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Tania Duarte
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Critical AI literacy. Runs WeandAI.org and BetterImagesofAI.org
TLA Tech for Disability and RSA RAIN, AI and Ethics Journal, 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™ 2021, Computer Weekly Women in UK Tech Rising Star
Pssst the Broligarchs don’t care about us
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Tania Duarte @taniaduarte.bsky.social · Jun 23
I’m at #FACCT25 for @weandai.bsky.social and @betterimagesofai.bsky.social to
-run a sensory workshop on marginalised people & sociotechnical AI concepts
-convene a social on Challenging Narratives of AI Inevitability
-learn from some amazing work!
And I made a list bsky.app/profile/did:...
Flyer for countering narratives of inevitability show and tell -10.15 to 10.45 am weds 25th June Details on #facct-social-25 hello@weandai.org Flyer for We and AI organisation “Critical AI Literacies for Public Power” using images from the Better Images of AI library hello@weandai.org www.weandai.org AI planet board game - mat with cards, one of the games for the workshop Tania Duarte and Lizzie Remfrey in front of the Consertoire conference venue with FACTT sign
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hermeneuticist.bsky.social
Thrilled to be joining @ftollon.bsky.social at RSA House and online, 9th October at 6pm (UTC+1), with @taniaduarte.bsky.social to discuss Tollon’s recent work with @shannonvallor.bsky.social on the #ResponsibleAI landscape.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-respon...
Poster for the responsible AI landscape event, taking place at RSA House and online on 9th October at 6pm (UTC+1).
September 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
Please join some amazing researchers for a discussion of their research into the roles metaphors play in shaping perceptions:

Exploring metaphors of AI: visualisations, narratives, and perceptions

Online @hypestudies.bsky.social
10th Sept 2025 at 2pm-3pm CEST

hypestudies.org/conference/c...
Exploring metaphors of AI: Visualisations, narratives and perception Hype Studies Conference (Barcelona) and ONLINE 10th September 2025 at 2pm-3pm CEST (UTC +2) Online registration at hypestudies.org Join an exploration of insightful research and art as explorations on how AI hype narratives derive power from metaphors. Featuring presentations, discussion and Q&A including: Myra Cheng - Measuring and understanding public perceptions of AI through crowdsourced metaphors Leo Lau - New visual metaphors of AI Tania Duarte - Better Images of AI (moderator) Anuj Gupta and Yasser Atef - ChatGPT metaphors for developing critical AI literacies Rainer Rehak - AI narrative breakdowns of power and promise
September 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
In London, UK next week and up for a fun summer social? Join @betterimagesofai.bsky.social and Mixed Initiative for a world cafe session, where we explore how metaphors shape our thinking about AI, its power, its limits, and its politics.

Request invite here: lu.ma/s4i1uqhq
Weird Metaphors of AI · Luma
Join Mixed Initiative and Better Images of AI for an after-work world cafe session, where we explore how metaphors shape our thinking about AI, its power, its…
lu.ma
July 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
A fantastic #FAccT2025 edition of the excellent Computer Says Maybe podcast - including me on @weandai.bsky.social workshops about material & sociotechnical concepts of AI for marginalised communities

Also really great chats from other sessions @facct.bsky.social - www.themaybe.org/podcast/afte...
July 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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poemproducer.bsky.social
Computer Says Maybe | After the FAccT: Materiality and Militarisation
#greece #digital #infrastructure @alixdunn.com
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After the FAccT: Materiality and Militarisation | Computer Says Maybe | Episode 64
Georgia, Soizic, and Hanna from The Maybe team just went to FAccT. Georgia and Soizic interviewed a bunch of amazing researchers, practitioners, and artists to give you a taste of what the conference ...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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weandai.bsky.social
Are you at #FAccT25 this morning and interested in, or working on resisting, reclaiming, refusing or reimagining AI?

If so, we’d love to see you at:
“Challenging Narratives of AI Inevitability - Show and Tell”
at the back of the inside cafe:
10.15 coffee break today
Countering Narrative of Inevitably- Show and Tell flyer 10.15 - 10.45 am Weds 25th Junes details on #facct-social-25 Slack Hello@weandai.org Repeat of the flyer picture with the back of the flyer shown. It has a lot of text which is a bit too small to read easily
June 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
I’m at #FACCT25 for @weandai.bsky.social and @betterimagesofai.bsky.social to
-run a sensory workshop on marginalised people & sociotechnical AI concepts
-convene a social on Challenging Narratives of AI Inevitability
-learn from some amazing work!
And I made a list bsky.app/profile/did:...
Flyer for countering narratives of inevitability show and tell -10.15 to 10.45 am weds 25th June Details on #facct-social-25 hello@weandai.org Flyer for We and AI organisation “Critical AI Literacies for Public Power” using images from the Better Images of AI library hello@weandai.org www.weandai.org AI planet board game - mat with cards, one of the games for the workshop Tania Duarte and Lizzie Remfrey in front of the Consertoire conference venue with FACTT sign
June 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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alexhanna.bsky.social
If you're at #FACCT2025 today, check out our AI Workers' Inquiry, where we'll have a stellar panel of workers organizing against AI and host a participatory session.

You can also participate online!

ai-workers-inquiry.github.io
AI Workers' Inquiry
AI Workers' Inquiry is a FAccT 2025 CRAFT workshop that brings together workers, organizers, and labor experts to explore how AI is transforming our workplaces and discuss strategies for collective re...
ai-workers-inquiry.github.io
June 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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techfordisability.bsky.social
When it comes to financing disability tech, are funding options fit for purpose?

Join our virtual panel discussion on Mon 9 June, as part of #LondonTechWeek to explore what it would take to achieve a more inclusive startup funding landscape.

Book here bit.ly/3YUFepW

An amazing panel include:
An event poster asking "Do growth and profit imperatives limit inclusive innovation? Online panel discussion Monday 9th June 2025 - 13:00 - 14:00 BST. London Tech Week. techfordisability.org
June 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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techfordisability.bsky.social
⭐ Matt Pierri, CEO & Founder of @sociability.bsky.social
⭐ Sophie Mason, Founder & CEO of ThinkEDI
⭐ Orr Vinegold, Founder of Unrest
⭐ @Yijuan Li, Co-Founder of @Sounteract
⭐ Kathy Marcham, Portfolio Manager of Social Tech Trust
Chaired by Coté Auil, Researcher of Global Disability Innovation Hub
A card blonde Sophie Mason, Founder and CEO of Think EDI on an event poster with the title Do growth and profit imperatives limit inclusive innovation? An event poster showing Yijuan Li, Co-Founder Sounteract on an event poster with the title Do growth and profit imperatives limit inclusive innovation? Matt Pierri - CEO and Founder of Sociability on an event poster with the title Do growth and profit imperatives limit inclusive innovation? An event card showing Kathy Marcham, Portfolio Manager, Social Tech Trust, GoodTech Ventures
June 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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karenhao.bsky.social
In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
I can't wait to sort through some great ways to more creatively represent the issues related to digital and work than dumping a white robot next to a computer!
betterimagesofai.bsky.social Better Images of AI @betterimagesofai.bsky.social · May 15
📣📣There are just a few days left to enter our ‘digital transformation at work’ art competition with @digitcentre.bsky.social!

Meet the fantastic judging panel looking forward to seeing how budding and activist artists reinvent the scifi-inspired ways digital and work are represented in images👇🏽
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A poster announcing the judges for an open competition for artists and makers to create images illustrating the realities of digital transformations at work. 10 judges are listed with a circular headshot and their names underneath. A text box on the poster states that there are monetary prizes, global entries, and all creative fields are welcomed. ‘Digital Transformation at Work’ Art Competition DEADLINE TO ENTER: 18th May 2025 JUDGING PANEL Bhumika Billa Chanell Daniels Jacqueline O’Reilly Maninder Paul Tania Duarte Rob Keery Niels Bonde Nina Wakeford Michael Luck Ben Wodeki
May 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
Worth remembering on AI Literacy Day
neilturkewitz.bsky.social Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · Mar 28
Expanding AI literacy, in the absence of interrogation of the forces behind it & the context in which it operates, serves to reinforce an agency-defeating belief in AI manifest destiny. We need to constantly dissect assumptions. You may find this interesting 👇🏽

medium.com/coinmonks/th...
March 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
This is the guide to AI Agents you need
emilymbender.bsky.social Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · Mar 28
On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, @mmitchell.bsky.social joins me & @alexhanna.bsky.social to talk about “AI” “agents” -- what that means, what the salesmen want you to think it means, and what to actually be concerned about.

Catch the livestream here:

Mon 3/31, noon Pacific
dair_institute - Twitch
Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).
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March 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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braiduk.bsky.social
The Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme is thrilled to announce the selection of seven outstanding UK-based artists for our commissioning project aimed at exploring and enriching the responsible AI ecosystem through artistic expression...
March 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
Statement from DSIT today is so confusing. There has been a power imbalance in this country. Which can only be fixed by ignoring the needs of civil society in favour of working with big tech and VCs. Because, they are not powerful enough? Does it mean old ideas like ethics, safety and inclusion?
The Science and Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, said: Everywhere you see, there is an imbalance of power in this country which has – for too long – made it impossible to imagine a better future for Britain. To deliver our Plan for Change we have to shift the balance of power, away from stagnation and old ideas, towards innovation and opportunity, and the bold people building a new future for Britain. In doing so, by 2035 we could see a whole new Britain emerge, harnessing the power of technological development, from engineering biology to AI, semiconductors and cyber security, or quantum and future telecoms for a stronger economy and better lives for all in the UK.
March 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
It's been a wild 5 years - please join us to celebrate it an an online community event!
weandai.bsky.social We and AI @weandai.bsky.social · Mar 2
At the beginning of 2025, We and AI reached a milestone of FIVE YEARS as a voluntary organisation.

Our desire to support a greater diversity of people to make decisions about AI - through having better understanding of how AI technologies impact their values and interests - has not changed.
We and AI 5th Birthday Celebration It’s been a wild ride! Join us to celebrate our amazing community, look back at our amazing projects, and join small groups to discuss where the (AI) world is 5 years on. ONLINE | March - 19 - 2025 | 5pm - 7pm UTC | RSVP hello@weandai.org Poster Illustrated by a collage of images form the Better Images of AI library - betterimagesofai.org. For full attribution and usage see https://bit.ly/image_credits
March 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
Circle of life or something. Great article and image.
kconrad.bsky.social Katie (Kathryn) Conrad @kconrad.bsky.social · Feb 19
Psyched to have a work of mine from the @betterimagesofai.bsky.social gallery used to illustrate a great article... that was in turn reposted by one of the people who coauthored the original OSTP Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights on which I built my piece for a BoR for education. 😍
geomblog.bsky.social Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · Feb 19
Fantastic article. And when I grow up I want to teach a course with as spectacular a name
February 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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justtreatment.org
🚨 EXPOSED: Every #NHS patient needs to watch this...⬇️

Palantir CEO Alex Karp bragged about scaring enemies & neutralising them - whilst his spy tech company has a £330m contract to handle our NHS patient records.

Get Palantir & its CEO away from our NHS!

youtube.com/shorts/tXdCA...
Every NHS patient needs to see this. #nhs #politics #viral #data #news #nhsprivatisation #trump #uk
YouTube video by Just Treatment
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February 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
taniaduarte.bsky.social
-24th April 2023 UK Foundation Model Taskforce announced
-July? 2023 Foundation Model Taskforce becomes Frontier AI Taskforce
-3rd Nov 2023 Frontier AI Taskforce becomes AI Safety Institute
-14th Feb 2025 UK AI Safety Institute becomes AI Security Institute www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Tackling AI security risks to unleash growth and deliver Plan for Change
UK’s AI Safety Institute becomes ‘UK AI Security Institute’.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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betterimagesofai.bsky.social
As part of our new blog series, 'Through My Eyes', Laura Sofía Martínez Agudelo shares her reflections on 'Weaving Wires 1' – Hanna Barakat, OLY's 'better image of AI' that was created for the Archival Images of AI playbook.

👉🏽 Read Laura's blog post here: blog.betterimagesofai.org/weaved-wires...
'Weaved Wires Weaving Me' by Laura Martinez Agudelo - Better Images of AI Blog
Laura comments on how the image uncovers the hidden Navajo women's labor behind the assembly of microchips in Silicon Valley – inviting us to confront the oppressive cultural conditions of conception,...
blog.betterimagesofai.org
February 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM