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kay slater

@kslater.bsky.social

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Chicago-based library worker + DJ—MA + MSLIS #CritLib, #CriticalAI, #InfoLit, digital preservation, communication, cultural studies—views my own https://online-roleplay.ghost.io https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2026-8669

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · Aug 27

In “Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library,” I examine LIS as in need of a values-realignment, asking readers to refuse the technosolutionism we are so often offered in place of human-centered possibilities, like taking racism, climate change, and labor rights seriously

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Project MUSE - Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 1d

library workers who think “AI literacy” is a fungible concept to engage with and is somehow without harm, even after all of the reporting of labor exploitation & environmental damage—will this finally convince you to think otherwise?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“Whereas criminal suspects in this past may have been incriminated by a Google query on, say, how to clean up bloodstains, a more comprehensive, detailed back-and-forth with a tool like ChatGPT gives investigators far more opportunities to prove intent and mindset…”

What You Tell an AI Chatbot Could One Day Be Evidence in a Criminal Trial

User exchanges with ChatGPT and other AI tools are a valuable new form of evidence for law enforcement in criminal investigations and prosecutions.

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 1d

some beautiful zingers in this new piece by Ruha Benjamin: "Worshipping one’s own intelligence, it seems, leads to a dangerous desire to bring the rest of humanity to its knees." #ai lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

The New Artificial Intelligentsia | Los Angeles Review of Books

In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 1d

“Synthetic hypervisualization”, while not as pithy as “deep fakes”, is a much more accurate term speaking to the actual pathway of influence and harm of generated content (affective desire fulfillment >>> confusion over false evidence)

Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 1d

This is both fascinating & frightening. There is a demand for images that show and confirm what people already know and believe to be true, and AI slop meets that demand—with visual content that emblematically visualizes what the headlines report. One could call it synthetic hypervisualization
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 1d

just me and my 3D printed fidget toy in the back of the club!

kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 4d

lots of coffee & this excellent deep house EP this morning from Retromigration

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Ausfahrt 9 EP, by Retromigration

5 track album

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 6d

There are so few people actually asking, “is this any good for what we do?” Instead people give lip service to “responsible use” while plowing ahead with punching “AI” into everything. This isn’t just about selling a product; it’s about co-opting humanities researchers to train “AI” models.

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Bergis Jules 🇱🇨 @bergisjules.bsky.social · 6d

Applications open soon for the second Web Archiving School co-hort. Our fellowship aims to create a new generation of web archiving practitioners dedicated to documenting the Black experience. Sign up today to receive reminders and updates on the application: bit.ly/warc-2026-si...

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 6d

wrote about loving dance music in the city of Chicago

(and migrated from substack to ghost!)
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Pasts, Futures: On 'City in a Garden' & Jeff Mills

Attempts at manufacturing consent abound, I took the weekend to engage in knowledge-building. Viva Acid, hitting its five year anniversary, threw parties and panels for the current and aspiring Chicag...

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 6d

wrote about loving dance music in the city of Chicago

(and migrated from substack to ghost!)
online-roleplay.ghost.io/pasts-future...

Pasts, Futures: On 'City in a Garden' & Jeff Mills

online-roleplay.ghost.io

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 7d

LLMs are not people, but LLMs represent the relationships of people to their exploitation by extractive companies

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 8d

*screams in Communication & Media Studies*

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 8d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

www.artnews.com

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 8d

kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 9d

@keshaunpearson.bsky.social of Memphis Community Against Pollution on the mythology of technology ‘saving’ society: “We are literally failing an open book test”

AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · 9d

Last week we co-hosted a live show with Computer Says Maybe at Climate Week NYC on AI and data center expansion. If you missed it, catch the recording!

Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...

Let Them Eat Compute: Computer Says Maybe LIVE from Climate Week

YouTube video by The Maybe

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 9d

aligned with this: many librarians don’t even have time to read!

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 9d

“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social, a researcher at @dairinstitute.bsky.social. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

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SAA SNAP @saa-snap.bsky.social · 10d

Call for Blog Submissions: Student Experiences

Are you an archives student or new archives professional with a story you want to share about your educational journey? We want to hear from you! We are currently seeking submissions for the SAA SNAP Blog’s: Student Experiences series. We are excited…

Call for Blog Submissions: Student Experiences

Are you an archives student or new archives professional with a story you want to share about your educational journey? We want to hear from you! We are currently seeking submissions for the SAA SNAP Blog’s: Student Experiences series. We are excited to refresh this series with new voices and stories about how archival education is shaping emerging professionals. When you reflect on your archives education, what class, project, or learning experience has had the most impact on you?

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 11d

Another great project from the AI + Planetary Justice Alliance: "an open-access and evolving map" for "trac[ing] the true costs of the raw materials" used to develop AI technologies.

Introducing Our New Project: Below the Algorithm — AI + Planetary Justice Alliance

Behind every battery, every circuit, and every device are minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements. This is the first Research Diary for our newly launched project, Below the Alg...

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 12d

We are subsidizing AI usage.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 12d

Electricity now costs up to 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 13d

very curious what this means for the potential Sims movie adaptation and the game’s move to a MMO. will they continue with it all for possible revenue? will they decide to scratch it just in case it all fails?

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 13d

It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 16d

Humanities Methods in Librarianship – a new, no-fee, open access journal that publishes high quality, peer-reviewed research at the intersection of librarianship and the humanities – is seeking peer reviewers to join our team.

www.humanitiesmethods.org

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Become a peer reviewer for Humanities Methods in Librarianship!

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 16d

paulie did it again

kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 16d

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Movie marquee that says “One Battle After Another 7:00PM”

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 17d

i love when women

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 18d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 18d

Coming this fall (starting TOMORROW!) to a Zoom screen near you, the Library Futures AI series you’ve all been waiting for!

www.libraryfutures.net/post/machine...

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Information Professionals

Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

www.libraryfutures.net

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Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social · 18d

I can’t believe people are “discovering” AI supply chains in 2025. Stop grifting for a minute and read a damn book!

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