Every day new papers, regulations and treaties on #AI are released. But where are people - the public? Come and join us on June 5 in Edinburgh. All welcome!

With the UK elections arriving, the consequences of marginalizing citizen voices become more apparent - conspiracy theories are on the rise - see theguardian.com/politics/artic…. I hope my paper shows the risks of relying on 'objective data' in these conditions.

New project 'Deceptive Stories about Technology' has its first keynote lecture outing at #revaluingexpertise conference in Helsinki. What's the deceptive story you'd most like to question?

#RevaluingExpertise

It’s time for the first keynote speaker, Alison Powell @[email protected] (LSE) ⚡️

Her presentation explores ‘deceptive stories’ about technology and describes the mismatches between the promises
of digital scalability and the multi-scalar nature of the UK’s National Health.

On May 14, Jeff Halper, Lucy Suchman, and Helga Tawil-Souri will discuss “how artificial intelligence and other network-centric technologies of surveillance and warfare fit into the longer history of Israel’s military-industrial complex”
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🔍 How does objectivity get tangled in politics?

🗣 Citizen voices meant to be heard end up lost in the noise of social media. Dive into Alison Powell @[email protected]'s paper on how competing forms of legitimacy fuel #publicdebate in data-driven consultations

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Great paper by Alison Powell @[email protected] on the double bind of datafication for marginalised communities and its implications for public participation and, sadly, the amplification of conspiracy theories.

I'm really VERY proud of this article. Thanks to Ellen Helsper and Dr Lee Edwards for comments, and to Morgan Currie and Roderick Crooks for the concept of 'agonistic data practices

The panel is part of the #ShapingAI final conference on 'Shifting AI controversies'! Christian Katzenbach @[email protected] , Louise Amoore, Alison Powell @[email protected], Sally Wyatt @[email protected] will hold keynotes, panels and interventions on the public discourse on #AI at WZB .

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The programme for the #ShapingAI closing conference Shifting AI controversies - 29 & 30 Jan in Berlin - is now live! With Louise Amoore Alison Powell @[email protected] Sally Wyatt @[email protected] M Scott POLITICO Matthias Spielkamp & many more organised by Christian Katzenbach @[email protected] et al at WZB hiig.de/en/events/conf…

Honoured to be in such good company!

Please don't get distracted by the dazzling 'existential risk' hype. If you want to be entertained by science fiction, read a good book or head to the cinema. And then please come back to work and focus on the real world harms and hold companies and governments accountable. /fin

Whose labor is being exploited? How is mass surveillance being extended and normalized? What are the impacts to the natural environment and information ecosystem? 26/

There are important stories to be reporting in this space. When automated systems are being used, who is being left without recourse to challenge decisions? Whose data is being stolen? 25/

Nerds with their books #digitalcities #digitalfutures Alison Powell @[email protected]

Back in July, I argued that this would be an opportunity to lead on AI regulation researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-politi…. This opportunity has not been taken. Instead, Government have let the AI industry set the agenda. The term 'Frontier AI' was coined by Open AI...

...Martin Anthony (@LSEMaths), Leslie Willcocks (@LSEManagement), Alison Powell @[email protected] (@MediaLSE), Eugenie Dugoua (@LSEGeography), Jon Danielsson (@LSEfinance), Seeta Peña Gangadharan (@MediaLSE), Edgar Whitley (@LSEManagement), Julia Corwin (@LSEGeography), & 𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕨 𝔻 𝕄𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕪 (@LSELaw).

Just collected some new ammunition in my quest for how to organize/stimulate citizen participation in smart cities. Alison Powell @[email protected] LSA bewoners

Alison Powell delivering the final keynote presentation for The Synthetic Conference on optimisation of urban space through technology. #syntheticcity2023 @dcu Dublin City University_SoC Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences @ DCU ecrea_eu

SmartDublin DCU Alumni Jane Last DCU Maynooth Geography DCU History & Geog Aphra Kerr Alison Powell @[email protected] Scott Rodgers Diogo Pereira Henriques 鬼佬 🐯 📚 Media, Cities and Space SmartDCU Full conference website: syntheticcity2023.com