Michael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social 'No true Scotsman': US-ish philosopher HQ'd in Edinburgh. Death & dying, work & labor, Kantian ethics, paternalism, etc.. Unapologetic coffee snob. More at https://michael.cholbi.com/ and https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/michael-cholbi
Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app Assistant Prof Philosophy & Data Sci.
PhD Sci., Technology, & Society
MA Philosophy & Religious Studies
"AI" Criticality; Centering Marginalized Exp. in Tech; Magic; Knowledge, Values, Beliefs
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gloknos @gloknos.bsky.social Centre for Global Knowledge Studies | @crasshlive.bsky.social, Univ. of Cambridge & @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, Univ. of Groningen | Founding Dir.: Prof. Inanna Hamati-Ataya @berytia.bsky.social | Funded by @erc.europa.eu (2018-2023) | www.gloknos.ac.uk
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
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Deb Raji @rajiinio.bsky.social AI accountability, audits & eval. Keen on participation & practical outcomes. CS PhDing @UCBerkeley.
Tabitha Goldstaub @tabithagold.bsky.social Inclusive innovation - locally with Innovate Cambridge, nationally with How To Talk To Robots and internationally with Luminate Foundation
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
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Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @cdteu.org for our EU-based team.
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William Isaac @williamis.bsky.social Research Scientist @DeepMind | Previously @OSFellows & @hrdag. RT != endorsements. Opinions Mine. Pronouns: he/him
Tom Whipple @whippletom.bsky.social Science at The Times
My book, about the radio war: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787634132?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_NPXKFD6KQ3B2P603N1ZN
Hannah Devlin @hannahdevlin.bsky.social Guardian science correspondent
Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social CEO of Fairly Trained / Composer. Working towards fairer training data practices in generative AI.
Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge, academic lead of ai@cam, Accelerate Science, author of The Atomic Human, proceedings editor for PMLR.
Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social Professor of Technology and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford https://tinyurl.com/3rkmbmsf
Humboldt Professor of Technology & Regulation, Hasso Plattner Institute https://tinyurl.com/47rkrt6c
Governance of Emerging Technologies
Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social AI, sociotechnical systems, social purpose. Research director at Google DeepMind. Cofounder and Chair at Deep Learning Indaba. FAccT2025 co-program chair. shakirm.com
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social Director, AI & Geopolitics, Uni of Cambridge | Founder, Formation Advisory | TIME100 AI | Former DeepMind, Google, UK govt | King’s Trust | Author of “AI Needs You: how we can change AI’s future and save our own” https://tinyurl.com/y4v26spa
Sanko Lewis @sankolewis.bsky.social PhD Physical Education: Taekwon-Do with research focus in Martial Arts (and East Asian) Philosophy. Further research interests include Korean body culture, peace studies, ethics of war, and therapeutic / somatic practices. Lives in South Korea.
Taekwondo Life Magazine @tkdlifemagazine.com #1 Multimedia Platform for Taekwondo practitioners and lovers
Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies @cambridgegender.bsky.social World-leading research and teaching on all aspects of gender and sexuality across the disciplines at the University of Cambridge. MPhil and PhD degrees. www.gender.cam.ac.uk.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Science in Public Network UK @sipnetworkuk.bsky.social The Science in Public Network (est. 2006) is for anyone interested in research about science in the public sphere. See https://scienceinpublic.org/ for latest updates. Also posting at https://mastodon.social/@SiP_NetworkUK and https://x.com/SIP_NetworkUK
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social Professor in Science and Technology Studies, UCL @stsucl.bsky.social. Science policy, responsible innovation, emerging technologies. Book https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-32320-2. Responsible AI UK (www.rai.ac.uk)
Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social Philosophy of science, methodology of social sciences, wellbeing, evidence based policy, measurement.
Professor @hpscambridge.bsky.social
Fellow @kingscollege.bsky.social
Russian Brit
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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social The British Society for the History of Science is Britain's largest learned society devoted to #HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci. Handled by Comms Officer: Alexander Stoeger
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Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social Historian of science working on histories of the future, the nature of human/animal relationships, and relationships between science and religion, as well as histories of the field sciences. Will witter on about SF at the drop of a warp drive. Cymraes.
Amy C. Chambers 🧬🎬🍿 @amycchambers.bsky.social #WomenInSTEM #SciEnt #SciComm #WomenMakeSF #WomenMakeSFPod
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
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Jon Agar @jonagar.bsky.social historian of modern science and technology
Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social Historian, Earth Scientist, Writer, Public Intellectual.
