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Marcela Suarez
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Lecturer in Critical Intersectional perspectives on AI at School of AI, Radboud University
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cloudquistador.bsky.social
Another lesson we can take from this marketing release thinly disguised as high level overview is that 'the west' has never been serious about addressing climate change. The ad includes this statement, then blithely goes on to say: 'let's try it even though the Earth, she burns!'
Picture of an excerpt from the article that reads as follows: "Of course, the discussion is not limited to this one topic. The use of generative Al is clearly not uncontroversial either when it comes to environmental impact, data provenance, transparency and privacy. In this blog, we only zoom in on the issue mentioned in the title"
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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olivia.science
Thank you, Alex. Here's everything in one spot olivia.science/ai

I recommend the project syndicate piece with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and @marentierra.bsky.social 💖
Critical AI
On this page are some resources for Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) from my perspective.
olivia.science
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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irisvanrooij.bsky.social
Ran into this poster on our campus today 😊
Poster of the Open Letter: Stop the uncritical adoption of ‘AI’ technologies in academia, with QR code
September 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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olivia.science
@marentierra.bsky.social and I give some bad experiences we have had lately...

"Such situations hollow out our institutions from within, creating bad actors out of our own students, PhD candidates, and colleagues." www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...

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A case in point is our interactions when a university centre introduced an 'AI feedback tool' for use in written assignments. Marcela informed relevant university-level bodies, and highlighted the severe deskilling potential for both teachers and students. The centre's response followed a typical pattern of asking for relevant technopositive colleagues to be roped in as so-called relevant stakeholders. But who are the relevant stakeholders in a university if not teachers and students? These sorts of responses derail conversation about such decisions that risk severe deskilling, and solidify our university's promotion of AI products, which do not comply with data privacy regulations. In so doing we ignore ethical concerns raised by experts and experienced teachers. Finally, in the Summer of 2025, Olivia snapped when a series of troubling events led to a climax of weaponisation of students against faculty. Documents like the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, as well as related codes from around the world, the law in some cases, and our own personal ethical codes, could (if followed and applied) proscribe undue interference in academic and pedagogical practice. However, cases such as these where students are mouthpieces of industry, accidentally or otherwise, and supported by colleagues, are not only particularly worrisome for the harm they cause to the students themselves, but also to the whole of the academic ecosystem. Such situations hollow out our institutions from within, creating bad actors out of our own students, PhD candidates, and colleagues.
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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olivia.science
Please consider signing our letter here: openletter.earth/open-letter-...

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Big thanks to @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and @marentierra.bsky.social as well as everybody else who helped make this piece: www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...

and the paper a reality: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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The Open Letter: Action All this has had a visceral effect on us as academics, which spilled out in the Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia — a process that involved also inviting on board other Netherlands-based colleagues who wished to lend their words to the text and sign their names below. At present, anybody from anywhere who agrees can still sign it, but we first wanted to concentrate our efforts on the NL, to really make a difference at our local and national levels. We also hope other countries' academics join in to pressure their respective organisations. A letter in a similar spirit also appears here: An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education. In order to inform and build solidarity with allied colleagues we have captured our counterarguments to the AI industry's rhetoric in a position piece: Against the uncritical adoption of 'AI' technologies in academia.​​​​​​​ In it we analyse misuse of terminology, debunk tropes, dismantle false frames, and provide helpful pointers to relevant work.
September 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM