Rayo Verweij
@rayo.dev
PhD Designing Responsible NLP at the University of Edinburgh, on AI literacy through co-design with young people
Trustee of Prewired
ex-CTO of Voxsio
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https://rayo.dev
Trustee of Prewired
ex-CTO of Voxsio
he/they 🇳🇱🏴🏳️🌈
https://rayo.dev
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Rayo Verweij
@rayo.dev
· Apr 12
Arguing schools need to teach "AI literacy" is entirely corporate marketing or geopolitical "new space race" rubbish now. It eradicates the history of media/digital literacies as *critical* programs to support informed consumers and creators. It just means accustomization to prompting for BS jobs.
I get so frustrated with the dilution of the term ‘literacy’ - in no world should ‘AI literacy’ mean ‘prompt engineering classes’ but apparently here we are
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
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Delighted to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social today with our #DesigningResponsibleNLPCDT sharing our brilliant students work as part of Doors Open Day!
September 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Delighted to be at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social today with our #DesigningResponsibleNLPCDT sharing our brilliant students work as part of Doors Open Day!
I have a little stall at the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Doors Open Day today! I’m sharing some early research around children’s views of AI at school. Come say hi if you’re around!!
September 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I have a little stall at the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Doors Open Day today! I’m sharing some early research around children’s views of AI at school. Come say hi if you’re around!!
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"In the new ... internet, girls can’t learn about periods on Reddit and artists can’t sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a month." — @thedextriarchy.bsky.social www.theverge.com/internet-cen...
Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes
Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes show how hollow the online safety push can be.
www.theverge.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"In the new ... internet, girls can’t learn about periods on Reddit and artists can’t sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a month." — @thedextriarchy.bsky.social www.theverge.com/internet-cen...
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If you've been feeling tired recently, it's because Earth is spinning faster, making some days ~1 millisecond shorter than 24 hours so you're getting less sleep. 😴
Earth is spinning faster, leading timekeepers to consider an unprecedented move | CNN
Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. But these days are not ‘short’ in terms of how many sunlight hours ...
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July 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If you've been feeling tired recently, it's because Earth is spinning faster, making some days ~1 millisecond shorter than 24 hours so you're getting less sleep. 😴
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i genuinely think that part of the problem is people don’t have the mental model for how the “chat bubbles” map to autocomplete
it doesn’t help that the chat interfaces actively hide what’s going on and make the illusion opaque
it doesn’t help that the chat interfaces actively hide what’s going on and make the illusion opaque
July 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
i genuinely think that part of the problem is people don’t have the mental model for how the “chat bubbles” map to autocomplete
it doesn’t help that the chat interfaces actively hide what’s going on and make the illusion opaque
it doesn’t help that the chat interfaces actively hide what’s going on and make the illusion opaque
Yay I’m at @acm-idc.bsky.social in Reykjavík this week! I spoke about my PhD plans at the Doctoral Consortium and am so excited to get to know everyone this week :)
June 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yay I’m at @acm-idc.bsky.social in Reykjavík this week! I spoke about my PhD plans at the Doctoral Consortium and am so excited to get to know everyone this week :)
It was absolutely wonderful to work with the Digital Leaders at St Francis Xavier’s Primary School. Thanks again for having me!
🎉 Big news! Rayo from the University of Edinburgh visited our Digital Leaders—now we’re part of an international research project on AI in education! 🌍💡
We’re the only extracurricular group involved.
Exciting times ahead! #AIinEducation #EdTech @rayo.dev Have a look here! rayo.dev/designing-fu...
We’re the only extracurricular group involved.
Exciting times ahead! #AIinEducation #EdTech @rayo.dev Have a look here! rayo.dev/designing-fu...
Designing the Future of AI in Primary Schools | Rayo Verweij
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rayo.dev
June 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It was absolutely wonderful to work with the Digital Leaders at St Francis Xavier’s Primary School. Thanks again for having me!
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📣 “𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄.”
That’s the message we heard loud and clear from Members of the Children’s Parliament.
𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. One key worry? They don’t know what’s happening with their data and they want answers.
That’s the message we heard loud and clear from Members of the Children’s Parliament.
𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. One key worry? They don’t know what’s happening with their data and they want answers.
May 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📣 “𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄.”
That’s the message we heard loud and clear from Members of the Children’s Parliament.
𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. One key worry? They don’t know what’s happening with their data and they want answers.
That’s the message we heard loud and clear from Members of the Children’s Parliament.
𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. One key worry? They don’t know what’s happening with their data and they want answers.
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The petition to ban conversion therapy practices in the EU is lacking enough votes from:
- #germany (49.9%)
- #sweden (49.96%)
- #Netherlands (94%)
- #austria (25.5%)
- #Slovenia (83.14%)
- #portugal (24.46%)
If you're a citizen there you can help advance a ban on conversion therapy by voting:
- #germany (49.9%)
- #sweden (49.96%)
- #Netherlands (94%)
- #austria (25.5%)
- #Slovenia (83.14%)
- #portugal (24.46%)
If you're a citizen there you can help advance a ban on conversion therapy by voting:
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I get so frustrated with the dilution of the term ‘literacy’ - in no world should ‘AI literacy’ mean ‘prompt engineering classes’ but apparently here we are
Arguing schools need to teach "AI literacy" is entirely corporate marketing or geopolitical "new space race" rubbish now. It eradicates the history of media/digital literacies as *critical* programs to support informed consumers and creators. It just means accustomization to prompting for BS jobs.
April 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I get so frustrated with the dilution of the term ‘literacy’ - in no world should ‘AI literacy’ mean ‘prompt engineering classes’ but apparently here we are
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Join us at AI for All during Edinburgh Science Festival! Discover how we make #NLP shape our daily lives in a fair, accountable and transparent way. Explore exhibits, activities, and meet the next generation of researchers.
📅 Fri 11 Apr
⏰ 10am – 4pm|Free / Drop-In
📍@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
📅 Fri 11 Apr
⏰ 10am – 4pm|Free / Drop-In
📍@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Join us at AI for All during Edinburgh Science Festival! Discover how we make #NLP shape our daily lives in a fair, accountable and transparent way. Explore exhibits, activities, and meet the next generation of researchers.
📅 Fri 11 Apr
⏰ 10am – 4pm|Free / Drop-In
📍@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
📅 Fri 11 Apr
⏰ 10am – 4pm|Free / Drop-In
📍@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
This is so cool. Have been wanting to get into PoE properly for so long now and I think this might actually do it
In addition, a new Turn-Based Combat mode is in development for Pillars of Eternity coming later this year. More details on how to participate will be shared once it's available, so keep an eye on our socials and the Obsidian Discord server!
discord.gg/obsidian
discord.gg/obsidian
March 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is so cool. Have been wanting to get into PoE properly for so long now and I think this might actually do it
“We are not in fact in danger of the machines overtaking us in what we do best. What we do best is to mess with mom, and to whisper sweet nothings to our lovers. But we are in grave danger, at present, of misidentifying what we do best”
“AGI” Is Impossible
Either That or Defining It Is Entirely Arbitrary
www.the-hinternet.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“We are not in fact in danger of the machines overtaking us in what we do best. What we do best is to mess with mom, and to whisper sweet nothings to our lovers. But we are in grave danger, at present, of misidentifying what we do best”
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There are *good*, positive use of GenAI. But forcing it on people -- particularly as a massive technology corporation with its fingers in many aspects of billions of peoples' lives -- creates more risk than potential benefit. Let people opt-in as they see fit, don't force it down their throat.
January 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
There are *good*, positive use of GenAI. But forcing it on people -- particularly as a massive technology corporation with its fingers in many aspects of billions of peoples' lives -- creates more risk than potential benefit. Let people opt-in as they see fit, don't force it down their throat.
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Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
January 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
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It’s cool that humans have been eating bread so long that when we touch a loaf for a moment we can sense ah this is going to be awful bread. Like badgers sensing vibrations underground through their claws.
January 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It’s cool that humans have been eating bread so long that when we touch a loaf for a moment we can sense ah this is going to be awful bread. Like badgers sensing vibrations underground through their claws.
Beat BG3 in Honour Mode last night and honestly this might be where 2025 peaks for me
January 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Beat BG3 in Honour Mode last night and honestly this might be where 2025 peaks for me
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Dutch education and ICT organization SURF advises schools and universities not to use Microsoft 365 Copilot - due to privacy risks, lack of transparency, and danger of generating incorrect data - based on new 200 page data protection impact assessment tweakers.net/nieuws/22993...
SURF raadt Nederlandse scholen af Microsoft 365 Copilot te gebruiken
SURF raadt Nederlandse onderwijs- en onderzoeksinstellingen af Microsoft 365 Copilot te gebruiken. De ICT-coöperatie zegt dat deze generatieve-AI-tool privacyrisico's heeft. De organisatie zegt in ges...
tweakers.net
December 18, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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December 11, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Just updated my handle to @rayo.dev and this bring-your-own-domain thing might be my favourite part of Bluesky. Feels like an elegant (if not entirely complete) way to do verification as well as enable more decentralisation down the line without the up-front complexity of Mastodon
December 1, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Just updated my handle to @rayo.dev and this bring-your-own-domain thing might be my favourite part of Bluesky. Feels like an elegant (if not entirely complete) way to do verification as well as enable more decentralisation down the line without the up-front complexity of Mastodon
so I've technically had this account for months now does that still make me a bluesky hipster?
November 16, 2024 at 9:38 PM
so I've technically had this account for months now does that still make me a bluesky hipster?