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\u2014 \u201cOn Bullshit Engines\u2019 Politics<\/a>,\u201d <\/strong>appearing in Arrangements of Power: Tracing Langdon Winner\u2019s Legacy Within and Beyond the Philosophy of Technology<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, Alice Fox and Darryl Cressman, ed.s. Springer Nature. <\/strong>(Forthcoming 2026)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Beyond Critique: Bringing the Humanities into Technology Research.”<\/strong> Shuey, Oliver, Kereshmeh Afsari, Venus Azamnia, Casey Burning, Lyndon Frommer, Ashley Shew, and Damien P. Williams. In 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology (ETHICS)<\/em><\/strong>, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2025. DOI: <\/strong>10.1109\/ETHICS65148.2025.11098337<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cTechnology and Disability.\u201d <\/strong>Shew, Ashley, Damien P. Williams, and Joshua Earle. APA Syllabus Showcase, <\/strong>edited by Cara Greene.<\/strong> June 18, 2025. https:\/\/blog.apaonline.org\/2025\/06\/18\/technology-and-disability-ashley-shew-damien-p-williams-and-joshua-earle\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cReimagining ‘AI\u2019s’ Environmental and Sociotechnical Materialities<\/a>,\u201d<\/strong> appearing in Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity<\/em>,<\/strong> Reia, J., Forelle, MC and Wang, Y. eds. Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, University of Virginia. 2025. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18130\/03df-zn30<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cProvocations from the \u2018STS as a Critical Pedagogy\u2019 Workshop,\u201d<\/strong> (multiple co-authors), appearing in Engaging Science, Technology, and Society<\/strong><\/em>, 10.1\u20132 (2024): 103-133. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17351\/ests2023.1927<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cScholars are Failing the GPT Review Process,\u201d<\/strong> appearing in the journal Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences,<\/strong><\/em> vol. 54, no. 5, (2024): 625-629.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/hsns.2024.54.5.625<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cDisabling \u2018AI\u2019: Biases and Values Embedded in \u2018Artificial Intelligence,\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/strong> appearing in Handbook on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence<\/em><\/a>,<\/strong> David J. Gunkel, ed. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (Forthcoming July, 2024)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cAny Sufficiently Transparent Magic\u2026<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> appearing in the journal American Religion<\/em><\/strong> special roundtable “On Religion and Algorithms,” Jacob A. Boss, et al., eds. American Religion<\/em> vol. 5, no. 1, 2023, pp. 104-110. https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/pub\/3\/article\/916425<\/a>. DOI:10.2979\/amerreli.5.1.06.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cZoom Became a Part of Daily Life. It Needs to Tell Users Exactly How It\u2019s Using Their Data<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong> WIRED<\/em>. August 10, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cBias Optimizers<\/a>.\u201d <\/strong>American Scientist<\/em>. July\u2014August, 2023.<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1511\/2023.111.4.204<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Belief, Values, Bias, and Agency: Development of and Entanglement with “Artificial Intelligence.”<\/em><\/strong> PhD Dissertation, Virginia Tech, 2022. https:\/\/vtechworks.lib.vt.edu\/handle\/10919\/111528<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Foreword,”<\/strong> appearing in Digital Futures in Mind: Reflecting on Technological Experiments in Mental Health & Crisis Support<\/em><\/strong>,<\/strong> by Jonah Bossewitch, Lydia X. Z. Brown, Piers Gooding, Leah Harris, James Horton, Simon Katterl, Keris Myrick, Kelechi Ubozoh and Alberto Vasquez. August 2022.<\/strong> https:\/\/automatingmentalhealth.cc\/digital-futures-in-mind-report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “How Heeding Disabled People Can Help Everyone Survive Crises<\/a>.”<\/strong> Slate: Future Tense.<\/em> Jan 29, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u201cMcIlwain, Charlton. (2019) Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter. New York: Oxford University Press. Hardcover: $24.95.<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> SPECTRA<\/em> 8, no. 2 (2021): pp. 45\u201349. DOI:<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21061\/spectra.v8i2.182<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Science Fiction Frames: The Expanse (2015\u2014).”<\/strong> Imaginary Papers<\/em>, Issue 7. Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination<\/strong>. https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/asu.edu\/imaginary-papers-issue-7-july-2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Constructing Situated and Social Knowledge: Ethical, Sociological, and Phenomenological Factors in Technological Design<\/a>,”<\/strong> appearing in Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and Social Progress<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, edited by Guru Madhavan, Zachary Pirtle,<\/strong> and David Tomblin<\/strong>; published by Springer.<\/strong> May,17, 2021. DOI:<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-70099-7_7<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “<\/strong>Fitting the Description: Historical and Sociotechnical Elements of Facial Recognition and Anti-Black Surveillance,”<\/strong> appearing in The Journal of Responsible Innovation<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, edited by Shannon N. Conley<\/strong>, Erik Fisher,<\/strong> and Emily York<\/strong>; published by Taylor and Francis<\/strong>. DOI:<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/23299460.2020.1831365<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Daoism, Buddhism, and Machine Consciousness,”<\/strong> appearing in The Fenris Wolf, volume 10<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, published by Trapart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Technology and Consciousness Workshops (2017): An Introductory Overview<\/a>.”<\/strong> Williams, Damien Patrick and Murray, John; Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness<\/strong><\/em><\/a> Vol. 07, No. 01, pp. 133-140 (2020) [preprint<\/a>]. DOI:<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1142\/S2705078520710010<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “How I Found Myself at Three A.M.,”<\/strong> appearing in Better Than IRL<\/strong>,<\/em> edited by Katie West<\/strong> and Jasmine Elliott,<\/strong> published by Fiction & Feeling, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Better Than This,”<\/strong> appearing in Rendering Unconscious<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, published by Trapart<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Heavenly Bodies: Why It Matters That Cyborgs Have Always Been About Disability, Mental Health, and Marginalization”<\/strong> (June 8, 2019). Available at SSRN: https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=3401342<\/a>. DOI:<\/strong> http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.3401342<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Consciousness and Conscious Machines: What’s At Stake?”<\/strong><\/a> appearing in Papers of the 2019 Towards Conscious AI Systems Symposium, co-located with the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence 2019 Spring Symposium Series<\/a> <\/strong>(AAAI SSS-19), Stanford, CA, March 25-27, 2019. Edited by Antonio Chella<\/strong>, David Gamez<\/strong>, Patrick Lincoln<\/strong>, Riccardo Manzotti<\/strong>, Jonathan Pfautz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “What It’s Like To Be A Bot,”<\/a><\/strong> appearing at Real Life Magazine<\/a><\/strong>,<\/em> May 7, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Cultivating Technomoral Interrelations: A Review of Shannon Vallor\u2019s Technology and the Virtues<\/em>,”<\/strong><\/a> appearing in the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective<\/em><\/strong><\/a> 7, no. 2 (2018): 64-69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Deleting the Human Clause: A Review of Ashley Shew\u2019s Animal Constructions and Technological Knowledge<\/em>,”<\/strong><\/a> appearing in the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective<\/em><\/a><\/strong> 7, no. 2 (2018): 42-44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Is the Technofix in? Research on the Ecological Impact of Solar Power.”<\/strong><\/a> Research on the Ecological Impact of Solar Power <\/em>(December 12, 2017) (2017). DOI:<\/strong> http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2139\/ssrn.3267597<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “D\u00e6mon” Annotation<\/a><\/strong>, appearing in the FrankenBook Project<\/em><\/a>; A Part of Arizona State University’s Frankenstein Bicentennial Project<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Stealing The Light to Write By,”<\/a> <\/strong>appearing in Spirits of Place<\/em>; John Reppion<\/strong>, editor; Daily Grail Publishing, Brisbane, Australia; 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Are We Ready For Artificial Intelligence?”<\/strong><\/a> appearing in Spike Art Magazine<\/em><\/a>; Alex Scrimgeour<\/strong>, editor. Spring 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Go Upgrade Yourself,” appearing in Futurama And Philosophy<\/em><\/strong><\/a>; Courtland D. Lewis<\/strong> and Shaun P. Young<\/strong>, editors; Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA; 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “<\/strong>The Metaphysical Cyborg<\/strong><\/a>” appearing in the proceedings of VRIC ’13<\/strong><\/a>, the Virtual Reality International Conference: Laval Virtual<\/strong>; Article No. 29; ACM<\/strong><\/a> New York, NY, USA \u00a92013. DOI:<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/2466816.2466847<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 “Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point: The Implications of Autonomous Created Intelligence in Speculative Fiction Media<\/a>“<\/strong> appearing in Proceedings of THE MACHINE QUESTION: AI, ETHICS AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, edited by David J. Gunkel, Joanna J. Bryson,<\/strong> and Steve Torrance,<\/strong> 97\u2014104. Published by The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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