Unglaublich! Perfect picture to head the thread on the 2026 #digitalsummit
November 2, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Unglaublich! Perfect picture to head the thread on the 2026 #digitalsummit
Another successful edition of the #CyborgWorkers conference! 🤖
October 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Another successful edition of the #CyborgWorkers conference! 🤖
"Murphy fears an increased pressure to work faster, with less autonomy and more supervision. Whether an hour saved on emails becomes time to think, or leads to more assignments, depends on employers' decisions and workers' bargaining power. " yep! Exactly like my #cyborgWorkers slide I posted y'day
AI summit brings together Big Tech bosses and EU officials
As the US and China race ahead, the European Union seeks to boost its economy with AI. Can it compete while protecting workers, safety and the climate?
www.dw.com
October 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
"Murphy fears an increased pressure to work faster, with less autonomy and more supervision. Whether an hour saved on emails becomes time to think, or leads to more assignments, depends on employers' decisions and workers' bargaining power. " yep! Exactly like my #cyborgWorkers slide I posted y'day
Oh, looks like I didn't in fact post.
I've actually taught the main text here every semester for years – predating my 2020 start at @hertieschool.bsky.social
But this was my one & only use of #genAI on my #cyborgWorkers slides. Someone pointed out mine were the only nonAI slides at the meeting.
I've actually taught the main text here every semester for years – predating my 2020 start at @hertieschool.bsky.social
But this was my one & only use of #genAI on my #cyborgWorkers slides. Someone pointed out mine were the only nonAI slides at the meeting.
October 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Oh, looks like I didn't in fact post.
I've actually taught the main text here every semester for years – predating my 2020 start at @hertieschool.bsky.social
But this was my one & only use of #genAI on my #cyborgWorkers slides. Someone pointed out mine were the only nonAI slides at the meeting.
I've actually taught the main text here every semester for years – predating my 2020 start at @hertieschool.bsky.social
But this was my one & only use of #genAI on my #cyborgWorkers slides. Someone pointed out mine were the only nonAI slides at the meeting.
Great #cyborgworkers talk mystified me how Microsoft is convincing managers to get us to do unwaged labour trying to find a use for copilot. IIRC in the 20C there were actually kickbacks from Microsoft to heads of IT that brought Microsoft in. Could that still be going on? #AIEthics #antitrust
October 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Great #cyborgworkers talk mystified me how Microsoft is convincing managers to get us to do unwaged labour trying to find a use for copilot. IIRC in the 20C there were actually kickbacks from Microsoft to heads of IT that brought Microsoft in. Could that still be going on? #AIEthics #antitrust
Ditto Google
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A colleague stepped out of #cyborgWorkers for a Google talk to the EP. Google said Europe was falling behind because it wasn't using AI and this was because women are afraid of AI. This is truly evil – even the "falling behind" part is false! A reminder of our new data (short thread) #AIEthics
The Non-Binarity of Artificial Intelligence Global Competition: 2018-2025
Technological progress plays a crucial role in international relations. In particular, innovation has long been theorized as instrumental to power transitions. It is therefore unsurprising that the re...
osf.io
October 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I guess it could also just be about typical #antitrust lock in; why pay yet more for other firms' tokens when you get copilot "free" with your office software... But still, some of the sectors addressed by #cyborgWorkers make enough money individuals have their own licenses to better products…
October 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
I guess it could also just be about typical #antitrust lock in; why pay yet more for other firms' tokens when you get copilot "free" with your office software... But still, some of the sectors addressed by #cyborgWorkers make enough money individuals have their own licenses to better products…
OUTSOURCING: rockstar's biggest studio is in Bangalore
TECHNOLOGY: engines, tools, AI , IP etc
Woodcock: LOOT strategies for game capital
Now using AI a lot at the start and end, also localisation and subtitles. But consumers don't want games with #genai.
#cyborgworkers #gameai #aiethics […]
TECHNOLOGY: engines, tools, AI , IP etc
Woodcock: LOOT strategies for game capital
Now using AI a lot at the start and end, also localisation and subtitles. But consumers don't want games with #genai.
