Marielza
@marielza.bsky.social
Retired UNESCO Dir for Digital Inclusion, Policies & Transformation. Chair, UN University, eGov Institute.
UNESCO Women in STEM Committee
Some pottery and cyanotyping
Profile picture is of my face and torso
Banner is a picture I took of a light garden
UNESCO Women in STEM Committee
Some pottery and cyanotyping
Profile picture is of my face and torso
Banner is a picture I took of a light garden
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A lot of people who regurgitate "improvement" talking points to discredit any criticism of AI have little to no awareness of the trickery that occurs behind the scenes to provide this mirage. Not only for autonomous vehicles, but the army of human labour used to fine tune generative AI.
Waymo exec says remote assistance operators are in US and also in Philippines. Markey says that's unacceptable, a national & cyber security risk. And it takes jobs away from American drivers to outsource overseas. "Transatlantic backseat driver is downright dangerous in our country" Markey says.
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
A lot of people who regurgitate "improvement" talking points to discredit any criticism of AI have little to no awareness of the trickery that occurs behind the scenes to provide this mirage. Not only for autonomous vehicles, but the army of human labour used to fine tune generative AI.
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
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We are seeking a 3+ year postdoc in ocean modelling, to work on an exciting project investigating underwater tsunamis in Antarctica.
More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk
Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv
Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!
More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk
Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv
Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!
Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis
www.polomints.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 AM
We are seeking a 3+ year postdoc in ocean modelling, to work on an exciting project investigating underwater tsunamis in Antarctica.
More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk
Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv
Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!
More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk
Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv
Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!
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WashU PNP postdoc app just went live! They have 1 opening this year. I absolutely LOVED my time at WashU and I loved living in St. Louis. It's an amazing place to study and live.
PNP McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship , Washington University in St. Louis
- PhilJobs:JFP
PNP McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship , Washington University in St. Louis
An international database of jobs for philosophers
philjobs.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 AM
WashU PNP postdoc app just went live! They have 1 opening this year. I absolutely LOVED my time at WashU and I loved living in St. Louis. It's an amazing place to study and live.
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& ICYMI, I'm hiring at SF Digital Services! if you are or know an strong eng leader with amazing communication skills & a civic bent (already pursued or nascent!) please read this thread!!
hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...
Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932)
The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco. The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Visio...
careers.sf.gov
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
& ICYMI, I'm hiring at SF Digital Services! if you are or know an strong eng leader with amazing communication skills & a civic bent (already pursued or nascent!) please read this thread!!
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Post-doc in civic education at Iowa State University. Come work with me. I have nothing to do with hiring for thisnposition, but I’d love to see someone with social studies teaching experience in it 🗺️🗃️ isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaSt...
Postdoc Research Associate - Center for Cyclone Civics
Position Title: Postdoc Research Associate - Center for Cyclone Civics Appointment Type: Post Doc/Trainee Job Description: Summary of Duties and Responsibilities: Assist the leadership of the Center f...
isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Post-doc in civic education at Iowa State University. Come work with me. I have nothing to do with hiring for thisnposition, but I’d love to see someone with social studies teaching experience in it 🗺️🗃️ isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaSt...
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Paris-Rome Fellowship in Digital Art History. The National Institute for Art History (INHA) & Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History (BHMPI) offering a 3 - 6 mos. research fellowship betw Paris & Rome for doctoral/postdoc candidates. Applications due: 3/15
Bourse Paris–Rome en histoire de l’art numérique 2026/27 - INHA - Institut national d'histoire de l'art
Appel à candidature – On going-,,L’Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) et la Bibliotheca Hertziana – Institut Max Planck pour l’histoire de l’art (BHMPI) proposent une nouvelle bourse de recherche entre Paris et Rome, destinée à des candidates et candidats de niveau doctorat ou postdoctorat. ,, Description D’une durée de trois à six mois, cette … Continued
www.inha.fr
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Paris-Rome Fellowship in Digital Art History. The National Institute for Art History (INHA) & Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History (BHMPI) offering a 3 - 6 mos. research fellowship betw Paris & Rome for doctoral/postdoc candidates. Applications due: 3/15
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February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Se você por acaso sabe algo da localização desses data centers que a empresa não quis revelar "por questões de segurança", você pode falar comigo de maneira segura via Signal em laisfm.02 ou email laisfm@proton.me: 🙃
Microsoft inaugura data centers de IA no Brasil em São Paulo | G1
Com investimento de R$ 14,7 bilhões, a Microsoft inaugura data centers de IA em São Paulo e planeja capacitar 5 milhões de brasileiros em tecnologia até 2027.
g1.globo.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Se você por acaso sabe algo da localização desses data centers que a empresa não quis revelar "por questões de segurança", você pode falar comigo de maneira segura via Signal em laisfm.02 ou email laisfm@proton.me: 🙃
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A hacktivist has scraped more than half-a-million payment records from a provider of consumer-grade stalkerware apps, because stalkerware makers don't give a shit about the security of their products.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/h...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/h...
