Gemma Milne
@gemmamilne.bsky.social
Writer, researcher • STS, economic sociology, political economy of deep tech • University of Glasgow & Edinburgh • Author of ‘Smoke & Mirrors’
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I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
This is well worth a listen - cheers @the-syllabus.bsky.social for sharing 🙏
While China’s recent restrictions on rare earth exports sound scary, the truth is that rare earths are neither scarce nor irreplaceable. Drawing parallels to past resource “crises," our podcast of the week explores the broader cycles of resource dependency.
With Pranay Kotasthane
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With Pranay Kotasthane
buff.ly/Y0qoJWn
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is well worth a listen - cheers @the-syllabus.bsky.social for sharing 🙏
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Join the Keynote Talk at the Conference on Hype Studies with Gemma Milne!
📅 September 10, 2025
🕓 17:00 – 18:30 (Barcelona time)
The attendance is free, but prior registration is required via the following link:
📅 September 10, 2025
🕓 17:00 – 18:30 (Barcelona time)
The attendance is free, but prior registration is required via the following link:
September 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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There is soon going to be an historical primary-source black hole for the past thirty years of human existence... if it doesn't exist already, of course.
August 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
There is soon going to be an historical primary-source black hole for the past thirty years of human existence... if it doesn't exist already, of course.
A different take from me back in 2023...
(Not a perfect take, but something I've been thinking about a lot since I wrote these pretty high level / early thoughts)
www.newreal.cc/magazine/roa...
(Not a perfect take, but something I've been thinking about a lot since I wrote these pretty high level / early thoughts)
www.newreal.cc/magazine/roa...
July 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A different take from me back in 2023...
(Not a perfect take, but something I've been thinking about a lot since I wrote these pretty high level / early thoughts)
www.newreal.cc/magazine/roa...
(Not a perfect take, but something I've been thinking about a lot since I wrote these pretty high level / early thoughts)
www.newreal.cc/magazine/roa...
🥶 Are we hurtling towards a quantum winter? 🥶
Had a great time chatting hype in quantum on @crackingquantum.bsky.social!
We touched on:
❄️ Too little or too much hype in quantum?
❄️ Alternative 'norms' for science-entrepreneurs
❄️ 'Spinning out, better': equitably, democratically, and for the many
Had a great time chatting hype in quantum on @crackingquantum.bsky.social!
We touched on:
❄️ Too little or too much hype in quantum?
❄️ Alternative 'norms' for science-entrepreneurs
❄️ 'Spinning out, better': equitably, democratically, and for the many
Now this was a really interesting discussion!
@gemmamilne.bsky.social talks about how we hype quantum tech, how that can help build public interest and investment, but also about the potential dangers of hyping too much or in the wrong way
youtu.be/pbYbLPxUy0c?...
@gemmamilne.bsky.social talks about how we hype quantum tech, how that can help build public interest and investment, but also about the potential dangers of hyping too much or in the wrong way
youtu.be/pbYbLPxUy0c?...
Is there too much hype for quantum? - Episode 9 - Gemma Milne
YouTube video by Ash Lyons
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🥶 Are we hurtling towards a quantum winter? 🥶
Had a great time chatting hype in quantum on @crackingquantum.bsky.social!
We touched on:
❄️ Too little or too much hype in quantum?
❄️ Alternative 'norms' for science-entrepreneurs
❄️ 'Spinning out, better': equitably, democratically, and for the many
Had a great time chatting hype in quantum on @crackingquantum.bsky.social!
We touched on:
❄️ Too little or too much hype in quantum?
❄️ Alternative 'norms' for science-entrepreneurs
❄️ 'Spinning out, better': equitably, democratically, and for the many
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Woohoo! SO excited my pal @gemmamilne.bsky.social will join us on the hype train, helping us kick-off the hype studies conference in Barcelona in September!
Keynote announcement 👨🎤 We're very happy to share that @gemmamilne.bsky.social and @christobuschek.net will be our guest speakers for the upcoming Hype Studies conference in Barcelona. Excited to have you onboard!
Read more about Gemma and Christo here: hypestudies.org/news/hype-st...
Read more about Gemma and Christo here: hypestudies.org/news/hype-st...
Hype Studies Conference: keynote announcement | Hype Studies
hypestudies.org
June 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Woohoo! SO excited my pal @gemmamilne.bsky.social will join us on the hype train, helping us kick-off the hype studies conference in Barcelona in September!
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Chaired by fab writer, researcher and pal @gemmamilne.bsky.social - we'll be discussing what happens when LGBTQ communities meet the categories, classifications and labels assigned to them!
