Alex Hanna

The youth know what’s up. Check out @janus.bsky.social's article in @theverge.com. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Why I'm boycotting the @asanews.bsky.social annual meeting. @soc4pal.bsky.social

Leftists don’t hate technology, actually. About that silly article...

Sir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)

Shy Girl was a product of publishing industry woes. Bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado walked with us through the world of literature and the challenges writers and the publishing industry face with the emergence of AI slop. On MAIHT3k's latest episode. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

Somali data workers did not sign up for this. Senior tech reporter @niamhmcintyre.bsky.social at @tbij.bsky.social , talks with us about the questionable practices of AI training data company Appen. More on our latest MAIHT3k episode “Uber for Military Surveillance". (w/ @emilymbender.bsky.social)

Being “bad” at art is good, actually! My favorite excerpt from my appearance with @emilymbender.bsky.social on the @404media.co podcast with @samleecole.bsky.social in the episode “The Marketing Tricks of ‘Artificial Intelligence’”.

PA Sen. McCormick’s wife works for who now? @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social of @datasociety.bsky.social joined us for episode 74 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. They discuss their recent piece “Pennsylvania Is Perfect” for @newintermag.bsky.social. newint.org/science-and-...

What makes Pennsylvania perfect… @mwoluchem.bsky.social and @livgar.bsky.social of @datasociety.bsky.social on our latest Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 episode, “Data Centers Go Nuclear”. Check out their latest piece in @newint.bsky.social. newint.org/science-and-... (w @emilymbender.bsky.social)

Musk thinks data centers in space wouldn’t need ANY maintenance. I loved @adambecker.bsky.social's response to this on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out episode 73: "Data Centers in Space!?”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

Astrophysicist @adambecker.bsky.social dispels the ridiculous idea of data centers in space on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. This was such a fun conversation. Check out episode 73: "Data Centers in Space!?” (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

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What coders lose by relying on AI. From our event with the University of Washington Office of Public Lectures. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

What do tech dudes have to be mad about? We interview author and activist @naomiaklein.bsky.social on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out Episode 72: How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI. (cc @emilymbender.bsky.social)

“This is Uber for military”. We interview author and activist @naomiaklein.bsky.social on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out Episode 72: How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

The military is bailing out the AI industry. We interview author and activist @naomiaklein.bsky.social on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out episode 72: How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

My book goes to Congress🥰! Rep. Desaulnier recently quoted The AI Con in the US House subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. This is why "AI" will make our jobs worse. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

Guys, we’re making AI CEOs sad 😕 From the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, with @emilymbender.bsky.social. From Episode 71: A Bad Case of Hype-itis.

Real collaboration or Upwork for doctors? From the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 with @emilymbender.bsky.social. From Episode 71: A Bad Case of Hype-itis.

OpenAI has a new “health” app… 🤨 From the latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, with @emilymbender.bsky.social. From episode 71: A Bad Case of Hype-itis.

Authority is contextual. Academic librarian Raina Bloom @mmelibrarian.bsky.social on how “AI” developers ignore how people actually become informed. From Ep. 51 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, “The War on Knowledge”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

There’s no such thing as an unbiased chatbot. Academic librarian Raina Bloom @mmelibrarian.bsky.social on how “AI” developers ignore how people actually become informed. From Ep. 51 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, “The War on Knowledge”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

I went to college with Aliya. Here, she speaks to Congress about being assaulted by ICE in Minneapolis, pulled violently out of her car, and taken to detention, where she blacked out. "You have no reason to believe you will make it out alive if you already being called a body."

Every oppression is connected, and is even in our technology. @schock.cc, author of the book Design Justice, spoke on a panel I moderated at MozFest 2025, "Unlearning Cisnormativity".

AI is not a “team of geniuses”. Sam Altman says that (unnamed) scientists feel as though they are marshalling the knowledge of a whole “AI” team. But science doesn’t work like that. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)

Purdue misses the plot. I’ve got thoughts about my alma mater’s new “AI competency” requirement.

Privacy is not a purely technical issue. I got to speak on the Main Stage at #MozFest 2025, on “Unlearning Privacy” with @signal.org's Udbhav Tiwari. Moderated by the wonderful Lauren Hendry Parsons from @mozilla.org.