Kate Starbird

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Researcher with public evidence across AI business, AI research.

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Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer.

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“All of the speculation and hype around A.I. is hiding the fact that the technology isn’t just large language models or agents or data centers. It is the backbone of a superstructure that merges regressive politics with unchecked economic power in the guise of technological in…

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Recent commentary

My wife went for maintenance at a car dealership on Friday. Tried to sign in, but they said she didn’t have an appointment. She pulled up her text messages and showed them: right time, right place. Attendant then acknowledged they have a new AI system doing scheduling and it isn’t working.

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Combing through Facebook this morning, looking at the early origins of the anti-trans athletes campaign here in WA state. Found an AI-filtered image used to drastically masculinize the appearance of the trans girl athlete… perhaps the origin of the “young girls competing against grown men” line.

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