Mona Sloane
@monasloane.bsky.social
Sociologist of #AI • University of Virginia Faculty • Series Editor University of California Press • Tech Editor Public Books • Fellow NYU IKP & UVA DTD • Host of Co-Opting AI Series • Director Sloane Lab • monasloane.org
‼️ AI shapes how people get hired—but how much do we know about those tools? 🎤 We’ve launched the TARAI Index, a public database mapping AI use in 100+ recruiting technologies. 🤓 It helps practitioners and researchers explore how AI really works in hiring 👉 www.tarai.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
‼️ AI shapes how people get hired—but how much do we know about those tools? 🎤 We’ve launched the TARAI Index, a public database mapping AI use in 100+ recruiting technologies. 🤓 It helps practitioners and researchers explore how AI really works in hiring 👉 www.tarai.org
Reposted by Mona Sloane
@monasloane.bsky.social in conversation with tech journalist and author @karenhao.bsky.social
Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE
Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
@monasloane.bsky.social in conversation with tech journalist and author @karenhao.bsky.social
Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE
Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE
It was an honor to share a stage with the incredible @karenhao.bsky.social last week for a conversation with Seth Lewis about the Empire of AI with remarks from Dean Acampora. More here: lnkd.in/eeFCvtZW (Photo credit: Hoowithaview, Charlottesville, VA)
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It was an honor to share a stage with the incredible @karenhao.bsky.social last week for a conversation with Seth Lewis about the Empire of AI with remarks from Dean Acampora. More here: lnkd.in/eeFCvtZW (Photo credit: Hoowithaview, Charlottesville, VA)
Today at 4pm, join us!
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Please join us on 10/22 for a new Co-Opting #AI episode on #antiquity! I am thrilled to be in conversation with Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Kevin Donnelly, and Elly R. Truitt to explore ancient concepts of automation, intelligent machines, gods and robots. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today at 4pm, join us!
Please join us on 10/22 for a new Co-Opting #AI episode on #antiquity! I am thrilled to be in conversation with Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Kevin Donnelly, and Elly R. Truitt to explore ancient concepts of automation, intelligent machines, gods and robots. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
Co-Opting AI: Antiquity - DTD Lab
Join panelists, Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, John L. Nau III assistant professor of classics at the University of Virginia, Kevin Donnelly, professor of history at Alvernia University, Elly R. Truitt, ...
dtdlab.virginia.edu
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Please join us on 10/22 for a new Co-Opting #AI episode on #antiquity! I am thrilled to be in conversation with Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Kevin Donnelly, and Elly R. Truitt to explore ancient concepts of automation, intelligent machines, gods and robots. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
🎙️ New work out with Charity Nyelele, Antonios Mamalakis and Ava Birdwell, alongside many experts! Read our new report on Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation -- let's include local knowledge holders in AI innovation for extreme weather forecasting!
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
Libra Open | Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation
Libra Open Content: Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation | Authors: Ava Birdwell, Mona Sloane, Antonios Mamalakis, Charity Nyelele Artificial intelligence
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎙️ New work out with Charity Nyelele, Antonios Mamalakis and Ava Birdwell, alongside many experts! Read our new report on Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation -- let's include local knowledge holders in AI innovation for extreme weather forecasting!
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
Thrilled to announce that the great Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social will visit UVA on 10/21, 6pm, Old Cabell Hall! Join me for an exciting conversation with Karen and Seth Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social, with opening remarks by Dean Christa Acampora. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...
September 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thrilled to announce that the great Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social will visit UVA on 10/21, 6pm, Old Cabell Hall! Join me for an exciting conversation with Karen and Seth Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social, with opening remarks by Dean Christa Acampora. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...
If you missed Co-Opting hashtag#AI: hashtag#Taxes with Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy, you can watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrT3...
Co-Opting AI: Taxes
YouTube video by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
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September 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If you missed Co-Opting hashtag#AI: hashtag#Taxes with Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy, you can watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrT3...
