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Developing AI field signal Analysis 2d ago
⚡ 793 h early
critical AI essay olivia science

Critical AI

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jed Brown
“"AI literacy" is like "cigarette literacy" explaining how to light up with swagger. What we need is critical AI literacy (see olivia.science/ai/ from @olivia.science), which is a completely different curriculum. One that is liberating.” evidence ↗
5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Anthony Moser Pavel Jed Brown
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“"AI literacy" is like "cigarette literacy" explaining how to light up with swagger. What we need is critical AI literacy (see olivia.science/ai/ from @olivia.science), which is a completely different curriculum. One that is liberating.”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“@olivia.science of course has a great collection including a lot of her own research olivia.science/ai/”

4 experts discussed this · 46 posts
Olivia Guest: I think being anti AI is entering a more mainstream phase! While incredibly good at the same time we're finally meeting a low bar. This means: 1) more critical thinking is needed now as non-experts…
Olivia Guest: 2) industry buys people out a great deal and conflicts of interest are often not properly displayed. Many already have started rebranding as AI literacy and even critical AI literacy "experts" — wh…
Olivia Guest: Obviously, when you see research that involves anything to do with AI, look up what side projects these people have, what startups they spun up, & sadly if they are in the Epstein files, etc. bsky.…
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New Compute & infrastructure Resource 2h ago
critical computer website resource

critical.computer

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Dwayne Monroe
“🧵A shout-out to @olivia.science whose marvellous work in progress, 'Critical Computer' I highly recommended - critical.computer” evidence ↗
3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Dwayne Monroe

“🧵A shout-out to @olivia.science whose marvellous work in progress, 'Critical Computer' I highly recommended - critical.computer”

“feeling really burned out, so I redrew the computer in the top and bottom to be a bit haunted 😌”

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Established AI field signal Resource 6d ago
AHM math recommendations resource

Recommendations — AHM

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Joshua Grochow
“Those are things that have long been broken about conference reviewing. I don’t think the answer (yet) is to universally force AI into part of the review process: www.ahmath.org/recommendati...” evidence ↗
3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Joshua Grochow Jed Brown

“Those are things that have long been broken about conference reviewing. I don’t think the answer (yet) is to universally force AI into part of the review process: www.ahmath.org/recommendati...”

2 experts discussed this · 9 posts
Jason Hartline: AI review policies seem to be written to prevent laziness, with little recognition that AI can enhance the way reviewers evaluate the paper including (a) checking appendix proofs, (b) detailed comp…
Jason Hartline: None of the things listed above are things that we can do when reviewing conference papers without AI. And I don't really want to review papers anymore without doing these things. Of course, the pr…
Jason Hartline: bsky.app/profile/jaso...
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Established Compute & infrastructure Development 7d ago
⚡ 81 h early
data centers taken to court podcast

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Iris van Rooij
“☀️ 📚 Day 1 of the Summer School, we had the inspiring and thought-provoking keynote by @olivia.science, titled: “What is AI, and why is it harmful?” You can watch it here 🎬 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85... 2/🧵” evidence ↗
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Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
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Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“☀️ 📚 Day 1 of the Summer School, we had the inspiring and thought-provoking keynote by @olivia.science, titled: “What is AI, and why is it harmful?” You can watch it here 🎬 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85... 2/🧵”

Opportunity & adoption

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New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“maybe some useful points on this terminological issue here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...”

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“For those who are unable to attend, you can find a version of Olivia’s talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...”

2 experts discussed this · 5 posts
Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈: Excited to hear @olivia.science’s research on what #AI is and why it is harmful at today’s @adaptcentre.bsky.social webinar. (Happening now!) #PhilAI #CogSci
Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈: For those who are unable to attend, you can find a version of Olivia’s talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...
Olivia Guest: oh you already found it! thank youu 🩵
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Established Culture, work & education Resource 9d ago
⚡ 33 h early
critical AI literacies summer school

Summer School: Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Iris van Rooij
“Thank you so much for sharing @dim-ah.bsky.social It was such a pleasure and privilege to have you at our Critical AI Literacy Summer School, and so grateful you are spreading the knowledge 🙏❤️☀️ irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2026/02/18/s...” evidence ↗
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Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest J. Nathan Matias

“Thank you so much for sharing @dim-ah.bsky.social It was such a pleasure and privilege to have you at our Critical AI Literacy Summer School, and so grateful you are spreading the knowledge 🙏❤️☀️ irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2026/02/18/s...”

2 experts discussed this · 13 posts
Iris van Rooij: ☀️ 📚 A joy to be at this week’s Summer School ‘Critical AI Literacies for Resisting and Reclaiming’. Grateful to our amazing and brilliant team 🙏 @marentierra.bsky.social, @olivia.science, @altibel…
Olivia Guest: Wish I could have been there but still in bed 🥲
Iris van Rooij: 💔💜
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3 experts · 27 posts · 13d ago
Iris van Rooij VE, cybersocial occult investigator Anthony Moser
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“And a common problem with LLMs generating tests is that they can resolve a test failure by changing the test” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
Anthony Moser: This is unsurprising because ai generated code *is* ai generated text. Code is text. People think code is different because you can test to see if it runs. But that just tells you if it runs (or pa…
Anthony Moser: Whether the program makes sense is about the relationship of the program to the larger world, the human processes in which it is embedded It is, by definition, external to the program. That's what …
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