Sam Shorey
@samshorey.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh • Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute • Researching technology design & innovation labor: robots, hype, AI, trash, DIY, repair • 🤖+🚮
love Jenny Holzer forever! But, Robert Montgomery created "the people you love become ghosts inside you" news.artnet.com/partner-cont...
Scottish Artist Robert Montgomery Brings His Concrete Poetry Back to the Canvas In His New Show
Robert Montgomery looks to the birth of the Modernist experiment in his latest artistic experiment.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
love Jenny Holzer forever! But, Robert Montgomery created "the people you love become ghosts inside you" news.artnet.com/partner-cont...
thank you so much, Arturo! It's wonderful that it resonated with someone with such a keen eye for change in the creative industries.
August 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
thank you so much, Arturo! It's wonderful that it resonated with someone with such a keen eye for change in the creative industries.
Journalists are doing such important work to inform and educate the public about innovation. My co-author (a journalism undergrad at UT!) created "Don't Be A Drone," a 1-sheet that turns our findings into actionable tips for reporting: www.bit.ly/ReportingOnAI
August 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Journalists are doing such important work to inform and educate the public about innovation. My co-author (a journalism undergrad at UT!) created "Don't Be A Drone," a 1-sheet that turns our findings into actionable tips for reporting: www.bit.ly/ReportingOnAI
why does this matter? because execs are predictably pro-tech while on-the-ground workers are the people with the most direct experience with AI technology and its limitations! Without the voice of workers, news stories become another source of technology hype.
August 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
why does this matter? because execs are predictably pro-tech while on-the-ground workers are the people with the most direct experience with AI technology and its limitations! Without the voice of workers, news stories become another source of technology hype.
I was reminded this week that (alongside the agonies of the OBBB) the almost unanimous decision to remove the preemptive ban on AI regulation was the result of real mobilization — and is a clear sign to lawmakers that the American public doesn't want to give a blank check to big tech.
July 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I was reminded this week that (alongside the agonies of the OBBB) the almost unanimous decision to remove the preemptive ban on AI regulation was the result of real mobilization — and is a clear sign to lawmakers that the American public doesn't want to give a blank check to big tech.
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This hands unchecked power to tech firms aligned with Trump, silencing local oversight and boosting political manipulation. This will impact our elections and explode the amount of misinformation reaching Americans.
June 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This hands unchecked power to tech firms aligned with Trump, silencing local oversight and boosting political manipulation. This will impact our elections and explode the amount of misinformation reaching Americans.
This could include common-sense protections like:
❌ the recently-passed Texas law that forbids the use of AI as the sole decision-maker in healthcare determinations.
❌ the proposed California law that requires the state to clearly identify when AI is being used to interact with constituents.
❌ the recently-passed Texas law that forbids the use of AI as the sole decision-maker in healthcare determinations.
❌ the proposed California law that requires the state to clearly identify when AI is being used to interact with constituents.
June 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This could include common-sense protections like:
❌ the recently-passed Texas law that forbids the use of AI as the sole decision-maker in healthcare determinations.
❌ the proposed California law that requires the state to clearly identify when AI is being used to interact with constituents.
❌ the recently-passed Texas law that forbids the use of AI as the sole decision-maker in healthcare determinations.
❌ the proposed California law that requires the state to clearly identify when AI is being used to interact with constituents.
The state-level has been the most important place for prototyping laws that aim to ensure that AI is actually used to make the lives of Americans better—not just make tech companies richer.
June 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The state-level has been the most important place for prototyping laws that aim to ensure that AI is actually used to make the lives of Americans better—not just make tech companies richer.
Why does this matter? Because, even though there have been multiple executive orders on AI from the last three presidential administrations, there is no comprehensive federal law governing how AI can be used on Americans.
June 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Why does this matter? Because, even though there have been multiple executive orders on AI from the last three presidential administrations, there is no comprehensive federal law governing how AI can be used on Americans.
same! "In some ways, I have over shot my mark in life in spades."
May 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
same! "In some ways, I have over shot my mark in life in spades."
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Sen. Schatz (D-Hawaii) is the first senator to go hard on AI training data and intellectual property, saying what we're really talking about is training AIs on all of human achievement up to now — spitting out "what appears to be knowledge" without compensation for the humans who generated it.
May 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sen. Schatz (D-Hawaii) is the first senator to go hard on AI training data and intellectual property, saying what we're really talking about is training AIs on all of human achievement up to now — spitting out "what appears to be knowledge" without compensation for the humans who generated it.