Katie (Kathryn) Conrad

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Researcher with public evidence across AI research, Culture, work & education, Responsible AI.

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Prof. of English at University of Kansas. Tech and culture. AI ethics. Critical AI literacy. Pandora’s Bot on Substack. Library of Babel Group. Zine publisher. #aiethics #criticalailiteracy

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Katie (Kathryn) Conrad @kconrad.bsky.social

Very excited to see this launch! The Library of Babel Group is proud to be on this list, a collaborative venture with Karen Hao, We and AI, DAIR, and Refugee Law Lab. airesistlist.org

The AI Resist List airesistlist.org
AI Weekly's analysis
  • Karen Hao launched the AI Resist List on the one-year anniversary of her book Empire of AI as a publicly accessible, community-contributed database.
  • The database organizes entries by 'Pillars of Support' sustaining AI empires, a framework adapted from Choose Democracy's authoritarianism resistance model.
  • Entries span labor actions, legal challenges, and grassroots campaigns across gig work, healthcare, education, and law enforcement sectors.
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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social

While we’re on the subject of companies and journalists locating accountability in “AI” instead of the companies that design, test, and deploy their models, can I remind everyone that the UN, of all places, is doing the exact same thing? www.techpolicy.press/how-the-uns-...

How the UN’s Scientific Panel Erases Human Responsibility for AI | TechPolicy.Press techpolicy.press
AI Weekly's analysis
  • Salvaggio traces how OECD's 2019 'human-defined objectives' language got stripped by the UN panel's 2026 definition of an AI system.
  • The essay argues the panel's line about chatbots 'developing sycophancy' hides that RLHF and an engagement-driven business model produced the behavior.
  • He offers the IPCC as a better template: it consistently attributes warming to human activity rather than to a self-directed system.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social

Edu research is in serious danger of capture by genAI companies. They have research infrastructure most departments can't even imagine. But if you work with OpenAI or Anthropic et al? You're not just doing snazzy science but helping them capture the sector www.edtechinnovation…

CodePath and Anthropic team up to open source AI's impact on students | ETIH EdTech News — EdTech Innovation Hub edtechinnovationhub.com View on Bluesky →

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My daughter: “Never date a guy who uses AI. Because he doesn’t understand consent.”

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