Sasha John

20-something interested in how tech, rhetoric & politics of all kinds interact. research & public engagement @digifutureslab. @ucberkeley '19

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

We’re heading to the #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026!

DFL is co-organising a session to launch the Global South Network on AI Safety and Evaluation.

🗓️ 20 Feb 2026
🕟 4:30–5:25 PM IST
📍Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

We took Human in the Loop to #FOSSUnited2025 in Bangalore! 🚀

Our booth drew 150+ technologists, students & researchers — sparking fresh conversations on how comics + foresight can reimagine India’s AI futures.

🔗 https://t.co/o1oABrchyR

#FOSS #GenAI #HumanInTheLoop

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

We’re also assembling a Technology Foresight Group (TFG) of creative workers, policy thinkers, and tech researchers to explore just that.

If you, or someone you know, would like to join the TFG, fill out this survey: https://t.co/AFaGsp8H8o

📅 Last date to apply: Aug 2, 2025

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

📣 OPEN CALL: Looking for Creative Workers to Shape the Future of Creative Work in India

From AI-generated trailers & synthetic voices to viral trends like Studio Ghibli-style portraits, GenAI is already disrupting creative work globally.

But who benefits & who is left behind?

[eva garvey fan account @irldashwoodgirl]

been kinda quiet on here, but i’ve finally put out a personal essay!

i write about how we are increasingly shrinking away from love and the labour of intimacy in our attempt to go through life unscathed by pain.

https://t.co/FTSMWDdqBB

[Sasha John @SashaEmJay]

After months of research, writing, foresight work and creative conceptualisation and execution, I'm excited to present @DigiFuturesLab’s latest project, 'Human in the Loop', where we explore the unintended consequences of Generative AI in India.

More at https://t.co/9ZghQIBUEs

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

#NewProject | What does #GenAI mean for India's future?

We explore GenAI futures through trend research, expert workshops, public stories & comics co-created w artists.

Check it out: https://t.co/gQJNVXxOGw

Supported by @RNP_Foundation

@helloQS @urvashi_aneja @SashaEmJay

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

🚨It’s launch day! Our Practice Playbook on Responsible AI drops today at 2 PM IST.

🎤 With speakers from UNESCO, Wadhwani AI, Digital Green & more.

If you haven’t been able to register, we’re also livestreaming the launch here: https://t.co/J0zAk8y11o 

#ResponsibleAI

[Sasha John @SashaEmJay]

Finally coming out!!

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

Excited to announce the launch of the Playbook on April 25 | 2–4 PM IST.

With a panel discussion w Eunsong Kim (@UNESCO Delhi), @alpanrav (@WadhwaniAI), @namitasingh_b (@digitalgreenorg), Hanna Minaye (@_mdoc), Vinod Rajasekaran.

🎯 Register now: https://t.co/7XDmWslPxx

[Elizabeth Laraki @elizlaraki]

I'm talking at a conference later this year (on UX+AI).

I just saw an ad for the conference with my photo and was like, wait, that doesn't look right.

Is my bra showing in my profile pic and I've never noticed...? That's weird.

I open my original photo.
No bra showing.

I put the two photos side by side and I'm like WTF...

Someone edited my photo to unbutton my blouse and reveal a made-up hint of a bra or something else underneath. 🤨

Immediately, I email the conference host.
(FYI he is a great, respectable guy with 5 kids at home.)

He is super apologetic and immediately looks into the issue.

He quickly reports back that the woman running their social media used a cropped square image from their website.

She needed it to be more vertical, so she used an AI expand image tool to make the photo taller.

AI invented the bottom part of the image (in which it believed that women's shirts should be unbuttoned further, with some tension around the buttons, and revealing a little hint of something underneath). 🤯

—

FYI the conference organizers were super apologetic and took down all of the content with that photo.

[Pavan Bhat Kundapura @pavanbhatk]

Yet another example of why Responsible AI practices need to be embedded while designing these systems and not as an after thought.

Shoutout to @urvashi_aneja and @SashaEmJay who are doing some great work at @DigiFuturesLab on this. Do check them out!

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

#HiringAlert We're looking for a #Goa-based, full-time, paid Events & Operations #intern to join us thru Oct-Dec. We're putting on some exciting workshops on topics like Responsible Al & need someone who can take the lead on ops. JD here: https://t.co/17PhJoGROF

#hiring #jobs

[Anushka Jain @iamanushkajain]

My first research study at @DigiFuturesLab is out! As efforts to bridge existing knowledge gaps in India are accelerating, a new crop of solutions are now depending on LLMs to reach low-resource settings. Our study examined the gender bias in these Indian LLMs. Read ⬇️ 1/6

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

Making India's 1st Responsible AI Fellowship a reality! @SashaEmJay takes you behind the scenes of the RAIL Fellowship program at @DigiFuturesLab - what inspired it, informed consent, #ResponsibleAI integration & more at https://t.co/Q1Pp1HGtXt @urvashi_aneja
#GenAI #AIforGood

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

Thrilled to introduce 4 of 14 exceptional fellows of our RAIL Fellowship program!🎉 We have more incredible talent to introduce, stay tuned! @Agami_In @armmanindia @UNICEFinnovate @MynaMahila @urvashi_aneja @SashaEmJay @iamanushkajain

Learn more here: https://t.co/KeHAeq0xKZ

[Sasha John @SashaEmJay]

We have a "stacked” inaugural cohort - grappling with some pertinent Responsible AI challenges in social sector interventions in India.

Grateful to @urvashi_aneja for trusting me with building this programme w/ her. Appreciate the DFL team that makes this possible & enjoyable!

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

🚀 We have lift-off! After virtually kicking off the Responsible AI Lab fellowship, DFL hosted an in-person workshop in Goa for the 14 orgs in RAIL’s inaugural cohort. The workshop fostered candid peer-exchange on AI integration in healthcare, agriculture & more. #ResponsibleAI

[Sasha John @SashaEmJay]

@ludludlud @uva_gdc i understand i am extremely late to this but is there any place one can access recordings or the papers themselves? Thank you!

[Sasha John @SashaEmJay]

Excited to be co-hosting this workshop alongside my incredible colleague, Dona Mathew, who’s been working on AI in the climate space for the past year.

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

Curious to learn how AI & other technological tools affect the future of climate action in Asia?

Join us coming weekend for a workshop @SciGalleryBlr to learn more!
📅 29 June
🕙 10:00AM - 4:00PM
📍 Science Gallery Bengaluru
 🎫Free entry!

Register at https://t.co/ku9Emt7O3C

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

We are delighted to formally launch our project, AI + Climate Futures in Asia!
Supported by @RockefellerFdn, in 2023, we brought together a network of experts to examine how
advances in AI can be leveraged for climate action in Asia.
Register here: https://t.co/JW38BBZpn2

[Sasha John @SashaEmJay]

It is possible, to a certain degree, to build AI-based solutions with intention for social impact. It requires effort, resources and a shift in mental framing for how we approach AI.

@DigiFuturesLab can help! Apply to be part of our Responsible AI Lab fellowship by June 10th!

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

We’re starting a new initiative at DFL: the Responsible AI Lab - a platform to exchange ideas, build communities of practice, and access the tools and expertise required to drive equitable and responsible use of AI.

Be part of our inaugural fellowship 👉🏼 https://t.co/CXQh0amf6J

[Digital Futures Lab @DigiFuturesLab]

"The constraints of compute, but also the constraints of talent pose a major obstacle to the extent to which we can democratise these technologies.”

@urvashi_aneja spoke at @StanfordHAI and @StanfordCyber’s AI+Policy Symposium 2024.

1:52:00 - 2:55:00 👉🏼 https://t.co/Y4ZPOCJhLR