[acc-cca-l] Fri Dec 12: noon EST: ‘Resisting AI’ with Dan McQuillan (virtual livestream)

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‘Resisting AI’ with Dan McQuillan
Dec 12, 2025
12:00PM to 1:30PM EST
Technology and AI are often thought of as being neutral, objective, technical, or apolitical. Our conversation with Dan McQuillan will examine the political stakes of AI, asking what can and should be done—particularly by students and universities.
This is a virtual lecture. Watch the lecture live on YouTube<https://youtube.com/live/wi0u3Hs6jGU?feature=share>!

[Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuring of AI, Dan McQuillan sets out an anti-fascist approach that replaces exclusions with caring and outlines new mechanisms that support collective freedom.]About the speaker
Dr. Dan McQuillan is a Senior Lecturer in Critical AI at Goldsmiths, University of London. After a Ph.D in Experimental Particle Physics, Dan worked with people learning disabilities & mental health issues, created websites with asylum seekers, ran social tech camps in Kyrgyzstan and Sarajevo and worked for Amnesty International and the NHS. He is the author of Resisting AI – An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence<https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai>.


This is a virtual lecture. Watch the lecture live on YouTube<https://youtube.com/live/wi0u3Hs6jGU?feature=share>.
About the series
Critical AI Talks invites leading AI researchers to explore the human and societal impacts of GenAI. Join us at this and other upcoming talks and learn more about the Critical AI Talks series here<https://csma.humanities.mcmaster.ca/our-community/critical-ai/>.
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More information
CMST 2AI3 Generative Artificial Intelligence: Human and Societal Impacts, a second year online asynchronous undergraduate course open to all McMaster students, will begin in the 2026-2027 academic year. Contact: Prof. Sara Bannerman banners at mcmaster.ca<mailto:banners at mcmaster.ca>


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