Co-Opting AI is back for the Fall 2025 season! Join us for a conversation on #AI and fair distribution feat. Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy: September 17, 4pm ET, free sign-up here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Co-Opting AI: Taxes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join panelists, Ruth Braunstein, Associate Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, Ekkehard Ernst, Chief Macroeconomist at the International Labour Organization, Maximilian Kasy, Professor...
virginia.zoom.us
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Co-Opting AI is back for the Fall 2025 season! Join us for a conversation on #AI and fair distribution feat. Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy: September 17, 4pm ET, free sign-up here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎉 🎤 Thrilled to announce the launch of the Co-Opting AI Archive: a place to listen to and watch all 50+ episodes from the last six years. More to come in the fall program! We will be talking about taxes, antiquity, libraries, and kids. Have a listen: www.monasloane.org/co-opting-ai.
September 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🎉 🎤 Thrilled to announce the launch of the Co-Opting AI Archive: a place to listen to and watch all 50+ episodes from the last six years. More to come in the fall program! We will be talking about taxes, antiquity, libraries, and kids. Have a listen: www.monasloane.org/co-opting-ai.
Reposted by Mona Sloane
Presenting this work at @ic2s2.bsky.social imminently, in the LLMs & Society session!
🎙️ NEW WORK! @allisonkoe.bsky.social, Hilke Schellmann, Anna Seo Gyeong Choi, Katelyn Mei and I just released our stakeholder-grounded #AI #audit of speech-to-text transcription systems, examining the how well they work for people with #aphasia. More : arxiv.org/abs/2506.08846
Addressing Pitfalls in Auditing Practices of Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies: A Case Study of People with Aphasia
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has transformed daily tasks from video transcription to workplace hiring. ASR systems' growing use warrants robust and standardized auditing approaches to ensure aut...
arxiv.org
July 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Presenting this work at @ic2s2.bsky.social imminently, in the LLMs & Society session!
Reposted by Mona Sloane
I love the idea of history informing AI audits – it's something @sandhaus.bsky.social @azjacobs.bsky.social @emoss.bsky.social @monasloane.bsky.social drew on for our work on motion capture & was so important for surfacing the assumptions encoded in modern-day tech!
🔗: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
🔗: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Historical Methods for AI Evaluations, Assessments, and Audits | Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency
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July 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I love the idea of history informing AI audits – it's something @sandhaus.bsky.social @azjacobs.bsky.social @emoss.bsky.social @monasloane.bsky.social drew on for our work on motion capture & was so important for surfacing the assumptions encoded in modern-day tech!
🔗: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
🔗: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Thrilled that our NASEM report on "Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management" is out now! Thank you to our committee and participants and to the wonderful Ben Shneiderman for co-chairing with me! More here: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...
Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management: Proceedings of a Workshop
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.
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July 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thrilled that our NASEM report on "Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management" is out now! Thank you to our committee and participants and to the wonderful Ben Shneiderman for co-chairing with me! More here: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...
🎤 NEW in @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech: "It’s Not Optimal" by @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social & Hayoung Seo--a brilliant take on #AI's sociality in conversation with books by Leslie Valiant, @verityharding.bsky.social, @emollick.bsky.social, & @allisonpugh.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/its-not-opti...
It's Not Optimal - Public Books
Four books about a new age of AI tell stories of sluggish processes, ambiguous outcomes, emotionally charged issues, and generous margins for error.
www.publicbooks.org
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🎤 NEW in @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech: "It’s Not Optimal" by @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social & Hayoung Seo--a brilliant take on #AI's sociality in conversation with books by Leslie Valiant, @verityharding.bsky.social, @emollick.bsky.social, & @allisonpugh.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/its-not-opti...
Congratulations to @allisonpugh.bsky.social on this richly deserved recognition!
Allison J. Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social, Johns Hopkins University, is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award for “The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World.” bit.ly/ASA25Awards%...
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Congratulations to @allisonpugh.bsky.social on this richly deserved recognition!