Books: Merchants of Doubt; Collapse of Western Civilization; Science on a Mission; Discerning Experts; Why Trust Science?; The Big Myth. Loves: Chocolate, Red Wine, Skiing, family. Hates: Beets.
Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social Teaches politics & history at Cambridge. Interests include empire, war, technology, architecture, science fiction, utopia. Currently writing a book on transhumanism
Alex Goody @alex-goody.bsky.social Academic, killjoy feminist, dog owner, mum to neurodivergent kids; working in modernist studies, sf and speculative fiction, technology studies, poetry
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Murray Shanahan @mpshanahan.bsky.social Professor at Imperial College London and Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind. Posting in a personal capacity. To send me a message please use email.
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social Director of Research, @dairinstitute.bsky.social
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social ✍🏽 • RACE AFTER TECHNOLOGY: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code • VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want • IMAGINATION: A Manifesto 📚www.ruhabenjamin.com
Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, FRSE. Co-Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and BRAID @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own. Humble servant to Carol and Puffin. She/her.
Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Oxford. Author of Prophecy ("Witty and surprising...intelligent" - NYT) and Privacy Is Power (An Economist Book of the Year). TED Speaker. Posts about #privacy, #AIethics, #philosophy, #philtech
danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social Book: https://thecon.ai
Web: https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender
Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social Director of Pangloss Consulting for all your AI and GDPR needs! Emerita Prof Newcastle Law School: Hon Prof, @CREATe Glasgow Uni. Formerly @ATI, @SCRIPT: Trying not to be a grey skies thinker & use this place more , lilian@lilianedwards.co.uk
Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social Princeton computer science prof. I write about the societal impact of AI, tech ethics, & social media platforms. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/
BOOK: AI Snake Oil. https://www.aisnakeoil.com/
michael veale @michae.lv prof @laws.ucl.ac.uk, technology, law, policy, society, whimsical latvian top level domain names. michae.lv and fediverse https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv 🏳️🌈
Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social www.rummanchowdhury.com
www.humane-intelligence.org
CEO & co-founder, Humane Intelligence
US Science Envoy for AI (Biden Administration)
Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social Researcher trying to shape AI towards positive outcomes. ML & Ethics +birds. Generally trying to do the right thing. TIME 100 | TED speaker | Senate testimony provider | Navigating public life as a recluse.
Former: Google, Microsoft; Current: Hugging Face
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Science, Technology, & Human Values @sthv.bsky.social ST&HV is a journal that publishes cutting-edge research and debate in the field of Science and Technology Studies http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sth
The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social Award-winning podcast on the history, philosophy & social studies of science brought to you by graduate students from the University of Melbourne.
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New episodes fortnightly.
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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Rhianne Jones @rhianne-j.bsky.social Research Director for the Responsible Innovation Centre - RIC | BBC-UKRI Future Leaders Fellow @Digitalgoodnet @BRAID_UK
Bronwyn Jones @bronwynjo.bsky.social Journalism | technology | public media | BRAID UK | RIC @ BBC R&D
Liverpool / Edinburgh
Virginia Dignum @vdignum.bsky.social 🇵🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺 Prof #A.I @umeauniversity; member @UN Advisory Group on AI; @wasp_hs; author; speaker; #responsibleAI https://bit.ly/2WxEkQU
Sarah Porter @saraheporter.bsky.social Founder/CEO InspiredMinds | World Summit AI | United Nations AI advisor | UK / USA AI advisor | Ambassador Women and Girls | Endurance swimmer / trail runner ⚡️views are my own.
Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social Professor of Ethics & Technology @ Hertie School, Berlin. Interests: Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Behavioural Ecology; Cooperation; Digital Governance. Social media policy: https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/10/guidance-to-my-social-media.html
Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley.
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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social Flower fan and AI expert. Professor of Responsible AI, QMUL; Director Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge and fellow Magdalene College. Deputy CEO Responsible AI UK. https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social Philosopher of technology | Professor at Philosophy Department University of Vienna | Author of AI Ethics, Why AI Undermines Democracy, and Artificial Religion | member UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI | https://coeckelbergh.net
Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems.
Website: https://melaniemitchell.me
Substack: https://aiguide.substack.com/
Miles Brundage @milesbrundage.bsky.social AI policy researcher, wife guy, fan of cute animals and sci-fi, executive director of AVERI, Substacker
Rodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social Primarily Robotics and AI. Distinguishing hype-notism from plausibility one press release at a time. rodneybrooks.com/blog people.csail.mit.edu/brooks
Alan Winfield @alan-winfield.bsky.social Engineer, roboethicist and pro-feminist. Interested in robots as working models of life, evolution, intelligence and culture. Prof Robot Ethics, Bristol Robotics Lab. Home page: https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AlanWinfield
Merve Hickok @hickokmerve.bsky.social President @ Center for AI & Digital Policy
Founder @ www.AIethicist.org
Lecturer @ Uni of Michigan
Author “From Trustworthy AI Principles to Public Procurement Practices”
AI policy to to defend human rights & democratic values.
Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social I am a law professor and information scientist at the University of Washington. I have a new book about law and technology that I hope you read. 💙
Dr Mahlet ("Milly") Zimeta @techmilly.bsky.social Head of Digital & Data Policy for Which (UK consumer association) | x-ODI x-Royal Society x-Alan Turing Institute | website linkedin.com/in/mgzimeta/ | views my own | literary journalism as @mgzimeta.bsky.social | I don't have access to DMs here
Rob McCargow @robmccargow.bsky.social Technology Impact Leader at PwC • Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School • TEDx and keynote speaker • #AI #FutureofWork • ❤️ #Vizslas 🐕
Axel Gelfert @agelfert.bsky.social Philosopher (Social Epistemology, Philosophy of Science and Technology)
Professor at TU Berlin
President, German Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP)
Milena Ivanova @milenaivanova.bsky.social Philosopher of Science
University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Newnham College
Thinks about science, beauty, AI and creativity
milenaivanova.co.uk
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk @cser.bsky.social Cambridge University interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilizational collapse.
Intellectual Forum @intellforum.bsky.social Welcome to the official Bluesky account of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College, Cambridge.
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Being Human Festival @beinghumanfest.bsky.social The UK's national festival of the humanities. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the @britishacademy.bsky.social.
AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
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Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
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Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk The Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy. Please follow us on our new handle: @BennettSchool.cam.ac.uk
Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social The official account of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, advancing AI research, education, policy, and practice to improve the human condition.
Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society @torontosri.bsky.social Integrative research. Human-centred solutions. We're a U of T institute working to ensure that powerful technologies make the world better—for everyone.
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The Good Robot Podcast @goodrobotpod.bsky.social Join University of Cambridge researchers Dr Kerry McInerney and Dr Eleanor Drage for rich and lively conversations with activists, technologists, artists and philosophers about feminism and tech. New episode every two weeks!
ELLIS @ellis.eu Strengthening Europe's Leadership in AI through Research Excellence | ellis.eu
Maya Indira Ganesh @mayameme.bsky.social Feminist SocSci-Humanities scholar-practitioner in tech & AI. Associate Director & Senior Researcher: www.lcfi.ac.uk
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Lara Mani @laramani14.bsky.social Risk communication | Global Catastrophic Risk | Systemic Risk | Volcanic risk 🌋
Matthew Sims @philosobio.bsky.social Postdoc at Macquarie University and affiliate at University of Cambridge (HPS): Philosophy of biology/cognitive science, learning, memory, evolutionary theory, MTE, agency, slime mould, varanids, anticipatory models
Kanta Dihal @drdihal.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Science Communication, Imperial College London. Associate Fellow, Institute for Technology and Humanity, University of Cambridge. Books: AI Narratives, Imagining AI. 🇳🇱🇸🇷🏳️🌈
Anna Puzio @annapuzio.bsky.social Philosopher, theologian, ethicist. PostDoc @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @esdit.bsky.social @UTwente. #anthropology #robots #technology #ai #non-human #diversity #gender #transhumanism #LLMs http://www.anna-puzio.com
Aisha Sobey @aishasobey.bsky.social Researcher (she/her) @cfi-cambridge on topics like AI hype, fat liberation, and healthcare disability justice. When not researching, I make fat feminist ceramics.
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Dr Amy Gaeta @amygaeta.bsky.social Research Associate at Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at Cambridge. Thinking about drones, militarization, surveillance, AI ethics, gender, disability, & what it means to be human today
She/They
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Sean O hEigeartaigh @sean-o-h.bsky.social Academic, AI nerd and science nerd more broadly. Currently obsessed with stravinsky (not sure how that happened).
ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk ai@cam is Cambridge University's flagship mission to develop AI for the benefit of science, citizens, and society.
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