kalina kostyszyn 🌸
@kalinamalina.bsky.social
(she/her/ona) 🥖 🌹 bmc ‘17, phd sbu ‘24. current aaas s&t policy fellow. computational linguistics, phonology, psycholinguistics. whimsy-oriented. all opinions are my own.
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Was really challenging to participate in this, but I think I was able to pen something real, important, and personal to my experience in AI. Remember that GenAI is not *all* of AI nor all of what it should be.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
December 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Was really challenging to participate in this, but I think I was able to pen something real, important, and personal to my experience in AI. Remember that GenAI is not *all* of AI nor all of what it should be.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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this isn't the point but it is funny and kind of a broader point that the focus of the subhead is "architects" and then they replaced what was, in the original photo, labourers.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
this isn't the point but it is funny and kind of a broader point that the focus of the subhead is "architects" and then they replaced what was, in the original photo, labourers.
every pax unplugged is perfect because I go to all my favorite restaurants and cafes while im here but I love when I can yell at my friends to come and hang out with me too !!
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
every pax unplugged is perfect because I go to all my favorite restaurants and cafes while im here but I love when I can yell at my friends to come and hang out with me too !!
dear diary, today i used grice’s maxims to explain why a character in an AI generated video inexplicably pulled out a gun
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
dear diary, today i used grice’s maxims to explain why a character in an AI generated video inexplicably pulled out a gun
fascinating seeing verb-noun stress shift generalizing out. just heard someone say COMpute as a noun and wholly lost my train of thought.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
fascinating seeing verb-noun stress shift generalizing out. just heard someone say COMpute as a noun and wholly lost my train of thought.
hair appointment LOCKED im gonna be either peach or bald for pax
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
hair appointment LOCKED im gonna be either peach or bald for pax
i’m going to sit in how good I feel tomorrow, but for a moment I can’t shake cuomo’s ‘almost half of New York’, holding it up like a victory. knowing that his New York excludes the people whose names he won’t pronounce. the people he denigrates because of where they were born or what they practice.
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
i’m going to sit in how good I feel tomorrow, but for a moment I can’t shake cuomo’s ‘almost half of New York’, holding it up like a victory. knowing that his New York excludes the people whose names he won’t pronounce. the people he denigrates because of where they were born or what they practice.
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But for real, collectively, progressive, left leaning folks needed something we can call a “win.”
Proof that sticking to our ideals, without wavering or compromise can still win out in this day and age, no matter what the fascists try to tell us.
It’s not a line in the sand, but it’s something.
Proof that sticking to our ideals, without wavering or compromise can still win out in this day and age, no matter what the fascists try to tell us.
It’s not a line in the sand, but it’s something.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
But for real, collectively, progressive, left leaning folks needed something we can call a “win.”
Proof that sticking to our ideals, without wavering or compromise can still win out in this day and age, no matter what the fascists try to tell us.
It’s not a line in the sand, but it’s something.
Proof that sticking to our ideals, without wavering or compromise can still win out in this day and age, no matter what the fascists try to tell us.
It’s not a line in the sand, but it’s something.
what a beautiful day for a large gathering of friends. :)
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
what a beautiful day for a large gathering of friends. :)
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Okay this is a good headline
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.
Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Okay this is a good headline
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This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY
October 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY
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I was part of a working group on AI and Fraternity assembled by the Vatican. We met in Rome and worked on this over two days. I am happy to share the result of that intense effort: a Declaration we presented to the Pope and other government authorities
coexistence.global
coexistence.global
September 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I was part of a working group on AI and Fraternity assembled by the Vatican. We met in Rome and worked on this over two days. I am happy to share the result of that intense effort: a Declaration we presented to the Pope and other government authorities
coexistence.global
coexistence.global
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lecturing on "mad" (angry) women today, the topic of my second book:
"women’s silence is learned. since childhood I’ve been taught that working-class women need to be tough & resilient. there is no time, no space for weakness, for emotion, for the indulgence of madness."
"women’s silence is learned. since childhood I’ve been taught that working-class women need to be tough & resilient. there is no time, no space for weakness, for emotion, for the indulgence of madness."