#cyborgworkers #gameai #aiethics […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
OUTSOURCING: rockstar's biggest studio is in Bangalore
TECHNOLOGY: engines, tools, AI , IP etc
Woodcock: LOOT strategies for game capital
Now using AI a lot at the start and end, also localisation and subtitles. But consumers don't want games with #genai.
#cyborgworkers #gameai #aiethics […]
TECHNOLOGY: engines, tools, AI , IP etc
Woodcock: LOOT strategies for game capital
Now using AI a lot at the start and end, also localisation and subtitles. But consumers don't want games with #genai.
#cyborgworkers #gameai #aiethics […]
A colleague stepped out of #cyborgWorkers for a Google talk to the EP. Google said Europe was falling behind because it wasn't using AI and this was because women are afraid of AI. This is truly evil – even the "falling behind" part is false! A reminder of our new data (short thread) #AIEthics
The Non-Binarity of Artificial Intelligence Global Competition: 2018-2025
Technological progress plays a crucial role in international relations. In particular, innovation has long been theorized as instrumental to power transitions. It is therefore unsurprising that the re...
osf.io
October 16, 2026 at 7:26 AM
A colleague stepped out of #cyborgWorkers for a Google talk to the EP. Google said Europe was falling behind because it wasn't using AI and this was because women are afraid of AI. This is truly evil – even the "falling behind" part is false! A reminder of our new data (short thread) #AIEthics
q&a #cyborgworkers Amazon is the largest employer in Italy! They say they look at infrastructure etc. in picking locations, but actually they look at unemployment rates / leverage.
October 16, 2026 at 8:09 AM
q&a #cyborgworkers Amazon is the largest employer in Italy! They say they look at infrastructure etc. in picking locations, but actually they look at unemployment rates / leverage.
I'm microblogging #cyborgWorkers #cyborgWorkers30 over on the platform I can edit (though sadly the edits don't come through here) so you should all go look at Mastodon because this is great
October 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM
I'm microblogging #cyborgWorkers #cyborgWorkers30 over on the platform I can edit (though sadly the edits don't come through here) so you should all go look at Mastodon because this is great
Abdullayeva #cyborgworkers
how do the ai powered digital platform architectures constrain everyo other actor
employees, managers everyone
actor network theory; affordances
configuring participatoin
voice structuring & translation
voice as governanble infrastructure
The AI is skipping the […]
how do the ai powered digital platform architectures constrain everyo other actor
employees, managers everyone
actor network theory; affordances
configuring participatoin
voice structuring & translation
voice as governanble infrastructure
The AI is skipping the […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Abdullayeva #cyborgworkers
how do the ai powered digital platform architectures constrain everyo other actor
employees, managers everyone
actor network theory; affordances
configuring participatoin
voice structuring & translation
voice as governanble infrastructure
The AI is skipping the […]
how do the ai powered digital platform architectures constrain everyo other actor
employees, managers everyone
actor network theory; affordances
configuring participatoin
voice structuring & translation
voice as governanble infrastructure
The AI is skipping the […]
Abdullayeva #cyborgworkers
They want to make voice governancble "noice" or complex voice inputs become data and structured, measurable organisational knowledge.
redistributed accountability: voice becomes a governanble object, with unequal authority over interpertation and action
HR people […]
They want to make voice governancble "noice" or complex voice inputs become data and structured, measurable organisational knowledge.
redistributed accountability: voice becomes a governanble object, with unequal authority over interpertation and action
HR people […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Abdullayeva #cyborgworkers
They want to make voice governancble "noice" or complex voice inputs become data and structured, measurable organisational knowledge.
redistributed accountability: voice becomes a governanble object, with unequal authority over interpertation and action
HR people […]
They want to make voice governancble "noice" or complex voice inputs become data and structured, measurable organisational knowledge.
redistributed accountability: voice becomes a governanble object, with unequal authority over interpertation and action
HR people […]
Digital Sovereignty at work: How AI Voice platforms reconfigure
participation and democracy for voice.
Zeynab Abdullayeva, University of Sussex Business School, UK.
last talk! (er, I might give my #transnationalutilities one if there's time, but I won't live blog me anyway)
#cyborgworkers […]
participation and democracy for voice.
Zeynab Abdullayeva, University of Sussex Business School, UK.
last talk! (er, I might give my #transnationalutilities one if there's time, but I won't live blog me anyway)
#cyborgworkers […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Digital Sovereignty at work: How AI Voice platforms reconfigure
participation and democracy for voice.
Zeynab Abdullayeva, University of Sussex Business School, UK.
last talk! (er, I might give my #transnationalutilities one if there's time, but I won't live blog me anyway)
#cyborgworkers […]
participation and democracy for voice.
Zeynab Abdullayeva, University of Sussex Business School, UK.
last talk! (er, I might give my #transnationalutilities one if there's time, but I won't live blog me anyway)
#cyborgworkers […]
Aranda #cyborgworkers #fow
not deskilling but a double movement
upskilling quality tools made the labour process more complex, reonrienting towrdas supervision control colearning mainteneannce and proposing of improvmenet
intesifed working day raised both skills required training time for each […]
not deskilling but a double movement
upskilling quality tools made the labour process more complex, reonrienting towrdas supervision control colearning mainteneannce and proposing of improvmenet
intesifed working day raised both skills required training time for each […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Aranda #cyborgworkers #fow
not deskilling but a double movement
upskilling quality tools made the labour process more complex, reonrienting towrdas supervision control colearning mainteneannce and proposing of improvmenet
intesifed working day raised both skills required training time for each […]
not deskilling but a double movement
upskilling quality tools made the labour process more complex, reonrienting towrdas supervision control colearning mainteneannce and proposing of improvmenet
intesifed working day raised both skills required training time for each […]
Escamilla #cyborgworkers
strategies for trade unions:
face to face contact as a counterbalance, people crave connections
peer learning and EU coordination
trade union youth sections beleve ai is a factor exacerbating the precarious working conditions already faced by youth
in the face of […]
strategies for trade unions:
face to face contact as a counterbalance, people crave connections
peer learning and EU coordination
trade union youth sections beleve ai is a factor exacerbating the precarious working conditions already faced by youth
in the face of […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Escamilla #cyborgworkers
strategies for trade unions:
face to face contact as a counterbalance, people crave connections
peer learning and EU coordination
trade union youth sections beleve ai is a factor exacerbating the precarious working conditions already faced by youth
in the face of […]
strategies for trade unions:
face to face contact as a counterbalance, people crave connections
peer learning and EU coordination
trade union youth sections beleve ai is a factor exacerbating the precarious working conditions already faced by youth
in the face of […]
#cyborgworkers into q&a now. I ask about something I've heard about call centers using AI to intervene between customers and supporters for the psychological good of the supporters, toning down any vitriol so the supporters don't need to hear that. I don't know if this is just a rumour?
October 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
#cyborgworkers into q&a now. I ask about something I've heard about call centers using AI to intervene between customers and supporters for the psychological good of the supporters, toning down any vitriol so the supporters don't need to hear that. I don't know if this is just a rumour?
Katzinski #cyborgworkers
Now you work the other way around, instead of building and udnerstanding things, you get a thing you have to understand, but you use your development skills to do that. Some programmers welcome this, others miss building from the bottom up.
So this disruption creates […]
Now you work the other way around, instead of building and udnerstanding things, you get a thing you have to understand, but you use your development skills to do that. Some programmers welcome this, others miss building from the bottom up.
So this disruption creates […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Katzinski #cyborgworkers
Now you work the other way around, instead of building and udnerstanding things, you get a thing you have to understand, but you use your development skills to do that. Some programmers welcome this, others miss building from the bottom up.
So this disruption creates […]
Now you work the other way around, instead of building and udnerstanding things, you get a thing you have to understand, but you use your development skills to do that. Some programmers welcome this, others miss building from the bottom up.
So this disruption creates […]
Katzinski (how did I not know her???) #cyborgworkers
implementation comes faster. local speeed gain becomes an incrased expectation.
Results in a change in dhow much of the time is actually spent on programming.
sometimes speed gains are reinvested in higher quality software; part of the gain […]
implementation comes faster. local speeed gain becomes an incrased expectation.
Results in a change in dhow much of the time is actually spent on programming.
sometimes speed gains are reinvested in higher quality software; part of the gain […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Katzinski (how did I not know her???) #cyborgworkers
implementation comes faster. local speeed gain becomes an incrased expectation.
