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Marcela Suarez
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Lecturer in Critical Intersectional perspectives on AI at School of AI, Radboud University
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altibel.bsky.social
A group of scientists has called on EC president Ursula von der Leyen to retract a statement she made suggesting A.I. would soon reach parity with human intelligence. Her statements were based on marketing statements from US Tech firms not empirical evidence or real proof. #ResistAI
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen | Euractiv
Open letter criticises the Commission President for remarks earlier this year – when she anticipated AI would “approach human reasoning” in 2026
www.euractiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
marentierra.bsky.social
Please sign letter to stop the AI hype:
olivia.science Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 21h
Please sign this excellent letter to Ursula vdL, so she can see that nonsense AI hype is neither true nor appropriate for anybody to believe or spread.
krisshrishak.bsky.social Kris Shrishak @krisshrishak.bsky.social · 23h
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.

@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed

www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
irisvanrooij.bsky.social
✨ This is wonderful 🎬 🍿

Librebel on Youtube reads out our position paper:

Guest, O., Suarez, … & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJNO... @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social
Against the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia by Guest et. al. (2025)
YouTube video by librebel
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
"Utmost care is needed to avoid [...] critical washing. Critical reflection [is not a box to tick] before unleashing AI technologies in our daily life" — @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social

Critical AI Literacy: Beyond hegemonic perspectives on sustainability
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
rachelneedsanap.bsky.social
Somehow I got people in my mentions asking me why I don’t want to prevent autism. To them, I say:

Hi, welcome to bsky, please go get some neurodiversity education before you injure yourself. #Autistic
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
"Additionally, by accepting generative models’ normative rationality, the University reframes learning and research as
essentially consisting in the evaluation of models’ outputs." @katschwerzmann.bsky.social

arxiv.org/abs/2505.03513
Ruled by the Representation Space: On the University's Embrace of Large Language Models
This paper explores the implications of universities' rapid adoption of large language models (LLMs) for studying, teaching, and research by analyzing the logics underpinning their representation spac...
arxiv.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
"We always tell people that AI tools are kind of flawed colleagues: they are not thinking beings, but calculating machines."

Good lord these people are unhingedly cringe

www.ru.nl/en/radboud-i...
Dumber because of AI? | Radboud University
Does AI make us dumber, or can it enhance our thinking skills? At In'to, we will not wait for the discussion to be resolved. Instead, we choose to learn and to teach how to use AI responsibly.
www.ru.nl
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
cloudquistador.bsky.social
Another lesson we can take from this marketing release thinly disguised as high level overview is that 'the west' has never been serious about addressing climate change. The ad includes this statement, then blithely goes on to say: 'let's try it even though the Earth, she burns!'
Picture of an excerpt from the article that reads as follows: "Of course, the discussion is not limited to this one topic. The use of generative Al is clearly not uncontroversial either when it comes to environmental impact, data provenance, transparency and privacy. In this blog, we only zoom in on the issue mentioned in the title"
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
Thank you, Alex. Here's everything in one spot olivia.science/ai

I recommend the project syndicate piece with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and @marentierra.bsky.social 💖
Critical AI
On this page are some resources for Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) from my perspective.
olivia.science
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
irisvanrooij.bsky.social
This post is blowing up.

Please read the full paper 😌✨

👇👇👇👇👇👇

Guest, O., Suarez, et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
> Computing has always been a seesawing discipline. We had the AI winters of the 1970s and the 1990s, and we had the dot. com crash and the ensuing “Image Crisis.” It seems another crisis is upon us. Will we ever learn? It is time for some serious thinking!

cacm.acm.org/opinion/comp...
Computing Is Indeed a Discipline in Crisis While Silicon Valley is investing tens of billions of dollars chasing the AGI dream, academic computing research in the U.S. is facing a severe drought. By Moshe Y. Vardi Posted Oct 14 2025
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
"Our intention is not to stop scientific research, but to stop a genocide. A laboratory being disrupted for one day is incomparable to the devastation in Gaza. We sincerely hope that Radboud University [understands] the urgency of the situation and the need for action." www.voxweb.nl/en/activists...
Activists on the occupation of the Goudsmitpaviljoen: ‘We don't want to stop scientific research, but to stop genocide’ - Vox magazine
OPINION – According to 10 students from Nijmegen Student Encampment, last week’s media reports focused too much on the risks of the occupation of the Goudsmitpaviljoen. As a result, the real reason fo...
www.voxweb.nl
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
Really enjoyed & honoured to be part of the Critical AI Literacy Symposium yesterday. Also @lucyavraamidou.bsky.social & @miquelpt.bsky.social (and others) spoke about their wonderful work too. Big thanks to @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, Leo & Barbara for organising. ✨

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxyg...
October 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
irisvanrooij.bsky.social
Critical AI Literacy Symposium, with Dagmar Monett, @lucyavraamidou.bsky.social & Miquel Pérez Torres, Linda Mannila, and @olivia.science

🎬 Video recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxyg...

