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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute
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AI is not inevitable. We DAIR to imagine, build & use AI deliberately.
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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · Oct 22
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:

Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Amazon is Building a Surveillance Empire on the Backs of Delivery Drivers. A new report from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) exposes the dark underbelly of technology-driven workplace surveillance.” Above the text is an old school television with an antenna featuring a surveillance snapshot from a camera inside of an Amazon delivery van. The Amazon logo is upside down and is a frown. Around the television are disembodied eyes and ears.
dairinstitute.bsky.social
Tune in TODAY to the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream!

@alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social
will be talking to Sophie Song about what happens self-professed defenders of workers’ rights turn to chatbots for “research”

TODAY, Nov 17, noon PDT: www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
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November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
dairinstitute.bsky.social
🚨🎧 Don't miss the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream! @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social will be talking to Sophie Song about what happens self-professed defenders of workers’ rights turn to chatbots for “research”

Mon, Nov 17, noon PDT

www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
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November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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scirebelfinland.bsky.social
Is AI really worth its environmental and societal costs?

Join the discussion with @helsus.bsky.social, our lovely speakers Denise Utochin from @hdsai.sund.ku.dk & Sophie Song from @dairinstitute.bsky.social and panelists from The Good AI Lab and University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi!
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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juliajbeine.bsky.social
“Judgments come with responsibilities. And responsibility lies with humans at the end of the day.” - Joy Buolamwini

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

An important and insightful article on the societal risks of #AI. (1/x)

#AIEthics #DH
These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI
Rumman Chowdhury, Timnit Gebru, Safiya Noble, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Joy Buolamwini open up about their artificial intelligence fears
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November 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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dylnbkr.bsky.social
This is what it can look like when research is rooted in lived experience.

A key piece of context on this report is that DAIR researcher Adrienne Williams is a former Amazon delivery driver and organizer herself, and the report builds on many in-depth interviews. ⬇️
dairinstitute.bsky.social The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · Oct 22
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:

Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Amazon is Building a Surveillance Empire on the Backs of Delivery Drivers. A new report from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) exposes the dark underbelly of technology-driven workplace surveillance.” Above the text is an old school television with an antenna featuring a surveillance snapshot from a camera inside of an Amazon delivery van. The Amazon logo is upside down and is a frown. Around the television are disembodied eyes and ears.
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
dairinstitute.bsky.social
🎧 NEW: Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 podcast episode 65 - 'Crunching The Numbers' 📈

@emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social talk to journalist @deccamuldowney.bsky.social about how so-called AI tools are infiltrating newsrooms, particularly when it comes to data analysis.

🔗 Below ⬇️
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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amandajean.bsky.social
How automated control and surveillance endangers and harms us all from @alexhanna.bsky.social and colleagues at @dairinstitute.bsky.social
drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Light yellow background with black text reading: "Second, the use of cameras and other surveillance technologies must be highly constrained within vans. The use of these technologies is making the job–and by extension, our roads–more dangerous, as drivers are many times preoccupied with avoiding infractions over making the necessary split second decisions and maneuvers that actually maintain a safe environment. These tools operate as a vector for driver punishment and surveillance, not safety. Furthermore, none of the technology should be required or allowed on a driver’s personal phone, which gives Amazon and other third party companies the ability to track and collect data from them while on and off duty."
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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drjoehanson.bsky.social
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.

Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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dylnbkr.bsky.social
Like, support vector machines and random forests are "AI" when it's convenient for these companies to try and skirt accountability, but when it comes time to do marketing, suddenly "AI" emerged in like 2022 and needs the power resources of a small country to do anything at all.
adampknave.com Adam P. Knave @adampknave.com · 25d
They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
doomboy.bsky.social doom boy @doomboy.bsky.social · 25d
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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dairfutures.bsky.social
Who gets to imagine our shared techno-future? All of us do.

Artwork Credit: Bryn A-G, @brynstone

These pieces were created at a Possible Futures workshop held on Sept. 6, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. View the zine and join future workshops via the link in our bio!

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Who gets to imagine our shared techno-future? All of us do. Artwork Credit: Bryn A-G, @brynstone These pieces were created at a Possible Futures workshop held on Sept. 6, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. View the zine and join future workshops via the link in our bio! —-------—----—-------—----
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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timnitgebru.bsky.social
If you're in the Seattle area, join us in stretching our collective imagination muscles.
dairinstitute.bsky.social The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 25d
POSSIBLE FUTURES WORKSHOP

🗣️ Looking for a fun, hopeful activity to stretch your imaginative muscle?

