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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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.
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
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@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
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Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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.
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New:
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
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open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The AI Race to Reboot Feudalism
Let's be honest about why they gamble everything
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New:
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
Bravo! 👏
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...
@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...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bravo! 👏
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Most of the discussion around America's AI strategy abroad has focused on the AI Action Plan - but perhaps more important was the Executive Order on exporting the AI stack.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Most of the discussion around America's AI strategy abroad has focused on the AI Action Plan - but perhaps more important was the Executive Order on exporting the AI stack.
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United Nations Secretary-Generals, this one included, tend to be overly cautious when describing global issues, to avoid offending various countries and cultures.
Calling missing the 1.5C target a "moral failure" and "deadly negligence" is not hyperbole. Our species is committing suicide.
Calling missing the 1.5C target a "moral failure" and "deadly negligence" is not hyperbole. Our species is committing suicide.
The UN Secretary General is known for strong characterizations. Today, at #COP30 he called missing the 1.5°C target ‘deadly negligence.’
Is this hyperbole, or something more? Participants at the Climate Conference will discuss.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Is this hyperbole, or something more? Participants at the Climate Conference will discuss.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
United Nations Secretary-Generals, this one included, tend to be overly cautious when describing global issues, to avoid offending various countries and cultures.
Calling missing the 1.5C target a "moral failure" and "deadly negligence" is not hyperbole. Our species is committing suicide.
Calling missing the 1.5C target a "moral failure" and "deadly negligence" is not hyperbole. Our species is committing suicide.
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There’s more online election talk than ever—but researchers see less. As part of a new series, Josephine Lukito & Kaitlyn Dowling show how shrinking platform data hinders understanding of the digital political sphere.
www.techpolicy.press/there-is-mor...
www.techpolicy.press/there-is-mor...
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There’s more online election talk than ever—but researchers see less. As part of a new series, Josephine Lukito & Kaitlyn Dowling show how shrinking platform data hinders understanding of the digital political sphere.
www.techpolicy.press/there-is-mor...
www.techpolicy.press/there-is-mor...
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Think platform data from social media only matters for election or disinformation research? Think again. George Pearson, a researcher at the Truth Initiative, shows it’s vital for public health—revealing how tobacco companies can target youth, dodge regulations, and influence policy.
Why Platform Data is Essential to Public Health Efforts in Tobacco Control | TechPolicy.Press
Social media platforms are a key avenue for tobacco control research, but as George Pearson argues data access barriers hinder efforts to monitor impacts.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Think platform data from social media only matters for election or disinformation research? Think again. George Pearson, a researcher at the Truth Initiative, shows it’s vital for public health—revealing how tobacco companies can target youth, dodge regulations, and influence policy.
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Across the United States, communities are weighing the costs and benefits of data centers. Local responses, both reactive and proactive, fall into a few distinct patterns, from outright rejection to securing concessions, write Christopher Jordan and Kate Stoll.
Local Governments are Learning How to Negotiate With Data Center Developers | TechPolicy.Press
Christopher Jordan from the National League of Cities and Kate Stoll from the AAAS Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues consider examples.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Across the United States, communities are weighing the costs and benefits of data centers. Local responses, both reactive and proactive, fall into a few distinct patterns, from outright rejection to securing concessions, write Christopher Jordan and Kate Stoll.
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📣Closing this week: We're hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research domain.
It's an exciting time to join Ada as we begin our new strategy period.
Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat...
It's an exciting time to join Ada as we begin our new strategy period.
Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat...
Ada Lovelace Institute Associate Director, Emerging Technology & Industry Practice
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📣Closing this week: We're hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research domain.
It's an exciting time to join Ada as we begin our new strategy period.
Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat...
It's an exciting time to join Ada as we begin our new strategy period.
Deadline: 23:59 GMT, 16 November 2025.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/associat...
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As @craignewmark.bsky.social once said, “transparency is the new black.”
I’d argue that open journalism has the best shot at gaining or regaining broken trust in mainstream news media organization.
I’d argue that open journalism has the best shot at gaining or regaining broken trust in mainstream news media organization.
What open source can teach open journalism
Faced with continuing disruptions to the way that information is collected, shared and published, foundations, academics and media companies are all looking for better answers about the future of n…
digiphile.info
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
As @craignewmark.bsky.social once said, “transparency is the new black.”
I’d argue that open journalism has the best shot at gaining or regaining broken trust in mainstream news media organization.
I’d argue that open journalism has the best shot at gaining or regaining broken trust in mainstream news media organization.
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From Honolulu @civilbeat.bsky.social to @propublica.org to emerging outlets around the world, journalists keep showing some of the most powerful words in journalism are “help us investigate.” www.sigmaawards.org/from-flammab...
From Flammable Buildings to Slavery’s Hidden Legacy to Tainted Groundwater: Projects from 10 Countries Win GIJN’s 2025 Sigma Awards
Ten outstanding data-driven journalism projects, from as many countries, were chosen by a diverse Prize Committee of 17 judges from 498 entries from 80 countries.
www.sigmaawards.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From Honolulu @civilbeat.bsky.social to @propublica.org to emerging outlets around the world, journalists keep showing some of the most powerful words in journalism are “help us investigate.” www.sigmaawards.org/from-flammab...
