Paulina Ruiz-Cabello
@pauliruiz.bsky.social
Lecturer in Education and Digital Technologies, University of Bristol.
Digital education, youth and digital cultures, everyday learning, positional identities
Digital education, youth and digital cultures, everyday learning, positional identities
"As 6-7 went viral, teachers complained that random outbursts by their students were interrupting their lessons. Some started avoiding asking any kind of question that might result in an answer of 67. The trend migrated from schools to sports arenas and restaurants..."
The 6-7 craze that disrupted classrooms and sports events worldwide was more than just nonsense.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"As 6-7 went viral, teachers complained that random outbursts by their students were interrupting their lessons. Some started avoiding asking any kind of question that might result in an answer of 67. The trend migrated from schools to sports arenas and restaurants..."
"Over time, I began to suspect that I wasn’t just chatting with lonely users. I was also helping to train AI companions, systems designed to simulate love, empathy, and intimacy."
🚨NEW INQUIRY!
Imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
Imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"Over time, I began to suspect that I wasn’t just chatting with lonely users. I was also helping to train AI companions, systems designed to simulate love, empathy, and intimacy."
All wrong.
X limits Grok's image generation and editing to paying subscribers after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery (Helena Horton/The Guardian)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 9, 2026 at 8:32 AM
All wrong.
This looks fantastic. Congrats on the new website. Just registered to the newsletter 🙂
I just accidentally sent out the Society for Hopeful Technologists email newsletter 12 hours earlier than planned, but the upside of that is that I can share our excellent new website and plan of action buttondown.com/society-of-h...
#4: New Year, New Hope ⭐️
Our new purpose, workplan, and website - building a solidarity network for everyone who wants technologies to work for people and planet
buttondown.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM
This looks fantastic. Congrats on the new website. Just registered to the newsletter 🙂
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Per "internal documents written between 2023 and 2025 and viewed by The Washington Post... Instagram staffers considered the mandate to boost teen metrics their top goal last year," including "boosting their messaging activity... to set up an early pipeline for lifelong use of Meta’s platforms."
Inside Instagram’s all-out battle to win the nation’s teens
Instagram has pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back to the app after its critics said the platform wasn’t safe for them, documents obtained by The Post show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Per "internal documents written between 2023 and 2025 and viewed by The Washington Post... Instagram staffers considered the mandate to boost teen metrics their top goal last year," including "boosting their messaging activity... to set up an early pipeline for lifelong use of Meta’s platforms."
"This framework distinguishes between four responses based on different notions of citizenship (personally responsible vs. participatory/justice-oriented citizens by Westheimer & Kahne, 2004) and narratives of digital technology (techno-optimist vs. techno-skeptical, see Pleasants et al., 2023)."
Today, Marta Estellés and Andrew Doyle share ideas and approaches to collective resistance:
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/citizen...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/citizen...
Citizens Without the Digital: A Call for Resistance in a Collective Way — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk: Please join us for our next Tech Talk where we meet to discuss whatever critical tech issues are on people’s minds. It’s a great way to connect, l...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"This framework distinguishes between four responses based on different notions of citizenship (personally responsible vs. participatory/justice-oriented citizens by Westheimer & Kahne, 2004) and narratives of digital technology (techno-optimist vs. techno-skeptical, see Pleasants et al., 2023)."
Reposted by Paulina Ruiz-Cabello
Santa Is Now Using AI
December 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Santa Is Now Using AI
"Detection tools remain constrained by quality limitations, diversity gaps, and rapidly evolving techniques. In that reality, human judgment, contextual verification, and clear communication aren’t optional; they’re essential parts of any reliable analysis workflow."
Queen Elizabeth stopped by police. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shoplifting. 'Leaked conversations’ from elections. A wave of deceptive media circulating during conflicts. 2025 saw AI-generated media cross a threshold, write Zuzanna Wojciak and shirin anlen from WITNESS. What lessons can we learn?
Five Things 2025 Taught Us About AI Deception and Detection | TechPolicy.Press
Zuzanna Wojciak and shirin anlen from WITNESS offer five lessons that show where AI deception is headed and what detection must confront next.
buff.ly
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"Detection tools remain constrained by quality limitations, diversity gaps, and rapidly evolving techniques. In that reality, human judgment, contextual verification, and clear communication aren’t optional; they’re essential parts of any reliable analysis workflow."
Reposted by Paulina Ruiz-Cabello
Fleas Navidad.
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fleas Navidad.
Interesting article about 'social thinning' among teenagers.
The environments in which young people can explore, fail safely, and develop social mastery has been radically narrowed.
Young people’s social worlds are ‘thinning’ – here’s how that’s affecting wellbeing
The environments in which young people can explore, fail safely, and develop social mastery has been radically narrowed.
tcnv.link
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Interesting article about 'social thinning' among teenagers.
Reposted by Paulina Ruiz-Cabello
Entender las relaciones entre #algoritmos y personas nos permite profundizar en las dinámicas de influencia social. #IgnacioSiles #IA #investigación #diseñoUX #podcast #CostaRica @disenoydiaspora.bsky.social
disenoydiaspora.org/678-los-algo...
disenoydiaspora.org/678-los-algo...
678. Los algoritmos y las personas (Costa Rica). Una charla con Ignacio Siles - Diseño y Diaspora
Ignacio Siles es un investigador de la Universidad de Costa Rica que se dedica a entender las relaciones cotidianas de las personas con los algoritmos, sin escaparle al tema de lo divino y lo místico...
disenoydiaspora.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Entender las relaciones entre #algoritmos y personas nos permite profundizar en las dinámicas de influencia social. #IgnacioSiles #IA #investigación #diseñoUX #podcast #CostaRica @disenoydiaspora.bsky.social
disenoydiaspora.org/678-los-algo...
disenoydiaspora.org/678-los-algo...
Amazing resources for ethnographic research and reflection about ethnography. xcol.org
xcol – An Ethnographic Inventory
xcol.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Amazing resources for ethnographic research and reflection about ethnography. xcol.org