Casey Lynch
@casey-lynch.bsky.social
Geographer at the Universitat de Girona. Cities, labor, politics of AI/robots/automation. CAT/ENG/ESP 🏳️🌈
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🚨New article🚨 Why has the promise of universal ownership been broken, as @benbraun.bsky.social has suggested?
Our argument: because the Big Three are hardly universal. They mainly invest in those that can insulate themselves from environmental harm - big tech & financials in the Global North.
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Our argument: because the Big Three are hardly universal. They mainly invest in those that can insulate themselves from environmental harm - big tech & financials in the Global North.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🚨New article🚨 Why has the promise of universal ownership been broken, as @benbraun.bsky.social has suggested?
Our argument: because the Big Three are hardly universal. They mainly invest in those that can insulate themselves from environmental harm - big tech & financials in the Global North.
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Our argument: because the Big Three are hardly universal. They mainly invest in those that can insulate themselves from environmental harm - big tech & financials in the Global North.
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Rethinking urban AI: a critical posthumanist perspective on intelligence, autonomy, and agency by @fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social and @casey-lynch.bsky.social in Urban Geography www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Rethinking urban AI: a critical posthumanist perspective on intelligence, autonomy, and agency
This article interrogates the reconfiguration of human-technology relationships through urban artificial intelligence (AI), complicating how the human subject is understood and invoked within urban...
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June 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Rethinking urban AI: a critical posthumanist perspective on intelligence, autonomy, and agency by @fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social and @casey-lynch.bsky.social in Urban Geography www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Excited to share a new open access article with @casey-lynch.bsky.social, just out in @urbangeography.bsky.social:
"Rethinking urban AI: a critical posthumanist perspective on intelligence, autonomy, and agency":
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Rethinking urban AI: a critical posthumanist perspective on intelligence, autonomy, and agency":
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article in Urban Geography! @fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social and I question concepts of intelligence, autonomy, and agency in urban AI literature through a discussion of the critical posthumanisms of Braidotti, Latour, and (in particular) Hayles to multiply the sites and actors of urban AI politics.
June 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Excited to share a new open access article with @casey-lynch.bsky.social, just out in @urbangeography.bsky.social:
"Rethinking urban AI: a critical posthumanist perspective on intelligence, autonomy, and agency":
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Rethinking urban AI: a critical posthumanist perspective on intelligence, autonomy, and agency":
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article in Urban Geography! @fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social and I question concepts of intelligence, autonomy, and agency in urban AI literature through a discussion of the critical posthumanisms of Braidotti, Latour, and (in particular) Hayles to multiply the sites and actors of urban AI politics.
June 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
New article in Urban Geography! @fabio-iapaolo.bsky.social and I question concepts of intelligence, autonomy, and agency in urban AI literature through a discussion of the critical posthumanisms of Braidotti, Latour, and (in particular) Hayles to multiply the sites and actors of urban AI politics.
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Governance can't be automated. A new one from me in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Governance can’t be automated
On the corners of the Holborn viaduct in central London, there are four statues: Commerce, Agriculture, Fine Art, and Science. The figure representing Science looks like she should be in Ancient Greec...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Governance can't be automated. A new one from me in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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If you’re comfortable, here’s a form to submit info on terminated NSF grants for greater collective transparency and insight among grantees:
Kudos to @scott-delaney.bsky.social for putting together.
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Kudos to @scott-delaney.bsky.social for putting together.
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April 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If you’re comfortable, here’s a form to submit info on terminated NSF grants for greater collective transparency and insight among grantees:
Kudos to @scott-delaney.bsky.social for putting together.
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Kudos to @scott-delaney.bsky.social for putting together.
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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It's pruning season in the wine vineyards. on CAs Central Coast. Gerardo is grinding the branches and trunks that other workers pruned to make mulch that will be used to control weeds, improve soil health, and help the vines withstand extreme temperatures. #WeFeedYou
March 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's pruning season in the wine vineyards. on CAs Central Coast. Gerardo is grinding the branches and trunks that other workers pruned to make mulch that will be used to control weeds, improve soil health, and help the vines withstand extreme temperatures. #WeFeedYou
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Iveson, K., & Melo Zurita, M. de L. (2025). The ups and downs of telecommunications infrastructure: the urban geopolitics of communications cabling in colonial Sydney. Australian Geographer, 1–31.
#geosky
#geosky
The ups and downs of telecommunications infrastructure: the urban geopolitics of communications cabling in colonial Sydney
Australian Geographer
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February 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Iveson, K., & Melo Zurita, M. de L. (2025). The ups and downs of telecommunications infrastructure: the urban geopolitics of communications cabling in colonial Sydney. Australian Geographer, 1–31.
