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bwaber

@bwaber@hci.social

Media Lab Visiting Scientist, he/him, Senior Visiting Researcher @ Ritsumeikan, Co-Founder of Humanyze, former Senior Researcher @ HBS, author of People Analytics. Most days I'll also post a list of academic talks on AI, management, law, corporate governance, psychology, anthropology, ethics, and similar topics that I've listened to throughout the day (see #AcademicRunPlaylist for examples)

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Please stop assuming that tech and real time data is always the solution to societal problems. It certainly can be, but in this case of child care workers in , this quote from the piece says it best:

"Invest in eggs"

https://restofworld.org/2023/poshan-tracker-child-care-workers-india/

bwaber, to random
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It was a busy day shuttling around the kids to weekend activities, but I was still able to listen to a bunch of talks for my ! (1/10)

bwaber, to ChatGPT
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I just saw a talk series at MIT on "the impact of ." Out of 22 speakers, 2 were women. 0 Black people. I can't believe this is still where we are

bwaber, to random
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The National Museum for African American History has some amazing cc @design_law

A design patent for a traffic signal
A design patent for a breathing device

bwaber, to random
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I mean, not the best way to allocate breaks... https://www.404media.co/amazon-workers-use-bots-to-snatch-fiercely-competitive-time-off/

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I had a great conversation with Mike Walsh in Tokyo that captured many of my thoughts on generative AI, here's the link to his podcast with the recording! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaelwalsh_ai-generativeai-llms-activity-7194074942844379136-Nkxv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

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I think people 100 years from now will still call social media posts tweets but no one will know why. Sort of like the shift key

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Everyone tooting about trains in Europe, remember that y'all have nothing on Japan 🇯🇵

The sightly less long but still very angular front car of the Joetsu Shinkansen. There's a stripe of blue through the middle and white on the side

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A personal best by a decent margin for me today, clearing 46.8 mi/75 km at a good pace! Starting in Shibuya I worked my way past Yokohama and ended close to Odawara, finishing on the Pacific coast with a beach all to myself! And my longest run ever of course meant lots of talks for my !

As a reminder, if you would prefer my playlist in newsletter form you can subscribe at https://academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com/ (1/12)

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Does Lina Khan have merch?

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"Testing LLMs is like going to the Atlantic Ocean, taking a sample and saying there is no bacteria here." - Ricardo Baeza-Yates 🔥

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It was a bit of a whirlwind day, but I was still able to get out for a bit and listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)

bwaber,
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Next was a wide-ranging talk by Christena Nippert-Eng on social camouflage from nature to digital settings at CRASSH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7aYj2scwSk (3/8)

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Last was a short talk by Zoe Kahn on perspectives on data privacy in rural Togo at the UC Berkeley School of Information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6e1HIWZARg (8/8) #privacy #Togo

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Next was an engaging session on industrial policy for innovation at the Harvard Center for International Development with Chiara Criscuolo, Munseob Lee, Barry Naughton, and Ernesto Stein. The examination of Korea's industrial policy was particularly fascinating, especially Hitachi's critical role in making Samsung the behemoth it is today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtvKfONe0bs (5/8)

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Man @thecontinent headlines are 🔥

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I had a good day hanging out with these guys today as well as listening to some talks for my !

If you prefer to get my playlists directly to your inbox, you can subscribe here: https://academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com/ (1/11)

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First was a great talk by Jordan Ellenberg on the importance of uncertainty and contradiction in math and why mathematics is actually part of the humanities at the Santa Fe Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1pXQNaS9Oo (2/11)

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I had a fabulous first day back in Japan (meetings start tomorrow), which meant a trip to the onsen and a very long morning walk with talks for my ! (1/6)

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First was day two of the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State's annual antitrust conference. I particularly liked the opening panel on the DMA with @elibietti, @ProfFionasm, Nicolas Petit, and Maria Luisa Stasi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UjwmequCfQ (2/6)

bwaber, to random
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The male turkey on our street has been busy, and while taking in the local wildlife I was able to listen to some talks for my ! (1/8)

bwaber,
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Next was a great talk by @estebanmoro (👋) on strong ties in social networks at NICO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E8_4imh5gU (5/8)

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It was a packed day for me, but I was still able to fit in a bunch of talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/9)

bwaber,
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(Also at @chi #CHI2024) Cathy (Mengying) Fang - Real-time prompting of interactive worlds using LLMs (highly recommend) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YdYkgNNpE8
@sandy - Critique of Workplace Surveillance Technologies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBz5NYacQKs
Jeesun Oh - Building Proactive Voice Assistants that Respect User Agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAo3gx4F1Lg (4/9)

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It's fitting that on a day when I was on campus I spotted a wild beaver, and while I was enjoying the wildlife I also enjoyed listening to some talks for my ! (1/10)

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Next was a fascinating talk by Tamar Hodos on the parallels between the Iron Age "globalization" of the Mediterranean and the modern-day iteration at Brown University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8Sl7Zr9c0 (8/10)

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I was able to get out a bit on a lovely day, and I was also able to fit in some time for talks for my ! (1/9)

bwaber,
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Next was a fascinating talk by Carolina López-Ruiz on the Phoenicians and the development of the Mediterranean seen through the lens of archaeological sites of Tartessos (southern Iberia) at Brown University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ffcFY8Ssgs (8/9)

bwaber, to random
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Spring held on for another day, and luckily I was able to go out for a decent run accompanied by talks for my ! (1/6)

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Last was an excellent talk by @jtlg on generative AI and copyright at the Allen Institute for AI. Favorite quote: "It's not at all obvious that the incentives to create of the sort that copyright offers are the appropriate system of law to govern this new [technology]. It may be that what replaces copyright due to generative AI is as different from copyright as copyright was from the patronage system that came before it." Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPhm4zBp00 (6/6)

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It was a relaxing start to the long weekend, which meant I had a bunch of time to listen to talks for my ! (1/11)

bwaber,
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First was an engaging panel on antitrust as an agent for change at Cristina Caffarra's antitrust conference with Sarah Cardell, Benoît Coeuré, Nuno Cunha Rodrigues, John Newman, and Aviv Nevo. There's great detail on recent cases undertaken by various authorities, as well as insight into how they view antitrust evolving moving forward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5nQ-1drW58 (2/11)

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Next was a fantastic talk by @rtushnet on trademark law in a time of doctrinal shifts at Duke. Tushnet clearly articulates why and how trademark law is different from copyright law, how recent judicial shifts in the US are impacting trademark law, and considers how drunk one would have to be to mistake a bottle of Jack Daniels for a parody dog toy. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmeK6j4wrkM (9/11)

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