Please (if you can) preorder a copy of the book with Lighthouse - it really helps! 📚
Please (if you can) preorder a copy of the book with Lighthouse - it really helps! 📚
May 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Chaired by fab writer, researcher and pal @gemmamilne.bsky.social - we'll be discussing what happens when LGBTQ communities meet the categories, classifications and labels assigned to them!
Please (if you can) preorder a copy of the book with Lighthouse - it really helps! 📚
Please (if you can) preorder a copy of the book with Lighthouse - it really helps! 📚
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Fascinating pre #PCST2025 workshop on #scicomm teaching & AI. Great to welcome @gemmamilne.bsky.social @samillingworth.com & more for an insightful discussion. Thanks to everyone who came!
May 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Fascinating pre #PCST2025 workshop on #scicomm teaching & AI. Great to welcome @gemmamilne.bsky.social @samillingworth.com & more for an insightful discussion. Thanks to everyone who came!
Nice new podcast by the lovely Ash on all thing quantum! Give it a listen :)
New podcast series on everything quantum!
No physics knowledge needed - just me talking to scientists about what it all really means
Come join me on on:
Youtube
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1j84GCr...
No physics knowledge needed - just me talking to scientists about what it all really means
Come join me on on:
Youtube
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1j84GCr...
May 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Nice new podcast by the lovely Ash on all thing quantum! Give it a listen :)
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New podcast series on everything quantum!
No physics knowledge needed - just me talking to scientists about what it all really means
Come join me on on:
Youtube
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1j84GCr...
No physics knowledge needed - just me talking to scientists about what it all really means
Come join me on on:
Youtube
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1j84GCr...
April 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New podcast series on everything quantum!
No physics knowledge needed - just me talking to scientists about what it all really means
Come join me on on:
Youtube
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1j84GCr...
No physics knowledge needed - just me talking to scientists about what it all really means
Come join me on on:
Youtube
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1j84GCr...
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Listening to @melhogan.bsky.social, @gemmamilne.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social
on ₊˚⊹⚬ hype ˙₊˚⊹ is so so interesting and enlightening! Can‘t recommend enough. play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/d4d...
on ₊˚⊹⚬ hype ˙₊˚⊹ is so so interesting and enlightening! Can‘t recommend enough. play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/d4d...
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May 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Listening to @melhogan.bsky.social, @gemmamilne.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social
on ₊˚⊹⚬ hype ˙₊˚⊹ is so so interesting and enlightening! Can‘t recommend enough. play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/d4d...
on ₊˚⊹⚬ hype ˙₊˚⊹ is so so interesting and enlightening! Can‘t recommend enough. play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/d4d...
I so enjoyed this chat with @melhogan.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social on all things 💫hype💫!
Please enjoy!
Hype, with Dani Shanley and Gemma Milne
@danishanley.bsky.social
@gemmamilne.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/63997541ed12...
Hype, with Dani Shanley and Gemma Milne
@danishanley.bsky.social
@gemmamilne.bsky.social
shows.acast.com/63997541ed12...
Hype, with Dani Shanley and Gemma Milne | The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan
shows.acast.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I so enjoyed this chat with @melhogan.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social on all things 💫hype💫!
Been thinking recently about a ‘turn to badness’ re the explicitness of immoral behaviour usually more ‘hidden’ in the cult(ure) of tech startups etc (think: VCs proudly & openly promoting defence investments) - looking for good readings on cynicism / explicit badness - anyone?
April 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Been thinking recently about a ‘turn to badness’ re the explicitness of immoral behaviour usually more ‘hidden’ in the cult(ure) of tech startups etc (think: VCs proudly & openly promoting defence investments) - looking for good readings on cynicism / explicit badness - anyone?
Nice opportunity ⬇️
New #Postdoctoral Job! I'm recruiting for multi-country project on research #metadata & evaluation - UK, Germany, France, and Canada. Funded by SSHRC under Open Research Area 8 initiative. More info: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-...
