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Alex Hanna

@alex@dair-community.social
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Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute.

Roller derby athlete/announcer at Bay Area Derby.

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Residing on unceded Lisjan (Ohlone) land. Pay your Shuumi Land Tax if you live in the East Bay. https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/

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565 Following
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Joined November 02, 2022
Web:
https://alex-hanna.com
Work:
https://dair-institute.org
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Derby name:
Kate Silver (#538)
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 1w ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
Indigenous languages are often hidden to LLMs, for good reason. We speak with @keoni@mastodon.nz, CTO of Te Hiku Media, about his work on Indigenous data sovereignty, and why it’s worth being skeptical when the “AI" industry says it cares about preserving Indigenous languages. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Big Tech Colon-AI-lism”! (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 2w ago
I'm incredibly excited to announce that I've signed a contract with @themitpress@mastodon.mit.edu for a new book! It's tentatively entitled NET WORKS, and it's about ImageNet, a dataset of 14 million photos scraped from the web. If it wasn't for ImageNet, we likely wouldn't have "AI" as we currently know it. I've been thinking about this book for at least five years now, and I'm very excited to finally write it. Thanks to the great folks at MIT Press for helping make it a reality.
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 1w ago
Wages were won through people power. We dispel 5 common myths in my new video, Myths Around AI and Productivity, based on the work we’ve been doing at @DAIR@dair-community.social with The Luddite Lab. Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BO0iy91lfU

Myths Around AI and Labor

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 2mo ago
AI has no place in 911 calls. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “State of Emergency”. (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
Boosted by @hypebot@goingdark.social
Today, @DAIR@dair-community.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. https://labor.dair-institute.org
labor.dair-institute.org

Luddite Lab

Research and case studies.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 2mo ago
Today, The AI Con is being released in paperback in the UK! Now in cool blue! (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago
See you soon, Ottawa! I'll be at Octopus Books in conversation with Kelly Bronson from the University of Ottawa to dismantle AI hype. RSVP here: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/5208420260625
Author Talk | The AI Con by Alex Hanna | Octopus Books
octopusbooks.ca

Author Talk | The AI Con by Alex Hanna | Octopus Books

Ottawa's progressive independent bookstore since 1969

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago

I'll be joining @CBC@press.coop Radio-Canada tomorrow on Ontario Today to discuss AI resistance!

Folks can listen to the program via CBC Radio in Ontario or online on the CBC Toronto website, just click on the play ▶️ arrow on the Live Radio link.

If you want to share your story, you can call the program between 12-1 PM ET at 1-888-817-8995.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto

cbc.ca
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago

Leftists don’t hate technology, actually...

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 2mo ago
Surveillance ≠ safety. We speak with scholar and filmmaker @sava@mastodon.social about the state of technology in schools, on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Who’s Responsible for ‘Responsible AI’”. (with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago

RE: https://mas.to/@gabrielesvelto/116805072414090752

This is very bubble shaped. I'm not looking forward to what is coming next.

Gabriele Svelto (@gabrielesvelto@mas.to)
mas.to

Gabriele Svelto (@gabrielesvelto@mas.to)

Attached: 1 image I have never seen a graph explain more clearly what's going and why it's completely unsustainable (and this is just cash-flow, it doesn't take into account the rapidly climbing debt!). https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/big-techs-27-trillion-ai-bill-comes-due-chart-of-the-day-100000100.html

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 5mo ago

@emilymbender@dair-community.social and I are so excited to announce that THE AI CON has been selected as Book in Common for 2026-27 at Cal State Chico!

We're excited for thousands of folks to read and engage with our work. We'll be visiting campus on April 7, 2027 for a public event.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
Replying to
We hope to support unions, labor organizations, and worker organizers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. Visit https://labor.dair-institute.org for more information and to get in touch.
labor.dair-institute.org

Luddite Lab

Research and case studies.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago
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My full speech: https://www.youtube.com/live/fxP4SKHYr2o?si=cg1aLlZElLmebaG3&t=2067

2026 UC Berkeley Sociology Commencement Ceremony

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 5mo ago

Join @DAIR@dair-community.social and workers on the front line of resisting AI as we release the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a new resource for fighting AI at work.

9 AM PT / Noon ET / 4 PM GMT on Wednesday, May 20

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-the-luddite-lab-resource-hub-registration-1988317489134?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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We are also releasing a new research primer, "Myths about Generative AI, Productivity, and Labor Displacement", which discusses five common myths around generative AI at work. This primer will be the first of many. https://labor.dair-institute.org/primers
labor.dair-institute.org

Luddite Lab

Research and case studies.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 6mo ago

Musk thinks data centers in space wouldn’t need ANY maintenance. I loved @adambecker.bsky.social's response to this on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. Check out episode 73: "Data Centers in Space!?”.

(with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)

Bluesky Social

Adam Becker (@adambecker.bsky.social)

Journalist & astrophysicist. Host, @dreamingagainstthemachine.com. New book: MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER, about broken futures pushed by tech billionaires and AI bros. Words in the Atlantic, NPR, NYT, the Guardian, BBC, SciAm, Fortune, etc. He/him.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 5mo ago

We're coming, DC! @emilymbender@dair-community.social and I will be talking about our book The AI Con on Monday, hosted by the Center for Digital Ethics and moderated by Laura DeNardis. Hope to see you there!

https://events.georgetown.edu/digital-ethics/event/book-talk-with-bender-and-hanna

Book Talk with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna on their book The AI Con
events.georgetown.edu

Book Talk with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna on their book The AI Con

Authors Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna joined us for a conversation about their new book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the ...

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago

In Montreal for FAccT today? Come to The Anti War, Anti Carceral, Anti Fascist Social. 12:15 PM at MONO on Sainte-Catherine.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago

Thank you, Majority Report and Emma Vigeland, for having me on! Check out the full video - we covered quite a bit in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXsQ1i3bfQI

The Artificial Inevitability Of AI | Alex Hanna | TMR

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 6mo ago

Join the Scholar's Strategy Network and I as we discuss AI in higher ed and push back against Cal State’s $17M contract with OpenAI, as many of the system’s priorities go unaddressed.

Next Wednesday (April 8), 5-7 PM, at San Francisco State.

Register for an op-ed workshop to follow!

https://scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com/event/home/bayareaopedai

scholars.my.salesforce-sites.com

Innovation or Extraction: AI and the Future of Public Education

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 6mo ago

Join @emilymbender@dair-community.social and I in New York for Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s first LIVE show! We’re doing a live taping at the Starr Bar in Brooklyn on Thursday, April 30. Space is limited, so get your tickets. All profit goes to @DAIR@dair-community.social.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mystery-ai-hype-theater-3000-live-tickets-1986920944030?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange @DAIR@dair-community.social Thanks! We do have a two-pager on myths around genAI and productivity -- https://cdn.sanity.io/files/uvgbyd32/production/1ff4676def68effda14f2e4a4ecf545cbf060d16.pdf
cdn.sanity.io
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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Additionally, we are building a Resource Library from partners who have been thinking about these issues for a long time, including from friends at Data + Society, the UC Berkeley Labor Center, and PowerSwitch Action. https://labor.dair-institute.org/resources
labor.dair-institute.org

Luddite Lab

Research and case studies.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago
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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19387382-beware-the-20x-engineer-2026-05-11
buzzsprout.com
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago
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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19444934
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago

Join @DAIR@dair-community.social, the ASA Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section, and the ASA Section on Children and Youth as we host a panel on non-academic careers for sociologists. We’ll be joined with experts from civil society and government who will discuss their career trajectories.

May 28, 11 AM PT/2 PM ET on Twitch.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 6mo ago

What makes Pennsylvania perfect… Maia Woluchem and Livia Garofolo of Data + Society on our latest Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 episode, “Data Centers Go Nuclear”.

Check out their latest piece in @newint@todon.nl:
https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/pennsylvania-perfect

(with @emilymbender@dair-community.social)

'Pennsylvania is perfect'
New Internationalist

'Pennsylvania is perfect'

Tech companies are building enormous data centres and reconfiguring energy infrastructure across the US, all to power the burgeoning AI industry. On a road trip, Maia Woluchem and Livia Garofalo trace the impacts of – and resistance to – this development push.

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 5mo ago
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Full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UwBZiuH-1QY

The Marketing Tricks of "Artificial Intelligence"

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange @DAIR@dair-community.social I would love to see it!! Happy to collaborate. Also I liked your piece on using Claude and hating it!
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 3mo ago

RE: https://dair-community.social/@alex/116807538629962663

Starting in 10 minutes!

Distributed AI Research Community

Alex Hanna (@alex@dair-community.social)

I'll be joining @CBC@press.coop Radio-Canada tomorrow on Ontario Today to discuss AI resistance! Folks can listen to the program via CBC Radio in Ontario or online on the CBC Toronto website, just click on the play ▶️ arrow on the Live Radio link. If you want to share your story, you can call the program between 12-1 PM ET at 1-888-817-8995. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto

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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com @DAIR@dair-community.social Thanks Ethan!
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space @DAIR@dair-community.social Thank you Irenes!
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange @DAIR@dair-community.social Thanks Em!
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run @DAIR@dair-community.social Right? lol
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 5mo ago
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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19022825
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 6mo ago
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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/18933682
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@jonny@neuromatch.social @DAIR@dair-community.social So good to hear. Would love to hear how y'all are using it.
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@lennybacon@infosec.exchange @mttaggart@infosec.exchange @DAIR@dair-community.social Go to the site, there is a full version with dozens of citations. https://cdn.sanity.io/files/uvgbyd32/production/45f1b26939d3502b2189c3839cfd352703ff5283.pdf
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 5mo ago
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Full episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19087169
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Alex Hanna @alex@dair-community.social
· 4mo ago
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@tribactam@social.vivaldi.net @DAIR@dair-community.social Library Freedom Project has Luddite hats!
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