🎙️ NEW WORK! @allisonkoe.bsky.social, Hilke Schellmann, Anna Seo Gyeong Choi, Katelyn Mei and I just released our stakeholder-grounded #AI #audit of speech-to-text transcription systems, examining the how well they work for people with #aphasia. More : arxiv.org/abs/2506.08846
Addressing Pitfalls in Auditing Practices of Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies: A Case Study of People with Aphasia
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has transformed daily tasks from video transcription to workplace hiring. ASR systems' growing use warrants robust and standardized auditing approaches to ensure aut...
arxiv.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🎙️ NEW WORK! @allisonkoe.bsky.social, Hilke Schellmann, Anna Seo Gyeong Choi, Katelyn Mei and I just released our stakeholder-grounded #AI #audit of speech-to-text transcription systems, examining the how well they work for people with #aphasia. More : arxiv.org/abs/2506.08846
🎙️ New in the @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech section today, by @emoss.bsky.social: "Toward a Realpolitik for AI" www.publicbooks.org/toward-a-rea... discussing the new books by @randomwalker.bsky.social @sayash.bsky.social @garymarcus.bsky.social and @bialski.bsky.social
Toward a Realpolitik for AI - Public Books
Today’s AI arms race demands a healthy dose of realism.
www.publicbooks.org
June 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🎙️ New in the @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech section today, by @emoss.bsky.social: "Toward a Realpolitik for AI" www.publicbooks.org/toward-a-rea... discussing the new books by @randomwalker.bsky.social @sayash.bsky.social @garymarcus.bsky.social and @bialski.bsky.social
So proud of my team! Look at all the amazing things we have done this past academic year: www.linkedin.com/posts/mona-s...
🚀 Sloane Lab End-of-Year Update: Celebrating Our Amazing Team! | Mona Sloane
I could not be prouder of my team! Looking forward to another year of research, impact, and innovation on all things #AI and #society with Sheilla Addison, Michael Amadi, Ava Birdwell, Mack Brumbaugh,...
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May 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So proud of my team! Look at all the amazing things we have done this past academic year: www.linkedin.com/posts/mona-s...
Thrilled to see a new @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech piece out! This essay is by Robert Geraci and discusses our relationship with #AI, reviewing Greg Epstein's "Tech Agnostic" and Laura Marks' "The Fold": The Future of Tech: Black Boxes or Clear Communication? www.publicbooks.org/the-future-o...
The Future of Tech: Black Boxes or Clear Communication? - Public Books
To optimize what’s happening in the world of digital technology, we’ve got to understand the unspoken rules of that world
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May 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thrilled to see a new @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech piece out! This essay is by Robert Geraci and discusses our relationship with #AI, reviewing Greg Epstein's "Tech Agnostic" and Laura Marks' "The Fold": The Future of Tech: Black Boxes or Clear Communication? www.publicbooks.org/the-future-o...
If you missed yesterday's fierce Co-Opting #AI conversation about #debt with Dr. Simone Browne and Erie Meyer, you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhqc...
Co Opting AI: Debt
YouTube video by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
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May 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you missed yesterday's fierce Co-Opting #AI conversation about #debt with Dr. Simone Browne and Erie Meyer, you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhqc...
Reposted by Mona Sloane
We’re excited to announce the launch of our essay collection, Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity.This collection grew out of a 2-day workshop where experts across disciplines and industries gathered to explore the past, present, & future role of AI: doi.org/10.18130/03d... (1/n)
Libra Open | Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity
Libra Open Content: Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity | Authors: Jess Reia, Yingchong Wang, MC Forelle Artificial intelligence (AI) is
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May 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We’re excited to announce the launch of our essay collection, Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity.This collection grew out of a 2-day workshop where experts across disciplines and industries gathered to explore the past, present, & future role of AI: doi.org/10.18130/03d... (1/n)
Co-Opting #AI #Debt is happening this week! Wednesday May 14, 4pm ET -- free sign-up here: ipk.nyu.edu/events/co-op...
May 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Co-Opting #AI #Debt is happening this week! Wednesday May 14, 4pm ET -- free sign-up here: ipk.nyu.edu/events/co-op...
Glad to talk to Andrea Sanke and Chris Stokel-Walker about whether we can trust #AI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSw...
ChatGPT's dark side: Can we trust artificial intelligence?
YouTube video by The Newsmakers
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May 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Glad to talk to Andrea Sanke and Chris Stokel-Walker about whether we can trust #AI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSw...
Reposted by Mona Sloane
May 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
May 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM