Charles Logan
@charleswlogan.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Responsible Technology, Policy, and Public Dialogue at Northwestern University - Civics of Technology Board Member - Dad Life - he/him
"The enthusiasm for sustainable AI primarily serves hegemonic interests, rather than genuinely aiming for resource-friendly and ethical solutions," writes Paul Schütze in "The Problem of Sustainable AI: A Critical Assessment of an Emerging Phenomenon" at:
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"The enthusiasm for sustainable AI primarily serves hegemonic interests, rather than genuinely aiming for resource-friendly and ethical solutions," writes Paul Schütze in "The Problem of Sustainable AI: A Critical Assessment of an Emerging Phenomenon" at:
"Will all generative AI use hurt student learning, or are there ways to use it that will help? We don’t know the answer to this question yet, and education is too important for us to wait for the research to be more conclusive," write Sorelle Friedler and Nicol Turner Lee.
Schools Went After Cellphones. Now It’s Time to Ban Generative AI. | TechPolicy.Press
After banning cellphones in many US schools, educators should turn next to generative AI products, write Sorelle Friedler and Nicol Turner Lee.
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Will all generative AI use hurt student learning, or are there ways to use it that will help? We don’t know the answer to this question yet, and education is too important for us to wait for the research to be more conclusive," write Sorelle Friedler and Nicol Turner Lee.
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What this reveals is that for most people in charge right now “AI” is less useful as a technology than as a piece of language to shift a conversation in whatever direction they need it to go. In one minute it will propel a new economy; in another it’s the reason for a recession.
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What this reveals is that for most people in charge right now “AI” is less useful as a technology than as a piece of language to shift a conversation in whatever direction they need it to go. In one minute it will propel a new economy; in another it’s the reason for a recession.
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
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every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
every new AI application amounts to coming up with a smart sounding way to prey and profit from the most vulnerable and gullable
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Had a lot of fun recording this! Thanks to @anikacolliernavaroli.com and @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.techpolicy.press/through-to-t...
Through to Thriving: Protecting Our Privacy with Chris Gilliard | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli in conversation with Critical Internet Studies Institute privacy researcher and advocate Chris Gilliard.
www.techpolicy.press
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Had a lot of fun recording this! Thanks to @anikacolliernavaroli.com and @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.techpolicy.press/through-to-t...
Don’t need to exercise for a month because the children and I have just completed the trifecta of “Bluey Theme Tune (Dance Remix)” -> “Dance Mode” -> “Sandstorm” and we are Very Sweaty
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Don’t need to exercise for a month because the children and I have just completed the trifecta of “Bluey Theme Tune (Dance Remix)” -> “Dance Mode” -> “Sandstorm” and we are Very Sweaty
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If you ever wondered what you would do in 1930s Germany, you have your answer. This is a spiritual emergency and we have to summon all our courage. We know what happens inside #Broadview is torture. For me it’s simple - I wouldn’t stay silent if they locked Jesus up there, and I won’t be silent now
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you ever wondered what you would do in 1930s Germany, you have your answer. This is a spiritual emergency and we have to summon all our courage. We know what happens inside #Broadview is torture. For me it’s simple - I wouldn’t stay silent if they locked Jesus up there, and I won’t be silent now
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Michael is my neighbor and a wonderful, courageous person. When Nazis left anti-Semitic leaflets on people’s cars, he organized a neighborhood sign-making session and led people in posting the signs communicating our solidarity against hate.
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Michael is my neighbor and a wonderful, courageous person. When Nazis left anti-Semitic leaflets on people’s cars, he organized a neighborhood sign-making session and led people in posting the signs communicating our solidarity against hate.
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A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
“The government and the companies are pushing students to train to work in data centers, but there are few jobs, Tania Rodríguez, an environmental activist…told Rest of World.
“‘Data centers are like warehouses filled with machines and cables, and there’s little need for workers,’ she said.”
“‘Data centers are like warehouses filled with machines and cables, and there’s little need for workers,’ she said.”
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“The government and the companies are pushing students to train to work in data centers, but there are few jobs, Tania Rodríguez, an environmental activist…told Rest of World.
“‘Data centers are like warehouses filled with machines and cables, and there’s little need for workers,’ she said.”
“‘Data centers are like warehouses filled with machines and cables, and there’s little need for workers,’ she said.”
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"Sure, I chose to be here, and yes, I could almost certainly find a job elsewhere, but redoing my résumé would take time. Also, I don’t feel like it. Besides, once a year, my company mandates all employees to help clean up a local beach, and I almost always go."
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Sure, I chose to be here, and yes, I could almost certainly find a job elsewhere, but redoing my résumé would take time. Also, I don’t feel like it. Besides, once a year, my company mandates all employees to help clean up a local beach, and I almost always go."
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This is our community's letter!! It was written by Josie Morway, a local artist and parent. After we started asking questions, the district slowed way down and starting holding forums, creating workgroups, and taking student privacy more seriously. Talk to us if you want to do the same!
Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is our community's letter!! It was written by Josie Morway, a local artist and parent. After we started asking questions, the district slowed way down and starting holding forums, creating workgroups, and taking student privacy more seriously. Talk to us if you want to do the same!
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Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
In case you need a reason not to be a Google-certified educator:
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
In case you need a reason not to be a Google-certified educator:
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chicago!
how can faculty make sense of the rapidly shifting economic and epistemic conditions for learning? how should faculty exercise governance and exert expertise over expensive partnerships between universities and technology companies?
join us for Theory At The Bargaining Table Dec 4!
how can faculty make sense of the rapidly shifting economic and epistemic conditions for learning? how should faculty exercise governance and exert expertise over expensive partnerships between universities and technology companies?
join us for Theory At The Bargaining Table Dec 4!
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
chicago!
how can faculty make sense of the rapidly shifting economic and epistemic conditions for learning? how should faculty exercise governance and exert expertise over expensive partnerships between universities and technology companies?
join us for Theory At The Bargaining Table Dec 4!
how can faculty make sense of the rapidly shifting economic and epistemic conditions for learning? how should faculty exercise governance and exert expertise over expensive partnerships between universities and technology companies?
join us for Theory At The Bargaining Table Dec 4!
Read Audrey Watters, always.
"Technologies are often wielded in ways meant to imply that humans are weak, messy, slow, stupid, replaceable.
We are strong, messy, awkward, flawed, irreplaceable. All of us.
Our strength comes, in part, from this vulnerability, from our humanity."
"Technologies are often wielded in ways meant to imply that humans are weak, messy, slow, stupid, replaceable.
We are strong, messy, awkward, flawed, irreplaceable. All of us.
Our strength comes, in part, from this vulnerability, from our humanity."
AI Grief Observed
These remarks were delivered this evening at the Creatively Critical Tech Speaker Series at Illinois State University.
"There is no good way to say this."
These are the opening words of Yiyun Li’s l...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Read Audrey Watters, always.
"Technologies are often wielded in ways meant to imply that humans are weak, messy, slow, stupid, replaceable.
We are strong, messy, awkward, flawed, irreplaceable. All of us.
Our strength comes, in part, from this vulnerability, from our humanity."
"Technologies are often wielded in ways meant to imply that humans are weak, messy, slow, stupid, replaceable.
We are strong, messy, awkward, flawed, irreplaceable. All of us.
Our strength comes, in part, from this vulnerability, from our humanity."
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“AI is a backlash. AI is anti-worker.
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
AI Grief Observed
These remarks were delivered this evening at the Creatively Critical Tech Speaker Series at Illinois State University.
"There is no good way to say this."
These are the opening words of Yiyun Li’s l...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“AI is a backlash. AI is anti-worker.
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
I always feel the need to remind people that neither robots nor AI are coming for our jobs. But management probably is.”
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
[Cackling] The Wilco/Dad Rock indoctrination continues apace
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
[Cackling] The Wilco/Dad Rock indoctrination continues apace
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"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"Federal policy has jumped the gun: We don’t yet know if AI will transform the economy or even be profitable. Yet Washington is insulating the industry from all sorts of risk. If a bubble does pop, we’ll all be left holding the bag." [Gift Link] www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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"AI systems built to “flag” books are not neutral.
They replicate the worldview they are built on. And right now, that worldview is hostile to many of the students we are supposed to serve."
A great follow-up to our Fanbase Weekly conversation.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
They replicate the worldview they are built on. And right now, that worldview is hostile to many of the students we are supposed to serve."
A great follow-up to our Fanbase Weekly conversation.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"AI systems built to “flag” books are not neutral.
They replicate the worldview they are built on. And right now, that worldview is hostile to many of the students we are supposed to serve."
A great follow-up to our Fanbase Weekly conversation.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
They replicate the worldview they are built on. And right now, that worldview is hostile to many of the students we are supposed to serve."
A great follow-up to our Fanbase Weekly conversation.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
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This is what comes of insisting on teaching kids how to use LLMs "responsibly" or "ethically."
They don’t even necessarily *know* whether they’re using LLMs anymore. What’s OK? Summaries, Grammarly? Brainstorming? Their college has an institutional subscription to ChatGPT, so why is their prof mad at them for using it?
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is what comes of insisting on teaching kids how to use LLMs "responsibly" or "ethically."
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"There are, of course, real reasons to worry about the sustainability of the boom. Chief among them is that there is far more AI computing infrastructure spending than there is AI revenue, a gulf that is widening by the day."
The AI Boom Is Looking More and More Fragile
AI stocks have swung downward as doubt rises about sustainability and payoff.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"There are, of course, real reasons to worry about the sustainability of the boom. Chief among them is that there is far more AI computing infrastructure spending than there is AI revenue, a gulf that is widening by the day."