📢 Symposium website: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

🤔 Critical AI Literacy website: www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Critical AI Literacy: Empowering people to resist hype and harms in the age of AI -- Symposium 2025
YouTube video by Iris van Rooij
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
irisvanrooij.bsky.social
Ran into this poster on our campus today 😊
Poster of the Open Letter: Stop the uncritical adoption of ‘AI’ technologies in academia, with QR code
September 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
irisvanrooij.bsky.social
Heartening to see so many students sign our open letter openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
September 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
irisvanrooij.bsky.social
🩷💛 Check out @olivia.science ‘s CAIL website, with beautiful posters, video/podcast, papers and more! 🤩 olivia.science/ai
Colorful poster with text “Have you considered NOT using AI”, and a QR code going to our preprint “Against the Uncritical Adoption of ‘AI’ technologies”
September 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
marentierra.bsky.social
Do not miss this interview "Safeguarding science from AI” with experts in the field @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
h/t @disruptedscience.bsky.social @joymoop.bsky.social
for mentioning this study (depressing, but useful) AND not unrelated to the tech sector harming us (from: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCEB...)
September 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
irisvanrooij.bsky.social
"Ultimately, these systems cannot really replace humans, replace the quality of human craft and thinking — so many of their capacities are overblown and displacement will only happen if we accept the premises ( @olivia.science 2025).” 1/n

philpapers.org/rec/GUEATU
Olivia Guest, Marcela Suarez, Barbara Müller, Edwin van Meerkerk, Arnoud Oude Groote Beverborg, Ronald de Haan, Andrea Reyes Elizondo, Mark Blokpoel, Natalia Scharfenberg, Annelies Kleinherenbrink, Il...
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. ...
philpapers.org
September 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
I collected some materials on critical AI from my perspective; hope it's useful: olivia.science/ai

"CAIL is as an umbrella for all the prerequisite knowledge required to have an expert-level critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims"
September 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
💛🚫🤖 No AI Gods, No AI Masters 🤖🚫💛

I am massively excited to share the backstory ACADEMIC SHENANIGANS behind our Open Letter (& so this paper below too) — and as always big thanks to my co-authors {@irisvanrooij.bsky.social & @marentierra.bsky.social}:
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...

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September 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
@marentierra.bsky.social and I give some bad experiences we have had lately...

"Such situations hollow out our institutions from within, creating bad actors out of our own students, PhD candidates, and colleagues." www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...

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A case in point is our interactions when a university centre introduced an 'AI feedback tool' for use in written assignments. Marcela informed relevant university-level bodies, and highlighted the severe deskilling potential for both teachers and students. The centre's response followed a typical pattern of asking for relevant technopositive colleagues to be roped in as so-called relevant stakeholders. But who are the relevant stakeholders in a university if not teachers and students? These sorts of responses derail conversation about such decisions that risk severe deskilling, and solidify our university's promotion of AI products, which do not comply with data privacy regulations. In so doing we ignore ethical concerns raised by experts and experienced teachers. Finally, in the Summer of 2025, Olivia snapped when a series of troubling events led to a climax of weaponisation of students against faculty. Documents like the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, as well as related codes from around the world, the law in some cases, and our own personal ethical codes, could (if followed and applied) proscribe undue interference in academic and pedagogical practice. However, cases such as these where students are mouthpieces of industry, accidentally or otherwise, and supported by colleagues, are not only particularly worrisome for the harm they cause to the students themselves, but also to the whole of the academic ecosystem. Such situations hollow out our institutions from within, creating bad actors out of our own students, PhD candidates, and colleagues.
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Reposted by Marcela Suarez
olivia.science
Please consider signing our letter here: openletter.earth/open-letter-...

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Big thanks to @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and @marentierra.bsky.social as well as everybody else who helped make this piece: www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...

and the paper a reality: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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The Open Letter: Action All this has had a visceral effect on us as academics, which spilled out in the Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia — a process that involved also inviting on board other Netherlands-based colleagues who wished to lend their words to the text and sign their names below. At present, anybody from anywhere who agrees can still sign it, but we first wanted to concentrate our efforts on the NL, to really make a difference at our local and national levels. We also hope other countries' academics join in to pressure their respective organisations. A letter in a similar spirit also appears here: An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education. In order to inform and build solidarity with allied colleagues we have captured our counterarguments to the AI industry's rhetoric in a position piece: Against the uncritical adoption of 'AI' technologies in academia.​​​​​​​ In it we analyse misuse of terminology, debunk tropes, dismantle false frames, and provide helpful pointers to relevant work.
September 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
marentierra.bsky.social
I’m glad this blog post is out. Please comment if you can identify with us.
September 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM