Alex Hanna

Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute

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Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute with public evidence across AI business, Culture, work & education.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social

How about a jet-lagged live posting while I read? Trying to read this because I keep getting tagged in posts about it, but the first paragraph already contains synthetic text (a quote from Claude). I will skip that bit and persevere... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Could AI be conscious? theguardian.com View on Bluesky →
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com

I don't think that you can (or should) write about this subject without heavily emphasizing the fact the people in charge of how this technology evolves enthusiastically supported fascists who dismantled much of the federal regulatory and public protection apparatus

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As usual, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is spot on with her analysis of our political moment. Here, asking why Democrats aren't capitalizing on rage against data centers. I was happy to chip in my own two cents on why Bernie is missing the mark. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/o...

Opinion | This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats nytimes.com
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social

What a day for AI resistance resources! 1) The AI Resist List from @karenhao.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at airesistlist.org 2) The Luddite Lab from @alexhanna.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at labor.dair-institute.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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"AI is, above all else, a weapon of class war from above. Whether it’s the state that wields it or corporations does little to change that fact." A nice corrective in Jacobin by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-n...

The Socialist Case Against Nationalizing AI jacobin.com
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Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org

Luddite Lab labor.dair-institute.org
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@amandakhurley.bsky.social

Amazon and Google just reported emissions jumps of 16% and 18%, respectively, in 2025 compared to 2024. The main driver is not hard to guess: data centers and AI. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Recent commentary

Sir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)

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Today, The AI Con is being released in paperback in the UK! Now in cool blue! (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

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This is an absolutely hilarious coming from an Uber exec. No ROI on AI tools, you say?? Hrm!

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I'm sorry, someone tried to make yesterday an "AI APPRECIATION DAY"? I am declaring today as "AI Disrespect Day" Please slap a smart toaster today

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AI has no place in 911 calls. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “State of Emergency”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

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Attending two more graduation ceremonies this week. Let's see if we can get the students to boo at every mention of AI

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Users of Link Tree -- they are now integrating "AI" features effective July 5. Time to delete your account and move to an alternative.

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Caitlin Clark is the AI of professional women's basketball. She's the stand-in for what people who don't know anything about the W think women's ball is.

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Someone please invite me for a book talk where we chat about AI Hype between powerlifting sets

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Chatbots cannot substitute therapy! Thank you, @majorityreport.bsky.social and @emmavigeland.bsky.social, for having me on! Check out the full video - we covered quite a bit in this one.

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