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Marcela Suárez

@Marentierras

AI critic. Lecturer in Critical Intersectional Perspectives on AI at School of Artificial Intelligence, Radboud University

 Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Joined March 2013
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Our recent and much needed article about Critical AI Literacies is out! Thanks to my coauthors Olivia Guest and @IrisVanRooij for the great work. You can find the article here: zenodo.org/records/17786243

Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies (CAILs) is the collection of ways of thinking about and relating to so-called artificial intelligence (AI) that rejects dominant frames presented by the...

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"Embracing AI products makes what were once serious transgressions now acceptable and even desirable through normalising: stealing ideas from others, erasing authors, infringing authorship rights; while at the same time harming our planet.” Read more here civicsoftechnology.org/blog/…
No AI Gods, No AI Masters — Civics of Technology

No AI Gods, No AI Masters — Civics of Technology

More on their open letter, Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia  , and position piece, Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia , by Guest et al.

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Nuestro artículo “Against the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia” ha sido consultado por 30 mil personas en solo cuatro días. Brinda las herramientas para resistir el AI hype en la academia. Puedes leerlo aquí:
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ (@o_guest) profile pictureOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@o_guest7 Sep 2025
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065… 🦋 bsky.app/profile/olivia.scie…

Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia

Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these...

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"We're already seeing students who are deskilled on some of the most basic academic skills, even in their final years" @o_guest as quoted by @bcmerchant Their paper urging educators and administrations to reject corporate AI products sounds worth reading. bloodinthemachine.com/p/cogn…
Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI...

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI...

A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.

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Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia bloodinthemachine.com/p/cogn…
Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI...

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI...

A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.

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😌 yes, nowhere is perfect but please join us on the other one 🦋 where we talk about fun preprints like this: Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Links below 👇🏼
abstract from Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I., Woensdregt, M., Monett, D., Brown, J., Avraamidou, L., Alenda-Demoutiez, J., Hermans, F., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065099

ALT abstract from Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I., Woensdregt, M., Monett, D., Brown, J., Avraamidou, L., Alenda-Demoutiez, J., Hermans, F., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065099

fig1 from Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I., Woensdregt, M., Monett, D., Brown, J., Avraamidou, L., Alenda-Demoutiez, J., Hermans, F., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065099

ALT fig1 from Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I., Woensdregt, M., Monett, D., Brown, J., Avraamidou, L., Alenda-Demoutiez, J., Hermans, F., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065099

table 1 from Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I., Woensdregt, M., Monett, D., Brown, J., Avraamidou, L., Alenda-Demoutiez, J., Hermans, F., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065099

ALT table 1 from Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I., Woensdregt, M., Monett, D., Brown, J., Avraamidou, L., Alenda-Demoutiez, J., Hermans, F., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065099

extract Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I., Woensdregt, M., Monett, D., Brown, J., Avraamidou, L., Alenda-Demoutiez, J., Hermans, F., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065099

ALT extract Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., van Meerkerk, E., Oude Groote Beverborg, A., de Haan, R., Reyes Elizondo, A., Blokpoel, M., Scharfenberg, N., Kleinherenbrink, A., Camerino, I., Woensdregt, M., Monett, D., Brown, J., Avraamidou, L., Alenda-Demoutiez, J., Hermans, F., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17065099

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Uncritical adoption of AI “undermines our basic pedagogical values and principles of scientific integrity. It prevents us from maintaining our standards of independence & transparency. And most concerning, (…) hinder learning & deskill critical thought.” openletter.earth/open-letter…
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People asked me often over the years... now it's over but finally sharing it: Course manual — including readings, instructions on how to write essays and give presentations — for the course AI as a Science that I taught from 2020/21 to 2024/25 in the School of AI. (Link below.)
screenshot of book cover linked to below

ALT screenshot of book cover linked to below

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Please join me in signing this open letter by Australian academics: openletter.earth/an-open-let… “We will not contribute to the erosion of academic freedom & educator agency by forcing educators into compliance with technology they find unethical.” -- Reynoldson & Signatories (2025)
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many are waking up openletter.earth/an-open-let…
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Anna Astakhova
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“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas & undermine scholarly discussions. It's our task to demystify and challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.”
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ (@o_guest) profile pictureOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@o_guest27 Jun 2025
Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia (link below)
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mvugt@mvugt4 Jul 2025
I also signed this! Feel free to sign and join the movement!
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ (@o_guest) profile pictureOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@o_guest27 Jun 2025
Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia (link below)
Image from Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ (@o_guest)
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Eugenio Tisselli@motorhueso3 Jul 2025
¿De verdad un investigador de la UNAM diciendo que el entrenamiento de los modelos de aprendizaje profundo "es análogo al que los humanos experimentan"? ¿Entonces un humano necesita ver millones de imágenes de gatos para después poder reconocer uno? Tremenda ignorancia.
Gaceta UNAM (@Gaceta_UNAM) profile pictureGaceta UNAM
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La IA se parecerá más a la inteligencia natural: Luis Pineda, del IIMAS. En una década será una tecnología invisible. gaceta.unam.mx/la-ia-se-pare…
La IA se parecerá más a la inteligencia natural: Luis Pineda, del IIMAS - Gaceta UNAM

La IA se parecerá más a la inteligencia natural: Luis Pineda, del IIMAS - Gaceta UNAM

Como otras olas tecnológicas, la inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa será asimilada en menos de una década como algo invisible, es decir, será dada por sentada, al igual que lo fueron en su...

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600+ thank you all and keep sharing 😍
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ (@o_guest) profile pictureOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@o_guest27 Jun 2025
Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia (link below)
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Marcela Suárez retweeted
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neil turkewitz@neilturkewitz28 Jun 2025
“The goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before.” 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼
Iris van Rooij 💭 (@IrisVanRooij) profile pictureIris van Rooij 💭@IrisVanRooij28 Jun 2025
“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas & undermine scholarly discussions. It's our task to demystify and challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.” openletter.earth/open-letter…
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“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas & undermine scholarly discussions. It's our task to demystify and challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.” openletter.earth/open-letter…
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Oh, wow, 150 signatures in 24 hours! "We have been here before with tobacco, petroleum, and many other harmful industries who do not have our interests at heart and who are indifferent to the academic progress of our students and to the integrity of our scholarly processes."
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ (@o_guest) profile pictureOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@o_guest27 Jun 2025
Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia (link below)
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Now this is an 'AI open letter' worth signing!
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ (@o_guest) profile pictureOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@o_guest27 Jun 2025
Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia (link below)
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☀️ Having a great time at this week’s Summer School on ‘Critical AI Literacy: Sustainability Challenges’, with co-organizers @Marentierras, @JohanKwisthout and Barbara Müller Check-out our website with the program and useful resources! critical-ai-literacy.github.…

Summer School Critical AI Literacy: Navigating Sustainability Challenges

This Summer School is designed to empower (future) policymakers and AI users with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions about integrating AI into their sustainability strategies. Our goal...

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