As always, it was a welcome morale boost to demo and march with, in this case, over 7000 fellow students, teachers, and researchers. #woinactie

I'll just leave this here… Seaver, N. (2023). Attention Is All You Need: Humans and Computers in the Time of Neural Networks. In D. G. Burnett & J. E. H. Smith (Eds.), Scenes of Attention (pp. 230–248). Columbia University Press. doi.org/10.7312/burn...

Now also available as a blog post: leapfrog.nl/blog/archive...

Here's a link to my slides (PDF): contestable.ai/wp-content/u...

It is a teaser of sorts for a position paper I have been writing since earlier this year in the semi-open. I hope to do more work on this topic in the years ahead. So it was very productive to discuss this at the symposium.

My contribution explored how we can use design to enable community control over AI systems development towards prosocial ends.

Talks ranged from arguments for reform to abolition of "AI" (scare-quotes intentional) and a variety of positions in between. The ones I enjoyed the most combined a solid grounding in technology with sophisticated political thinking. I learned a lot!

Full update with all the details, talks, papers, and photos: leapfrog.nl/blog/archive...

The din of AI hype and criti-hype continues online. I keep trying to stay grounded and navigate between naive embrace and cynical rejection. Not easy, but it is the work.

Also spent some time in the streets protesting €2 billion in education cuts. Because apparently that's what it takes to defend the future of research and education in the Netherlands these days.

Published research on contestability in AI systems, developed a new master's course on responsible AI design, and coached four thesis students through graduation.

Same here. I’ve been enjoying NTS.

Some more details on Ameya's thesis and the other finalists here: www.delftdesignforvalues.nl/what-we-do/a...