🌻 If you’re in the Seattle area, @dylnbkr.bsky.social will be hosting a free in person Possible Futures workshop on November 16 @ 2pm PST.

🪴 RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese... to attend.
The cover of the zine, "Possible Futures" written in all caps in black at the top, with a white background. Then there is a blue background for most of the rest of the cover, with sketches of people all over the cover. Left, an excerpt of the zine by Adrienne who is a middle school teacher. There are a bunch of plants and crayons, with the writing." There is as much art as there is science" Right, an excerpt from Margaret Mitchell, AI Researcher, with a bunch of cutouts. One says ";Road to Utopia", another says "Its influence begins in the plastic years". "Always Buy" "More Performance." "Order these now." "With open eyes and open minds, we can see so much more," and there is a picture of a yellow butterfly. Then more writing, "We are fierce curious, strong" "Giving back, climb mountains howl with the wind.""
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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kafsofit.bsky.social
❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥🔥
dairinstitute.bsky.social The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 25d
POSSIBLE FUTURES WORKSHOP

🗣️ Looking for a fun, hopeful activity to stretch your imaginative muscle?

🌻 If you’re in the Seattle area, @dylnbkr.bsky.social will be hosting a free in person Possible Futures workshop on November 16 @ 2pm PST.

🪴 RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese... to attend.
The cover of the zine, "Possible Futures" written in all caps in black at the top, with a white background. Then there is a blue background for most of the rest of the cover, with sketches of people all over the cover. Left, an excerpt of the zine by Adrienne who is a middle school teacher. There are a bunch of plants and crayons, with the writing." There is as much art as there is science" Right, an excerpt from Margaret Mitchell, AI Researcher, with a bunch of cutouts. One says ";Road to Utopia", another says "Its influence begins in the plastic years". "Always Buy" "More Performance." "Order these now." "With open eyes and open minds, we can see so much more," and there is a picture of a yellow butterfly. Then more writing, "We are fierce curious, strong" "Giving back, climb mountains howl with the wind.""
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
dairinstitute.bsky.social
POSSIBLE FUTURES WORKSHOP

🗣️ Looking for a fun, hopeful activity to stretch your imaginative muscle?

🌻 If you’re in the Seattle area, @dylnbkr.bsky.social will be hosting a free in person Possible Futures workshop on November 16 @ 2pm PST.

🪴 RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese... to attend.
The cover of the zine, "Possible Futures" written in all caps in black at the top, with a white background. Then there is a blue background for most of the rest of the cover, with sketches of people all over the cover. Left, an excerpt of the zine by Adrienne who is a middle school teacher. There are a bunch of plants and crayons, with the writing." There is as much art as there is science" Right, an excerpt from Margaret Mitchell, AI Researcher, with a bunch of cutouts. One says ";Road to Utopia", another says "Its influence begins in the plastic years". "Always Buy" "More Performance." "Order these now." "With open eyes and open minds, we can see so much more," and there is a picture of a yellow butterfly. Then more writing, "We are fierce curious, strong" "Giving back, climb mountains howl with the wind.""
October 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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alexhanna.bsky.social
I like to say, "turning researchers into fighters and fighters into researchers," following General Baker from the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.
timnitgebru.bsky.social Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · Oct 22
This project is an example of @alexhanna.bsky.social's vision for DAIR, she said she wanted to make researchers organizers and organizers researchers (something to that effect and I believe there's a related quote from someone else).🧵
dairinstitute.bsky.social The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · Oct 22
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:

Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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milamiceli.bsky.social
I’ve been included among the "100 Brightest Minds in Berlin's Science," a list published annually by Tagesspiegel and widely celebrated by Berlin universities.
page of the German newspaper Tagesspiegel where Milagros Miceli is feature among other scientists from Berlin
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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hagenblix.bsky.social
Looks like a crucial new report on Amazon's algorithmic management just dropped - from Adrienne Williams, @alexhanna.bsky.social, and Sandra Barcenas at @dairinstitute.bsky.social
Worker Surveillance and Wage Theft
How algorithmic management and workplace surveillance allows corporations to steal wages, intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
"If you access the public’s savings at scale, you should meet the public’s disclosure standards."