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Imagination is resistance, @ruha9.bsky.social reminds us that, " we need to reject the gospel that says technology is inevitable, that the train has left the station... In an error of automated bullshit, it’s time to become bullshit detectors,"
#MozFest
#MozFest
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Imagination is resistance, @ruha9.bsky.social reminds us that, " we need to reject the gospel that says technology is inevitable, that the train has left the station... In an error of automated bullshit, it’s time to become bullshit detectors,"
#MozFest
#MozFest
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AI bros see lack of consent as a feature, not as a bug…and this has deep ramifications for how AI is developed and employed.
@ebharrington.bsky.social
@daniellecitron.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social @cagoldberglaw.bsky.social
@ebharrington.bsky.social
@daniellecitron.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social @cagoldberglaw.bsky.social
🙏🏼 Far too many seem to believe that AI represents our future (whether we want it or not), & fail to come to grips with the fact that AI is only capable of recycling the past…& almost completely on artifacts of the past gathered & used without consent. Lack of consent is central to the enterprise.
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
AI bros see lack of consent as a feature, not as a bug…and this has deep ramifications for how AI is developed and employed.
@ebharrington.bsky.social
@daniellecitron.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social @cagoldberglaw.bsky.social
@ebharrington.bsky.social
@daniellecitron.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social @cagoldberglaw.bsky.social
OpenAI offers the *illusion* that abundant free labor is just around the corner. That capitalism will be able to dispense with paid workers, and unpaid labor will work 24/7. That revenue will grow exponentially and 100% of it will become profit.
It promises infinite "rainmaking" to greedy people.
It promises infinite "rainmaking" to greedy people.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
OpenAI offers the *illusion* that abundant free labor is just around the corner. That capitalism will be able to dispense with paid workers, and unpaid labor will work 24/7. That revenue will grow exponentially and 100% of it will become profit.
It promises infinite "rainmaking" to greedy people.
It promises infinite "rainmaking" to greedy people.
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this is a great pod ep on the subject
among other insights is that rightwing women adopt this drag-like appearance bc: 1) its a class status signal of the excess money, time, and help the look requires; 2) it exaggerates sexual dimorphism to reinscribe the gender binary
rss.com/podcasts/inb...
among other insights is that rightwing women adopt this drag-like appearance bc: 1) its a class status signal of the excess money, time, and help the look requires; 2) it exaggerates sexual dimorphism to reinscribe the gender binary
rss.com/podcasts/inb...
Episode 68 -- Republican Makeup with Jessica DeFino | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
When it comes to the protagonists of MAGA world, they -- like Roxette circa 1990 -- have THE LOOK. You know the one: hair that rises and crests like a mountain range, lips that are strangely beige an...
rss.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
this is a great pod ep on the subject
among other insights is that rightwing women adopt this drag-like appearance bc: 1) its a class status signal of the excess money, time, and help the look requires; 2) it exaggerates sexual dimorphism to reinscribe the gender binary
rss.com/podcasts/inb...
among other insights is that rightwing women adopt this drag-like appearance bc: 1) its a class status signal of the excess money, time, and help the look requires; 2) it exaggerates sexual dimorphism to reinscribe the gender binary
rss.com/podcasts/inb...
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Iraq 2.0, but this time en espanol. www.politico.eu/article/worl...
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Iraq 2.0, but this time en espanol. www.politico.eu/article/worl...
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A rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence.
Is Wall Street losing faith in AI? | TechCrunch
A rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence.
techcrunch.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A rough week for tech stocks might signal a loss of investor confidence in artificial intelligence.
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Old cyanotypes revisited 03
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Old cyanotypes revisited 03
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Old cyanotypes revisited 04
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Old cyanotypes revisited 04
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November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
THIS. All of this, including thread posts! 🔥
Identifying flaws in GenAI unfortunately offers a pretext for claims that perfecting the product is just a matter of time & money. So pointing to chatbots’ role in,say, suicides can only go so far if we don’t also identify the systemic, irresolvable lack of Gen AI’s human commitment bc math has none
November 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
THIS. All of this, including thread posts! 🔥
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Depressing new evidence on work conditions for Amazon delivery drivers (and interesting comparisons with UPS), by Danny Schneider and David Weil theconversation.com/the-unraveli...
The unraveling of workplace protections for delivery drivers: A tale of 2 workplace models
A first-of-its-kind study finds Amazon’s delivery drivers earn less and face more instability than their unionized counterparts.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Depressing new evidence on work conditions for Amazon delivery drivers (and interesting comparisons with UPS), by Danny Schneider and David Weil theconversation.com/the-unraveli...
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AI chatbots used to be pitched as impartial tools for answering questions, but bespoke chatbots like Arya (an “unapologetic right-wing nationalist Christian AI model”) are now being programmed explicitly to reflect the biases of their creators. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...
Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America’s Political and Cultural Wars
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
AI chatbots used to be pitched as impartial tools for answering questions, but bespoke chatbots like Arya (an “unapologetic right-wing nationalist Christian AI model”) are now being programmed explicitly to reflect the biases of their creators. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...