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Jaime Banks

@amperjay.bsky.social

935 followers 107 following 45 posts

Prof at Syracuse U's iSchool. Robots, social AI, videogames, dogs, wine, travel ...

Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Two new pubs, both a new kind of writing for me (scholarly grouching?) on topics I feel strongly about. Ghosting the Machine: Stop calling human-AI relations "parasocial" (CUI'26) doi.org/10.1145/3816... With Jessica Szczuka, "Stop panicking about AI companions" (CACM) doi.org/10.1145/3778...

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Seeking folks with AI companions (like #replika, #kindroid, #nomiai) to participate in academic research exploring dimensions of this form of companionship. More information here (or message me with questions) syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Full. 🍊

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I'll present three fun papers at HICSS next week, out now in Proceedings: *AI art debates over time: hdl.handle.net/10125/108904 *How we see (different) robots as worthy of moral consideration: hdl.handle.net/10125/108906 *When an LLM reminds you it's a machine: hdl.handle.net/10125/109120

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Most excellent cover art (Insta: ninjajo_art) for my upcoming edited volume in the Digital Formations Series (Peter Lang). It brings together the work of 38 scholars from 12 countries--empiricists, engineers, ethicists, philosophers, rhetoricians, critical scholars--to unpack robot sociality.

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

Some fun research presentations coming up at #HICSS24 tomorrow and Friday, with @bowmanspartan.bsky.social and Qingyu Liang ... 🧠🎮🤖💻

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Academic types: The APA journal /Technology, Mind, and Behavior/ has put out the call for a new editor. You can self-nominate using the info below, or nominations can be made for others to be considered.

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Heading out this afternoon to #MediaPsych23 at @uni_lu. Presenting just-in-time inductive analysis - with @bowmanspartan.bsky.social - of Sense of Place dimensions across positive/negative & digital/physical spaces. We'd love to know if there's a digital 'place' you strongly feel you 'know.'

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Jaime Banks @amperjay.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

Meme of 'Davy Jones' from Disney's Pirates of the Carribean, overlaid with neon glasses and clothing. Text reads: You best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias. You're in one.'

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