Can't wait for our CRAFT workshop on trans AI policy at ACM FAccT this Sunday, June 28 at 2:15 ET, co-organized with @blairaf.com, @jhereia.bsky.social, and @techlissa.bsky.social! programs.sigchi.org/facct/2026/p...
Who's Who of AI
Ana Brandusescu
Why they matter
Researcher with public evidence across AI research, Policy & governance.
- AI signals
- 0 past 30d
- Sources
- 0 distinct domains
- Discussions
- 2 past 30d
- Latest signal
- —
Researcher, policy analyst, social scientist. PhD-ing on political power and privatization in the scale of AI governance.
she/her | Montreal | anabrandusescu.com
What they're sharing
Conference Programs programs.sigchi.org
The Original Turing Test Was a Drag Show slate.com
Making sure you're not a bot! mronline.org
View on Bluesky →
Articles & links
Ana Brandusescu reposted
LinkedIn guys once again mocking my work on trans AI policy then posting about making computers pass so they can win Alan Turing's drag race slate.com/life/2024/06...
AI Weekly's analysis
→
- Patricia Fancher argues in Slate that Turing's 1950 test began as a game in which a man tried to pass as a woman.
- Replacing that man with a machine made the imitation game, in Fancher's framing, 'a computer in drag.'
- Fancher pegs OpenAI's May 2024 Sky voice demo as proof that today's assistants default to a compliant feminine persona.
Read full analysis →
View on Bluesky →
Ana Brandusescu reposted
(But see also: mronline.org/2025/05/01/t... — via @anabrandusescu.bsky.social) #FAccT2026
Their own posts
Recent commentary
I didn't get to ask my question for the Canadian AI Policy in a Global Context panel at #FAccT2026 so hoping it can be answered on here. Re: @cohere.com's current and/or past partnership with Palantir. What has Cohere learned from choosing to partner with a company complicit in human rights abuses?
It is profoundly dystopian that Canada's PM and the Minister of AI and Innovation unveiled the new national AI strategy at a hospital.
Their network
In Ana Brandusescu's orbit
Center = Ana Brandusescu. Left = members they follow (green edges). Right = members who follow them (blue edges). Top = mutual follows (orange edges, slightly larger). Drag any node to reposition; click to open that profile.