Who's Responsible for "Responsible AI"?, 2026.07.06

Lately, a new framework has been creeping into AI boosterism: "harm reduction," or "responsible use." Education technology scholar dr. sava saheli singh joins Alex and Emily to unpack narratives around automation inevitability in the classroom. Spoiler alert: they're not actually "reducing harm" to students at all!

An interdisciplinary scholar and filmmaker, sava is currently working on a research project examining secondary school teachers’ experiences of genAI use, and making a film about the future of AI in education. Her speculative short film series on the harms of surveillance technology is available at screeningsurveillance.com.

References:

• "Harm Reduction: A Strategy to Mitigate the Risks of AI"
  • Also referenced: MAIHT3k newsletter, "How to talk about 'AI' without adding to the anthropomorphization"
• UNESCO "AI competency framework for students"

Fresh AI Hell:

• Hallucination rebranded as "critical confabulation"
• "Pennsylvania Board of Medicine Alleges Unlawful Practice of Medicine by an AI Chatbot"
• "Google's smart home AI will be able to use clothing to identify people"
• "Medicare AI program made them suffer in pain. Now they want answers"
• "Why do these Castro gay bars have TSA-style face scanners?"
• "County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity'"
• Palate cleanser: "Florida AG sues OpenAI, seeks to hold CEO Altman personally liable"
• Palate cleanser: "Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school"

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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. 
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.