Aisha Sobey
@aishasobey.bsky.social
Researcher (she/her) @cfi-cambridge on topics like AI hype, fat liberation, and healthcare disability justice. When not researching, I make fat feminist ceramics.
Image credit: Better Images of AI/ Hanna Bakarat & Women Who Draw/ Sofia Kolovskaya
Image credit: Better Images of AI/ Hanna Bakarat & Women Who Draw/ Sofia Kolovskaya
I am delighted to be chairing the newest BritCHI "Community" track, which offers space for researchers to develop engagement and reflect on themes across their already published HCI research! More info here: www.britchi2025.co.uk/programme/co...
Community
For inquiries, please contact the Community Chairs.
Important Dates Submission Deadline: 8th August 2025 @ 23:59 GMT.
Notification: 29th August 2025 (Juried by committee).
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May 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I am delighted to be chairing the newest BritCHI "Community" track, which offers space for researchers to develop engagement and reflect on themes across their already published HCI research! More info here: www.britchi2025.co.uk/programme/co...
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Would you be in a relationship with an AI?
1/3 Brits have used an AI 'Companion', data from a survey by Andrew McStay & @vianbakir.bsky.social suggests.
I wrote about it here, and asked @aishasobey.bsky.social why men are more likely to use AI companions than women...
medium.com/p/a-third-of...
1/3 Brits have used an AI 'Companion', data from a survey by Andrew McStay & @vianbakir.bsky.social suggests.
I wrote about it here, and asked @aishasobey.bsky.social why men are more likely to use AI companions than women...
medium.com/p/a-third-of...
A third of Brits have tried an AI ‘companion’, survey data suggests
36 per cent of people in the UK have used an AI companion and a further 23 per cent are interested in trying one, suggests data released in…
medium.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Would you be in a relationship with an AI?
1/3 Brits have used an AI 'Companion', data from a survey by Andrew McStay & @vianbakir.bsky.social suggests.
I wrote about it here, and asked @aishasobey.bsky.social why men are more likely to use AI companions than women...
medium.com/p/a-third-of...
1/3 Brits have used an AI 'Companion', data from a survey by Andrew McStay & @vianbakir.bsky.social suggests.
I wrote about it here, and asked @aishasobey.bsky.social why men are more likely to use AI companions than women...
medium.com/p/a-third-of...
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A report co-authored by @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social Postdoctoral Associates Dr Tomasz Hollanek and @aishasobey.bsky.social highlights risks and regulatory gaps in the use of AI companions for healthcare and mental wellbeing support.
Find out more: www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/pos...
Find out more: www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/pos...
Postdoctoral Associates publish report examining risks and benefits of AI companions
A report co-authored byDr Tomasz HollanekandDr Aisha Sobey highlights risks and regulatory gaps in the use ofAI companions for healthcare and mental wellbeing s
www.jesus.cam.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A report co-authored by @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social Postdoctoral Associates Dr Tomasz Hollanek and @aishasobey.bsky.social highlights risks and regulatory gaps in the use of AI companions for healthcare and mental wellbeing support.
Find out more: www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/pos...
Find out more: www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/pos...
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🕊️ In a "significant increase" from last year, 350 transgender people were murdered in the previous year, according to the annual Transgender Murder Monitoring Report.
www.wearequeeraf.com/350-transgen...
www.wearequeeraf.com/350-transgen...
350 Transgender people were murdered this year in a "significantly" increasing cycle of violence
This year's annual Transgender Murder Monitoring list has been released, with a "significant increase" since last year.
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🕊️ In a "significant increase" from last year, 350 transgender people were murdered in the previous year, according to the annual Transgender Murder Monitoring Report.
www.wearequeeraf.com/350-transgen...
www.wearequeeraf.com/350-transgen...
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In her recent FT article Gillian Tett discusses how different cultures see Artificial Intelligence technology and why our attitudes towards AI are slowly shifting. A book "Imagining AI" by Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal is featured in the article.
www.ft.com/content/0926...
www.ft.com/content/0926...
We need to think again about what the ‘A’ in AI signifies
Looking at the technology through a different cultural lens casts its threat and promise in a new light
www.ft.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In her recent FT article Gillian Tett discusses how different cultures see Artificial Intelligence technology and why our attitudes towards AI are slowly shifting. A book "Imagining AI" by Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal is featured in the article.
www.ft.com/content/0926...
www.ft.com/content/0926...
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Open access link to download PDF of the book is live. New book - Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods. Published by Polity Books. Also details on pbk & hbk purchase. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
December 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Open access link to download PDF of the book is live. New book - Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods. Published by Polity Books. Also details on pbk & hbk purchase. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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#Xmas convo PSA.
When you see your friends, family etc at Xmas, remember-their body size/shape/weight is probably the least interesting thing about them...it’s also probably none of your business.
If you can’t think of anything else, maybe let someone else do the talking?
#Food #Nutrition #Wellness
When you see your friends, family etc at Xmas, remember-their body size/shape/weight is probably the least interesting thing about them...it’s also probably none of your business.
If you can’t think of anything else, maybe let someone else do the talking?
#Food #Nutrition #Wellness
December 12, 2024 at 6:29 AM
#Xmas convo PSA.
When you see your friends, family etc at Xmas, remember-their body size/shape/weight is probably the least interesting thing about them...it’s also probably none of your business.
If you can’t think of anything else, maybe let someone else do the talking?
#Food #Nutrition #Wellness
When you see your friends, family etc at Xmas, remember-their body size/shape/weight is probably the least interesting thing about them...it’s also probably none of your business.
If you can’t think of anything else, maybe let someone else do the talking?
#Food #Nutrition #Wellness
In conjunction with Better Images of AI, and building on AIxDesign's recent playbook, I'm co-organising an exciting competition for (budding) digital artists to create images of AI teaching and learning - more information and prize info in the link! blog.betterimagesofai.org/public-compe...
Public Competition for Better Images of (teaching and learning) AI! - Better Images of AI Blog
Public Competition for Better Images of (teaching and learning) AI!
blog.betterimagesofai.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:43 AM
In conjunction with Better Images of AI, and building on AIxDesign's recent playbook, I'm co-organising an exciting competition for (budding) digital artists to create images of AI teaching and learning - more information and prize info in the link! blog.betterimagesofai.org/public-compe...