Exclusive: Hacktivist scrapes over 500,000 stalkerware customers' payment records
More than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online.
techcrunch.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
A hacktivist has scraped more than half-a-million payment records from a provider of consumer-grade stalkerware apps, because stalkerware makers don't give a shit about the security of their products.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/h...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/h...
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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Francesca Albanese: “Las democracias liberales se dirigen hacia el modelo israelí, con vigilancia, control y exclusión”
Francesca Albanese: “Las democracias liberales se dirigen hacia el modelo israelí, con vigilancia, control y exclusión"
"Muchos países corren a conseguir la última tecnología israelí, probada sobre los palestinos, para controlar a sus propias poblaciones”, advierte la relatora de la ONU, que acaba de publicar su libro ...
www.eldiario.es
February 8, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Francesca Albanese: “Las democracias liberales se dirigen hacia el modelo israelí, con vigilancia, control y exclusión”
One in three UK people use chatbots for medical advice. Users receive dangerous, inaccurate, and inconsistent information.
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 AM
One in three UK people use chatbots for medical advice. Users receive dangerous, inaccurate, and inconsistent information.
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"To think about any of [the dozens of ads from AI companies that ran during the Superbowl] for more than five seconds is to realize how little they stand up to scrutiny. Which is exactly how the brands want it generally: feeling more, thinking less." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
AI Companies Sold Us Their Vision of the Future at the Super Bowl. Here’s Why We Should Reject It
From Google to Meta to Microsoft, we were handed a world in which all our cares have been whisked away. Except for all the new ones that have come to take their place.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"To think about any of [the dozens of ads from AI companies that ran during the Superbowl] for more than five seconds is to realize how little they stand up to scrutiny. Which is exactly how the brands want it generally: feeling more, thinking less." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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My take on AI use
1) It's making it harder for people to learn *how* to learn
2) If you can't do everything you think ou should be doing without resorting to it — then you're doing (or being asked to do) too much
www.patreon.com/posts/149942...
1) It's making it harder for people to learn *how* to learn
2) If you can't do everything you think ou should be doing without resorting to it — then you're doing (or being asked to do) too much
www.patreon.com/posts/149942...
Don’t Let The Machines Do The Living | Culture Study
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February 10, 2026 at 3:30 AM
My take on AI use
1) It's making it harder for people to learn *how* to learn
2) If you can't do everything you think ou should be doing without resorting to it — then you're doing (or being asked to do) too much
www.patreon.com/posts/149942...
1) It's making it harder for people to learn *how* to learn
2) If you can't do everything you think ou should be doing without resorting to it — then you're doing (or being asked to do) too much
www.patreon.com/posts/149942...
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Interesting rhetoric from AOC here
February 10, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Interesting rhetoric from AOC here
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Passionate about art (and its intersections)? Hyperallergic is hiring for several roles on our Editorial and Publishing teams. If you want to work in independent media, we’d love to meet you. buff.ly/kPh13gC
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Passionate about art (and its intersections)? Hyperallergic is hiring for several roles on our Editorial and Publishing teams. If you want to work in independent media, we’d love to meet you. buff.ly/kPh13gC
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Missed this last week:
"In a UNICEF, ECPAT and INTERPOL study across 11 countries, at least 1.2 million children disclosed having had their images manipulated into sexually explicit deepfakes in the past year."
"In a UNICEF, ECPAT and INTERPOL study across 11 countries, at least 1.2 million children disclosed having had their images manipulated into sexually explicit deepfakes in the past year."
‘Deepfake abuse is abuse’
Statement by UNICEF on AI-generated sexualised images of children
www.unicef.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Missed this last week:
"In a UNICEF, ECPAT and INTERPOL study across 11 countries, at least 1.2 million children disclosed having had their images manipulated into sexually explicit deepfakes in the past year."
"In a UNICEF, ECPAT and INTERPOL study across 11 countries, at least 1.2 million children disclosed having had their images manipulated into sexually explicit deepfakes in the past year."
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International aid is lifesaving.
“According to a leading mathematical model, 800,000 people have died who otherwise wouldn’t have due to the (illegal) shuttering of the US Agency for International Development and the cancellation of 83% of its programs”
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/the-people...
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/the-people...
February 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
International aid is lifesaving.
Really...? This would come as a big surprise to the UN. 🙄
February 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Really...? This would come as a big surprise to the UN. 🙄
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I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
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Experimenting with toning ##Cyanotypes
February 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Experimenting with toning ##Cyanotypes