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113 trust researcher @blairaf.com · 3,457 followers
Policy & governance AI research Responsible AI
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Researcher with public evidence across Policy & governance, AI research, Responsible AI.

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Asst. Prof, Amii Fellow, sci-fi creator @ UAlberta Transfeminist AI governance, ethics, policy: blairaf.com Gay trans cyborg warriors vs. AI monsters: objecttype3.app
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants AI smart glasses to replace smartphones. Other tech giants are following suit with more wearables. In a world where anonymity is already a precious resource, what does that mean for privacy? New by me for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/tec…

Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure? theguardian.com
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  • Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses use a small white LED to signal recording, but the Guardian says it is easy to miss in daylight.
  • The paper points to a grey market of modified glasses whose recording light has been disabled entirely.
  • A Swedish investigation cited by the Guardian found glasses footage, including intimate home recordings, was reviewed by contractors in Nairobi to train Meta's AI.
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There's no such thing as rogue AI, whenever you see this term the subject is actually rogue AI developers www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-...

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Dr. Angelica Lim @petitegeek.bsky.social

GAID aligns with established behavioral addiction criteria. Affected individuals struggle to limit AI interaction despite negative consequences. Attempts to reduce usage may lead to withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, or restlessness. www.sciencedirect.com/scien…

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Canada has unveiled its long-awaited national AI strategy, but experts say key questions around regulation, privacy, and accountability remain unanswered. Can Ottawa translate its AI ambitions into public confidence? https://thewalrus.ca/canada-ai-plan/

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Super excited for our CRAFT workshop on trans AI policy at FAccT, co-organized w @jhereia.bsky.social & @anabrandusescu.bsky.social, come join us if you're at the conference! More details here: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2026/p...

Conference Programs programs.sigchi.org
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I wrote this piece on the future of AI regulation in Canada when a Conservative election win still seemed likely - the regulatory approach in Canada's new AI strategy is even more conservative than what I anticipated the Conservative approach would be montrealethics.ai/the-dea…

The Death of Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act: What Happened, and What’s Next for AI Regulation in Canada? | Montreal AI Ethics Institute montrealethics.ai
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Thread of some of my work for new followers "AI Countergovernance" is an essay that provides a playbook & toolkit for communities and workers to resist harmful AI policies and take AI regulation into their own hands www.midnightsunmag.ca/ai-countergo...

AI Countergovernance midnightsunmag.ca
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One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

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I'm looking for a new PhD student to come join me at UAlberta & Amii to study trans perspectives on AI policy & the future of AI as part of my new lab. The position is fully funded and offers access to a range of supports - more details in the poster below!

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A frequent gap in AI policy papers at FAccT is that many assume policymakers always act in the public interest

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AI critique needs to spend less time explaining why sci-fi AI scenarios like catastrophic global risk, superintelligence, singularity aren't actually possible and more explaining how weird billionaires are hyperstitioning ersatz versions of these scenarios into existence

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Recently heard an elected official say "AI adoption is not political" and it is still playing on loop in my mind

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Working at the intersection of AI governance x trans stuff is fun because one like will come from account with a bio like "Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair of Global Political Thought" and the next like will be from "RABID TRANSSEXUAL DEMONGIRL"

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An effective tactic in AI policy criticism is to expose points of counterproductivity - highlight instances where load-bearing concepts like "trust", "safety", or "sovereignty" are applied inconsistently, incompletely, or hypocritically

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Once again summarizing the rise and fall of the Artificial Intelligence & Data Act for yet another paper, if you work on AI governance in Canada you simply cannot escape the shadow of this legendary policy failure

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Reading my AI bible backwards with my AI bodyguard in the AI background on linkedin .com

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