Chatterings

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By: Daniel Arauz Nuñez ChatGPT hasn’t made classrooms worse. It has highlighted problems that students, professors, and teaching assistants know all too well. Last year, the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT triggered widespread warnings of the “inevitable” disruption large-language models (LLMs) would cause. Academic assignments was perhaps, among the most straightforward fixations, as students could now […]

By: Daniel Nunez The hype and increased prevalence of Artificial Intelligence companies and their products have renewed public anxieties about automation. There is understandable public fear that Artificial Intelligence, chatbots, image recognition algorithms, and robotics represent an incoming wave of digital and mechanical labourers that will replace human workers. In speaking with community members at […]

By: Daniel Arauz Nunez The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the mid-20th century has been long intertwined with fantasies of computer therapists. Joseph Weizenbaum created ELIZA, one of the first chatbots, to explore communication between humans and computers. Against his own expectations and intentions, Weizenbaum was surprised to learn that users enjoyed discussing personal […]