Mona Sloane
@monasloane.bsky.social
Sociologist of #AI • University of Virginia Faculty • Series Editor University of California Press • Tech Editor Public Books • Fellow NYU IKP & UVA DTD • Host of Co-Opting AI Series • Director Sloane Lab • monasloane.org
Co-Opting #AI is back in 2026! We're starting the season with a conversation on #KIDS, feat. three eminent thinkers and doers in the space: Sonia Livingstone, Ashleigh Greene Wade, and Annabel Blake! Join us for free on February 11, 4pm ET, via Zoom, sign-up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Co-Opting #AI is back in 2026! We're starting the season with a conversation on #KIDS, feat. three eminent thinkers and doers in the space: Sonia Livingstone, Ashleigh Greene Wade, and Annabel Blake! Join us for free on February 11, 4pm ET, via Zoom, sign-up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
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Answering a question about AI disruption, @monasloane.bsky.social points out how her students are struggling on the job market right now. They're the ones sending out hundreds of resumes, which is another reason to listen to them about AI.
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Answering a question about AI disruption, @monasloane.bsky.social points out how her students are struggling on the job market right now. They're the ones sending out hundreds of resumes, which is another reason to listen to them about AI.
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More findings from @monasloane.bsky.social: Student participation in university administration has declined over the last 30 years.
Students are "digital natives" and "AI experts in their own right." [I have issues with those claims.] We need their voices in these discussions. [Hear, hear.]
Students are "digital natives" and "AI experts in their own right." [I have issues with those claims.] We need their voices in these discussions. [Hear, hear.]
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
More findings from @monasloane.bsky.social: Student participation in university administration has declined over the last 30 years.
Students are "digital natives" and "AI experts in their own right." [I have issues with those claims.] We need their voices in these discussions. [Hear, hear.]
Students are "digital natives" and "AI experts in their own right." [I have issues with those claims.] We need their voices in these discussions. [Hear, hear.]
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Now @monasloane.bsky.social is pivoting to teaching and students. "We are all AI experts now," she wrote here: medium.com/@monasloane/.... That is, students are actively exploring and gaining expertise in how to use AI in their studies.
We Are All AI Experts Now
The social impact of AI is real. We need to understand the everyday use of AI to get a better picture of how we can prevent AI harm.
medium.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Now @monasloane.bsky.social is pivoting to teaching and students. "We are all AI experts now," she wrote here: medium.com/@monasloane/.... That is, students are actively exploring and gaining expertise in how to use AI in their studies.
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Keynote: @monasloane.bsky.social says AI is a scaling technology, a social infrastructure (just there, like electrical infrastructure), a material culture, a valuation practice (changing the social status of jobs), and AI is power.
January 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Keynote: @monasloane.bsky.social says AI is a scaling technology, a social infrastructure (just there, like electrical infrastructure), a material culture, a valuation practice (changing the social status of jobs), and AI is power.
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Excited to be helping facilitate the virtual track at the Virginia AI Symposium today! UVA's @monasloane.bsky.social is our keynote this morning for those on-site and about 150 of us on the livestream.
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Excited to be helping facilitate the virtual track at the Virginia AI Symposium today! UVA's @monasloane.bsky.social is our keynote this morning for those on-site and about 150 of us on the livestream.
I spoke with Andy Extance for Nature Sensors about #privacy and #sensing and how #AI could help with local #data processing to address privacy much earlier in the pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
AI and the rise of intelligent sensing - Nature Sensors
From wearable health monitors to autonomous robots, AI is reshaping how sensors collect, interpret, and act on data, with co-design and benchmarking key to their success, finds Andy Extance.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I spoke with Andy Extance for Nature Sensors about #privacy and #sensing and how #AI could help with local #data processing to address privacy much earlier in the pipeline: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Thank you for the kind words, @sistek.bsky.social! Our next conversation is on #AI and #kids, sign-up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
January 18, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Thank you for the kind words, @sistek.bsky.social! Our next conversation is on #AI and #kids, sign-up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
🚀 Special Issue Alert: @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social and I are pleased to announce our Social Science Computer Review Special Issue What Is Sociological About AI? All articles: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec.... This special issue calls for the rise of sociology as a leading force in AI research.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🚀 Special Issue Alert: @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social and I are pleased to announce our Social Science Computer Review Special Issue What Is Sociological About AI? All articles: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec.... This special issue calls for the rise of sociology as a leading force in AI research.
