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Liz Darnell

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AI & Trust PhD Researcher at TU Dublin From Montana Love data, music, dogs, hiking, women's football, and coffee

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Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · Mar 23

a bit about me
- new PhD researcher studying AI & trust at TU Dublin
- background of political organizing in the states
- fascinated by data and its application in society, environment and sport
- love hiking, watching women's football, coffee, music, and my dog

#PhDsky

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 1d

Right, so listen. If Dolly, ya know, on top of everything else?

I won’t be okay.

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · 4d

Is this #phdlife? Asking for a friend... 2 is nice and 3 is far too much.

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · 18d

I am back from my first #womENcourage conference in Brașov, Romania! 🇷🇴 I am so grateful for the organizers, @acm.org, and the brilliant participants at this conference. It was so great to connect with other women in computing and discuss our research and lives! Looking forward to next year!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21d

Shout out to the American Federation of Musicians

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 21d

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · 23d

This looks incredible! Can’t wait to get my hands on it 🥳 congratulations!

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27d

"Charlie Kirk gave me the courage to be more transphobic" is a wild thing to put in a both-sides hagiography
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

‘He Gave Me Confidence’: How Charlie Kirk Connected With Young Men
With his right-wing group Turning Point USA, Mr. Kirk engaged controversial topics. Some students were inspired. Others found his views appalling.

As a Christian, he did not always feel he could say what he actually thought about the issue.

“It’s kind of scary to say what you believe in, especially in this cancel culture,” said Porter LaFeber, a 22-year-old studying sciences at Utah Valley University who was at an event on Wednesday where Mr. Kirk was killed. “Charlie Kirk seemed like he just went totally above that. He kind of gave a voice to the people that were maybe a little bit scared.”

“He gave me the confidence to be able to believe what I believe,” Mr. LaFeber added.

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · Aug 21

Paige Bueckers last night 🔥

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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · Aug 12

Taylor, I have another sports podcast you could go on 👀...

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · Aug 8

Sam Altman reading a 1979 encyclopedia he found in a coffee shop’s tiny library: “Wow, this magic book knows everything.”

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · Jul 29

I am recruiting for my first study as part of my PhD research on trust and AI! Please share with anyone that might be interested and reach out if you have questions or are interested!

Sessions are 45-60 mins and happening in-person in Dublin.

#phdsky #dublin #trust #AIresearch

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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · Jul 27

Having to watch another penalty shootout

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · Jun 26

I think Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social excels in this!

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 23

Anyways, I have no conclusion, because my brain doesn’t work as fast as Roxane Gay’s does but I’ll be thinking on this for a while.

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 23

Which my instinct is that we are more willing to see the humanity of AI systems than women and queer people as we question whether AI systems have freedom of speech, etc

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 23

As pregnant people in the US are being killed because of draconian laws and the repeal of Roe v. Wade, because they are not seen as full people independent of their reproductive organs, we are talking about how these AI systems are human-like and we engage with them like friends, partners, coworkers

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 23

But it got me thinking because in the realm of my research of AI and trust, there is a lot of discourse on the anthropomorphism of these systems and the idea that people engaging with them as if they are people. (Which is by design).

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 23

I went to an event that @roxanegay.bsky.social spoke at last night in Dublin.

In response to a question (that I forget), she said that “first, women need to be seen as people.”

This was in larger conversation around sexual and gender which obviously Roxane always had brilliant commentary on.

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 20

I had so much fun talking about my research on trust and AI. The questions that individuals had were excellent and I am feeling more energized today than I was yesterday! #pint25 #phdsky #trust #AI

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 20

"Trust Me, I'm AI" last night @pintofscienceie.bsky.social was so great! The other speakers (all @tudublin.bsky.social!) were stellar and the crowd was even better.

Many thanks to the volunteers who organized the event because it would not have been so great without them! #pint25 #phdsky

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 18

It's been a big PhD month for me!
- did my first talk at a research symposium
- submitted my first application for a conference
- more talks to come this month

#PhDsky #acdemicsky

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · May 15

and honestly, the obsession over “we should have said more about biden being old” starts to grate when the currently serving president is very obviously impaired by age and cognitive decline, to crickets from the press

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · May 8

Six months to the day since arriving in Dublin, I gave my first talk about my research at the tPOT (towards people oriented technology) research symposium on TU Dublin's campus! It's been a wild six months but I am so glad that I came to Dublin and am getting to research trust and generative AI.

Liz Darnell @lizdarnell.bsky.social · Apr 28

Catch me at Chaplin's in Dublin on the 19th! I'll be speaking at @pintofscienceie.bsky.social's "Trust Me, I'm AI" session. I'll be talking about trust and AI - what it means, where we are and where we're going! ✨ www.pintofscience.ie/event/trust-...

"Trust Me, I'm AI": A Deep Dive into Trust, Creativity, and Deception

Art, poetry, science and ethics...all these are more are being redefined as AI gets progressively more integrated into our lives. Join our speakers at 7pm …

www.pintofscience.ie

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Pint of Science IE @pintofscienceie.bsky.social · Apr 26

🎟️ #Pint25 Tickets Available Now! 🎉

Join us 19-21 May for 164 speakers, 50 events, and science fun across 9 Irish cities!

Grab your FREE tickets: pintofscience.ie/locations/

Hurry, spaces are limited! #SciComm #Ireland

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Apr 8

So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government.