#geosky
#geosky
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First proper article in five years, due to life stuff. If you’re interested in work, automation, the future & imagination this may be of interest #geosky
doi.org/10.1177/0263...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
First proper article in five years, due to life stuff. If you’re interested in work, automation, the future & imagination this may be of interest #geosky
doi.org/10.1177/0263...
doi.org/10.1177/0263...
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@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
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Have you always wanted to learn about social and ethical dimensions of geotechnologies? #GéoTechE free online course now open for sign up! www.geoversity.io/courses/geot... Including introduction to #CriticalRemoteSensising #GeoAIEthics #CriticalDataStudies and much much more!
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February 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Have you always wanted to learn about social and ethical dimensions of geotechnologies? #GéoTechE free online course now open for sign up! www.geoversity.io/courses/geot... Including introduction to #CriticalRemoteSensising #GeoAIEthics #CriticalDataStudies and much much more!
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“African Tech Workers Rising is organising for better wages, mental health protections and professional standards in Kenya and beyond. We are doing this because AI is not magic. Behind every algorithm are thousands of hidden workers labelling, training & moderating data under precarious conditions.”
I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour | Sonia Kgomo
Tech firms must invest in and respect the people who filter social media and label the data that AI relies on, says Sonia Kgomo, an organiser with African Tech Workers Rising
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February 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“African Tech Workers Rising is organising for better wages, mental health protections and professional standards in Kenya and beyond. We are doing this because AI is not magic. Behind every algorithm are thousands of hidden workers labelling, training & moderating data under precarious conditions.”
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📣 CfP ALGORITHMIC REFUSAL: CREATIVITY AND CODEABILITY IN DIGITAL URBAN GOVERNANCE
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.
Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes
DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.
Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes
DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
'Algorithmic Refusal: Creativity and Codeability in Digital Urban Governance' CfP at the RGS-IBG, Birmingham 2025 — Regional Futures
Algorithmic Refusal: Creativity and Codeability in Digital Urban Governance RGS-IBG Annual Meeting, Birmingham 2025 Session Organisers: Prof Ayona Datta, Dr Fenna Hoefsloot, Dr Mariana Reyes ...
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February 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📣 CfP ALGORITHMIC REFUSAL: CREATIVITY AND CODEABILITY IN DIGITAL URBAN GOVERNANCE
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.
Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes
DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
@rgsibg.bsky.social conference in Birmingham.
Organisers: @ayonadatta.bsky.social @fennaimara.bsky.social and Mariana Reyes
DEADLINE for abstracts: 21st February 2025. 👇
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
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I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing @erinmcel.bsky.social “Silicon Valley Imperialism” published by @dukepress.bsky.social. Spoiler alert: it’s excellent! You can read my review in Dialogues in Urban Research here: doi.org/10.1177/2754...
What is Silicon Valley Imperialism? - Sophia Maalsen, 2025
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February 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing @erinmcel.bsky.social “Silicon Valley Imperialism” published by @dukepress.bsky.social. Spoiler alert: it’s excellent! You can read my review in Dialogues in Urban Research here: doi.org/10.1177/2754...
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May we stop entertaining industry self-regulation as a viable constraint now?
Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
May we stop entertaining industry self-regulation as a viable constraint now?
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Are you thinking through questions about authoritarianism & AI? Do you like geographers? If so, please consider this session on ‘Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI’ by @casey-lynch.bsky.social & @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social & myself which we are hoping to get up at this year’s RGS-IBG.
@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
January 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Are you thinking through questions about authoritarianism & AI? Do you like geographers? If so, please consider this session on ‘Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI’ by @casey-lynch.bsky.social & @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social & myself which we are hoping to get up at this year’s RGS-IBG.
@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social and I are hoping to organize a session on the theme of 'Authoritarianism and the Geographies of AI' at this year's RGS-IBG (26-29 August 2025, Birmingham, UK). Please consider submitting! #geography #rgs
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👆Presentations by fantastic scholars @samkinsley.uk @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @marxist.af @casey-lynch.bsky.social Matt Zook, Jingya Dai, Sanjana Krishnan, Otello Palmini, Luis Lozano-Paredes, Elizabeth Resor.
January 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
👆Presentations by fantastic scholars @samkinsley.uk @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social @marxist.af @casey-lynch.bsky.social Matt Zook, Jingya Dai, Sanjana Krishnan, Otello Palmini, Luis Lozano-Paredes, Elizabeth Resor.
