Reposted by Peta MitchellDan @dannno0o.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Absolutely chuffed that my PhD thesis Envisaging simulation and its limits: Large Language Models From Architecture, to Interface, to Ideology has passed examination with no revisions and was nominated by both examiners to receive an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award :D 3154
Reposted by Peta MitchellJean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 07/03/2025How good is it to have a dedicated, publicly funded emergency broadcaster? Grateful to all the ABC local radio teams, keeping us company, making sure we're informed and connected, and bringing comfort to their communities this morning, as #tcalfred finally crosses the coast. 2346
Peta Mitchell @petamitchell.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Ah, it all becomes clear. DOGE's attack on waste is an attack on W.A.S.T.E. Time to unmute the post horn 📯🗑️ 010
Reposted by Peta MitchellTracy Creagh @creaght.bsky.social · 11/02/2025From @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social "The choices academics make now, how we think and talk about the new possibilities which are opening up, alongside many others, will shape the nature of the AI university" @lseblogs.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...blogs.lse.ac.ukGenerative AI is a hinge point for higher educationDecisions taken now around how generative AI is used by academics and universities will shape the future of research. Mark Carrigan argues whilst optimistic scenarios are possible, generative AI st… 073
Reposted by Peta MitchellMike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...blog.archive.orgEnd of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs 4803278112105
Reposted by Peta MitchellSilvia Montaña @silmonn.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Some reflections with colleagues @nedwatt.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social at @theconvo-bot.bsky.social on Meta's decision to end its professionally funded fact-checking model in its platforms and adopt the X crowdsourcing model with a new 'community notes'👇 theconversation.com/meta-is-aban...theconversation.comMeta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformationNumerous studies have shown that fact checking has helped reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation online. 02315
Reposted by Peta MitchellJean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I was asked to write a short explainer about Bluesky for The Conversation - I hope I haven't done anything to annoy the more committed community members (I was an ambivalent and pretty slack early adopter). theconversation.com/what-is-blue...theconversation.comWhat is Bluesky? Why tens of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platformWith a name that invokes freedom and a clean start and a design that promises to put control back in our hands, the Bluesky platform is attracting users away from Twitter/X en masse. 06116
Reposted by Peta MitchellBrady Robards @bradyjay.bsky.social · 26/11/2024This time next week we will be welcoming an incredible line-up of researchers to Monash's Caulfield campus in Naarm/Melbourne and via Zoom, for our tenth (!!) Digital Intimacies conference! Draft program here: drive.google.com/file/d/1o3A5...drive.google.comDigital Intimacies DRAFT PROGRAM November 2024.pdf 33818
Reposted by Peta MitchellMichael Dezuanni @dezuanni.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Annabel Crabb does a great job of summing it up! www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...abc.net.auParliament delivers a performance piece of legislative 'enshittification' that raises more questions than answersYesterday, parliament heard that the major parties will come together and pass a law banning teenagers from social media, after a period of careful thought roughly commensurate with that of a 15-year-... 061
Peta Mitchell @petamitchell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Super excited about our successfully funded #ARC Discovery #DP25 application on GenAI and the future of academic writing and publishing, led by @riedlinm.bsky.social, with Jake Goldenfein, @jeanburgess.bsky.social, & Aaron Snoswell. Get ready to hear lots more about Research GenAI or #RGAI from us! 3364
Reposted by Peta MitchellJean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Are you interested in a variety of perspectives and research on automation and society, and in branching out beyond Europe and North America? If the answer's yes, then I have a great starter pack for you 0198
Reposted by Peta MitchellKate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 24/11/2024A new episode of the @qutdmrc.bsky.social podcast Read Them Sideways is out! Hosted by @svegaard.bsky.social, he chatted with Aljosha Karim Schapals about the release of a new book he has co-edited: Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes. open.spotify.com/episode/5htz...open.spotify.comEpisode 15: International media landscapes with Aljosha Karim SchapalsRead Them Sideways · Episode 195
Reposted by Peta MitchellJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Here's my analysis on the rushing of the social media ban bill. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comIf so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it 9270101