Kanta Dihal
@drdihal.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Science Communication, Imperial College London. Associate Fellow, Institute for Technology and Humanity, University of Cambridge. Books: AI Narratives, Imagining AI. 🇳🇱🇸🇷🏳️🌈
The paperback edition of IMAGINING AI is here! I held it for the first time last week, when I was invited to speak at the @wto.org Public Forum in Geneva. Half the price of the hardback one! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
September 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The paperback edition of IMAGINING AI is here! I held it for the first time last week, when I was invited to speak at the @wto.org Public Forum in Geneva. Half the price of the hardback one! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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It's happening.
www.newsweek.com/ai-misogyny-...
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social @swachter.bsky.social @smw.bsky.social @drdihal.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/ai-misogyny-...
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social @swachter.bsky.social @smw.bsky.social @drdihal.bsky.social
AI is creating a new gender divide
Laura Bates told Newsweek there will be a "widening gap in terms of women's access to and uptake of new technologies…this will have a devastating impact."
www.newsweek.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Job alert! We're looking for a part-time teaching fellow to deliver the module ‘Science Communication and Global Justice’ to students on our MSc Science Communication. Details here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
The deadline is 7th July. Do get in touch if you have questions and please share!
The deadline is 7th July. Do get in touch if you have questions and please share!
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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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June 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Job alert! We're looking for a part-time teaching fellow to deliver the module ‘Science Communication and Global Justice’ to students on our MSc Science Communication. Details here: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
The deadline is 7th July. Do get in touch if you have questions and please share!
The deadline is 7th July. Do get in touch if you have questions and please share!
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Dr Kanta Dihal (@drdihal.bsky.social) being warmly introduced by Dr Laura Ludtke (@ladyelectric.bsky.social) before her excellent keynote at #BSLS2025, “A Mythology of AI.”
April 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Dr Kanta Dihal (@drdihal.bsky.social) being warmly introduced by Dr Laura Ludtke (@ladyelectric.bsky.social) before her excellent keynote at #BSLS2025, “A Mythology of AI.”
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@stephenjcave.bsky.social, @drdihal.bsky.social, and Sarah Dillon’s 2020 edited volume, ‘AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines’ examines the prehistory of key concerns of contemporary AI discourse: academic.oup.com/book/36637
AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines
Abstract. This book is the first to examine the history of imaginative thinking about intelligent machines. As real artificial intelligence (AI) begins to
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March 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@stephenjcave.bsky.social, @drdihal.bsky.social, and Sarah Dillon’s 2020 edited volume, ‘AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines’ examines the prehistory of key concerns of contemporary AI discourse: academic.oup.com/book/36637
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Fascinating column on the meanings of AI by Gillian Tett in @financialtimes.com this weekend. www.ft.com/content/0926...
(Citing @drdihal.bsky.social's and my book *Imagining AI* 🙂🤖
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(Citing @drdihal.bsky.social's and my book *Imagining AI* 🙂🤖
global.oup.com/academic/pro...) @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Fascinating column on the meanings of AI by Gillian Tett in @financialtimes.com this weekend. www.ft.com/content/0926...
(Citing @drdihal.bsky.social's and my book *Imagining AI* 🙂🤖
global.oup.com/academic/pro...) @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
(Citing @drdihal.bsky.social's and my book *Imagining AI* 🙂🤖
global.oup.com/academic/pro...) @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
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This is a fantastic introduction:
The Whiteness of AI
Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Whiteness of AI
Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Whiteness of AI - Philosophy & Technology
This paper focuses on the fact that AI is predominantly portrayed as white—in colour, ethnicity, or both. We first illustrate the prevalent Whiteness of real and imagined intelligent machines in four ...
link.springer.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:47 PM
This is a fantastic introduction:
The Whiteness of AI
Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Whiteness of AI
Stephen Cave and Kanta Dihal
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Like, if you're thinking on how technology intersects w/ society, eugenics, race, disability, gender, & sexuality but w/o people like (but not limited to) @gsvoss.bsky.social @drdihal.bsky.social @marika.bsky.social @jaarboss.bsky.social @hypervisible.bsky.social @savasavasava.bsky.social? Fix that.
A reason I keep telling you to read all you can by @cyborgapologist.bsky.social @shengokai.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @mrvi.cold-albion.net & others is some people are doing truly crucial, groundbreaking work on intersections of tech, embodiment, & society & are absolutely not getting their due.
October 18, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Like, if you're thinking on how technology intersects w/ society, eugenics, race, disability, gender, & sexuality but w/o people like (but not limited to) @gsvoss.bsky.social @drdihal.bsky.social @marika.bsky.social @jaarboss.bsky.social @hypervisible.bsky.social @savasavasava.bsky.social? Fix that.
Okay, I think I'm officially done with no-longer-Twitter. Happy Ides of March! On to bluer skies.
March 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Okay, I think I'm officially done with no-longer-Twitter. Happy Ides of March! On to bluer skies.