Kanta Dihal

Assistant Professor in Science Communication @imperialcollege. Associate Fellow @LeverhulmeCFI @Cambridge_Uni. Books: AI Narratives, Imagining AI 🇳🇱🇸🇷🏳️‍🌈

[Kanta Dihal @DrDihal]

🔥 Publication day for IMAGINING AI! 🔥 @stephenjcave and I are so excited to see the four-year Global AI Narratives project culminate in this wonderful collection by @OxUniPress.
For sale here: https://t.co/sp6vWHOOpB (use ASPROMP8 to get 30% off) @LeverhulmeCFI @imperialcollege

[RBmediaTopAuthors @RBmediaAuthors]

Today through 02/26, save 50% on the "AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines" audiobook by @profsarahdillon, @stephenjcave, and @DrDihal https://t.co/x6JfuxrzxV

[Stephen Cave @stephenjcave]

Fascinating column on the meanings of AI by @gilliantett in the @FinancialTimes this weekend. https://t.co/kvZ9i2PObG
(Citing @DrDihal's and my book *Imagining AI* 🙂🤖
https://t.co/3GxaiaFwPU)

[RBmediaTopAuthors @RBmediaAuthors]

Today through 10/14, save 50% on the "AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines" audiobook by @profsarahdillon, @stephenjcave, and @DrDihal https://t.co/nmODz8RJIa

[Dr Eleanor Drage @DrEleanorDrage]

Like Elon Musk's use of stories with pentagrams, holy water and demons to talk about AI, popular AI narratives lean on ancient mythological tropes, says @DrDihal

[Dr Eleanor Drage @DrEleanorDrage]

The history of storytelling about AI is thousands of years old, as explained by @DrDihal in her talk for Day 2 of 2024 Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics Virtual Winter School https://t.co/zgpue1o6D1

[Future Intelligence @LeverhulmeCFI]

New publication! 📢
*Whiteness in Digital Technology* an introduction and overview, by @stephenjcave @KerryAMcInerney and @DrDihal for the Handbook of Critical Whiteness. Available here: https://t.co/hVL60OIBN6

[Ian Tucker @tuckerian]

ATTENTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JOURNALISTS!
Are you interested in writing for the Observer? I am looking for new writers and ideas for the Science & Technology pages of the Observer New Review.
For an idea of the types of pieces we publish, please take a look at this thread…

[Future Intelligence @LeverhulmeCFI]

Our Director, Dr Stephen Cave, and Associate Fellow, Dr Kanta Dihal, were featured in the MIT Technology Review: What is Artificial Intelligence? Check out the long article here: @stephenjcave @DrDihal https://t.co/lqrZfPrKRJ

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Still my favourite meme

[Cristóbal Suárez-Guerrero @cristobalsuarez]

Este libro tiene que ser precioso. ¿Alguien ya lo ha catado?
AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines https://t.co/zdHV1Yp0hZ
La narrativa con la que se desarrolla, implementa y regula la #IA en la sociedad -y la educación- cuenta mucho.

[Bobby Allyn @BobbyAllyn]

Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI situation. Wow:

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

‘Some exciting new literary genres’
My latest @GuardianBooks / @GdnSaturday cartoon.

[Kanta Dihal @DrDihal]

So excited to see SiP is back - and gutted I can’t be there! Scicomm folk who are new to the field, I’d absolutely recommend going, and meeting an amazing network of people. I was their Postgrad Rep back in 2017!

[Science in Public Research Network UK @SIP_NetworkUK]

📢CFA DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 9TH FEBRUARY📢
We have received several requests to submit abstracts beyond the initial deadline. To keep the process fair, the Science in Public 2024 call for abstracts deadline has been extended to 9th February #SIP24
https://t.co/5OdLBjkfHw

[Dr Eleanor Drage @DrEleanorDrage]

Hiring! Research Assistant to support my team incl. amazing and beloved colleagues @KerryAMcInerney @TomaszHollanek at @LeverhulmeCFI on the Global Politics of AI and AI & Journalism. Part-time - some knowledge of IR, media, policy & AI.
https://t.co/XnXOfec3JM

[Dr Michael Weatherburn @MRWeatherburn]

More great events! Join us on Thurs 15 February at @imperialcollege for a top-notch panel on 'Writing in the Age of #AI' featuring @AifricCampbell, Anita Chandran, Jack Cooper, @JuliaBell, @DrDihal. See you there! ✨👉 https://t.co/mH1pxsbDgq

[Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @DrKarimWafa]

are you kidding me?

[RBmediaTopAuthors @RBmediaAuthors]

Download the "AI Narratives: A History of Imaginative Thinking about Intelligent Machines" audiobook today and save 50%! Discount ends 01/12 @profsarahdillon, @stephenjcave, and @DrDihal https://t.co/aIgwKOdD5O

[Ed Zitron @edzitron]

Putting a finger to my earpiece and saying "mr. Musk, sir, grok seems to be woke"

[Kanta Dihal @DrDihal]

For more information: https://t.co/WfXQocRRTF. We have an online Open Day at 2pm UK time on Wednesday 6th December - contact our administrator Liam Watson at [email protected] to register; or if you prefer, ask Liam to make an appointment to meet me 1-on-1.

[Kanta Dihal @DrDihal]

Science Media Diversity Scholarship: for a UK candidate from a minority ethnicity with a STEM degree, for the MSc in Science Media Production.
https://t.co/WfXQocSpJd

[Kanta Dihal @DrDihal]

Chevening-Bseisu Scholarship: for residents of Palestine, Syria, Lebanon or Jordan
CMA CGM Scholarships: for Lebanese nationals ordinarily resident in Lebanon 
GREAT - Imperial College London Scholarship: for citizens of Ghana, Greece, Malaysia and Mexico
https://t.co/tsYMmRrHuU

[Kanta Dihal @DrDihal]

Very excited to announce a range of scholarships for our MSc in Science Communication and MSc in Science Media Production @imperialcollege for residents of Palestine, Syria, Lebanon or Jordan; citizens of Ghana, Greece, Malaysia and Mexico; and UK minority ethnicities: