Thomas Padilla
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Must-read new post from @publicknowledge on a distinction that every hustler trying to get paid for AI training is trying to erase: the difference between fair use and piracy. publicknowledge.org/piracy-vs-f...
Piracy vs. Fair Use: How AI Training Intersects With Copyright Law
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
publicknowledge.org
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Must-read new post from @publicknowledge on a distinction that every hustler trying to get paid for AI training is trying to erase: the difference between fair use and piracy. publicknowledge.org/piracy-vs-f...
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Our aim at DHNow is to provide as global a view of the DH landscape as possible. In this spirit, we would love to have more feeds and sources from Asia and Oceania. Please submit any sources you rely on: digitalhumanitiesnow... "
September 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Our aim at DHNow is to provide as global a view of the DH landscape as possible. In this spirit, we would love to have more feeds and sources from Asia and Oceania. Please submit any sources you rely on: digitalhumanitiesnow... "
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An update from The Public Interest Corpus from
@thomaspadilla.bsky.social on our second workshop held at NYU Law School. Many thanks to @nyuengelberg.org for hosting us!
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/08/13/t...
@thomaspadilla.bsky.social on our second workshop held at NYU Law School. Many thanks to @nyuengelberg.org for hosting us!
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/08/13/t...
The Public Interest Corpus Update – NYC Edition
NYU Law School Workshop Participants Last month, a diverse set of stakeholders gathered at New York University Law School to contribute to an implementation plan for The Public Interest Corpus. Thi…
www.authorsalliance.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
An update from The Public Interest Corpus from
@thomaspadilla.bsky.social on our second workshop held at NYU Law School. Many thanks to @nyuengelberg.org for hosting us!
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/08/13/t...
@thomaspadilla.bsky.social on our second workshop held at NYU Law School. Many thanks to @nyuengelberg.org for hosting us!
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/08/13/t...
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Too many favorites. The #90s were a great time to be in college, and I made a good choice by going to the Univ of Maryland-College Park.
The one Republican kid in my English lit class dressed in head-to-toe black the day after Bill Clinton was first elected president.
A few others...
#HigherEd
The one Republican kid in my English lit class dressed in head-to-toe black the day after Bill Clinton was first elected president.
A few others...
#HigherEd
What is a favorite university memory?
While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
August 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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In an anthro class in undergrad: We watched a doc on Hmong shamanic medicine, and one girl (who was a pill) started making a big fuss about the "savagery" of killing a cow. Another girl calmly interjected that she was Hmong that her mom+gma were shamans and explained the respect to the animal spirit
What is a favorite university memory?
While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
August 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In an anthro class in undergrad: We watched a doc on Hmong shamanic medicine, and one girl (who was a pill) started making a big fuss about the "savagery" of killing a cow. Another girl calmly interjected that she was Hmong that her mom+gma were shamans and explained the respect to the animal spirit
What is a favorite university memory?
While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
August 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What is a favorite university memory?
While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
While waiting to deliver a talk at the University of Edinburgh (Fall 2019) I walked a path around a beautiful tree in front of the library. Through the surrounding foliage I noticed a man fully embracing the tree. He looked at peace. I thought that was nice.
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In the CNI Interviews podcast episode "Building The Public Interest Corpus for AI & Computational Research" @dancohen.org & @thomaspadilla.bsky.social explain the development of a corpus for AI training using digitized materials from libraries, archives, & special collections. @educause.bsky.social
Building an AI Model Grounded in Scholarship | The CNI Interviews Podcast
YouTube video by EDUCAUSE
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July 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In the CNI Interviews podcast episode "Building The Public Interest Corpus for AI & Computational Research" @dancohen.org & @thomaspadilla.bsky.social explain the development of a corpus for AI training using digitized materials from libraries, archives, & special collections. @educause.bsky.social
What is your idea of the most perfect song? For me it might be New Order's "Ceremony" or The Stone Roses "I wanna be adored". Immediately transports me.
July 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What is your idea of the most perfect song? For me it might be New Order's "Ceremony" or The Stone Roses "I wanna be adored". Immediately transports me.
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The Library of Congress is looking for feedback on their amazing/unique "Selected Datasets" collection. You can see the collection here and the survey link is at the top of the page. www.loc.gov/collections/... Anyone interested in working with datasets check out the collection and take the survey.
About this Collection | Selected Datasets | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Datasets are increasingly a key digital resource used in a wide range of fields. The Library of Congress selects, preserves, and provides enduring access to datasets with the goal of cultivating a bro...
www.loc.gov
July 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The Library of Congress is looking for feedback on their amazing/unique "Selected Datasets" collection. You can see the collection here and the survey link is at the top of the page. www.loc.gov/collections/... Anyone interested in working with datasets check out the collection and take the survey.
Hey folks, if you can share this far and wide I'd appreciate it!
What articles/white papers/etc. have you seen that document that cost of data releases intended for AI development?
I'm thinking cost info on storage, access, compute, staff time, etc.
What articles/white papers/etc. have you seen that document that cost of data releases intended for AI development?
I'm thinking cost info on storage, access, compute, staff time, etc.
a woman is talking to a man and the words at what cost are on the screen
ALT: a woman is talking to a man and the words at what cost are on the screen
media.tenor.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hey folks, if you can share this far and wide I'd appreciate it!
What articles/white papers/etc. have you seen that document that cost of data releases intended for AI development?
I'm thinking cost info on storage, access, compute, staff time, etc.
What articles/white papers/etc. have you seen that document that cost of data releases intended for AI development?
I'm thinking cost info on storage, access, compute, staff time, etc.
Greetings from San Francisco, where the AI biz dev continues to be drunk on domination and control
June 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Greetings from San Francisco, where the AI biz dev continues to be drunk on domination and control
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Thrilled at the publication of our @uclpress.bsky.social book, co-edited with @lisejaillant.bsky.social, Stephen Downie, Paul Gooding, Claire Warwick, & Katie Aske, with contributions from many great colleagues, incl. @thomaspadilla.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social @melissaterras.bsky.social +
🌟 New Release!
Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations is here! 🚀 Explore AI’s role in archives, libraries, & museums with insights from top experts.
📖 Available #OpenAccess: uclpress.co.uk/AIHeritage
#AI #CulturalHeritage
Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations is here! 🚀 Explore AI’s role in archives, libraries, & museums with insights from top experts.
📖 Available #OpenAccess: uclpress.co.uk/AIHeritage
#AI #CulturalHeritage
Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations
The question of how artificial intelligence and machine learning should be applied to data in libraries and other cultural institutions is a challenge shared by heritage professionals, computer scient...
uclpress.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thrilled at the publication of our @uclpress.bsky.social book, co-edited with @lisejaillant.bsky.social, Stephen Downie, Paul Gooding, Claire Warwick, & Katie Aske, with contributions from many great colleagues, incl. @thomaspadilla.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social @melissaterras.bsky.social +
After years of waiting, the time has come
June 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After years of waiting, the time has come
am i the only on who with a strong aversion to wait wait dont tell me, every weekend errand, i feel like they are an omnipresent special torture
June 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
am i the only on who with a strong aversion to wait wait dont tell me, every weekend errand, i feel like they are an omnipresent special torture
As someone who cares very much about higher education much of this concerns me. In particular this figure ....
June 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
As someone who cares very much about higher education much of this concerns me. In particular this figure ....
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Check out our new paper led by @srishtiy.bsky.social and @nolauren.bsky.social! This work brings together computer vision, cultural theory, semiotics, and visual studies to provide new tools and perspectives for the study of ~culture~ in VLMs.
I am excited to announce our latest work 🎉 "Cultural Evaluations of Vision-Language Models Have a Lot to Learn from Cultural Theory". We review recent works on culture in VLMs and argue for deeper grounding in cultural theory to enable more inclusive evaluations.
Paper 🔗: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.22793
Paper 🔗: arxiv.org/pdf/2505.22793
June 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Check out our new paper led by @srishtiy.bsky.social and @nolauren.bsky.social! This work brings together computer vision, cultural theory, semiotics, and visual studies to provide new tools and perspectives for the study of ~culture~ in VLMs.
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"Community Stories: The Impact of the IMLS"
Honored to be interviewed by the SAA Committee on Public Awareness (COPA) for my work on IMLS Matters and my thoughts about the current attack on libraries and higher education.
My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster."
archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/c...
My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster."
archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/c...
Community Stories: The Impact of the IMLS
This interview with Thomas Padilla was conducted at the end of May 2025. Because the status of IMLS, as well as many other federally funded institutions, continues to be in flux, while every attemp…
archivesaware.archivists.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Community Stories: The Impact of the IMLS"
Honored to be interviewed by the SAA Committee on Public Awareness (COPA) for my work on IMLS Matters and my thoughts about the current attack on libraries and higher education.
My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster."
archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/c...
My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster."
archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/c...
Community Stories: The Impact of the IMLS
This interview with Thomas Padilla was conducted at the end of May 2025. Because the status of IMLS, as well as many other federally funded institutions, continues to be in flux, while every attemp…
archivesaware.archivists.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Honored to be interviewed by the SAA Committee on Public Awareness (COPA) for my work on IMLS Matters and my thoughts about the current attack on libraries and higher education.
My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster."
archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/c...
My short take is: "Ending IMLS would be a multigenerational disaster."
archivesaware.archivists.org/2025/05/29/c...
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International scientific collaborations that involve the US are complex now, but a good start is to assume you're collaborating with the 18c. The state is largely hostile to science. Economic theory is mercantilist. Travel is difficult. Research funding depends on the goodwill of quirky aristocrats.
May 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
International scientific collaborations that involve the US are complex now, but a good start is to assume you're collaborating with the 18c. The state is largely hostile to science. Economic theory is mercantilist. Travel is difficult. Research funding depends on the goodwill of quirky aristocrats.
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I wrote a little bit about the Library of Congress - a place I care about deeply - given today's news:
bcgl.substack.com/p/the-disman...
bcgl.substack.com/p/the-disman...
The Dismantling of the Library of Congress is an Assault on Knowledge Itself
Some thoughts on the day...
bcgl.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I wrote a little bit about the Library of Congress - a place I care about deeply - given today's news:
bcgl.substack.com/p/the-disman...
bcgl.substack.com/p/the-disman...
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✍ New contribution from me, "No Longer Serves the Interest of the United States: The Terminated Work of the Institute of Museum and Library Services" at Katina Magazine ✍
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“No Longer Serves the Interest of the United States”: The Terminated Work of the Institute of Museum and Library Services
In the aftermath of the Trump administration’s executive order attempting to eliminate the IMLS, and as librarians across the country receive notices cancelling their IMLS grant funding, IMLS Matters ...
katinamagazine.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Discourse probs belongs in this convo tbh
there is no word intellectuals like better than “palimpsest.” They will use it on the barest of pretexts, no matter the theme they will find a way to say it. It is simply their favorite word
May 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Discourse probs belongs in this convo tbh
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For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧵on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees.
I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧵on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees.
I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...