Julie Carpenter, PhD
@jgcarpenter.com
Researcher of people and technology. AI & attachment. Learning scientist. UXR. Golems. Robots. Cat pics. Book: “The Naked Android: Synthetic Socialness and the Human Gaze.” jgcarpenter.com
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Enforcement footage doesn’t just document events, it structures interpretation. It invites viewer interpretation without context, shifting scrutiny onto recorded people while institutions remain opaque. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall): jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
Are we doing starter packs again? Include me in your niche #AI-critical, #mediaTheory, #HAI, #ethics, #UXR lineups, please and thank you. <3
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Are we doing starter packs again? Include me in your niche #AI-critical, #mediaTheory, #HAI, #ethics, #UXR lineups, please and thank you. <3
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
When visibility in enforcement encounters arrives late, selectively, or through informal recordings rather than accountable systems, it doesn’t clarify what happened, it narrows who gets to interpret it.. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall):
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
When visibility in enforcement encounters arrives late, selectively, or through informal recordings rather than accountable systems, it doesn’t clarify what happened, it narrows who gets to interpret it.. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall):
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
Enforcement footage doesn’t just document events, it structures interpretation. It invites viewer interpretation without context, shifting scrutiny onto recorded people while institutions remain opaque. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall): jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Enforcement footage doesn’t just document events, it structures interpretation. It invites viewer interpretation without context, shifting scrutiny onto recorded people while institutions remain opaque. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall): jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
Note that the sudden rise in "nudification" is not an advance in the tech itself, it's a design choice by Musk / xAI.
LMMs trained with nude images have been able to do this for years; Grok is the first time a major company has chosen to enhance this functionality for users rather than restrict it.
LMMs trained with nude images have been able to do this for years; Grok is the first time a major company has chosen to enhance this functionality for users rather than restrict it.
The “put her in a bikini” trend began quietly at the end of last year before exploding at the start of 2026. Within days, hundreds of thousands of requests were being made to the Grok chatbot, asking it to strip the clothes from photographs of women.
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Note that the sudden rise in "nudification" is not an advance in the tech itself, it's a design choice by Musk / xAI.
LMMs trained with nude images have been able to do this for years; Grok is the first time a major company has chosen to enhance this functionality for users rather than restrict it.
LMMs trained with nude images have been able to do this for years; Grok is the first time a major company has chosen to enhance this functionality for users rather than restrict it.
“She sparkled.”
May her memory be a blessing.
May her memory be a blessing.
KARE 11
@kare11.bsky.social
Jana Shortal
Renee Good’s wife has a statement. Hear it in full no edits, here.
@kare11.bsky.social
Jana Shortal
Renee Good’s wife has a statement. Hear it in full no edits, here.
January 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
“She sparkled.”
May her memory be a blessing.
May her memory be a blessing.
When visibility in enforcement encounters arrives late, selectively, or through informal recordings rather than accountable systems, it doesn’t clarify what happened, it narrows who gets to interpret it.. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall):
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
When visibility in enforcement encounters arrives late, selectively, or through informal recordings rather than accountable systems, it doesn’t clarify what happened, it narrows who gets to interpret it.. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall):
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
Enforcement footage doesn’t just document events, it structures interpretation. It invites viewer interpretation without context, shifting scrutiny onto recorded people while institutions remain opaque. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall): jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Enforcement footage doesn’t just document events, it structures interpretation. It invites viewer interpretation without context, shifting scrutiny onto recorded people while institutions remain opaque. "Visibility Without Consent" (no paywall): jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
This @iethics.bsky.social panel conversation on autonomous weapons is up! Accountability, human oversight limits, & consequences of lethal decisions delegated to systems optimized for speed. These questions are no longer theoretical, & not confined to military contexts.
youtu.be/3lJhGbVIjSg?...
youtu.be/3lJhGbVIjSg?...
Code, Command, and Consequences: Ethics in the Age of Autonomous Weapons
YouTube video by Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This @iethics.bsky.social panel conversation on autonomous weapons is up! Accountability, human oversight limits, & consequences of lethal decisions delegated to systems optimized for speed. These questions are no longer theoretical, & not confined to military contexts.
youtu.be/3lJhGbVIjSg?...
youtu.be/3lJhGbVIjSg?...
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
Walz: "I saw an individual at the scene identify themselves as medical personnel and ask to provide aid, and an ICE agent said 'I do not care.' That lack of humanity was chilling to me."
January 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Walz: "I saw an individual at the scene identify themselves as medical personnel and ask to provide aid, and an ICE agent said 'I do not care.' That lack of humanity was chilling to me."
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
On innercalling w/ Dr. Victoria Ranade, we unpacked how AI is designed to engage us, why it shouldn’t be treated as therapy or emotional counsel, and what we lose when we outsource understanding and decision-making to systems that optimize engagement, not wellbeing.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GhJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/5GhJ...
#38. Dr. Julie Carpenter (AI Hidden Dangers Explained: What You Need to Know)
open.spotify.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
On innercalling w/ Dr. Victoria Ranade, we unpacked how AI is designed to engage us, why it shouldn’t be treated as therapy or emotional counsel, and what we lose when we outsource understanding and decision-making to systems that optimize engagement, not wellbeing.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GhJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/5GhJ...
