Critical AI Starter Pack
People engaging in thoughtful criticism of AI, and/or technology, technopolitics or the tech industry more generally. Looking for more folks? Check here: https://go.bsky.app/B2kmVWg
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@eryk.bsky.social
@mezbreeze.bsky.social
An OG digital artist/writer. Creates in Mezangelle: http://anthology.rhizome.org/mez-breeze. Permaculturalist. Narrative Designer + Developer. Blurrings + imaginings: https://www.patreon.com/mezbreeze + https://mezbreeze.itch.io/
@hetanshah.bsky.social
Chief Executive, The British Academy Chair, Our World in Data Board, National Audit Office Visiting Professor, Kings College London Fellow, Birkbeck College Advisory board, Resolution Foundation; Bennett Institute; UCL Policy Lab My own views
@ritaraley.bsky.social
Professor of English, UC Santa Barbara https://english.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/raley-rita/ // Like everyone, working on critical AI/machine learning; more unusually, focusing on GPT-2
@uxmichael.co
🇺🇬 🇬🇧 design researcher // 📨 writes First & Fifteenth // 🦆 birdwatcher // 🍽️ collects menus (no, really) // https://linktr.ee/uxmichaelco
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming. Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though. Default content: cats. Pests: blocked.
@ninadahora.bsky.social
I have one foot in university and two feet on the floor, always. 2x Unicamper
@emmalbriant.bsky.social
International Expert on #Propaganda; Visiting Assoc Prof, University of Notre Dame; Fellow, Bard College, US; Associate @ U of Cambridge, UK; Owner Maven of Persuasion LLC; Speaker; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕
@firepile.bsky.social
Professor, Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, 4e Cognition and Artificial Intelligence; Science Fiction Fan, Cyborgologist, Retired Knitter, Comic Book Reader, 4ad records fanatic.
@jenitennison.com
Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI. Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets. www.jenitennison.com
@kconrad.bsky.social
Prof. of English at University of Kansas. Tech and culture. AI ethics. Critical AI literacy. Pandora’s Bot on Substack. #aiethics #criticalailiteracy
@chenoehart.bsky.social
Architectural designer exploring the intersection of the internet and physical space. https://chenoehart.com/
@multiplicityct.bsky.social
PhD student in philosophy at the University of Staffordshire. Heidegger, analytic ethics (trust and mistrust), philosophy of tech/AI. Marylander. MA Staffs, MBA Duke. Wittgenstein and Cantor handshake numbers = 3 (via John Conway).
@sunhahong.bsky.social
Wrote Technologies of Speculation (NYUP, 2020). Writing Predictions Without Futures. right now: Stanford Humanities Centre Fellow, soon: UNC Chapel Hill.
@amoorelouise.bsky.social
Professor of Political Geography Algorithms, politics, technology, biometrics, AI, ethics Author Politics of Possibility https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-politics-of-possibility & Cloud Ethics http://dukeupress.edu/cloud-ethics
@dhutchinson.bsky.social
Historian and digital humanist. Researches WWII, exploring historical applications of AI. http://danielhutchinson.org
@charleswlogan.bsky.social
Learning Sciences PhD Candidate at Northwestern University - Teaching and learning for collective flourishing in schools and beyond by resisting, refusing, repurposing, and reimagining technologies - Dad Life - he/him/his
@ninamarkl.bsky.social
perennial killjoy, academic & aspiring poster | language, computers & power and bikes & cats | she/they | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | views (and errors) mine, for more of those see: https://languagemechanics.neocities.org/
@drleatongray.bsky.social
Professor of Education Futures at UCL. Personal account, posts represent my own opinions and not those of my institution.
@marielza.bsky.social
Retired UNESCO Dir for Digital Inclusion, Policies & Transformation. Chair, UN University, eGov Institute. UNESCO Women in STEM Committee Some pottery and cyanotyping Profile picture is of my face and torso Banner is a picture I took of a light garden
@rajiinio.bsky.social
AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley.
@jasmijn.uk
Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. Interested in (equitable) language technology, gender, interpretability, NLP. Views my own. She/her. 🌐 https://jasmijn.uk
@annarogers.bsky.social
Associate professor at IT University of Copenhagen: NLP, language models, interpretability, AI & society. Co-editor-in-chief of ACL Rolling Review. #NLProc #NLP
@edzitron.com
British, But In Las Vegas and NYC ezitron.76 Sig Newsletter - wheresyoured.at https://linktr.ee/betteroffline - podcast w/ iheartradio Columnist at Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/author/ed-zitron CEO at EZPR.com - Award-Winning Tech PR
@shengokai.bsky.social
Martial artist, motorcyclist, pragmatist, comics philosopher, queer phenomenologist. Assistant Professor @CSUN. Japanese philosophy, race, gender, disability, tech/AI. Inquiries: johnathan.flowers@csun.edu Rider of the mind shaitan. He/Him/His 🏳️🌈
@wolvendamien.bsky.social
Read threads Asst. Professor of Philosophy & Data Sci. Degrees in: Science, Technology, & Society; Philosophy; Religious Studies Working on: Algorithms, "AI," Human Knowledge & Values, Marginalized Lived Experiences, Occult Beliefs, Pop Culture He/Him/His
@jesspgh.bsky.social
Comm + media studies professor focused on history, emerging tech, information integrity, telecomm policy, platforms, propaganda, and culture. From Pittsburgh.
@evacide.bsky.social
Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social These opinions are my own, not my employers’ I did a TED talk once
@gaiamarcus.bsky.social
- Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society - Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG - Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
@halcyene.bsky.social
Data/AI policy @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social (Political) philosophy of tech @lsegovernment.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social Views my own 🔮✨
@laragroves.bsky.social
Senior Researcher in AI accountability @AdaLovelaceInstitute | interested in participatory methods & research, civic tech, politics, cycling, beer | half-baked opinions all my own
@elinorcarmi.bsky.social
🌈 Feminist Senior Lecturer in data politics and social justice at City, University of London, UK. She/her. https://elinorcarmi.com/ Working on data politics/feminist data/data literacies/data justice/digital rights/ad tech industry/surveillance.
@annadent.bsky.social
Research and policy adviser - www.abdconsultancy.co.uk Futures of work & employment support, digital welfare state, ethical tech and AI etc. Fellow https://connectedbydata.org/, associate https://rocketsciencelab.co.uk/
@drkatedevlin.bsky.social
Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Come for the sex robots; stay for the eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
@pipt.bsky.social
Chancellor’s Fellow & BRAID Fellow @EdinburghUni. Critic of Linguistic Capitalism. @Braid_UK 'Writing the Wrongs of AI' (with @edbookfest) http://www.wwai.info #PATM www.pipthornton.com
@richardacarter.bsky.social
Academic in Digital Culture, University of York, UK. Exploring digital art, literature, and storytelling; ecology, materiality, and the more-than-human. Glider pilot. https://richardacarter.com/
@hyoyoonkang.bsky.social
I write and teach critical intellectual property, theories, law & humanities & history of science in the UK university titanic. Mostly unserious here. Private account. hyoyoonkang.com
@amygaeta.bsky.social
Research Associate at Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at Cambridge. Thinking about drones, militarization, surveillance, AI ethics, gender, disability, & what it means to be human today She/They amygaeta.com
@jgcarpenter.com
Researcher of people and technology. AI & attachment. UXR. Golems. Robots. Cat pics. New book, “The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze.” jgcarpenter.com
@mgarrett.bsky.social
I have two books out this year: Feral Class & Furtherfield: 30 Years of Art, Technology, & Eco-social Change. Researcher in Post-digital Culture, academic, artist, writer, curator, activist, techie, PhD co-founder @furtherfield.bsky.social :-)
@thedansimonson.bsky.social
#nlproc phd. computational linguiost. disaster artist. computer wizard. bike commuter. opinion haver. under constr
@machineagency.bsky.social
Artist Teaching at University of Porto (FEUP) PhD in Digital Design Author: Algorithm, Image, Art, 2024 https://rosemary-lee.com/algorithm-image-art
@hankg.bsky.social
phd from stanford in media theory. academic+industry researcher of digital technologies. ex robot operator. they/them. https://hankgerba.com
@mayameme.bsky.social
Feminist SocSci-Humanities scholar-practitioner in tech & AI. Associate Director & Senior Researcher: www.lcfi.ac.uk VLR-MAA-DEL-BOM-BLR-BER-CBG Outside cat; but more of a dog person really. bodyofwork.in
@rawx.bsky.social
i learned more from a three minute record than i ever learned from a large language model. Meme Magic / SocMed Psy / AI / Climate / Ex-Nerdcore.de http://goodinternet.substack.com http://goodmusic.substack.com https://sigmoid.social/@rawx
@antisomniac.bsky.social
The internet, YouTube, Wikipedia, NYC, birds, media... Sr Research Fellow at UMass Amherst Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, Media Cloud. Places: rhododendrites.com Rhododendrites @ Wikipedia/Instagram/Threads Antisomniac @ Mastodon.social
@rose-alibi.bsky.social
meat muppet, somehow dr., maintenance & repair & luddism, sometimes they let me teach. the rest of the time i am the bridge troll at the media archaeology lab. will block ai & crypto apologists. voluntarily de-convenienced. she/they/anything but he.
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Founder of Cognitive Resonance, a new venture dedicated to helping people understand human cognition and generative AI. Advocate for humans.
@quail.bsky.social
pretty artist designer, and technologist with red hair, I make gay art and write code for @acmilabs.bsky.social,🏳️⚧️ girl, (she/her) https://rubyquail.design (also @rubyquaildesign elsewhere)
@aliak.bsky.social
ex-system integration TV engineer/PM now studying machine learning coding + post-grad simulation & immersive tech. making art on extinction / speculative evolution -> specture. love books, art, music, ecology, landscape, tech, learning. making my own fun
@stephenroddy.bsky.social
Musician/Researcher/Lecturer: Art & Computing (sound | music | digital) @radhumslab.bsky.social & Digital Humanities Dept., UCC https://linktr.ee/stephenroddy
@jonippolito.net
How does tech empower and frustrate creators—writers, programmers, media makers—and how do we keep their work alive in the long run? UMaine Professor of New Media, Director of Digital Curation; former Guggenheim Curator of Media Art https://jonippolito.net
@tilmanbaumgaertel.bsky.social
Professor of Media Theory Hochschule Mainz https://vangoghtv.hs-mainz.de/ https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/now-forever-theory-history-loop
@padmini.bsky.social
founder @ designbeku.in. ♥️: design and data justice, embroidery, tango and cats. 🤬: "design thinking", "innovation," #AIhype & patriarchy. ➕ Regional ambassador for South Asia, Art and Feminism; Research Partner, Flickr Foundation.
@annapendergrast.bsky.social
Writing about tech, data and infrastructure + their impacts on people and planet. Occasional posts about buildings and food. I live in Aotearoa New Zealand.
@borhane.bsky.social
He, him | Data Scientist @ TD Bank | Improving AI Governance | Views my own https://borhane.xyz
@markhurst.bsky.social
Writer and radio host in NYC. - Host, Techtonic on WFMU: https://techtonic.fm - Tech criticism: https://creativegood.com/blog - Newsletter: https://creativegood.com/newsletter Encouraging better tech, and resisting Big Tech.
@evijit.io
Appled Policy Researcher at HuggingFace 🤗 and Researcher at University of Connecticut. AI Ethics/Safety.
@gemmamilne.bsky.social
Writer, researcher • STS, economic sociology, political economy of deep tech • University of Glasgow & Edinburgh • Author of ‘Smoke & Mirrors’
@gabbymiller.bsky.social
Reporter for Politico’s Morning Tech Fmrly: Tech Policy Press, Tow Center
@ginahelfrich.bsky.social
Centre for Technomoral Futures @ U of Edinburgh. PhD in Philosophy, Grad Cert in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. Texan. Feminist. I’m on Mastodon and encourage you to be there, too: techpolicy.social/@ginahelfrich
@everettruessfans.bsky.social
I miss the days when generative art was ugly fractals and cellular automata. don't steal your dataset. composer, dev interested in DIY, small data, proc gen games, art & music (no NFTs). sometimes also make music on staff paper. PhD. he/him
@kellypendergrast.bsky.social
technology // aesthetics // labor // shapes writing: kellypendergrast.com working: antistaticpartners.com
@blairaf.com
Researcher, educator, creative @ UToronto Transfeminist AI ethics, policy, governance: blairaf.com Gay trans cyborg warriors vs. AI monsters: objecttype3.app
@impactology.bsky.social
Former Diamond Dealer | Independently explored research in design, education, and cognitive science; now bringing those ideas to life via UX https://twitter.com/impactology
@supercomposite.bsky.social
An accident at the intersection of art and technology. Writer, filmmaker, artist. Creator of Loab. Words in Vice, [o]gled 📍Sweden & around the world 🏳️🌈
@zgtcooper.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Digital Media & Film at St. Lawrence University | Affiliate @datasociety.bsky.social (Climate, Technology, and Justice group). Internet infrastructure and sustainability researcher. www.zanegriffintalleycooper.com
@hannesbajohr.de
Working on AI, political theory, and the German philosophical tradition in the 20th c German Dept #UCBerkeley
@therourke.net
the machine is the garden Goldsmiths based digital media theory art • currently researching AI slop and aphantasia • machinemachine.net
@anu1905.bsky.social
An oddball maker and designer putting my own spin on yarn, code, culture, and hardware. Researcher at Neo4j. Dr. She/Her. www.anuradhareddy.com
@annamillsoer.bsky.social
Writer, community college writing teacher, obsessed with AI in education, #OER advocate, author of HowArgumentsWork.org. annarmills.com
@shmaheel.bsky.social
@redstarcaucus @ueunion @chicagodsa | fmr: @MITGradUnion @Mizzou| Banned from MIT lol | Midwest Girly
@serife.bsky.social
Artist investigating AI, power, and belief at IcarusSalon.com, on boards of Gray Area & Tech Inquiry, affiliate of ORCAA & Kidd Lab UC Berkeley. Educating via ArtificialLifeCoach.com on Insta and Tiktok.
@alixdunn.com
I bloop about the politics of technology and host the Computer Says Maybe podcast: https://www.saysmaybe.com/podcast
@lukestark.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 just a simple country AI ethicist | Assistant Professor, Western University 🇨🇦 | he/his/him | | no all-male panels |#BLM | 🏳️⚧️ ally | views my own https://starkcontrast.co/ https://starlingcentre.ca/
@criticalai-journal.bsky.social
Critical AI's 2nd issue is out! https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/issue/2/1! Follow us here or @mastodon.social - we are transitioning away from the other place... Email us at criticalai@sas.rutgers.edu Our website: https://criticalai.org/
@harald-klinke.de
Digital Transformation, Data Science, AI, Munich https://www.harald-klinke.de/
@tega.bsky.social
Artist, enviro engineer & prof of Design & Media at New York University - https://tegabrain.com/
@anabrandusescu.bsky.social
Researcher, policy analyst, social scientist. PhD-ing in human geography on AI governance, political power, and privatization. I examine scale in public sector governance of AI, including chatbots. she/her | Waterloo/Montreal | anabrandusescu.com
@melhogan.bsky.social
Critical media scholar interested in the meanings we make of perpetual tech promises. Bilingue. Focused on the environment. I typo a lot 😷🏳️🌈 🎙️ The Data Fix thedatafix.net 📝 Heliotrope heliotropejournal.net
@labortechresearchnetwork.org
We are an interdisciplinary group of over 650 experts in labor, technology, anti-racism, feminism, and transnationalism. Posts by @kaareeenah.bsky.social
@kevinbaker.bsky.social
writing at: artificialbureaucracy.substack.com editing at: reboothq.substack.com
@wells.bsky.social
critical race, queer/trans & AsAm studies, algorithmic justice at UMSI all about abolition, transformative justice, free palestine. SSBM (link main), anime, and indie art/zine fan. catch me staffing at anime cons! pan/bi enby 🇹🇼🇮🇩🏳️⚧️
@billyperrigo.bsky.social
Tech correspondent at Time magazine. https://billyperrigo.com/about-me/
@ali-alkhatib.com
anthropologist [no longer] yelling at engineers. feral. signal -> @ali.01
@emilytav.bsky.social
Policy + design + tech. Angry optimist. Teaching + researching at Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy. Co-Curator of an oral history of the origin of the US Digital Service // ex: @usds @whitehouse @ashoka
@xriskology.bsky.social
Philosopher and historian of human extinction (sadly, an increasingly relevant topic). Coined the term “TESCREAL” w/ Timnit Gebru. Salon, Truthdig, WaPo, Aeon, etc.
@ttp-updates.bsky.social
The Tech Transparency Project is a research initiative of Campaign for Accountability that investigates the power, influence, & impact of Big Tech. https://www.techtransparencyproject.org
@bildoperationen.bsky.social
Digital Cultures and Arts | UZH & ZHdK | operative images, synthetic media and visual culture @digitalculturesandarts.ch https://linktr.ee/bildoperationen
@mariepgeist.bsky.social
Humanoid translating module; Dale Cooper's imaginary girlfriend; tell me some words and I will repeat them for you in a language you don't understand. Electronic music nerd. ACAB includes SWERFs and TERFs. AuDHD. She/her/彼女
@bengrosser.bsky.social
Artist, recomposing social platforms, AI futures, and interface cultures. Known for works like Demetricator, Computers Watching Movies, and minus.social. Faculty Associate @ Berkman Klein Harvard, Prof @ UIUC. bengrosser.com
@daveparisi.bsky.social
Researching histories & futures of touch tech/haptics Prof @ NYU Tandon TCS/IDM https://shorturl.at/0Wwzc Archaeologies of Touch https://tinyurl.com/4kcxxkfk Edit @ ROMchip journal https://shorturl.at/sDFI1 Mostly reformed goth
@loriemerson.net
media studies professor | Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook (Anthology Editions, May 2025) | dir. @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social | http://loriemerson.net | Boulder, Colorado | 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🏃♀️🚴♀️ | 📷 Jenna Maurice