Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026i've run out of synonyms for the word 'sycophantic' and it hurts me 000
Reposted by Jo Gunawantunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place. 425174233861
Reposted by Jo GunawanAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026get caught up on the backstory while you can't get caught up on grading theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/historyofc...theamericanvandal.substack.comThe Secret History of Canvas LMS, Corporate Raiders, & The Chatbot Bubble (Vandal Live at UVU)Listen now (112 mins) | with Christa Albrecht-Crane, Angie McKinnon Carter, and Chiler Moore 210443
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026nothing quite like teaching cyber incident case studies to students right as Canvas gets taken down (to fix the cyber incident)... and also, before assignments are due, and a midterm!!!!! 010
Reposted by Jo GunawanJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 20/04/2026the penne opticon 13646849
Reposted by Jo GunawanTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026The European Commission's new age verification app has already been found to have structural security flaws, reports Joana Soares. For critics, the tool is a symptom of a wider problem: EU policymakers are focused on who can access the internet, not on how platforms are built.techpolicy.pressThe EU's Age Verification Fix Creates More Problems Than it SolvesThe European Commission's new age verification app has already drawn criticism from security researchers, reports Joana Soares. 01717
Reposted by Jo GunawanMark Dingemanse @markdingemanse.net · 17/04/2026ACM #chi2026 authors: ACM is doing slopcasts for your papers. Just because they don't offer an opt-out doesn't mean you shouldn't protest this surrender to wasteful mediocrity. Feel free to repurpose what I wrote about the slop 'summaries' codeberg.org/mdingemanse/... >codeberg.org 22712
Reposted by Jo GunawanMarianne Aubin Le Quéré @mariannealq.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I had heard people at #CHI2026 say that they didn't want AI-generated podcasts to be made on top of their work. While this perspective is totally understandable, I thought the podcasts could potentially be useful. But after looking up one of mine, I can't believe this feature was allowed to launch. 21911
Reposted by Jo GunawanEPIC @epic.org · 13/04/2026EPIC is proud to join 70+ organizations in calling on Meta to halt and publicly disavow its plans to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses. We don't consent to this profound invasion of privacy, and you shouldn't either.epic.orgEPIC joins ACLU’s ‘Eyewear, Not Spyware!’ campaign to fight Meta’s surveillance glassesUpdates 15525
Reposted by Jo GunawanMegan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 12/04/2026big Inflection point EFF leaving X cuz crap platform for comms, separate and apart from whatever morality stance www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgEFF is Leaving XAfter almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 052
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026my nails are ready for #CHI2026! looking forward to presenting a Best Paper Honorable Mention study, workshop paper, and co-run a dark patterns workshop this week. come say hi if you see me and lets chat HCI+law! 010
Reposted by Jo GunawanACM CHI @chi.acm.org · 10/04/2026Attending CHI for the first time? Join the CHI 101 Panel! Monday · 2:15–3:45 PM · Auditorium Learn how to navigate CHI Hear from HCI researchers across career stages Ask your questions live (via Slido) Open to all—no sign-up needed. Come make the most of #CHI2026! 072
Reposted by Jo GunawanAustin Toombs @altoombs.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Austin’s Unofficial Rules for Not Dying (or Being Boring) at Conferences, particularly #chi2025 A short thread of practical survival tips for the conference grind: 1268
Reposted by Jo GunawanJohn Alexis Guerra Gomez @johnguerra.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The CHI Papers Explorer is back for #CHI2026! As every year, you can explore all 2,769 papers using semantic search. Type any topic, see papers ranked by relevance, and build your schedule. Try it and please share with everyone heading to Barcelona: johnguerra.co/viz/chi2026P... @chi.acm.org #HCI 0269
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Not to screech from the rooftops, but Go Huskies!!! Excited to reunite with some NU folks at CHI this year :) 010
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026y'all, the moon program is back!!!! (right as i started watching For All Mankind -- perfection.) 000
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Back after a wonderful Junior Scholars Workshop for the ACM CSLAW Symposium! Now to nurse my jet lag... 000
Reposted by Jo GunawanFrank Pasquale @frankpasquale.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026“The most extreme form of cognitive surrender is what the authors call “autopilot,” which is basically automating yourself.” A New Wharton Study on AI Warns of a Growing Problem: Cognitive Surrender www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/a-ne… via Instapaperthealgorithmicbridge.comA New Wharton Study on AI Warns of a Growing Problem: Cognitive SurrenderCasual users should pay special attention 04218
