Dr Tiera Tanksley
@drtanksley.bsky.social
AI, Ethics & Education 📚
I examine how biases within EdTech and AI can exacerbate educational equity gaps for Black students
2023-2024 Op Ed + MacArthur Foundation Public Voices in Tech Fellowship
I examine how biases within EdTech and AI can exacerbate educational equity gaps for Black students
2023-2024 Op Ed + MacArthur Foundation Public Voices in Tech Fellowship
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If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
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Pleased to see Common Sense has released a report I co-authored with my former colleagues on the impact of experiences with misleading or fake online information among teens and how those experiences can diminish broader trust in online information. www.commonsensemedia.org/research/res...
Research Brief: Teens, Trust, and Technology in the Age of AI
In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly embedded in everyday life, teens are navigating complex challenges around trust, authenticity, and online safety.
www.commonsensemedia.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Pleased to see Common Sense has released a report I co-authored with my former colleagues on the impact of experiences with misleading or fake online information among teens and how those experiences can diminish broader trust in online information. www.commonsensemedia.org/research/res...
Yall. Been writing my theory paper introducing Critical Race Technology Theory (CRTT) in education while listening to Not Like Us, Euphoria & now GNX on repeat...
Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂
squabble up.
Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂
squabble up.
December 31, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Yall. Been writing my theory paper introducing Critical Race Technology Theory (CRTT) in education while listening to Not Like Us, Euphoria & now GNX on repeat...
Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂
squabble up.
Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂
squabble up.
In the depths of a new piece on anti-blackness in AI + Education & I have to say:
The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.
The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.
December 30, 2024 at 8:32 PM
In the depths of a new piece on anti-blackness in AI + Education & I have to say:
The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.
The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.
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I'm the friend who comments under your post about AI to remind you that it is killing the planet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates | Mariana Mazzucato
Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:49 PM
I'm the friend who comments under your post about AI to remind you that it is killing the planet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hey fam!! Just wanted to introduce myself :
I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI.
My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity
#BlackEduSky
I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI.
My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity
#BlackEduSky
November 27, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Hey fam!! Just wanted to introduce myself :
I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI.
My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity
#BlackEduSky
I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI.
My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity
#BlackEduSky
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👋🏿 new to BlueSky and still figuring it out🙃, but here is a quick intro:
- Assistant Prof. at Penn State
- #creative (performance poetry)
- I read, write, and study at the nexus of #BlackStudies and #Education
- ΚΑΨ ♦️
- #author of #newbook 💫
#academicsky #blacksky #edusky #blackademic #blackbooksky
- Assistant Prof. at Penn State
- #creative (performance poetry)
- I read, write, and study at the nexus of #BlackStudies and #Education
- ΚΑΨ ♦️
- #author of #newbook 💫
#academicsky #blacksky #edusky #blackademic #blackbooksky
November 25, 2024 at 3:17 PM
👋🏿 new to BlueSky and still figuring it out🙃, but here is a quick intro:
- Assistant Prof. at Penn State
- #creative (performance poetry)
- I read, write, and study at the nexus of #BlackStudies and #Education
- ΚΑΨ ♦️
- #author of #newbook 💫
#academicsky #blacksky #edusky #blackademic #blackbooksky
- Assistant Prof. at Penn State
- #creative (performance poetry)
- I read, write, and study at the nexus of #BlackStudies and #Education
- ΚΑΨ ♦️
- #author of #newbook 💫
#academicsky #blacksky #edusky #blackademic #blackbooksky
This Thanksgiving break I'm looking forward to (finally) having some time to read ! 🥹
November 25, 2024 at 5:13 PM
This Thanksgiving break I'm looking forward to (finally) having some time to read ! 🥹
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#Disability Fam - I am still looking for 2 participants who identify as disabled graduate students of color to participate in a pilot study. Compensation is provided. Please share and have them email me at [email protected]
a cat holding a sign that says help
Alt: A sad orange cat holding a sign that says help
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November 23, 2024 at 9:07 PM
#Disability Fam - I am still looking for 2 participants who identify as disabled graduate students of color to participate in a pilot study. Compensation is provided. Please share and have them email me at [email protected]
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Oh my god. I had no idea:
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
"92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI"
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Oh my god. I had no idea:
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
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A start on who to follow for the science on social media and adolescent mental health! Who else is here?
go.bsky.app/2PqckAy
go.bsky.app/2PqckAy
November 19, 2024 at 4:15 AM
A start on who to follow for the science on social media and adolescent mental health! Who else is here?
go.bsky.app/2PqckAy
go.bsky.app/2PqckAy
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
As AI proliferates in higher ed, we must ask how (& if) these tools - riddled w biases, rooted in carceral violence, used for surveillance more often than for learning, & reliant upon environmental destruction - can manifest the equitable futures Big Tech promises us
All this & more on Nov 15 💪🏽
All this & more on Nov 15 💪🏽
November 14, 2024 at 3:29 AM
As AI proliferates in higher ed, we must ask how (& if) these tools - riddled w biases, rooted in carceral violence, used for surveillance more often than for learning, & reliant upon environmental destruction - can manifest the equitable futures Big Tech promises us
All this & more on Nov 15 💪🏽
All this & more on Nov 15 💪🏽
Thanks for the share !!
Teaching the class AI, Equity, & Public Education again means discussing work from the past year. Excited for "The Internet Doesn’t Exist in the Sky: Literacy, AI, and the Digital Middle Passage" by @miasshaw.bsky.social, S. R. Toliver, & @drtanksley.bsky.social www.tieratanksley.com/_files/ugd/e...
www.tieratanksley.com
November 10, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Thanks for the share !!
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Last night @ruha9.bsky.social challenged us to critique *and* build flourishing worlds; today I read @drtanksley.bsky.social’s article on critical race, abolitionist pedagogy; and whew am I excited for my next design meeting with undergrads as we develop our unit on AI, equity, and public education.
January 24, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Last night @ruha9.bsky.social challenged us to critique *and* build flourishing worlds; today I read @drtanksley.bsky.social’s article on critical race, abolitionist pedagogy; and whew am I excited for my next design meeting with undergrads as we develop our unit on AI, equity, and public education.
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Top of my to-read list: a new paper from @drtanksley.bsky.social that “centers the voices, experiences and technological innovations of the [Black high school] students, and in doing so, introduces a new type of digital literacy: critical race algorithmic literacy.” www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
“We’re changing the system with this one”: Black students using critical race algorithmic literacies to subvert and survive AI-mediated racism in school
| Emerald Insight
“We’re changing the system with this one”: Black students using critical race algorithmic literacies to subvert and survive AI-mediated racism in school - Author: Tiera Chante Tanksley
www.emerald.com
March 29, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Top of my to-read list: a new paper from @drtanksley.bsky.social that “centers the voices, experiences and technological innovations of the [Black high school] students, and in doing so, introduces a new type of digital literacy: critical race algorithmic literacy.” www.emerald.com/insight/cont...
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It was obvious from the outset that predictive policing was a scam (not to mention a vehicle for accelerating overpolicing), but it's really valuable to have this careful reporting of just bad it is:
themarkup.org/prediction-b...
themarkup.org/prediction-b...
October 2, 2023 at 7:17 PM
It was obvious from the outset that predictive policing was a scam (not to mention a vehicle for accelerating overpolicing), but it's really valuable to have this careful reporting of just bad it is:
themarkup.org/prediction-b...
themarkup.org/prediction-b...
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The pathway from nations to computer vision research and surveillance patents:
Here are the top nations producing computer vision research with downstream surveillance patents.
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Here are the top nations producing computer vision research with downstream surveillance patents.
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September 29, 2023 at 9:45 AM
The pathway from nations to computer vision research and surveillance patents:
Here are the top nations producing computer vision research with downstream surveillance patents.
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Here are the top nations producing computer vision research with downstream surveillance patents.
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not an original thought but bears repeating: half of writing is just being allowed time to sit on your ass uninterrupted and think about things really hard until you puzzle them out, which doesn't look or feel like work at all. but it is!
September 22, 2023 at 8:00 PM
not an original thought but bears repeating: half of writing is just being allowed time to sit on your ass uninterrupted and think about things really hard until you puzzle them out, which doesn't look or feel like work at all. but it is!
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The Black Life in the Age of AI project is now live at blacklifeai.com! This site features a syllabus and will feature interviews with Black AI practitioners and art related to the topic of Black Life and AI. Please share with your networks!
Blacklifeai.com
Introduction:
This syllabus aims to bring learners of many backgrounds together to explore content related to Black Life and AI. The term Black Life refers to the varied experiences of Black folks inc...
blacklifeai.com
September 21, 2023 at 6:49 PM
The Black Life in the Age of AI project is now live at blacklifeai.com! This site features a syllabus and will feature interviews with Black AI practitioners and art related to the topic of Black Life and AI. Please share with your networks!