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
ChatGPT Health doesn’t replace healthcare; it consolidates health data and inserts an always-on AI interpretive layer between patients and care. New post (no paywall), "ChatGPT Health and the Expansion of Infrastructural Intimacy":
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
ChatGPT Health doesn’t replace healthcare; it consolidates health data and inserts an always-on AI interpretive layer between patients and care. New post (no paywall), "ChatGPT Health and the Expansion of Infrastructural Intimacy":
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
ChatGPT Health doesn’t replace healthcare; it consolidates health data and inserts an always-on AI interpretive layer between patients and care. New post (no paywall), "ChatGPT Health and the Expansion of Infrastructural Intimacy":
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
ChatGPT Health doesn’t replace healthcare; it consolidates health data and inserts an always-on AI interpretive layer between patients and care. New post (no paywall), "ChatGPT Health and the Expansion of Infrastructural Intimacy":
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
jgcarpenter.com/blog.html?bl...
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
“Meet without meeting” and “be in two places at once” are not worker benefits. They’re managerial fantasies that erase absence, rest, and limits while keeping output intact.
This is a labor fantasy where workers never fully log off, never fully leave, and never quite stop meeting even when absent.
This is a labor fantasy where workers never fully log off, never fully leave, and never quite stop meeting even when absent.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
“Meet without meeting” and “be in two places at once” are not worker benefits. They’re managerial fantasies that erase absence, rest, and limits while keeping output intact.
This is a labor fantasy where workers never fully log off, never fully leave, and never quite stop meeting even when absent.
This is a labor fantasy where workers never fully log off, never fully leave, and never quite stop meeting even when absent.
Her name is Renee Nicole Good. May her memory be a blessing.
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Her name is Renee Nicole Good. May her memory be a blessing.
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
It's not just that the new ICE agents are untrained and incompetent, it's that the people drawn to this job in this environment are people who get off on cruelty. It's a position tailor made for sadists. Kind, decent people are not applying.
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 PM
It's not just that the new ICE agents are untrained and incompetent, it's that the people drawn to this job in this environment are people who get off on cruelty. It's a position tailor made for sadists. Kind, decent people are not applying.
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
NEW: Border Patrol agents used Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and a plainclothes videographer to covertly record protesters and arrests in Evanston, I found.
It's "disturbing," @epic.org told me.
Also @stopspyingny.bsky.social, @eff.org, @aclu.org of Illinois.
It's "disturbing," @epic.org told me.
Also @stopspyingny.bsky.social, @eff.org, @aclu.org of Illinois.
A digital camera, head-mounted GoPro, Ray-Ban sunglasses and a plainclothes videographer — Border Patrol agents recorded protesters from all angles in Evanston on Dec. 17. Privacy and legal experts are concerned.
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Reported by @ryaninevanston.bsky.social
dailynorthwestern.com/2026/01/07/c...
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Reported by @ryaninevanston.bsky.social
dailynorthwestern.com/2026/01/07/c...
CBP covertly filmed Dec. 17 protests with Meta glasses
A Sony digital camera. A head-mounted GoPro. Two pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses. A cell phone-wielding plainclothes videographer. Border Patrol officials used all four — plus more than 20 agency body cam...
dailynorthwestern.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
NEW: Border Patrol agents used Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and a plainclothes videographer to covertly record protesters and arrests in Evanston, I found.
It's "disturbing," @epic.org told me.
Also @stopspyingny.bsky.social, @eff.org, @aclu.org of Illinois.
It's "disturbing," @epic.org told me.
Also @stopspyingny.bsky.social, @eff.org, @aclu.org of Illinois.
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Your daily reminder that LLMs are software trained on large-scale human-produced data that contains historical and contemporary biases, exclusions, stereotypes, and power asymmetries.
At scale, these systems amplify patterns that already exist in that data. It's bigotry presented as knowledge.
At scale, these systems amplify patterns that already exist in that data. It's bigotry presented as knowledge.
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Your daily reminder that LLMs are software trained on large-scale human-produced data that contains historical and contemporary biases, exclusions, stereotypes, and power asymmetries.
At scale, these systems amplify patterns that already exist in that data. It's bigotry presented as knowledge.
At scale, these systems amplify patterns that already exist in that data. It's bigotry presented as knowledge.
On innercalling w/ Dr. Victoria Ranade, we unpacked how AI is designed to engage us, why it shouldn’t be treated as therapy or emotional counsel, and what we lose when we outsource understanding and decision-making to systems that optimize engagement, not wellbeing.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GhJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/5GhJ...
#38. Dr. Julie Carpenter (AI Hidden Dangers Explained: What You Need to Know)
open.spotify.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
On innercalling w/ Dr. Victoria Ranade, we unpacked how AI is designed to engage us, why it shouldn’t be treated as therapy or emotional counsel, and what we lose when we outsource understanding and decision-making to systems that optimize engagement, not wellbeing.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GhJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/5GhJ...
Watching the AI labor market is revealing. The questions being asked in public about trust, legitimacy, policy, ethical, and social consequences closely resemble work many of us have been doing for years. The jobs being posted, less so.
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Watching the AI labor market is revealing. The questions being asked in public about trust, legitimacy, policy, ethical, and social consequences closely resemble work many of us have been doing for years. The jobs being posted, less so.
Reposted by Julie Carpenter, PhD
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.