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Nick Proferes

@profprof.bsky.social
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Studies tech, discourse, and how sometimes things mean other things. Opinions are my own. Grading while listening to death metal enthusiast.

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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 20/09/2026
Opinion: The ability to remember you and your preferences is rapidly becoming a big selling point for AI chatbots and agents. That creates the potential for unprecedented privacy breaches that expose not only isolated data points, but the entire mosaic of people’s lives.
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What AI “remembers” about you is privacy’s next frontier
Agents’ technical underpinnings create the potential for breaches that expose the entire mosaic of your life.
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This would do your head in. The most ‘successful’ use of genAI is the pollution of the information ecology, and the destruction of the careers that are built on it.
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Girish M. Duvvuri @gmduvvuri.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The open secret to pedagogy research is that small class sizes/maximizing educator attention per pupil is the simplest, most effective, and unfortunately the least attractive to administration thing you can do to improve learning outcomes.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
OpenAI is now facing more than 50 consumer harm and wrongful death lawsuits alleging that extensive use of ChatGPT resulted in psychological harm, physical injury, and even the deaths of users and/or those around them. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI Is Now Facing Over 50 Consumer Harm and Wrongful Death Lawsuits
OpenAI was hit with 30 new lawsuits overs its alleged role in the Tumbler Ridge school massacre. It now faces over 50 consumer harm lawsuits.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Axiomatic AI CEO Jake Taylor, who established the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, argues US AI policy needs a key pillar: powerful systems require consistent verification against safety benchmarks that are public and interpretable.
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AI Systems Are Getting More Powerful. The Ability to Verify Must Keep Pace.
Closing the gap requires public, standardized testing tools built where the work is happening, as it is happening, writes Jake Taylor.
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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
More research meetings should come with garlic naan
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

 

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000). 

 

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

 

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.         

 

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
“An academic journal published by Springer has retracted over 200 papers since the start of last month… Retraction Watch reported that the problems in the notes suggest ‘blind use of AI or machine-translation software.’”
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Springer journal retracted over 200 papers since Sept. 1
An academic journal published by Springer has retracted over 200 papers since the start of last month, Retraction Watch reported.
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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
On the off chance you're relying on OSF to store your data; put copies of it somewhere safe ASAP. I like to think they've got the runway to keep storing things like they suggest, but it wouldn't be the first time something like this went dark on the internet. www.cos.io/osf-changes
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OSF Changes | Center for Open Science
We are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif...
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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
JAMA's new guidance says AI may not be used for clinical images / videos Lit reviews are okay though.... I have thoughts about that, having seen how (a) badly the tools perform (b) how few researchers do any verification jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Updated Guidance for Author Use of AI in Medical Publication
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping research and scientific publishing at an unprecedented pace, with extraordinary promise. We as editors embrace AI as a tool that can be helpful to researchers...
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“In the 1990s + 2000s, gov’ts, uni’s, + libraries—the institutions that historically bore responsibility for organizing + preserving public knwldg—declined to, or were prevented from, bldg the digital infrastructure plainly required by an age when democracy seemed ascendant + universally desirable”
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What Was the Internet?
As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.
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Deen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We got new research out today y'all--if you study TikTok, buckle up because we found something wilddddd... arxiv.org/abs/2608.09917 (accepted @ ICWSM 2027)
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WhichTok? Comparing Three TikTok Data Acquisition Tools
TikTok's global growth has made it a prime platform for both entertainment and political discourse, prompting increased social science research. However, this rapidly evolving research field faces a f...
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“I lost my confidence in my own writing.” When a student sitting on a stage shares this with an auditorium full of adult educators, acknowledging why they stopped using AI in their own school work, it has an impact. Two weeks later and I still remember what it felt like to hear that...
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
AI is deepening misgivings about the most accessible form of higher education, just as many students are struggling with the academic aftermath of the pandemic and questioning whether they have the skills to succeed in college. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...
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A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students
As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
age 16: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers! age 46: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for a functional search engine or the library or friends
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Joshua Bowman @thalesdisciple.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Working on an A.I. policy for my calculus classes. Decided to be upfront about the current situation with LLMs and to give a heartfelt explanation for why the course still matters.
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Artificial Intelligence, or "A.l.," Is a broad term used to refer to several different kinds of technologies. The kind most relevant to this class are Large Language Models (LLMs), which use mathematics to analyze large amounts of human-produced text and then generate new text that simulates what a human might write in response to prompts or questions. Some examples of LLMs are OpenAl's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini.Current LLMs can provide a solution to any calculus problem I give you. So why should we work on them, you might ask? Here's the thing: for the most part, the problems were already solved anyway. Calculus as a subject is nearly 400 years old. It has reached into virtually every modern scientific and economic field. And while I would like to believe that I have crafted a few new problems with some small amount of originality tailored to this class, for the most part I have curated a collection of exercises drawn from my years of teaching calculus. Those exercises come from textbooks, workshops, friends, and other fields of study, as well as my own invention.
And they nearly all have known solutions, often with fairly standard approaches.
Before A.I. became widely available, you could find those solutions in another textbook, or from a friend's notes, or through a repository on the internet.The point of this class is not necessarily to solve problems that have never been solved before. It is for you to develop habits of thinking that are used by mathematicians, scientists, and policymakers-to develop a sort of mental toolbox that can be applied to new problems. If along the way you happen to find a new way of solving one of the class exercises, that's great! I am constantly learning new things from my students. But you will be bereft of discovery if you rely on a LLM for solutions to the calculus problems before you. Here I mean the discovery of having your own realizations, crystallizing your own internal understanding, claiming the knowledge in a way that cannot be taken away from you.
That ownership is what I want for you, and that is what the course is built around.
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I thought I'd repost this piece quoting the first sentence. Then I thought, no, the first paragraph. No, the first three. And I went on doing that until the final word. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
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xiaochang @xiaochang.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Resurfacing online to mention: my book on the history of Speech Rec, NLP, and data-driven AI is coming out in a couple of weeks! Just got my author's copy from @uchicagopress.bsky.social and it finally feels real! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Divination Engines
A revealing and surprising origin story, showing how attempts to render human speech and language computable led from the era of big data to today’s AI. Since the advent of computers, society has fant...
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Ahead of a hearing before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee tomorrow, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a 120-pg report, "Science: A New Golden Age" www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... Here's the summary from the press release:
The report organizes its recommendations to government, industry, academia, and philanthropy around four key pillars:

1. Revitalize America’s Science and Technology Enterprise
The R&D enterprise should refocus support on individual scientists rather than legacy institutions, diversify funding mechanisms beyond slow consensus peer review, create agile new research organizations such as X-Labs and expanded ARPA-like entities, and establish metascience units to institutionalize continuous improvement.

2. Secure U.S. Dominance in Critical and Emerging Technologies
Federal R&D should prioritize national mission-driven scientific initiatives that unite government, industry, academia, and philanthropy around ambitious goals. These include the Genesis Mission to double the productivity of American research through AI; the Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science (QC-ADDS); commercial fusion power demonstration by the mid-2030s; crewed lunar return and lunar base development; and next-generation semiconductor technologies.

3. Launch a New Golden Age Powered by AI for Science
The Federal government should fully fund and scale the Genesis Mission as the flagship national AI-for-science initiative to dramatically accelerate discovery; develop domain-specific scientific foundation models and high-value datasets, invest in AI-enabled verification infrastructure and autonomous laboratories; and begin transitioning toward AI-native scientific institutions better suited to an era of machine-augmented research.

4. Ensure That Science and Technology Better the Lives of All Americans
Federal agencies should integrate hands-on technical training and apprenticeships into STEM education, open scientific careers to skilled craftspeople and practitioners, build dense regional innovation clusters that link research with advanced manufacturing, and ensure that the economic returns of discovery reach every region and community in the country.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14/07/2026
new game show idea "is it rhetorical technology" you have to guess which technologies are meant to actually do something, and which ones are just providing cover for what someone wanted to do anyway
still from the show Is It Cake, with the host, a white guy in a pink shirt and a green jacket, standing arms wide gesturing at four podia with a boombox made out of cake, a boot, a vcr and tapes, and a rollerblade
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I have a foolproof way to make sure that your papers contain absolutely no fake references . . . . . read the papers you cite.
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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joannad-c.bsky.social @joannad-c.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Attention philosophers, x-philosophers and moral psychologists - I'm hiring! Two, 3-year research fellowships on an interdisciplinary project in the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab at the Uehiro Institute, Oxford. Pass it on! For more info and to apply: tinyurl.com/mrwwuyaw
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a penguin is sticking his head out of a hole next to a job application
ALT: a penguin is sticking his head out of a hole next to a job application
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404 Media @404media.co · 27/04/2026
A senior staff scientist at Google’s artificial intelligence laboratory DeepMind, Alexander Lerchner, argues in a new paper that no AI or other computational system will ever become conscious.
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Google DeepMind Paper Argues LLMs Will Never Be Conscious
Philosophers said the paper’s argument is sound, but that “all these arguments have been presented years and years ago.”
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 24/04/2026
Issue 29.2 of M/C Journal, 'twitter', is now live and free on the M/C Journal site. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we did creating it. 🩵🩵🩵 journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...
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Vol. 29 No. 2 (2026): twitter | M/C Journal
M/C Journal - a journal of media and culture, founded in 1998.
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The most interesting finding from our survey with @askhistorians.bsky.social is a relationship between someone's belonging and a sense of AI use. The more someone thinks AI is being used, the lower they rank their sense of belonging. This may help explain how AI contributes to community collapse.
 Finally, we were interested in the relationship between AI use and perceptions of community culture, like affective commitment and information quality. So again, we ran a regression analysis and, as above, are summarizing the results below. Positive and negative results are statistically significant, neutral are not. Because we’re doing statistical tests, these could only reliably be run with data collected from the random sample. The first table reports on community attachment and the second on information quality.
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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🥁🥁🥁 Newly out from us today in Science Advances: “Biased AI Writing Assistants Shift Users’ Attitudes on Societal Issues”. Large Language Models are providing users with autocomplete writing suggestions on many platforms. Could these suggestions shift users’ own attitudes? (spoiler: YES) (1/7)
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Nick Proferes @profprof.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Really enjoying the smooth jazz before paper sessions start at CHI.
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Anne Jonas 🌻 @annejonas.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Apparently there is *no way for authors to opt out of AI generated podcasts* displayed prominently on the ACM digital library publication page. #chi2026
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Anne Jonas 🌻 @annejonas.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Do #CHI2026 authors that had an AI podcast made of their paper on the ACM Digital Library have any way to have it removed? Are they aware their work has been used in this way?
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
📣 We're excited that the program for this year’s #GESISfallseminar in Computational Social Science is out & registration is now open! 🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026 📍 GESIS Mannheim or online More info at gesis.org/fallseminar. Full program & registration at t1p.de/FallSeminar2026-Program. @gesis.org
GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2026
🗓️ 31 Aug – 29 Sep 2026
📍 Mannheim or online
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Gregory Convertito @gregconvertito.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
All recent posts in the APA Blog's reanimated "Teaching and Learning Video Series" can be found here. This quoted post is my initial series reintroduction, and I will add posts to this thread as they are published. Please reach out if you are interested in contributing to the series.
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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“Internal researchers can observe patterns, risks, and harms at a scale and level of precision that is simply unavailable to outside scholars.” metasinternalresearch.org
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Meta’s Internal Research
What The Company Learned About Social Media and Harms to Mental Health from Dozens of Internal Studies
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This puts its finger on it: “‘Once a computer can use computers, you’re off to the races,’ Dean Ball, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, told me.”
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI danielsolove.substack.com/p/why-consen...
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Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI
The following is an excerpt from my book ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY where I summarize my thinking on privacy consent:
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I love the Olympics
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Nick Proferes @profprof.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I totally missed this, but it seems like First Monday is closing down as of May after 30 years of publication. firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
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First Monday @ 30 | First Monday
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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"The reason these aspects of our jobs have been so challenging to automate is that they rely on something even more precious than our time: namely, our capacity for scientific decision-making. It is worth considering what we lose when we cede that—and our agency—to machines."
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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
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Intertapes — Main
Obscure tape finds and their stories
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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Join us in Frankfurt or online: "Social Media Access Days" - Social media data between research and infrastructure – sustainable archiving, cataloguing and access. March 17-19. Featuring a keynote by @snurb.info. Full program and registration details at: www.dnb.de/EN/Kulturell...
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Social Media Access Days
Social media data between research and infrastructure – sustainable archiving, cataloguing and access.
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
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About the Conference
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Bloomsbury Philosophy @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
From claims about implementing consciousness to arguments about cognitive architecture & ChatGPT, 'Great Philosophical Objections to Artificial Intelligence' introduces the philosophy of AI. Order: bit.ly/4poIMLh Preview: bit.ly/3YXvieO Exam/Inspection copies available
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Great Philosophical Objections to Artificial Intelligence
An entertaining introduction to the clashes between philosophy and AI over the last 70 years, from claims and counter-claims about the ability to implement cons…
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Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
In the midst of massive anti-regime protests, Iran’s govt has completely disconnected the country from the global Internet. www.kentik.com/analysis/ira...
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Iran Goes Dark as Government Cuts Itself Off from Internet
Move comes as protest movement grows more widespread In response to a growing anti-government protest movement, the government of Iran has…
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Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The CFP for #AoIR2025 in Mexico City is now posted. The theme is "Regeneration(s)". Submissions are due March 1. aoir.org/aoir2026/aoi...
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants. 

As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented. 

You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.   

This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.   Primary Responsibilities 

Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms 

Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation 

Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center 

Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options

Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process 

Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce 

Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata 

Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets 

Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use 

Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata 

Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing. 

Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving. Education/Training/Experience 

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field.  

5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting. 

At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles. 

Background in social science research or data curation. 

Experience in data management, archiving, or research support. 

Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk.

Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools. 

Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. 

Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows. 

 

 

Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements 

Strong organizational and communication skills. 

Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products. 

Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish. 

Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously. 

Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams. 

Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions 

 

FLSA Status: Exempt  

Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000. 

Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).  Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
Screenshot of a paper entry:
Fictional Failures and Real-World Lessons: Ethical Speculation Through Design Fiction on Emotional Support Conversational AI
Authors: Faye Kollig, Jessica Pater, Fayika Farhat Nova, Casey Fiesler
(There are tabs with "abstract" and "summary" and "summary" is selected.)
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Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Our third @acm-sigchi.bsky.social Research Ethics Committee column is live! With @cfiesler.bsky.social and @vitak.bsky.social, we examine how ethics intersects with SIGCHI peer review, and how to better embed it into community practice. doi.org/10.1145/3778...
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Ethics in Review: When Researcher Responsibility Meets Peer Review | Voices of SIGCHI
Research ethics ideally begins long before we open Overleaf and start preparing a manuscript for submission. Ethical decisions should guide study design, data collection, and the analysis of results, ...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/12/2025
Once again.
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