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
lecturing on "mad" (angry) women today, the topic of my second book:
"women’s silence is learned. since childhood I’ve been taught that working-class women need to be tough & resilient. there is no time, no space for weakness, for emotion, for the indulgence of madness."
"women’s silence is learned. since childhood I’ve been taught that working-class women need to be tough & resilient. there is no time, no space for weakness, for emotion, for the indulgence of madness."
my favorite part of reading ML papers is the point where the authors obviously gave up on coming up with terminology. every time i see a ‘chunk’ or a ‘glob’ or similar i just giggle
September 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
my favorite part of reading ML papers is the point where the authors obviously gave up on coming up with terminology. every time i see a ‘chunk’ or a ‘glob’ or similar i just giggle
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🧵 The summer of 2025 has been AI's "cruel summer"—wrongful deaths, dangerous therapy chatbots, medical misinformation, facial recognition failures. These aren't isolated glitches but predictable harms from systems deployed without adequate oversight. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An ELSI for AI: Learning from genetics to govern algorithms
In the United States, the summer of 2025 will be remembered as artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) cruel summer—a season when the unheeded risks and dangers of AI became undeniably clear. Recent months h...
www.science.org
September 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🧵 The summer of 2025 has been AI's "cruel summer"—wrongful deaths, dangerous therapy chatbots, medical misinformation, facial recognition failures. These aren't isolated glitches but predictable harms from systems deployed without adequate oversight. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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AI companies cannot claim to possess cutting-edge technology capable of transforming humanity and then hide behind purported design “limitations” when confronted with the harms their products cause, writes Center for Humane Technology policy director Camille Carlton.
Reckless Race for AI Market Share Forces Dangerous Products on Millions — With Fatal Consequences | TechPolicy.Press
Lawmakers must demand accountability from an industry that continues to prioritize market share over user safety, writes Camille Carlton.
www.techpolicy.press
September 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
AI companies cannot claim to possess cutting-edge technology capable of transforming humanity and then hide behind purported design “limitations” when confronted with the harms their products cause, writes Center for Humane Technology policy director Camille Carlton.
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Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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A few simple steps can drastically decrease the amount of personal information that’s available about you online. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
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August 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A few simple steps can drastically decrease the amount of personal information that’s available about you online. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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In a new @techpolicypress.bsky.social op-ed, CDT’s @mluria.bsky.social argues that tech firms should strip away illusions of personality & cognition in chatbots. Read more:
AI Chatbots Are Emotionally Deceptive by Design | TechPolicy.Press
Chatbots should stop pretending to be human, writes the Center for Democracy & Technology's Dr. Michal Luria.
www.techpolicy.press
August 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In a new @techpolicypress.bsky.social op-ed, CDT’s @mluria.bsky.social argues that tech firms should strip away illusions of personality & cognition in chatbots. Read more:
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BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
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So much think-piecing and op-ed'ing about data centers. I wish folks knew that some scholars have been studying these things — as real estate, as geopolitical battlegrounds, as ecological disasters — for a decade+. Mél Hogan, Alix Johnson, Ingrid Burrington, Jen Holt, Patrick Brodie, et al
The making of critical data center studies - Dustin Edwards, Zane Griffin Talley Cooper, Mél Hogan, 2025
In this article, the authors demonstrate how the data center has become a key site, object, and metaphor for interdisciplinary scholarship of the internet. Whil...
journals.sagepub.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So much think-piecing and op-ed'ing about data centers. I wish folks knew that some scholars have been studying these things — as real estate, as geopolitical battlegrounds, as ecological disasters — for a decade+. Mél Hogan, Alix Johnson, Ingrid Burrington, Jen Holt, Patrick Brodie, et al
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Nature: Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility
go.nature.com/3HDx4wD
cc Jay Bhattacharya
go.nature.com/3HDx4wD
cc Jay Bhattacharya
August 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Nature: Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility
go.nature.com/3HDx4wD
cc Jay Bhattacharya
go.nature.com/3HDx4wD
cc Jay Bhattacharya
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Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
August 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.