mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06lecturer | former mathematician&computer scientist trained into STS, critical data studies and political ecology | investigating AI from a transdisciplinary perspective | writing a book on the materiality and supply chains of AI: from silicon to e-waste landfills (The Materiality of AI, Bristol University Press, 2027) | 🚲📖🌻
#CriticalAI #AlgorithmicEcology #AlgorithmicAccountability #STS #SupplyChains #CriticalDataStudies #ComputerScience
I am writing a book on the environmental impacts of AI supply chains, and I am uncovering disturbing stories about companies destroying not only the environment but also thousands of people's lives. Do you have any advice regarding libel in the UK? I am concerned that companies could sue me for defamation, so any guidance would be welcome.
🚨 New publication out!
I've contributed to the edited book on "AI Infrastructures and Sustainability" by coining the methodological concept "Following the Thing AI" that defetishises AI commodities by revealing the socio-environmental impacts that underpins it.
👉 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-09748-4_2
Yesterday, 12 academics from diverse backgrounds and career stages gathered at the OII (Oxford, UK) to tackle a crucial question: "What does it mean to govern AI in the Anthropocene?" We reflected on the scale of digital infrastructure and explored which digital presents and futures lie ahead.
@sy@mastodon.nz was one of our keynotes who reflected on the concept of "radical abundance" in a digital postgrowth scenario.
Han publicado hoy un artículo en The Guardian sobre informática frugal por una investigadora cuyo centro de investigación me acusó explícitamente de "woke" cuando presenté mi proyecto sobre ecofeminismo de datos y sus principios. Uno de esos principios es la frugalidad.
Ironías de la vida.
"The constitutional question of who authorized this war and the legal question of whether this strike constitutes a war crime were displaced by a technical question that is easier to ask and impossible to answer in the terms it set. The Claude debate absorbed the energy"
"En cualquier caso, hay que evitar la 'paradoja de la eficiencia' mediante la cual la aplicación de algoritmos vuelve la gestión más ineficiente (Valdivia & De La Cueva, 2022)."
Nuestra contribución a la Propuesta de la Comunidad Científica frente a la Emergencia Climática de la Presidencia del Gobierno de España.
🌻 El próximo 3 de abril a las 6PM estaremos en Barcelona con @tunubesecamirio@masto.es en el @canodrom@social.barcelona dentro del ciclo IA sostenible. Hablaremos del impacto medioambiental de la IA y cómo podemos visibilizar la materialidad de esta tecnología.
Únete en: https://comunitat.canodrom.barcelona/conferences/ia-petjada-digital/f/2650/meetings/2883?locale=es
