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Why Your Work Software is Exhausting to Use

Has the software you need to use to get administrative things done at work gotten more time-consuming to use? Do you feel like the software…

4d ago

4d ago

The Cost of a Taco: Accelerating Dark Patterns for Consumers and the Threat of AI Agents

There are four pretty good taco shops near my office. Yesterday for lunch I had one fish taco and one grilled chicken. Here’s my receipt:

Sep 25

The Cost of a Taco: Accelerating Dark Patterns for Consumers and the Threat of AI Agents

Sep 25

AI and the Erosion of Student Knowledge and Integrity

AI is encouraging students to be more ignorant and more dishonest.

Jun 25

Jun 25

An Unethical Study of r/changemyview by University of Zurich Highlights the Need for International…

When it became public knowledge that researchers at University of Zurich had conducted an experiment on members of the subreddit…

May 8

An Unethical Study of r/changemyview by University of Zurich Highlights the Need for International…

May 8

Accelerating Ignorance

Do you ever feel like we’re all — individually and collectively — getting more ignorant? I believe we are, and the process is accelerating…

Jan 31

Jan 31

Why Let Corporations Decide What is True or Important?

It’s not good news that Facebook is turning off fact checking — but the system was already fundamentally flawed. Commercial platforms make…

Jan 15

Jan 15

Evolving College Classroom Rules — Post Pandemic and Generative AI

Two weird things happened is succession. First, we had a global pandemic and moved classes online for roughly 18 months. Not long after we…

Oct 15, 2024

Oct 15, 2024

Should You Compensate Research Study Participants?

Recently I got a comment from Reviewer Two that said (paraphrasing), “I’d like the authors to explain why they didn’t compensate interview…

Oct 14, 2024

Oct 14, 2024

Generative AI is Unclean

“Interesting — the news just said if you’re dehydrated, the best thing to drink is skim milk,” I told my scientist friends, moderators of…

Jun 28, 2024

Jun 28, 2024

A Paradigm Shift: From Generative AI to Smart Research Tools

I can almost hear the AI saying, “Don’t you worry your pretty little head about it, ma’am — this is right.”

May 29, 2024

May 29, 2024

Amy Bruckman

Amy Bruckman

I do research on social media, including online collaboration, social movements, and online moderation and harassment.

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