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Peter Nagy

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Chatted with @bcmerchant.bsky.social about what "AI" is doing to workers, the loss of dignity on the job, and the work we're doing at @dairinstitute.bsky.social's Luddite Lab. Despite the grim outlook, chatting with Brian is always a delight. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-real-a...
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The real AI jobs apocalypse
A chat with sociologist and ‘AI Con’ author Dr. Alex Hanna. Plus, the human labor that behind Waymos, NYC bans AI in schools, and why a ‘tech forward future’ is a mirage.
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Peter Nagy @petnagy.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy e01e05 is such a beautiful love letter to my favorite star trek show—Deep Space Nine.
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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
New from me - Epstein continued attending dinners alongside the likes of Musk, Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin after his sentence for child sex offenses www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison
Billionaires and intellectuals attended events with the disgraced financier years after he served time for sex offense, files reveal
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"half of the research published in top journals has disclosable ties to industry .... However, the majority of these ties go undisclosed in the published research." "industry-tied research garners more attention within the academy, among policymakers, on social media, and in the news."
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction." "How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 05/11/2025
Finally one thing they are, due to being statistical models of text, these neural networks and other large language models are indeed designed to do: milquetoastify boringify language. LLMs steal and drain off human creativity originality verve by merely copying. english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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The ChatGPT effect: We’ve all started talking like robots
The use of artificial intelligence is leading to a flattening of our language that is evident in the emails we write and the texts we compose. Studies have already confirmed this. Robotic verbiage era...
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Dan Kotliar @danmk.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
1/ 🚨New article out! 𝗖𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲: 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜’𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 What happens in the so-called AI revolutions? And what role does hype play in them? This article proposes a methodological framework for studying AI and its hype. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/studyhype 🧵👇
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Peter Nagy @petnagy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"Viewing Replika companions as quasi-domesticated objects can open up new ways for better understanding the Artificial Sociality of social chatbots" #generativeai #chatbots Read our latest paper w/ @ginasue.bsky.social here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Peter Nagy @petnagy.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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a boat is going through the water with the words " hahaha business " below it
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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 28/05/2025
@shuhbillskee.bsky.social, Niklas Johannes & I finally submitted our critique of a "new paradigm" in social media effects research for peer-review at Meta-Psychology. If you're interested in reviewing, please submit a review to open.peer.reviewer@gmail.com or e.g. prereview.org, or reply here.
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"Three objections to a novel paradigm in social media effects research"

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The study of social media effects on psychological well-being has reached an impasse: Popular commentators confidently assert that social media are bad for users but research results are mixed and have had little practical impact. In response, one research group has proposed a path forward for the field that moves beyond studying population averages
to find effects that are specific to individuals. We outline three objections to that research agenda. On a methodological level, the key empirical results of this programme—proportions of the population of individuals with negative, null, and positive social media effects—are not appropriately estimated and reported. On a theoretical level, these results do little to advance our understanding of social media and its psychological implications. On a paradigmatic level, this “personalized media effects paradigm” (Valkenburg et al., 2021a, p.74) cannot inform inferences about individuals and therefore does not deliver what it claims. We express concern that this research approach may be contributing to confusing messaging to both societal stakeholders and scientists investigating how social media and well-being might be related. We sincerely hope that describing these objections prompts the field to work together in adopting better practices to develop a better understanding of well-being in the digital age.
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Peter Nagy @petnagy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
🕹️ Have you ever wondered how players make sense of the increasing commodification of video games? If so, you'll find our paper "How Players Make Use of Cosmetic Items in Video Games: A Persona Approach" useful. 🎮https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2490
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a woman sitting at a table talking to a man who says money pleeeeease
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Peter Nagy @petnagy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Our final paper from the Frankenstein Bicentennial Project (frankenstein.asu.edu) just got published! In this study, we showcase how concepts such as possible self and interest in science can enable students to engage in science more imaginatively. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A screenshot of first page of the article "My Grades Are not as Good as a Scientist: Understanding Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Science and Scientists Through Science Possible Selves and Interests"
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/03/2025
“If you mapped all of the existing power plants in South Carolina, they’d follow the old path of one of the foundational pillars of the American economy through South Carolina: plantations and enslaved labor…We’ve seen the repeated pattern of these threats in our community.”
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America's Digital Demand Threatens Black Communities with More Pollution
The collective costs of artificial intelligence and data centers are disproportionately harming Black households.
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Matt McDaniel @themattmcd.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
So here's what's cool about my job: Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
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Peter Nagy @petnagy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
"Harry, in the heat of investigative pursuit, the shortest distance between two points is not necessarily in a straight line."
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
📣 Vacancy for Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Department of Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Aarhus University, Denmark. (Deadline January 6) international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at the School of Communication and Culture - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
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𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 @sugarkat.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
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Upol Ehsan | hiring PhDs for Fall'27 @upolehsan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
[ #academicSky, pls help + repost] Reminder: Fully funded PhD! Join my lab if you want to do impactful work in Explainable AI, Human-centered AI, and Responsible AI! (upolehsan.com) Beyond research intersections, why should you want to work with me? 🧵1/n
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here's the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 starter pack! Includes past guests and friends of the show. @emilymbender.bsky.social @whatulysses.bsky.social go.bsky.app/3BjnHmd
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