... seems like a good principle to minimize harmful bubbles

www.techpolicy.press/ai-isnt-a-su...
AI Isn’t a Superintelligence. It's a Market in Need of Disclosure. | TechPolicy.Press
If AI is going to be governed as a market technology, it must be brought into the market’s accountability machinery, write Dr. Ilan Strauss and Tim O'Reilly.
www.techpolicy.press
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
dairinstitute.bsky.social
Tune in at 8pm BST/3pm EDT/12pm PDT today to catch the live recording of the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 podcast.

It's an "All Hell" episode [email protected] and @alexhanna.bsky.social run thru the latest nightmare "AI" headlines!

Watch it here:
www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
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October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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emilymbender.bsky.social
Join us today!
emilymbender.bsky.social Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · Oct 24
In the >6 months since our last all-hell ep the nonsense has been piling up faster than ever.

Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, as @alexhanna.bsky.social and I celebrate spooky season with another all-hell extravaganza!

Mon, Oct 27 at noon PT, twitch.tv/dair_institute
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October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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dairfutures.bsky.social
In our imagined future, research is...

At 4S Seattle 2025, we invited participants to fill in the blank on paper stars. Together, these stars form an “imagination constellation”: glimpses into dreams of our alternative techno-futures.

View the zine and join future events via the link in our bi
In our imagined future, research is... At 4S Seattle 2025, we invited participants to fill in the blank on paper stars. Together, these stars form an “imagination constellation”: glimpses into dreams of our alternative techno-futures. View the zine and join future events via the link in our bi
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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dairfutures.bsky.social
Who gets to imagine our shared techno-future? All of us do.

Artwork Credit: Adrienne, Middle School Teacher

These pieces were created at a Possible Futures workshop held on Sept. 6, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. View the zine and join future workshops via the link in our bio!

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Who gets to imagine our shared techno-future? All of us do. Artwork Credit: Adrienne, Middle School Teacher These pieces were created at a Possible Futures workshop held on Sept. 6, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. View the zine and join future workshops via the link in our bio! —-------—---
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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lekkerresistance.bsky.social
this is brilliant work by the folks @dairinstitute.bsky.social I would love to chat with colleagues working on similar research in the EU! I am working on a repository of resistance tactics against the “future of work” with AI 🙏
milamiceli.bsky.social Milagros Miceli @milamiceli.bsky.social · Oct 23
Check out this powerful report by brilliant colleagues Adrienne Williams, Alex Hanna, and Sandra Barcenas, revealing how Amazon weaponizes technology to exploit its own workers.
dairinstitute.bsky.social The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · Oct 22
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:

Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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allcell9.bsky.social
Crimes like wage theft? 🙃😜 bsky.app/profile/dair...
dairinstitute.bsky.social The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · Oct 22
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:

Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Amazon is Building a Surveillance Empire on the Backs of Delivery Drivers. A new report from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) exposes the dark underbelly of technology-driven workplace surveillance.” Above the text is an old school television with an antenna featuring a surveillance snapshot from a camera inside of an Amazon delivery van. The Amazon logo is upside down and is a frown. Around the television are disembodied eyes and ears.
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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milamiceli.bsky.social
Check out this powerful report by brilliant colleagues Adrienne Williams, Alex Hanna, and Sandra Barcenas, revealing how Amazon weaponizes technology to exploit its own workers.
dairinstitute.bsky.social The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · Oct 22
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:

Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Amazon is Building a Surveillance Empire on the Backs of Delivery Drivers. A new report from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) exposes the dark underbelly of technology-driven workplace surveillance.” Above the text is an old school television with an antenna featuring a surveillance snapshot from a camera inside of an Amazon delivery van. The Amazon logo is upside down and is a frown. Around the television are disembodied eyes and ears.
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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mmitchell.bsky.social
Was awesome to be led by @dylnbkr.bsky.social in digging into hands-on imagining of positive technology futures. Not sure I 100% nailed the homework 😅 (at one point I had to be gently nudged to stop focusing on fascism lol), but amazing to be in this space with others.
dairfutures.bsky.social DAIR Possible Futures @dairfutures.bsky.social · Oct 20
Who gets to imagine our shared techno-future? All of us do.

Artwork Credit: Margaret Mitchell, AI Researcher, @mmitchell.bsky.social

These pieces were created at a Possible Futures workshop held on Sept. 6, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. View the zine and join future workshops via the link in ou
Who gets to imagine our shared techno-future? All of us do. Artwork Credit: Margaret Mitchell, AI Researcher, @mmitchell.bsky.social These pieces were created at a Possible Futures workshop held on Sept. 6, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. View the zine and join future workshops via the link in ou
October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM