Kate Devlin
@drkatedevlin.bsky.social
Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Come for the sex robots; stay for the eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
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Kate Devlin
@drkatedevlin.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Turned On
'Illuminating, witty and written with a wide open mind' - Sunday TimesAn exploration of humans, sexuality, interaction and technology through the lens of the se…
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Wondering what to get the person who has everything for Christmas? Might I suggest my book: a pop-sci foray into love, sex, history, psychology, philosophy, AI, and robots? Still timely, still relevant. Described by one reviewer as “not enough tentacle porn”.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/turned-on...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/turned-on...
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I had a book come out this year! “The Naked Android” explores the connections between the stories people tell, their expectations of what a robot is, and how these beliefs and values manifest in how real robots are designed and used.
www.routledge.com/The-Naked-An...
www.routledge.com/The-Naked-An...
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I had a book come out this year! “The Naked Android” explores the connections between the stories people tell, their expectations of what a robot is, and how these beliefs and values manifest in how real robots are designed and used.
www.routledge.com/The-Naked-An...
www.routledge.com/The-Naked-An...
I'M 'SCIENTISTS', YOU GUYS, AND I'M SAYING "IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE IF IT *FEELS* REAL BUT IT'S NOT. ACTUALLY. REAL."
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'M 'SCIENTISTS', YOU GUYS, AND I'M SAYING "IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE IF IT *FEELS* REAL BUT IT'S NOT. ACTUALLY. REAL."
Bluesky is labelling this post as "Sexually Suggestive", which it absolutely is.
If you're at a loose end in London this Sunday, come to an entirely NSFW panel on AI and sex. I'll be joining as a panellist, rail replacement buses permitting. Part of Dirty Weekend at the Barbican. www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
HOWL x Dirty Weekend: Sex in the Age of AI (18+) | Barbican
Panellists Leanne Elliot Young, Dr Benjamin Weil and Kaiden Ford with Samuel Douek tackle the question of what the future of intimacy looks like now that we have artificial intelligence?
www.barbican.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Bluesky is labelling this post as "Sexually Suggestive", which it absolutely is.
If you're at a loose end in London this Sunday, come to an entirely NSFW panel on AI and sex. I'll be joining as a panellist, rail replacement buses permitting. Part of Dirty Weekend at the Barbican. www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
HOWL x Dirty Weekend: Sex in the Age of AI (18+) | Barbican
Panellists Leanne Elliot Young, Dr Benjamin Weil and Kaiden Ford with Samuel Douek tackle the question of what the future of intimacy looks like now that we have artificial intelligence?
www.barbican.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you're at a loose end in London this Sunday, come to an entirely NSFW panel on AI and sex. I'll be joining as a panellist, rail replacement buses permitting. Part of Dirty Weekend at the Barbican. www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
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None of the talk about how harmful social media is for kids balances that with a discussion of how useful and beneficial it is for them. It helps with loneliness, is a source of friendship and of information, and helps them find solace when their ‘offline’ lives are harmful or miserable. 1/4
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
None of the talk about how harmful social media is for kids balances that with a discussion of how useful and beneficial it is for them. It helps with loneliness, is a source of friendship and of information, and helps them find solace when their ‘offline’ lives are harmful or miserable. 1/4
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NEW | Analysing a pre-budget blood pressure raiser:
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax….
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax….
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax...
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
NEW | Analysing a pre-budget blood pressure raiser:
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax….
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax….
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
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Sorry, but why does every single person who thinks of this believe they’re the only person in the world to think of this? FWIW, as others have said, yes, students can and will use LLMs to reflect on the LLM’s initial response. (That’s also not what a primary source is but whatever.)
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sorry, but why does every single person who thinks of this believe they’re the only person in the world to think of this? FWIW, as others have said, yes, students can and will use LLMs to reflect on the LLM’s initial response. (That’s also not what a primary source is but whatever.)
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If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a relative who spends far too much time believing what the newspapers say, my book is half-price on Amazon* right now www.amazon.co.uk/Breaking-Med...
Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters
Buy Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters by Wright, Mic (ISBN: 9781785121364) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a relative who spends far too much time believing what the newspapers say, my book is half-price on Amazon* right now www.amazon.co.uk/Breaking-Med...
Travelling for 10 days of conferences and big project meetings and then coming back to my inbox...
a cat holding a can of alani in front of a dumpster that is on fire
Alt: a cat drinking an energy drink from a can in front of a dumpster that is on fire
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Travelling for 10 days of conferences and big project meetings and then coming back to my inbox...
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Today, the wolf wishes to remain on the sofa.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today, the wolf wishes to remain on the sofa.
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First up, we asked five experts – including Martha Nussbaum, Richard Susskind, @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, Moheb Costandi and @ziyadmarar.bsky.social – how to stay ahead of the game as the world changes around us. From AI to education and neuroscience, they share their thoughts...
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
First up, we asked five experts – including Martha Nussbaum, Richard Susskind, @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, Moheb Costandi and @ziyadmarar.bsky.social – how to stay ahead of the game as the world changes around us. From AI to education and neuroscience, they share their thoughts...
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NEW REPORT – The Impact of Generative AI and the Novel 📚
Today we've published new research by @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how industry practitioners, from novelists to publishers, are experiencing AI’s significant impacts.
Read now: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Today we've published new research by @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how industry practitioners, from novelists to publishers, are experiencing AI’s significant impacts.
Read now: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
NEW REPORT – The Impact of Generative AI and the Novel 📚
Today we've published new research by @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how industry practitioners, from novelists to publishers, are experiencing AI’s significant impacts.
Read now: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Today we've published new research by @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how industry practitioners, from novelists to publishers, are experiencing AI’s significant impacts.
Read now: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Haven't been home in a week. Very behind on sleep. (And emails.) Just need to do one more thing before I can get back to my family who have probably created a robot version of me, superior in every way. Anyway, am chairing this panel on quantum this evening: london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/w...
The Big Question: What does quantum mean for humanity — Science Gallery London
How will quantum change the world we live in and what will that mean for each of us? Join a wide-ranging conversation exploring the fast-developing world of quantum technology and its implications fo...
london.sciencegallery.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Haven't been home in a week. Very behind on sleep. (And emails.) Just need to do one more thing before I can get back to my family who have probably created a robot version of me, superior in every way. Anyway, am chairing this panel on quantum this evening: london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/w...
I now get these kinds of emails, mostly from people who are in love with their AIs, who tell me "I didn't find you; my AI did." It feels somewhat weird, like being machine-stalked.
Some explicitly say the AI recommended they contact us. That makes sense, the models scrape our work and cite us as a reputable source, so the AI has inadvertently become part of the referral pathway for people spiralling down a rabbit hole.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I now get these kinds of emails, mostly from people who are in love with their AIs, who tell me "I didn't find you; my AI did." It feels somewhat weird, like being machine-stalked.
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Just finished 5 days of a work-hard-play-hard event and now find myself physically wrecked but mentally buzzing, just in time for a 2 day project meeting which will reverse this state. This is also an explanation as to why I'm not answering your email.
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Just finished 5 days of a work-hard-play-hard event and now find myself physically wrecked but mentally buzzing, just in time for a 2 day project meeting which will reverse this state. This is also an explanation as to why I'm not answering your email.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
The entire field of AI ethics (est. prior to the Dartmouth summer research project of 1956) would like a word.
"Ethical due diligence should become as routine as financial due diligence. Before asking how large a technology might become, we should ask what kind of behaviour it incentivises, what dependencies it creates, and who it leaves behind." #AIEthics
time.com/7332888/we-n...
time.com/7332888/we-n...
AI Regulation is Not Enough. We Need AI Morals
"The challenge of our time is to keep moral intelligence in step with machine intelligence."
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The entire field of AI ethics (est. prior to the Dartmouth summer research project of 1956) would like a word.
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Do a funded PhD with me! We are looking for projects at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary enquiry into AI and inequalities!
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
Power and Difference in the time of responsible AI at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com | Susan Oman
Do a funded PhD with me! We are looking for projects at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary enquiry into AI and inequalities!
"Your doctoral research project will be designed by you to respond to...
www.linkedin.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Do a funded PhD with me! We are looking for projects at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary enquiry into AI and inequalities!
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/susan-...
Every now and again people I've met at a work thing will say "I'll connect with you on LinkedIn" and I remember this a month later and log on and the whole interface is a bewildering mess of self-congratulatory nonsense and so I log off again and decide I'm happier missing out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Every now and again people I've met at a work thing will say "I'll connect with you on LinkedIn" and I remember this a month later and log on and the whole interface is a bewildering mess of self-congratulatory nonsense and so I log off again and decide I'm happier missing out.
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peoples beds broke like a week ago because the internet went out.
Ford wants you to stash it in your belt buckle, but there’s absolutely no need to be lugging around a bulky fob. Trouble is, phone-as-a-key tech could be superseded before it even gets going. www.wired.com/story/why-ar...
Why Are We All Still Carrying Around Car Keys?
Ford wants you to stash it in your belt buckle, but there’s absolutely no need to be lugging around a bulky fob. Trouble is, phone-as-a-key tech could be superseded before it even gets going.
www.wired.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
peoples beds broke like a week ago because the internet went out.
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This might be of interest to a few people
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Apply by 30 November
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The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund