Meaghan Girard
@meaghangirard.bsky.social
Qual researcher on the social impacts of emerging technologies 📳, aspirational rabble rouser 🪇, and lover of beautiful words and ridiculous birds 🐓
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one of the most comprehensive surveys on children’s use of AI--conducted March 18-26, 2026, among 9-17yr olds in the US (N = 1,204)--has been released www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/defaul...
highlighting key findings 🧵
"Nearly 9 in 10 kids age 9 to 17 (86%) use/interact
with AI"
highlighting key findings 🧵
"Nearly 9 in 10 kids age 9 to 17 (86%) use/interact
with AI"
June 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
one of the most comprehensive surveys on children’s use of AI--conducted March 18-26, 2026, among 9-17yr olds in the US (N = 1,204)--has been released www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/defaul...
highlighting key findings 🧵
"Nearly 9 in 10 kids age 9 to 17 (86%) use/interact
with AI"
highlighting key findings 🧵
"Nearly 9 in 10 kids age 9 to 17 (86%) use/interact
with AI"
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So pleased that our paper on empowerment and causal models is out and freely available as part of this impressive special issue on world models and AI, with Melanie Mitchell, Josh Tenenbaum, Tom Griffiths and many other stars.
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/article...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/article...
World models, artificial general intelligence and the hard problems of life–mind continuity: toward a unified understanding of natural and artificial intelligence
Abstract. This special issue examines how natural and artificial intelligences (AIs) model the world, and what this modelling reveals about cognition and r
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
So pleased that our paper on empowerment and causal models is out and freely available as part of this impressive special issue on world models and AI, with Melanie Mitchell, Josh Tenenbaum, Tom Griffiths and many other stars.
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/article...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta/article...
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This thing is going all around my timeline that says writers should only be allowed three exclamation marks per lifetime, and if "lifetime" is some new slang term for "email," then yes, I agree, with exceptions.
April 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This thing is going all around my timeline that says writers should only be allowed three exclamation marks per lifetime, and if "lifetime" is some new slang term for "email," then yes, I agree, with exceptions.
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I travelled 27 hrs, fought endless visa issues to give this talk for our award-winning paper at #CHI2026.
Your turn to show up 📍 P1, Room 112, Apr 15 (Wed), 12 noon. But why?
I wish the didn't impact every knowledge worker. Sadly, it does, and we need to talk about it.
1/n
Your turn to show up 📍 P1, Room 112, Apr 15 (Wed), 12 noon. But why?
I wish the didn't impact every knowledge worker. Sadly, it does, and we need to talk about it.
1/n
April 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I travelled 27 hrs, fought endless visa issues to give this talk for our award-winning paper at #CHI2026.
Your turn to show up 📍 P1, Room 112, Apr 15 (Wed), 12 noon. But why?
I wish the didn't impact every knowledge worker. Sadly, it does, and we need to talk about it.
1/n
Your turn to show up 📍 P1, Room 112, Apr 15 (Wed), 12 noon. But why?
I wish the didn't impact every knowledge worker. Sadly, it does, and we need to talk about it.
1/n
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Carney puts rules-based international order sign back in window
Carney puts rules-based international order sign back in window
OTTAWA - After publishing an official statement on behalf of the Canadian government supporting the joint US-Israel bombings in Iran this morning, Prime Minister Carney was spotted happily putting the...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Carney puts rules-based international order sign back in window
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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This is an incredible effort among Amazon employees to pressure their employer:
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
AI Open Letter — AECJ
Sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Every single signature makes our message stronger.
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is an incredible effort among Amazon employees to pressure their employer:
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
"We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth."
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
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New research job alert! Come and join the amazing @braiduk.bsky.social team, working with me and @shannonvallor.bsky.social. The post is exploring the social return of AI investments. Feel free to reach out, and apply here - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...
Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
New research job alert! Come and join the amazing @braiduk.bsky.social team, working with me and @shannonvallor.bsky.social. The post is exploring the social return of AI investments. Feel free to reach out, and apply here - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPA010/r...
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One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
August 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Tour d’horizon, en format BD, d’une stratification du réseau scolaire québécois à la source d’inégalités sociales.
L’école à trois vitesses décortiquée en 12 cases illustrées
www.ledevoir.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Tour d’horizon, en format BD, d’une stratification du réseau scolaire québécois à la source d’inégalités sociales.
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
Our #CaseMethod study, "Baseline: #TechBros tackle #diversity among co-op members," is available on Ivey Publishing!
Help students build capacity to navigate taboo topics as they find tangible, science-driven solutions for an AI firm. #HigherEd #strategy #DEI
www.iveypublishing.ca/s/product/ba...
Help students build capacity to navigate taboo topics as they find tangible, science-driven solutions for an AI firm. #HigherEd #strategy #DEI
www.iveypublishing.ca/s/product/ba...
Ivey Publishing - Ivey Business School
www.iveypublishing.ca
June 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Our #CaseMethod study, "Baseline: #TechBros tackle #diversity among co-op members," is available on Ivey Publishing!
Help students build capacity to navigate taboo topics as they find tangible, science-driven solutions for an AI firm. #HigherEd #strategy #DEI
www.iveypublishing.ca/s/product/ba...
Help students build capacity to navigate taboo topics as they find tangible, science-driven solutions for an AI firm. #HigherEd #strategy #DEI
www.iveypublishing.ca/s/product/ba...
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When I said 10 years ago that we didn’t need to fear intelligent AI nearly as much as we need to fear dumb AI used by people who think it’s smart, I was really hoping to be wrong but now none of us can retire because AI is bad at math
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.
www.theverge.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
When I said 10 years ago that we didn’t need to fear intelligent AI nearly as much as we need to fear dumb AI used by people who think it’s smart, I was really hoping to be wrong but now none of us can retire because AI is bad at math
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OK, every year I try to explain to my students how LLMs work, and every year I have to do a big trawl for good resources and activities. Here's this year's haul of *introductory* materials. (In-class activities + visualizations, not so much readings.)
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
OK, every year I try to explain to my students how LLMs work, and every year I have to do a big trawl for good resources and activities. Here's this year's haul of *introductory* materials. (In-class activities + visualizations, not so much readings.)
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BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy.
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy.
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 11/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 11/20
December 17, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 11/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 11/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 10/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 10/20
December 13, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 10/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 10/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 9/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 9/20
December 10, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 9/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 9/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 8/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 8/20
December 4, 2024 at 4:12 AM
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 8/20
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 7/20
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December 2, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 7/20
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November 30, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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November 28, 2024 at 5:23 AM
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚 4/20