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Liz Darnell
@lizdarnell.bsky.social
AI & Trust using Mixed Methods
PhD at TU Dublin
From Montana
Love data, music, dogs, hiking, women's football, and coffee

All opinions are my own
Nothing but profound appreciation for the blue skies we’ve had the last 24 hours 🙏 #dublin
November 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I just wrapped up a trip to Bologna for European Conference on AI where I got to present my poster! This weekend was exactly what I needed - talking to other researchers navigating trust in their work + blue skies + a pasta class! #ecai #phdsky
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Right, so listen. If Dolly, ya know, on top of everything else?

I won’t be okay.
October 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Is this #phdlife? Asking for a friend... 2 is nice and 3 is far too much.
October 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I am back from my first #womENcourage conference in Brașov, Romania! 🇷🇴 I am so grateful for the organizers, @acm.org, and the brilliant participants at this conference. It was so great to connect with other women in computing and discuss our research and lives! Looking forward to next year!
September 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Shout out to the American Federation of Musicians
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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"Charlie Kirk gave me the courage to be more transphobic" is a wild thing to put in a both-sides hagiography
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
September 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Paige Bueckers last night 🔥
August 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Taylor, I have another sports podcast you could go on 👀...
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Sam Altman reading a 1979 encyclopedia he found in a coffee shop’s tiny library: “Wow, this magic book knows everything.”
August 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I am recruiting for my first study as part of my PhD research on trust and AI! Please share with anyone that might be interested and reach out if you have questions or are interested!

Sessions are 45-60 mins and happening in-person in Dublin.

#phdsky #dublin #trust #AIresearch
July 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Having to watch another penalty shootout
July 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I went to an event that @roxanegay.bsky.social spoke at last night in Dublin.

In response to a question (that I forget), she said that “first, women need to be seen as people.”

This was in larger conversation around sexual and gender which obviously Roxane always had brilliant commentary on.
May 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Trust Me, I'm AI" last night @pintofscienceie.bsky.social was so great! The other speakers (all @tudublin.bsky.social!) were stellar and the crowd was even better.

Many thanks to the volunteers who organized the event because it would not have been so great without them! #pint25 #phdsky
May 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's been a big PhD month for me!
- did my first talk at a research symposium
- submitted my first application for a conference
- more talks to come this month

#PhDsky #acdemicsky
May 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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and honestly, the obsession over “we should have said more about biden being old” starts to grate when the currently serving president is very obviously impaired by age and cognitive decline, to crickets from the press
May 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Six months to the day since arriving in Dublin, I gave my first talk about my research at the tPOT (towards people oriented technology) research symposium on TU Dublin's campus! It's been a wild six months but I am so glad that I came to Dublin and am getting to research trust and generative AI.
May 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Catch me at Chaplin's in Dublin on the 19th! I'll be speaking at @pintofscienceie.bsky.social's "Trust Me, I'm AI" session. I'll be talking about trust and AI - what it means, where we are and where we're going! ✨ www.pintofscience.ie/event/trust-...
"Trust Me, I'm AI": A Deep Dive into Trust, Creativity, and Deception
Art, poetry, science and ethics...all these are more are being redefined as AI gets progressively more integrated into our lives. Join our speakers at 7pm …
www.pintofscience.ie
April 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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🎟️ #Pint25 Tickets Available Now! 🎉

Join us 19-21 May for 164 speakers, 50 events, and science fun across 9 Irish cities!

Grab your FREE tickets: pintofscience.ie/locations/

Hurry, spaces are limited! #SciComm #Ireland
April 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government.
April 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reading is obviously a big part of the early days of a PhD. I’m going to keep a thread of books, lectures, podcasts, and articles that I read that I find most interesting - particularly related to technology & race, gender, class.
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I’m not spending another 15 years of my life on this. It suffices to say:

1. How do you ask “right questions” with “zero education”?

2. Who would want that?

3. Are you afraid enough in your white collar job to finally accept that AI is pure labor busting?
March 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In a somewhat hilarious moment of life imitating art, my personal instagram was permanently disabled today due an unknown community standards violation - there is no way to learn more or reach out to ig. Really bringing the relationship of trust and explainable AI to front of mind!
March 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
a bit about me
- new PhD researcher studying AI & trust at TU Dublin
- background of political organizing in the states
- fascinated by data and its application in society, environment and sport
- love hiking, watching women's football, coffee, music, and my dog

#PhDsky
March 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM