Great article and analysis by Paul Rosenberg on how choices by journalists and editors determine which 'facts' and framings come to dominate political news. salon.com/2022/12/10/how…

#Derrida did not know to what extent he was right, with what exactitude he had accurately predicted the grammatological opportunities/challenges of #ChatGPT and other #LLM implementations. (Image generated by #dalle ).

ChatGPT is the best bullshitter there's ever been. Despite the hype, it won't replace search and isn't a good learning tool. But it's still exciting! Sayash Kapoor and I identify three specific areas where ChatGPT is very useful despite its limitations.
aisnakeoil.substack.com/p/chatgpt-is-a…

Neat open-access webinar series by my colleague Dr. Rahul Mitra on research and academic writing. All current 10 episodes are open-access and a great resource for students working on final papers and beyond.
youtube.com/playlist?list=… #academicwriting #writing #openaccess

What makes news posts engaging in different ways? My new article offers answers focusing on news publishers’ posts on Facebook
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… (open access)
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Are we still announcing papers over here? We surveyed mods who had quit and found that *other mods* were a big factor. Psych distress too. #research journals.sagepub.com/eprint/BBWM7VP…

With #Galactica and #ChatGPT I'm seeing people again getting excited about the prospect of using language models to 'access knowledge' (i.e. instead of search engines).

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lots of conversation about the OpenAI chatbot and how it might be used for cheating (e.g., answering questions on take-home tests) so here is my contribution of some questions that students might have to answer in my tech ethics class

what if you discovered that your whole scientific field depended on low interest rates

I recently had a chance to browse through the Animage collection of my friend Lillian Olsen, translator of Hunter x Hunter for Viz. In the 90s, Animage had a regular feature that included artists' 1-panel renditions of movies. Will share some of my favorites in this thread.

This is a fantastic review of the psychological underpinnings of conspiracy theory beliefs!
nature.com/articles/s4415…

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We expect to begin evaluating applications for 2023 summer internships with our team next week. Apply by early next week for full consideration!

A historical overview of our growing field: Human-Computer Interaction #HCI : A chronology of ACM SIGCHI conferences: 1983 to 2022, from human factors to designing interactive system to sustainable societies dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/35…

This is groundbreaking research: The researchers found that the way people see the world is driven more by their personality than other dimensions including gender, race, age, and political ideology. We really underestimate the role of personality. psypost.org/2022/11/neuroi…

📢 new paper! We look at the social media affordances for message amplification that highlight either the message creator or amplifier, and how these design choices influence allyship message effects

If you e-file your US tax using H&R Block, TaxAct or TaxSlayer, your most sensitive financial information was nonconsenually shared with @Facebook, where it was added to the involuntary dossier the company maintains billions of people, including people who don't use FB. 1/

Well that's a wrap on #CSCW2022 ! On behalf of myself, Loren Terveen, and the whole #CSCW2023 organizing committee, we can't wait to see you all at ACM CSCW next October, whether that's in person in Minneapolis or online!