#research #metascience #researchevaluation #universities #metrics
#research #metascience #researchevaluation #universities #metrics
www.yorku.ca
April 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Nice opportunity ⬇️
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Ok, time to dust off some Hannah Arendt, for absolutely no particular reason: "In totalitarian regimes, provocation, once only the speciality of the secret agent, becomes a method of dealing with his neighbor which everybody, willingly or unwillingly is forced to follow" (OT, ed. 2004, p. 556) 1/
April 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Ok, time to dust off some Hannah Arendt, for absolutely no particular reason: "In totalitarian regimes, provocation, once only the speciality of the secret agent, becomes a method of dealing with his neighbor which everybody, willingly or unwillingly is forced to follow" (OT, ed. 2004, p. 556) 1/
📣 Wee bit of news 📣
(Not April Fools’ fodder…)
Totally thrilled to have been given a Lectureship at the University of Glasgow, which I start today! I’ll be focusing on my research programme on the political economy of deep tech, based in @uofgasbs.bsky.social 🚀
I’m so excited to get started 🌱
(Not April Fools’ fodder…)
Totally thrilled to have been given a Lectureship at the University of Glasgow, which I start today! I’ll be focusing on my research programme on the political economy of deep tech, based in @uofgasbs.bsky.social 🚀
I’m so excited to get started 🌱
April 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📣 Wee bit of news 📣
(Not April Fools’ fodder…)
Totally thrilled to have been given a Lectureship at the University of Glasgow, which I start today! I’ll be focusing on my research programme on the political economy of deep tech, based in @uofgasbs.bsky.social 🚀
I’m so excited to get started 🌱
(Not April Fools’ fodder…)
Totally thrilled to have been given a Lectureship at the University of Glasgow, which I start today! I’ll be focusing on my research programme on the political economy of deep tech, based in @uofgasbs.bsky.social 🚀
I’m so excited to get started 🌱
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In 2023, Scotland saw 1,172 drug related deaths (DRDs). Approaches to death prevention are complex as solutions require coordinated action across different sectors. How can we explore how causes of DRDs interact in our health and social care system?
Let's use systems mapping!🧵 (1/17)
#systemscience
Let's use systems mapping!🧵 (1/17)
#systemscience
March 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In 2023, Scotland saw 1,172 drug related deaths (DRDs). Approaches to death prevention are complex as solutions require coordinated action across different sectors. How can we explore how causes of DRDs interact in our health and social care system?
Let's use systems mapping!🧵 (1/17)
#systemscience
Let's use systems mapping!🧵 (1/17)
#systemscience
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This is a cool story about the Swiss furnace working around the clock to resize gold bars in the rush sparked by Trump
- on.ft.com/3FvQYZ2
- on.ft.com/3FvQYZ2
March 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This is a cool story about the Swiss furnace working around the clock to resize gold bars in the rush sparked by Trump
- on.ft.com/3FvQYZ2
- on.ft.com/3FvQYZ2
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May 12th - Laura Bates on The New Age of Sexism and the ways AI and the new horizon of evolving technologies may come to affect the rights and safeties of women. Chaired by @gemmamilne.bsky.social
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February 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
May 12th - Laura Bates on The New Age of Sexism and the ways AI and the new horizon of evolving technologies may come to affect the rights and safeties of women. Chaired by @gemmamilne.bsky.social
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🎺🕵️♀️ Unofficial starter pack @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social go.bsky.app/CAYjEDd
February 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🎺🕵️♀️ Unofficial starter pack @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social go.bsky.app/CAYjEDd
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We made a film about cities, regions, money, carbon, steep topographies and shale bings. It's got Sharon Zukin, @lanalanalana.bsky.social @shannonvallor.bsky.social @sianbayne.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @gemmamilne.bsky.social && and it's 🍿🎭 Feb 20 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opens-and-...
Opens and Closes: the future of Edinburgh’s histories Premiere
A film by Sapphire Goss, produced, written and narrated by Liz McFall. The screening will be followed by a discussion with special guests.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We made a film about cities, regions, money, carbon, steep topographies and shale bings. It's got Sharon Zukin, @lanalanalana.bsky.social @shannonvallor.bsky.social @sianbayne.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @gemmamilne.bsky.social && and it's 🍿🎭 Feb 20 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opens-and-...
Super interesting! Great to read about real-world examples of 'alternatives'; critique is limited without possible, material, copy-able, structures. (I was very flattered find out this morning that some of my words are quoted in the conclusion too!) 👏 @melissaterras.bsky.social
New paper, on how to build better tech for a better world: "The artificial intelligence cooperative: READ-COOP, Transkribus, and the benefits of shared community infrastructure for automated text recognition". A new history of building @transkribus.bsky.social, & coops can deliver responsible AI!
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
January 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Super interesting! Great to read about real-world examples of 'alternatives'; critique is limited without possible, material, copy-able, structures. (I was very flattered find out this morning that some of my words are quoted in the conclusion too!) 👏 @melissaterras.bsky.social