ron eglash

Professor, University of Michigan

[Lionel Peter Robert Jr. @lionelrobertjr]

Congratulations to @kwameporterrob1 on this insightful paper, which critically examines the impacts of automation and mass production while proposing an alternative through community-based economies.
@ieeeroman @BlackInRobotics
@roneglash @guzdial

https://t.co/IITGcjsMYh

[ron eglash @roneglash]

We need a statue for bi-partisan anti-violence, showing two left wing leaders assinated, and two right wing leaders assinated. The right-wing should be Charlie Kirk plus Brian Sicknick, the DC cop (and Trump supporter) killed by the Jan 6 rioters.

[thot leedurr @DocDre]

The old becomes new again; this is from 2001 (!)

“To those gasping for breath in the ozone-rich atmosphere of superlative cyberspace promises, the crucial question is not necessarily why outrageous promises are offered, but rather precisely how do such promises sustain themselves against their own speculative appearance”

- @roneglash and Julian Bleecker

[ron eglash @roneglash]

Chris Gray's excellent new book, "AI, Sacred Violence, and War—The Case of Gaza" is available as a free download here: https://t.co/JxgZIUS2HC

[ron eglash @roneglash]

In the 1980s, creative music sampling in rap was condemned as theft. 40 years later, AI's steals all human creativity at scale, and they call it a genius breakthrough.

[ron eglash @roneglash]

Our prediction of the destructive effects of the election, and what is required to avoid it in the future: https://t.co/EEY6tuO9IV #AI4good

[ron eglash @roneglash]

Nice article about our work developing AI tools for Black artisans in Africa and Detroit: https://t.co/hvnFTfJcSx

[Lionel Peter Robert Jr. @lionelrobertjr]

I am happy to see this in print: Making Exploratory Search Engines Using Qualitative Case Studies: A Mixed Method Implementation Using Interviews with Detroit Artisans, led by @kporterrobinson @roneglash @guzdial
@umsi @UMichResearch #detroit

https://t.co/agTIITFIkI

[ron eglash @roneglash]

New paper suggests the diagonals in Washington DC streets reflect a geometric theme, "the West African X", due to African American land surveyor Benjamin Banneker. https://t.co/HM4oL5S9ql

[ron eglash @roneglash]

Elaine Wolf rendering African fractals with an embroidery machine: https://t.co/8zACCoh6Ag

[ron eglash @roneglash]

At left, tomatoes in three tubs of soil. On right, twice the growth, in half the time, with a single tub of DIY hydroponics.

[School of Information @umsi]

New research from UMSI:
AI governance through fractal scaling: integrating universal human rights with emergent self-governance for democratized technosocial systems
R. Eglash, M. Nayebare, K. Robinson, L. Robert, A. Bennett, U. Kimanuka, C. Maina
@roneglash @lionelrobertjr @SpringerNature
https://t.co/71duKv7pAb

[S Randerath @sebastianranderath.bsky.social @SRanderath]

🚨🚨🚨3 days left to submit:

CfA for our Special Issue “En/Countering Tracking. Resisting spatiotemporal media operations in computational culture” of Computational Culture is open until September 15.

More Information: https://t.co/urQMGzzMWG

[ron eglash @roneglash]

Nice article on our partners at Detroit's Rescue Nature Now urban farm: https://t.co/2Q1HmabwjQ

[ron eglash @roneglash]

@VidelaRonnie, @caguayoNZ & others resist the "extractivist logic of heritage value" in this lovely mashup of their Ethical Enactivism with our own https://t.co/NeYpC3WxvI. 3D printed sugar mill is cool but traditional Wolf Hide Raft is hard to beat: https://t.co/pCyR9Mh73T

[ron eglash @roneglash]

@vangeorgh @OMONABULESHOWO You can download from here: https://t.co/NtgDnh5UaQ

[ron eglash @roneglash]

Powerful links between anti-LGBT religion and anti-environment politics. But the opposite is true too. Biodiversity, sexual orientation diversity, racial diversity are just manifestations of a deeper principle bridging math & religion: https://t.co/GIsIkzio4X

[ron eglash @roneglash]

Artist @rico_gaston describes "Black Fractals" as a bridge from Indigenous art to African American jazz in his Penn Station exhibit: https://t.co/YRKXK53PnC

[University of Michigan @UMich]

U-M professors Ron Eglash (@UMSI & @UM_Stamps) and Isis Settles (@UMichLSA) have been appointed University Diversity and Social Transformation Professors for their exceptional contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion. https://t.co/b97csAp5Wo #URecord

[Lionel Peter Robert Jr. @lionelrobertjr]

Our new paper advocates for global AI policies to uphold universal human rights and localized control for economic democratization. Lead by @roneglash
@umsi @UMichiganNews @UMichResearch @PHDPROJECT @michigan_AI @UMRobotics @BlackInRobotics @AISConnect

https://t.co/gTRC3NWhJD