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 @Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her))
Alex Hanna
Alex Hanna
npub1e2zt...n97d
Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute.
Roller derby athlete/announcer at Bay Area Derby.
🇪🇬⚧
Residing on unceded Lisjan (Ohlone) land. Pay your Shuumi Land Tax if you live in the East Bay. https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/
Web: https://alex-hanna.com
Work: https://dair-institute.org
Pronouns: She/her/هي
Derby name: Kate Silver (#538)
Purdue misses the plot. I’ve got thoughts about my alma mater’s new “AI competency” requirement.
Privacy isn’t a purely technical issue. I got to speak on the Main Stage at #MozFest 2025, on “Unlearning Privacy” with Signal’s Ubdhav Tiwari. Moderated by the wonderful Lauren Hendry Parsons from Mozilla.
Altman and Jony Ive have a warped idea of democratization. @Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) and I take on the ridiculous marketing video which came out of OpenAI several months ago in Ep. 58 of our podcast.
Altman and Ive have ruined San Francisco. @Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) and I take on the ridiculous marketing video which came out of OpenAI several weeks ago in Ep. 58 of our podcast.
I support Project Protocol because community-built solutions are the key to transforming reentry. This work uplifts the voices of people directly impacted and creates safer, more humane pathways through California’s parole system.
Donate today: 
Young Women's Freedom Center
Project Protocol
Thousands of Californians returning to the community after incarceration face a parole system that’s fragmented, difficult to navigate, and often...
Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
My first for Bay Area Current -- A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. People have had enough.
Bay Area Current
Fuck Waymo, Long Live KitKat
A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. Peopl...
DAIR’s (@DAIR) latest report offers a chilling glimpse into how Amazon is using technology to ramp up surveillance of delivery drivers, violating existing workers' rights and creating unsafe working conditions.
DAIR (Distributed AI Research Institute)
Worker Surveillance and Wage Theft
How algorithmic management and workplace surveillance allows corporations to steal wages, intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which
@Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) and I will be joined by
@DAIR’s writer-in-residence
@npub1v9aa...5z6v to discuss AI and data journalism!
Monday, Oct 20 at noon PT, 
Twitch
Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.