blair
@blairaf.com
Asst. Prof, Amii Fellow, sci-fi creator @ UAlberta
Transfeminist AI ethics, policy, governance: blairaf.com
Gay trans cyborg warriors vs. AI monsters: objecttype3.app
Transfeminist AI ethics, policy, governance: blairaf.com
Gay trans cyborg warriors vs. AI monsters: objecttype3.app
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blair
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· Apr 10
Why is AI governance so often ineffective at preventing AI from harming people and the planet? My new paper Transfeminist AI Governance addresses this question, now out in this month's issue of First Monday: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
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Still stunned at the implications of this particular aspect of the budget
"we actually don't know if AI will have the positive effects we're claiming but that's ok we are starting a new program to find out & we promise the AI will fix everything"
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Still stunned at the implications of this particular aspect of the budget
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i think most heterosexuals and even some queer/trans people have vastly underestimated the ability of queer ppl to keep each other alive. we are not asking or begging, we are saying ”your laws are meaningless, we will survive by any means necessary and there’s literally nothing you can do about it.”
May 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
i think most heterosexuals and even some queer/trans people have vastly underestimated the ability of queer ppl to keep each other alive. we are not asking or begging, we are saying ”your laws are meaningless, we will survive by any means necessary and there’s literally nothing you can do about it.”
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What's a good short primer on blockchain & crypto for a group of 2nd year undergrads? Preferably written from a critical perspective
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What's a good short primer on blockchain & crypto for a group of 2nd year undergrads? Preferably written from a critical perspective
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"The right’s gripe isn’t just that trans people exist, but that their existence is tearing down the old world—of good men, obedient women, traditional family structures—and unleashing a new, godless age of chaos and precarity on you." @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"The right’s gripe isn’t just that trans people exist, but that their existence is tearing down the old world—of good men, obedient women, traditional family structures—and unleashing a new, godless age of chaos and precarity on you." @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What's a good short primer on blockchain & crypto for a group of 2nd year undergrads? Preferably written from a critical perspective
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What's a good short primer on blockchain & crypto for a group of 2nd year undergrads? Preferably written from a critical perspective
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Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
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NEW from me: a new report found that national resistance to data centers skyrocketed between March and June of this year—especially in red states like Georgia and Indiana:
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW from me: a new report found that national resistance to data centers skyrocketed between March and June of this year—especially in red states like Georgia and Indiana:
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If AI is inevitable then why does it need so much government support and why are they constantly worried
Rhetorical RHETORICAL
Rhetorical RHETORICAL
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If AI is inevitable then why does it need so much government support and why are they constantly worried
Rhetorical RHETORICAL
Rhetorical RHETORICAL
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As we watch Trump & the GOP ignore the Constitution & the concept of human rights in the United States, consider what’s been happening in Canada with right-wing Premiers and Poilievre normalizing the common abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause to make Canada’s Charter of Rights & Freedoms irrelevant.
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
As we watch Trump & the GOP ignore the Constitution & the concept of human rights in the United States, consider what’s been happening in Canada with right-wing Premiers and Poilievre normalizing the common abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause to make Canada’s Charter of Rights & Freedoms irrelevant.
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Canada's Budget 2025 just dropped. It contains an admission that men and high-income people will benefit the most from the government's new AI funding
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Canada's Budget 2025 just dropped. It contains an admission that men and high-income people will benefit the most from the government's new AI funding
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"a lil bit of austerity is ok we promise the AI will fix it"
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"a lil bit of austerity is ok we promise the AI will fix it"
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Ya don't say
Artificial intelligence peer reviewers recommend the acceptance of unsound papers created entirely by AI more than 80% of the time, a new study has found. cen.acs.org/research-int... #chemsky 🧪
AI peer reviewers are fine with AI-fabricated papers
Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times
cen.acs.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ya don't say
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Let's not overregulate the doomsday machine we wouldn't want to stifle innovation
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Let's not overregulate the doomsday machine we wouldn't want to stifle innovation
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Honored to be featured on the freshly-relaunched @aftermath.site with this new piece!
It's about AI and Fascism, and also the beloved Y2K-era teen comedy Mean Girls.
It's about AI and Fascism, and also the beloved Y2K-era teen comedy Mean Girls.
AI Is The Ultimate "Forced Meme"
There are few things in this world more insufferable than a rich person trying to force their shitty ideas on everyone else. And in 2025, there are very few things that feel more forced than “Generati...
aftermath.site
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Honored to be featured on the freshly-relaunched @aftermath.site with this new piece!
It's about AI and Fascism, and also the beloved Y2K-era teen comedy Mean Girls.
It's about AI and Fascism, and also the beloved Y2K-era teen comedy Mean Girls.
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AI-driven casino economy
"we actually don't know if AI will have the positive effects we're claiming but that's ok we are starting a new program to find out & we promise the AI will fix everything"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
AI-driven casino economy
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AI-driven casino economy
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
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trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
AI-driven casino economy
AI-driven casino economy
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
AI-driven casino economy
Let's not overregulate the doomsday machine we wouldn't want to stifle innovation
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Let's not overregulate the doomsday machine we wouldn't want to stifle innovation
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November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Consistently impressed at how intuitively my students are able to unpack complex AI policy problems after only 1-2 classes on foundations of AI & AI ethics. Anyone who says AI policy & regulation are too complicated for the general public to understand/meaningfully engage with is completely wrong
March 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Consistently impressed at how intuitively my students are able to unpack complex AI policy problems after only 1-2 classes on foundations of AI & AI ethics. Anyone who says AI policy & regulation are too complicated for the general public to understand/meaningfully engage with is completely wrong
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If we don't fund it, they won't build it.
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If we don't fund it, they won't build it.
Just opened LinkedIn to a thread where someone posts an AI standard, another person flags it's been superseded by a newer standard in the replies, and then another person flags that the newer standard has been superseded by an even newer standard. Done with AI for today goodnight
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Just opened LinkedIn to a thread where someone posts an AI standard, another person flags it's been superseded by a newer standard in the replies, and then another person flags that the newer standard has been superseded by an even newer standard. Done with AI for today goodnight
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The EU’s Digital Omnibus could roll back key parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules — laws that set global standards for privacy and AI. Leaked drafts suggest companies could get more leeway on data use and slower enforcement, reports Ramsha Jahangir (@ramshajahangir.bsky.social):
EU Set the Global Standard on Privacy and AI. Now It’s Pulling Back | TechPolicy.Press
The draft Digital Omnibus could weaken core data protections and give tech companies more leeway in using European data, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
www.techpolicy.press
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The EU’s Digital Omnibus could roll back key parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules — laws that set global standards for privacy and AI. Leaked drafts suggest companies could get more leeway on data use and slower enforcement, reports Ramsha Jahangir (@ramshajahangir.bsky.social):