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Thrilled to announce our triple session on 'Urban AI Spectrums' in the @geographers.bsky.social #AAG2025 meeting in Detroit. Co-organised with Federico Cugurullo and Caprotti.
Join us on 26 March 2025, Room 330A, Level 3, Huntington Place.
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
Join us on 26 March 2025, Room 330A, Level 3, Huntington Place.
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
'Urban AI Spectrums' triple session at the AAG 2025, Detroit — Regional Futures
Urban AI spectrums Sponsored by the Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group (CISG) and the Digital Geographies Specialty Group (DGSG) in AAG Organisers: Federico Cugurullo (Trinity College Dubli...
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January 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Thrilled to announce our triple session on 'Urban AI Spectrums' in the @geographers.bsky.social #AAG2025 meeting in Detroit. Co-organised with Federico Cugurullo and Caprotti.
Join us on 26 March 2025, Room 330A, Level 3, Huntington Place.
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
Join us on 26 March 2025, Room 330A, Level 3, Huntington Place.
www.regionalfutures.org/all-outputs/...
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Cualquier posibilidad de negociación colectiva desaparece. Una especie de espiral del silencio. Se debe considerar la culminación del modelo socioeconómico neocapitalista. Al menos, hasta ahora… ¿Podría comenzar a cambiar?
January 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Cualquier posibilidad de negociación colectiva desaparece. Una especie de espiral del silencio. Se debe considerar la culminación del modelo socioeconómico neocapitalista. Al menos, hasta ahora… ¿Podría comenzar a cambiar?
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#GenteConClase Nº 79 “Caso Glovo o el principio del fin de la precariedad pedaleante” #PincharElGlovo
genteconclase.ccoo.es
Las personas empleadas en las plataformas como Glovo no establecen una relación de dependencia en el trabajo respecto a otras personas, sino respecto a un algoritmo opaco.
genteconclase.ccoo.es
Las personas empleadas en las plataformas como Glovo no establecen una relación de dependencia en el trabajo respecto a otras personas, sino respecto a un algoritmo opaco.
January 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#GenteConClase Nº 79 “Caso Glovo o el principio del fin de la precariedad pedaleante” #PincharElGlovo
genteconclase.ccoo.es
Las personas empleadas en las plataformas como Glovo no establecen una relación de dependencia en el trabajo respecto a otras personas, sino respecto a un algoritmo opaco.
genteconclase.ccoo.es
Las personas empleadas en las plataformas como Glovo no establecen una relación de dependencia en el trabajo respecto a otras personas, sino respecto a un algoritmo opaco.
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“While SB 1120 does not entirely prohibit the use of AI technology, it mandates that human judgment remains central to coverage decisions. Under the new law, AI tools cannot be used to deny, delay or alter health care services deemed medically necessary by doctors.”
New California law prohibits using AI as basis to deny health insurance claims
While SB 1120 does not entirely prohibit the use of AI technology, it mandates that human judgment remains central to coverage decisions
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January 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“While SB 1120 does not entirely prohibit the use of AI technology, it mandates that human judgment remains central to coverage decisions. Under the new law, AI tools cannot be used to deny, delay or alter health care services deemed medically necessary by doctors.”
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Barcelona now the European spyware centre, especially for Israeli experts avoiding the live war for cybercrime thinly disguised www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
December 27, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Barcelona now the European spyware centre, especially for Israeli experts avoiding the live war for cybercrime thinly disguised www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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«Por definición, las empresas, no importa las buenas intenciones que tengan, no se pueden autorregular. Eso tiene que venir de fuera. Lo raro sería que, en la historia, todas las industrias se hayan regulado menos esta» www.mujerhoy.com/actualidad/s...
El salvaje oeste de la IA: por qué la inteligencia artificial vive sumida en el caos
En febrero, Francia acogerá una Cumbre Mundial sobre inteligencia artificial que aspira a poner un poco de orden en el caos. Los expertos nos explican por qué 2025 podrí
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December 26, 2024 at 8:45 PM
«Por definición, las empresas, no importa las buenas intenciones que tengan, no se pueden autorregular. Eso tiene que venir de fuera. Lo raro sería que, en la historia, todas las industrias se hayan regulado menos esta» www.mujerhoy.com/actualidad/s...
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“Algorithm glitches are one facet of a dilemma that computer scientists and doctors have long acknowledged but that is starting to puzzle hospital executives and researchers: Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and to keep them working well.”
Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans
Despite the hype over artificial intelligence in medicine, the systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and maintain.
www.cbsnews.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:34 PM
“Algorithm glitches are one facet of a dilemma that computer scientists and doctors have long acknowledged but that is starting to puzzle hospital executives and researchers: Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and to keep them working well.”