Reposted by Jo GunawanPeter Henderson @peterhenderson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Missing from the headline: "using Claude Code." Vibe hacking is already a thing. I've been saying this for a while, but no model-level safeguards will prevent it entirely. What they can do is slow it down enough for us to put societal-level safeguards in place. www.popsci.com/technology/r... 151
Reposted by Jo GunawanWes Craven Glizzies @ywfyf.com · 24/02/2026Control one Internet connected thermostat – harass one household Control many thermostats – attack the electric grid Control one robot vacuum – harass one cat Control many robot vacuums – harass all the catstomshardware.comUser accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video fee...Did he just unintentionally raise his own robot army? 1227181
Reposted by Jo GunawanCarissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Very nice review from MIT Technology Review "One might start by reminding the rationalists that any prediction [about human beings], computational or otherwise, is really just a wish—but one with a powerful tendency to self-fulfill... www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/18/1...technologyreview.comThe robots who predict the futureThree books unpack our infatuation with prediction, and what we lose when we outsource this task to machines. 1155
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026this article in sum: love (and) death (of) robots we briefly touched upon this unintended or intended pulling of robots' proverbial plugs in our CHI'25 paper -- safer sunsetting of products that foster attachment is *seriously* needed www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comOpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’Its human partners said the flirty, quirky GPT-4o was the perfect companion – on the eve of Valentine’s Day, it’s being turned off for good. How will users cope? 000
Reposted by Jo GunawanThe Verge @theverge.com · 09/02/2026Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next monthbuff.lyDiscord will require a face scan or ID for full access next monthAge verification for all. 60126401859
Reposted by Jo GunawanVeena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 24/01/2026“Brain-only participants exhibited the strongest, most distributed networks; Search Engine users showed moderate engagement; and LLM users displayed the weakest connectivity.” www.media.mit.edu/publications...media.mit.eduYour Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media LabThis study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and … 1208
Reposted by Jo GunawanSarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 23/01/2026Dropping this here for anyone who needs it. I’m slightly too long in the tooth for this being my own experience but I said to my elder millennial bff that this for sure was in “the den.” What even is having “a den?”officialexclusive.comDesktop Computer Console PinRelive the charm of the 90s with this enamel pin featuring a 90s windows desktop computer console hutch! Chunky monitors to retro vibes, this pin has it all. 3342
Reposted by Jo GunawanMaria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 20/01/2026social media bans are not the solution to toxic tech platforms and they hurt the most vulnerable kids lgbtqia kids are NOT acceptable collateral damage to stop these companies, kill their toxic business model at source (e.g. Netherlands just required non-algo feeds) everything else is theatre. 23418
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Thrilled to be in The Hague today on a panel regarding online choice architecture for consumers at the Dutch Digital Supervisors Collaboration Platform (SDT) Symposium! www.sdt-symposium.nl/programma-on...sdt-symposium.nlOnline keuzes maken als consument: word je verleid of misleid? - Sessie - SDT Symposium 010
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 12/09/2025happy #CHI26 submission szn, y'all! may the PCS gods smile upon you ✨️ 010
Reposted by Jo GunawanWai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social · 10/09/2025“An Ad Posing as Medical Advice”: User Accounts of Dark UX in FemTech mHealth Apps by Ghada Alsebayel, Giovanni M Troiano, @johannagunawan.bsky.social @hermansaksono.bsky.social & Casper Harteveld doi.org/10.1145/3743...doi.org“An Ad Posing as Medical Advice”: User Accounts of Dark UX in FemTech mHealth Apps | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer InteractionFemTech is an emerging industry offering products, software, and services to support women’s health and well-being. Within FemTech, mobile health applications (mHealth apps) are popular for managing m... 112
Jo Gunawan @johannagunawan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025i've been writing primarily in british english for the past year and now i fear i've lost the american english habit 010
Reposted by Jo GunawanRobin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 02/09/2025I don't think people understand quite well enough that browsers are *hard*. If you want to get a sense of how hard, try Mary's excellent in-depth coverage of one small issue. 23210
