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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · 6d

🎙️ 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!

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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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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · 15d

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...

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · 19d

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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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · 29d

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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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎉 🎤 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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Allison Koenecke @allisonkoe.bsky.social · Jul 22

Presenting this work at @ic2s2.bsky.social imminently, in the LLMs & Society session!

Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Jun 12

🎙️ 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...

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Emma Harvey @emmharv.bsky.social · Jul 14

I love the idea of history informing AI audits – it's something @sandhaus.bsky.social @azjacobs.bsky.social @emoss.bsky.social @monasloane.bsky.social drew on for our work on motion capture & was so important for surfacing the assumptions encoded in modern-day tech!

🔗: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Historical Methods for AI Evaluations, Assessments, and Audits | Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thrilled that our NASEM report on "Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management" is out now! Thank you to our committee and participants and to the wonderful Ben Shneiderman for co-chairing with me! More here: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...

Human and Organizational Factors in AI Risk Management: Proceedings of a Workshop

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎤 NEW in @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech: "It’s Not Optimal" by @jenny-l-davis.bsky.social & Hayoung Seo--a brilliant take on #AI's sociality in conversation with books by Leslie Valiant, @verityharding.bsky.social, @emollick.bsky.social, & @allisonpugh.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/its-not-opti...

It's Not Optimal - Public Books

Four books about a new age of AI tell stories of sluggish processes, ambiguous outcomes, emotionally charged issues, and generous margins for error.

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congratulations to @allisonpugh.bsky.social on this richly deserved recognition!

American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Jun 12

Allison J. Pugh ‪@allisonpugh.bsky.social‬, Johns Hopkins University, is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award for “The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World.” bit.ly/ASA25Awards%...

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Jun 12

🎙️ 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

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Jun 10

🎙️ New in the @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech section today, by @emoss.bsky.social: "Toward a Realpolitik for AI" www.publicbooks.org/toward-a-rea... discussing the new books by @randomwalker.bsky.social @sayash.bsky.social @garymarcus.bsky.social and @bialski.bsky.social

Toward a Realpolitik for AI - Public Books

Today’s AI arms race demands a healthy dose of realism.

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · May 28

So proud of my team! Look at all the amazing things we have done this past academic year: www.linkedin.com/posts/mona-s...

🚀 Sloane Lab End-of-Year Update: Celebrating Our Amazing Team! | Mona Sloane

I could not be prouder of my team! Looking forward to another year of research, impact, and innovation on all things #AI and #society with Sheilla Addison, Michael Amadi, Ava Birdwell, Mack Brumbaugh,...

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · May 27

Thrilled to see a new @publicbooks.bsky.social #tech piece out! This essay is by Robert Geraci and discusses our relationship with #AI, reviewing Greg Epstein's "Tech Agnostic" and Laura Marks' "The Fold": The Future of Tech: Black Boxes or Clear Communication? www.publicbooks.org/the-future-o...

The Future of Tech: Black Boxes or Clear Communication? - Public Books

To optimize what’s happening in the world of digital technology, we’ve got to understand the unspoken rules of that world

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · May 15

If you missed yesterday's fierce Co-Opting #AI conversation about #debt with Dr. Simone Browne and Erie Meyer, you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhqc...

Co Opting AI: Debt

YouTube video by UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab

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MC Forelle @mcforelle.bsky.social · May 15

We’re excited to announce the launch of our essay collection, Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity.This collection grew out of a 2-day workshop where experts across disciplines and industries gathered to explore the past, present, & future role of AI: doi.org/10.18130/03d... (1/n)

Libra Open | Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity

Libra Open Content: Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity | Authors: Jess Reia, Yingchong Wang, MC Forelle Artificial intelligence (AI) is

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · May 12

Co-Opting #AI #Debt is happening this week! Wednesday May 14, 4pm ET -- free sign-up here: ipk.nyu.edu/events/co-op...

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · May 9

Glad to talk to Andrea Sanke and Chris Stokel-Walker about whether we can trust #AI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSw...

ChatGPT's dark side: Can we trust artificial intelligence?

YouTube video by The Newsmakers

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · May 2

Join us for a discussion on #AI and #debt!

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · May 2

Join us for a discussion on #AI and #debt!

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Apr 29

🎙️ Join us for the last Co-Opting #AI event in the spring program! On May 14, 4pm ET, I will be joined by the brilliant Simone Browne and Erie Meyer for a conversation on #debt on AI systems. Free sign-up for the virtual event here: ipk.nyu.edu/events/co-op...

Co-Opting AI: Debt – Institute for Public Knowledge

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Apr 16

‼️🎤 Due to the current #Zoom outage, this event sadly had to be cancelled. We will bring these fabulous experts back in the fall for Co-Opting #AI: #Taxes!

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 14

This Wednesday (April 16) at 4 pm EDT: My Tax Dollars author @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social joins @ipk.bsky.social for a virtual panel discussion, "Co-Opting AI: Taxes," with Ekkehard Ernst, @maxkasy.bsky.social, and @monasloane.bsky.social.

Register for this free event: ipk.nyu.edu/events/co-op...

My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America by Ruth Braunstein

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Apr 16

Starting Co-Opting #AI is delayed! #Zoom is down for UVA! We are working on an alternative link. Stay tuned.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 14

This Wednesday (April 16) at 4 pm EDT: My Tax Dollars author @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social joins @ipk.bsky.social for a virtual panel discussion, "Co-Opting AI: Taxes," with Ekkehard Ernst, @maxkasy.bsky.social, and @monasloane.bsky.social.

Register for this free event: ipk.nyu.edu/events/co-op...

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Mona Sloane @monasloane.bsky.social · Apr 15

Join us for this important conversation on #AI and #taxation! Tomorrow at 4pm ET, free sign up here: ipk.nyu.edu/events/co-op...

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