Results in a change in dhow much of the time is actually spent on programming.
sometimes speed gains are reinvested in higher quality software; part of the gain […]
implementation comes faster. local speeed gain becomes an incrased expectation.
Results in a change in dhow much of the time is actually spent on programming.
sometimes speed gains are reinvested in higher quality software; part of the gain […]
Just got told my #cyborgWorkers talk got moved from tomorrow morning to an hour from now, so I may not do a great job of taking notes this session :-S The room indeed has filled up.
Title: AI Is Not Like Us
Title: AI Is Not Like Us
October 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Just got told my #cyborgWorkers talk got moved from tomorrow morning to an hour from now, so I may not do a great job of taking notes this session :-S The room indeed has filled up.
Title: AI Is Not Like Us
Title: AI Is Not Like Us
It's probably something about the interaction of artistic creativity, cultural trends / fashion, and technological creativity, and the sheer quantity of wealth which allows for everyone to take risks.
Anyway, on to a #cyborgworkers panel
Governance at work
CHAIR · Rune Halvorsen, OsloMet […]
Anyway, on to a #cyborgworkers panel
Governance at work
CHAIR · Rune Halvorsen, OsloMet […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 8:22 AM
It's probably something about the interaction of artistic creativity, cultural trends / fashion, and technological creativity, and the sheer quantity of wealth which allows for everyone to take risks.
Anyway, on to a #cyborgworkers panel
Governance at work
CHAIR · Rune Halvorsen, OsloMet […]
Anyway, on to a #cyborgworkers panel
Governance at work
CHAIR · Rune Halvorsen, OsloMet […]
ha, exactly what I was going to say as a question at #cyborgworkers – Microsoft is desperately pushing employers to push workers to use copilot in the hope that someone somewhere finds an economic excuse to keep making foundation models and to salvage the companies from their #aibubble liabilities.
mastodon.world
October 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
ha, exactly what I was going to say as a question at #cyborgworkers – Microsoft is desperately pushing employers to push workers to use copilot in the hope that someone somewhere finds an economic excuse to keep making foundation models and to salvage the companies from their #aibubble liabilities.
Collective resistance and its challenges
CHAIR · Michele Santoro U Catania, Italy
Union Strategies to contest, co-govern and co-opt the use of AI in retail
Rachel Verdin, ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit), U Sussex Business School, UK. #cyborgworkers
retail apocalypse or retail […]
CHAIR · Michele Santoro U Catania, Italy
Union Strategies to contest, co-govern and co-opt the use of AI in retail
Rachel Verdin, ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit), U Sussex Business School, UK. #cyborgworkers
retail apocalypse or retail […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Collective resistance and its challenges
CHAIR · Michele Santoro U Catania, Italy
Union Strategies to contest, co-govern and co-opt the use of AI in retail
Rachel Verdin, ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit), U Sussex Business School, UK. #cyborgworkers
retail apocalypse or retail […]
CHAIR · Michele Santoro U Catania, Italy
Union Strategies to contest, co-govern and co-opt the use of AI in retail
Rachel Verdin, ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit), U Sussex Business School, UK. #cyborgworkers
retail apocalypse or retail […]
Escamilla #cyborgworkers terrific talk sorry the notes are a mess, I'm confounding where the resistence is due to AI and more general societal trends.
worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label.
Lack of resources and capacity to […]
worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label.
Lack of resources and capacity to […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Escamilla #cyborgworkers terrific talk sorry the notes are a mess, I'm confounding where the resistence is due to AI and more general societal trends.
worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label.
Lack of resources and capacity to […]
worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label.
Lack of resources and capacity to […]
#cyborgworkers I'm still mystified about how Microsoft is convincing so many managers to get us to do unwaged labour trying to find a use for copilot. IIRC in the 20C there were actually kickbacks from Microsoft to heads of IT that brought Microsoft in. Could that still be going on? #aiethics […]
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mastodon.social
October 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
#cyborgworkers I'm still mystified about how Microsoft is convincing so many managers to get us to do unwaged labour trying to find a use for copilot. IIRC in the 20C there were actually kickbacks from Microsoft to heads of IT that brought Microsoft in. Could that still be going on? #aiethics […]