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Deep-faked images often make headlines, but AI’s threat to elections goes deeper. As demonstrated in this recording of last week's talk "Bots, Ballots, and You," generative AI tools arm saboteurs with more subtle ways to destabilize democracy blog.still-water.net/ai-threat-to-e… 1/3 🐘♻️

At yesterday's AI town hall @MichaelSocolow argued that new media have always disrupted politics, from the penny press/telegraph to radio/TV. Now that social media have prioritized confirmation bias over persuasion, will voters be less likely to question AI-generated fakery?

With AI reshaping the contours of political discourse, veteran journalist and media historian @michaelsocolow and I lead the 2024 Maine Town Meeting on AI's influence in a crucial election year. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center hosts this Friday. 🐘♻️docs.google.com/forms/d/1Kyin5…

I was a Guggenheim media curator for 15 years, and I still find it easier to name all the digital art exhibitions NOT curated by Christiane Paul than keep track of all of hers. So excited to join her in conversation about AI art Tuesday at 4:30pm EDT blog.still-water.net/digital-curati… 🐘♻️

Can TikTok help movie producers reach audiences faster with timely content like climate-related stories? I’m quoted today in Wired’s "TikTok Is the New TV" by @byamandahoover: wired.com/story/tiktok-n… #TikTok #Television #TV #Climate #Hollywood

Happy World Digital Preservation Day! I'm lucky to be one of the teachers again for @DigitCurator 's online #DigitalPreservation course starting 1/26. We cover nuts-and-bolts like checksums and emulation as well as preserving history in DNA or folk stories DigitalCuration.UMaine.edu

📣We're hiring a tenure-track professor of New Media with a creative specialty such as #UXdesign #AR or computational media. AI experience/interest a plus. Learn about our one-of-a-kind program at umaine.edu/newmedia/nmd-h… #AcademicTwitter @GoUMaine @UMaineOnline #AIinEducation