic: "omg guys, our model can't even keep an in-house vending machine profitable, lol"
Also Anthropic: "oh but please use it for your high-stakes financial decisions 🥺"
Also Anthropic: "oh but please use it for your high-stakes financial decisions 🥺"
July 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Anthropic: "omg guys, our model can't even keep an in-house vending machine profitable, lol"
Also Anthropic: "oh but please use it for your high-stakes financial decisions 🥺"
Also Anthropic: "oh but please use it for your high-stakes financial decisions 🥺"
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Data & Society’s Jacob Metcalf writes that whenever you hear someone advocating for acceleration, you should ask: accelerating toward what? Today’s techno-accelerationists aim to undo generations of slow, arduous progress toward social, political, and economic equality, he says.
Trump 2.0 Runs on Tech Accelerationism | TechPolicy.Press
Jacob Metcalf says the alliance between the American far right and the tech oligarchy is driven by a shared commitment to accelerationism.
www.techpolicy.press
June 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Data & Society’s Jacob Metcalf writes that whenever you hear someone advocating for acceleration, you should ask: accelerating toward what? Today’s techno-accelerationists aim to undo generations of slow, arduous progress toward social, political, and economic equality, he says.
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Ohhhh Molly Crockett‘s @mjcrockett.bsky.social keynote talk at #FAccT2025 was soo good 🔥🔥🔥
She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together
She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together
June 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Ohhhh Molly Crockett‘s @mjcrockett.bsky.social keynote talk at #FAccT2025 was soo good 🔥🔥🔥
She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together
She talked about how techno-optimism is really human pessimism, how DEAD benchmarks don’t capture full human capacities and feed the hype cycle, how we need to avoid monoculture & imagine new worlds together
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It's good that bigger mainstreamer people such as John Oliver are also talking about the "AI slop" era and phenomenon. I do think he was a bit too charitable though.
AI slop is not just bad visuals, it's the esthetic of modern fascism.
youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc?...
AI slop is not just bad visuals, it's the esthetic of modern fascism.
youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc?...
AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's good that bigger mainstreamer people such as John Oliver are also talking about the "AI slop" era and phenomenon. I do think he was a bit too charitable though.
AI slop is not just bad visuals, it's the esthetic of modern fascism.
youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc?...
AI slop is not just bad visuals, it's the esthetic of modern fascism.
youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc?...
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“One major culprit behind the wave of depersonalisation is the widespread reduction of individuals to data. Feeling invisible can stem from repeatedly experiencing standardised interactions”
aeon.co/essays/our-c...
aeon.co/essays/our-c...
Our crisis is not loneliness but human beings becoming invisible | Aeon Essays
Our crisis of work and technology is one in which too many people feel that nobody sees them as a fellow human being
aeon.co
June 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“One major culprit behind the wave of depersonalisation is the widespread reduction of individuals to data. Feeling invisible can stem from repeatedly experiencing standardised interactions”
aeon.co/essays/our-c...
aeon.co/essays/our-c...
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Our #FAccT2025 proceedings are out!! 🎉
Read all of the published papers here: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
Read all of the published papers here: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
June 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Our #FAccT2025 proceedings are out!! 🎉
Read all of the published papers here: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
Read all of the published papers here: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
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"I do not need the one magic machine that claims to solve all my issues and then makes me jump through conversational hoops to get a mediocre result. That is actually the opposite of what I need."
On chatbots as a bad design paradigm
“ChatBot” is bad design
On chatbots as a bad design paradigm
“ChatBot” is bad design
June 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"I do not need the one magic machine that claims to solve all my issues and then makes me jump through conversational hoops to get a mediocre result. That is actually the opposite of what I need."
On chatbots as a bad design paradigm
“ChatBot” is bad design
On chatbots as a bad design paradigm
“ChatBot” is bad design
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Looking for posts about #FAccT2025? Check out our 🦋 custom feed 🦋 which is already lively and full of papers, events, and attendees for this year's conference in Athens!
Click the pin 📌 in the upper right hand corner to keep this feed quickly accessible.
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June 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Looking for posts about #FAccT2025? Check out our 🦋 custom feed 🦋 which is already lively and full of papers, events, and attendees for this year's conference in Athens!
Click the pin 📌 in the upper right hand corner to keep this feed quickly accessible.
bsky.app/profile/mari...
Click the pin 📌 in the upper right hand corner to keep this feed quickly accessible.
bsky.app/profile/mari...
Please come see us at the RC Trust Networking Event!
You can sign up with the QR Codes around the venues and get some free drinks! 🙂↕️
#FAccT2025
You can sign up with the QR Codes around the venues and get some free drinks! 🙂↕️
#FAccT2025
Reminder that we have multiple social events happening this evening, all happening *outside* the conference venue!
Social: RC-Trust Networking Reception for the FAccT Community
Social: Generative AI Risks + Red-Teaming
Social: AI Workers' Inquiry
facctconference.org/2025/sociale...
Social: RC-Trust Networking Reception for the FAccT Community
Social: Generative AI Risks + Red-Teaming
Social: AI Workers' Inquiry
facctconference.org/2025/sociale...
June 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Please come see us at the RC Trust Networking Event!
