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This is a No Phone Show: Why “Out of Sight” is not the Same as Addressed
By: Meghan Voll This past February, I had the opportunity to see one of my favourite bands in Toronto, and it did not disappoint. In fact, I would put this show as one of the top three best concerts I’ve ever attended—if not the best—with artists like Il Volo or Billy Talent in the top three. What I did not anticipate was that […]
An Inventory of the Unseen Consequences of AI in Libraries
By: Meghan Voll I’m an avid user of the library reading app, Libby. In fact, I’ll credit it with a revived interest in supporting my local library, and the reason why my decades-old library card isn’t gathering dust in my wallet anymore (at least, digitally). However, recent changes to the app’s corporate position and implementation […]
What Smartphone Nation Teaches Us About Approaching Life in a Data-Driven World
By: Meghan Voll The start of the new year has had me thinking a lot about the word redress in the context of digital technologies and age. My research on the Data Harms in Canada: Investigating the Significance of Age Project at the Starling Centre has focused quite a bit on redress in the last […]
The Internet After AI Overview
By: Daniel Arauz Nuñez The internet was closely associated with two promises for its users and for the future it would bring: the free flow of information, and the ability to facilitate communication and social connection across the world. Though far from unrealized, the current landscape of digital world complicates this. Misinformation, division, and extremism […]
AI Won’t Fix Our Social Problems
All are invited to join us for this Community Keynote on 25 September 2025 by Dr. Shion Guha (University of Toronto), entitled, “AI Won’t Fix Our Social Problems: Deconstructing Risk in Predictive Risk Models.” This talk coincides with launch of the Glass Room at London Public Library. For the next four months, members of the […]
Link Round-up
By: By: Daniel Arauz Nuñez Finding Critical Research AI Community Across the Globe One of the challenges resulting from the ongoing surge of interest in AI is finding community and resources outside of tech, “innovation” focused organizations that are often closely aligned with the political and commercial interests of “Big Tech”. The work of critical […]