If you missed yesterday's Co-Opting #AI event on #libraries with Eric Klinenberg, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser, fear not -- you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zp...
Co-Opting AI: Libraries
YouTube video by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
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November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you missed yesterday's Co-Opting #AI event on #libraries with Eric Klinenberg, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser, fear not -- you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zp...
Happening tomorrow is Co-Opting #AI: #Libraries! Free sign up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Happening tomorrow is Co-Opting #AI: #Libraries! Free sign up here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
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NEXT WEEK: a conversation on #AI and #libraries! Honored to host @ericklinenberg.bsky.social, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser on Nov 19, 4pm ET for a chat about how AI reshapes libraries as places of learning and being together. FREE SIGN UP: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NEXT WEEK: a conversation on #AI and #libraries! Honored to host @ericklinenberg.bsky.social, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser on Nov 19, 4pm ET for a chat about how AI reshapes libraries as places of learning and being together. FREE SIGN UP: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
NEXT WEEK: a conversation on #AI and #libraries! Honored to host @ericklinenberg.bsky.social, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser on Nov 19, 4pm ET for a chat about how AI reshapes libraries as places of learning and being together. FREE SIGN UP: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NEXT WEEK: a conversation on #AI and #libraries! Honored to host @ericklinenberg.bsky.social, Shauntee Burns-Simpson and Peter Musser on Nov 19, 4pm ET for a chat about how AI reshapes libraries as places of learning and being together. FREE SIGN UP: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
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AI is reshaping how people get hired. The TARAI Index from @monasloane.bsky.social and @ellens.bsky.social makes these systems visible, mapping 100+ recruiting tools that use AI to rank and evaluate candidates.
Explore the public database: www.tarai.org
Read more: bit.ly/4nO1MCo
Explore the public database: www.tarai.org
Read more: bit.ly/4nO1MCo
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
AI is reshaping how people get hired. The TARAI Index from @monasloane.bsky.social and @ellens.bsky.social makes these systems visible, mapping 100+ recruiting tools that use AI to rank and evaluate candidates.
Explore the public database: www.tarai.org
Read more: bit.ly/4nO1MCo
Explore the public database: www.tarai.org
Read more: bit.ly/4nO1MCo
‼️ AI shapes how people get hired—but how much do we know about those tools? 🎤 We’ve launched the TARAI Index, a public database mapping AI use in 100+ recruiting technologies. 🤓 It helps practitioners and researchers explore how AI really works in hiring 👉 www.tarai.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
‼️ AI shapes how people get hired—but how much do we know about those tools? 🎤 We’ve launched the TARAI Index, a public database mapping AI use in 100+ recruiting technologies. 🤓 It helps practitioners and researchers explore how AI really works in hiring 👉 www.tarai.org
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@monasloane.bsky.social in conversation with tech journalist and author @karenhao.bsky.social
Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE
Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
@monasloane.bsky.social in conversation with tech journalist and author @karenhao.bsky.social
Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE
Photography by Hoowithaview
Read more here: https://bit.ly/43JiStE
It was an honor to share a stage with the incredible @karenhao.bsky.social last week for a conversation with Seth Lewis about the Empire of AI with remarks from Dean Acampora. More here: lnkd.in/eeFCvtZW (Photo credit: Hoowithaview, Charlottesville, VA)
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It was an honor to share a stage with the incredible @karenhao.bsky.social last week for a conversation with Seth Lewis about the Empire of AI with remarks from Dean Acampora. More here: lnkd.in/eeFCvtZW (Photo credit: Hoowithaview, Charlottesville, VA)
Today at 4pm, join us!
Register for this great event—I’m delighted to be a part of it.
Please join us on 10/22 for a new Co-Opting #AI episode on #antiquity! I am thrilled to be in conversation with Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Kevin Donnelly, and Elly R. Truitt to explore ancient concepts of automation, intelligent machines, gods and robots. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today at 4pm, join us!
Please join us on 10/22 for a new Co-Opting #AI episode on #antiquity! I am thrilled to be in conversation with Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Kevin Donnelly, and Elly R. Truitt to explore ancient concepts of automation, intelligent machines, gods and robots. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
Co-Opting AI: Antiquity - DTD Lab
Join panelists, Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, John L. Nau III assistant professor of classics at the University of Virginia, Kevin Donnelly, professor of history at Alvernia University, Elly R. Truitt, ...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Please join us on 10/22 for a new Co-Opting #AI episode on #antiquity! I am thrilled to be in conversation with Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Kevin Donnelly, and Elly R. Truitt to explore ancient concepts of automation, intelligent machines, gods and robots. dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/co-opt...
🎙️ New work out with Charity Nyelele, Antonios Mamalakis and Ava Birdwell, alongside many experts! Read our new report on Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation -- let's include local knowledge holders in AI innovation for extreme weather forecasting!
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
Libra Open | Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation
Libra Open Content: Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation | Authors: Ava Birdwell, Mona Sloane, Antonios Mamalakis, Charity Nyelele Artificial intelligence
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October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎙️ New work out with Charity Nyelele, Antonios Mamalakis and Ava Birdwell, alongside many experts! Read our new report on Broadening Access to Climate AI Innovation -- let's include local knowledge holders in AI innovation for extreme weather forecasting!
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
libraopen.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
Thrilled to announce that the great Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social will visit UVA on 10/21, 6pm, Old Cabell Hall! Join me for an exciting conversation with Karen and Seth Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social, with opening remarks by Dean Christa Acampora. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...
September 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thrilled to announce that the great Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social will visit UVA on 10/21, 6pm, Old Cabell Hall! Join me for an exciting conversation with Karen and Seth Lewis @sethclewis.bsky.social, with opening remarks by Dean Christa Acampora. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...
If you missed Co-Opting hashtag#AI: hashtag#Taxes with Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy, you can watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrT3...
Co-Opting AI: Taxes
YouTube video by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab
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September 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If you missed Co-Opting hashtag#AI: hashtag#Taxes with Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy, you can watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrT3...
Co-Opting AI is back for the Fall 2025 season! Join us for a conversation on #AI and fair distribution feat. Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy: September 17, 4pm ET, free sign-up here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Co-Opting AI: Taxes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join panelists, Ruth Braunstein, Associate Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, Ekkehard Ernst, Chief Macroeconomist at the International Labour Organization, Maximilian Kasy, Professor...
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September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Co-Opting AI is back for the Fall 2025 season! Join us for a conversation on #AI and fair distribution feat. Ruth Braunstein, Ekkehard Ernst and Maximilian Kasy: September 17, 4pm ET, free sign-up here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🎉 🎤 Thrilled to announce the launch of the Co-Opting AI Archive: a place to listen to and watch all 50+ episodes from the last six years. More to come in the fall program! We will be talking about taxes, antiquity, libraries, and kids. Have a listen: www.monasloane.org/co-opting-ai.
September 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🎉 🎤 Thrilled to announce the launch of the Co-Opting AI Archive: a place to listen to and watch all 50+ episodes from the last six years. More to come in the fall program! We will be talking about taxes, antiquity, libraries, and kids. Have a listen: www.monasloane.org/co-opting-ai.
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Presenting this work at @ic2s2.bsky.social imminently, in the LLMs & Society session!
🎙️ NEW WORK! @allisonkoe.bsky.social, Hilke Schellmann, Anna Seo Gyeong Choi, Katelyn Mei and I just released our stakeholder-grounded #AI #audit of speech-to-text transcription systems, examining the how well they work for people with #aphasia. More : arxiv.org/abs/2506.08846
Addressing Pitfalls in Auditing Practices of Automatic Speech Recognition Technologies: A Case Study of People with Aphasia
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has transformed daily tasks from video transcription to workplace hiring. ASR systems' growing use warrants robust and standardized auditing approaches to ensure aut...
arxiv.org
July 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Presenting this work at @ic2s2.bsky.social imminently, in the LLMs & Society session!