You can sign up with the QR Codes around the venues and get some free drinks! 🙂↕️
#FAccT2025
You can sign up with the QR Codes around the venues and get some free drinks! 🙂↕️
#FAccT2025
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🚀 We’re excited to host Anna Neumann, PhD researcher (@rctrust.bsky.social) for a #PubTalk ✨ on "Seeing What's Missing: Bringing #ResponsibleAI Research Gaps into Focus Through A Landscape Analysis"
⏰ 8 May | 3PM UTC
Read more and register: community.aiequalitytoolbox.com/c/march-fed1...
⏰ 8 May | 3PM UTC
Read more and register: community.aiequalitytoolbox.com/c/march-fed1...
April 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🚀 We’re excited to host Anna Neumann, PhD researcher (@rctrust.bsky.social) for a #PubTalk ✨ on "Seeing What's Missing: Bringing #ResponsibleAI Research Gaps into Focus Through A Landscape Analysis"
⏰ 8 May | 3PM UTC
Read more and register: community.aiequalitytoolbox.com/c/march-fed1...
⏰ 8 May | 3PM UTC
Read more and register: community.aiequalitytoolbox.com/c/march-fed1...
we're hiring! ✨
looking for researchers who want to make AI accountable and trustworthy
📚 PhD position (3 years, fully funded)
🔬 Postdoc position (3 years, fully funded)
high independence, interdisciplinary team, real-world impact
diverse backgrounds welcome: CS, law, HCI, & more
interested? 👇
looking for researchers who want to make AI accountable and trustworthy
📚 PhD position (3 years, fully funded)
🔬 Postdoc position (3 years, fully funded)
high independence, interdisciplinary team, real-world impact
diverse backgrounds welcome: CS, law, HCI, & more
interested? 👇
May 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
we're hiring! ✨
looking for researchers who want to make AI accountable and trustworthy
📚 PhD position (3 years, fully funded)
🔬 Postdoc position (3 years, fully funded)
high independence, interdisciplinary team, real-world impact
diverse backgrounds welcome: CS, law, HCI, & more
interested? 👇
looking for researchers who want to make AI accountable and trustworthy
📚 PhD position (3 years, fully funded)
🔬 Postdoc position (3 years, fully funded)
high independence, interdisciplinary team, real-world impact
diverse backgrounds welcome: CS, law, HCI, & more
interested? 👇
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“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
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"It’s not just that [AI slop's] aesthetics are useful for Trump, its entire mode of being is useful for how his administration has governed so far"
The AI Slop Presidency
The AI Slop Presidency
May 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"It’s not just that [AI slop's] aesthetics are useful for Trump, its entire mode of being is useful for how his administration has governed so far"
The AI Slop Presidency
The AI Slop Presidency
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they are openly advocating for the use of physiognomy in recruitment
make it stop
make it stop
February 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
they are openly advocating for the use of physiognomy in recruitment
make it stop
make it stop
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The rise of gen AI, backed at every level by the far-right, suggests the arrival of an _anti-information_ age. AI offers a self-reinforcing bullshit loop that, much like a Russian disinfo operation, serves to muddy the information space and create doubt about the very nature of reality.
Elon Musk's AI platform has been retrained to generate a "both sides" response to whether climate change is a threat. One is the view of science, while the other is fossil fuel industry waffle.
grok 2 vs grok 3
February 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The rise of gen AI, backed at every level by the far-right, suggests the arrival of an _anti-information_ age. AI offers a self-reinforcing bullshit loop that, much like a Russian disinfo operation, serves to muddy the information space and create doubt about the very nature of reality.
This is horrible on so many levels.
Most probably completely cemented and unaccountable by the time anyone can get Musk out of there...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Most probably completely cemented and unaccountable by the time anyone can get Musk out of there...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
U.S. DOGE Service workers embedded in the Education Department have been processing sensitive agency data using artificial intelligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is horrible on so many levels.
Most probably completely cemented and unaccountable by the time anyone can get Musk out of there...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Most probably completely cemented and unaccountable by the time anyone can get Musk out of there...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Funny (actually horrifying) considering Musk can't even automate cars
"This does raise red flags,” a cybersecurity expert who was granted anonymity due to concerns of retaliation told WIRED on Monday, who noted that automating the government isn’t the same as automating other things, like self-driving cars."
Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff 'AI-First’ Is the Future of Key Government Agency
Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company."
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Funny (actually horrifying) considering Musk can't even automate cars
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When I wrote my book The Tech Coup, quite a few people remarked that the word ‘coup’ might be an overstatement. Today it sadly seems like an understatement ↘️ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
bookshop.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When I wrote my book The Tech Coup, quite a few people remarked that the word ‘coup’ might be an overstatement. Today it sadly seems like an understatement ↘️ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
"The dominance of US firms in artificial intelligence and its global market structure depends heavily on their oligopolistic control of large-scale data extraction, which translates into global control over knowledge production and consumption."
www.techpolicy.press/ready-for-th...
www.techpolicy.press/ready-for-th...
Ready for the Broligarchy? The Tech Accountability Community Needs a Reset | TechPolicy.Press
Burcu Kilic and Renata Ávila say new strategies and tactics are necessary to accelerate visionary national industrial policies for the digital economy.
www.techpolicy.press
February 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"The dominance of US firms in artificial intelligence and its global market structure depends heavily on their oligopolistic control of large-scale data extraction, which translates into global control over knowledge production and consumption."
www.techpolicy.press/ready-for-th...
www.techpolicy.press/ready-for-th...