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

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First was an interesting talk by David Gissen on the architecture of disability at the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub). Architecture has engaged with accessibility well before HCI, and the insight Gissen brings here is widely applicable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uV0hxeChgY (2/9)

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Next was a whole slate of talks at @chi :
Dipto Das - Audit of Bengali Sentiment Analysis Tools (highly recommend) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OagUATCFWqE
Takanori Komatsu - Waiting Time Perception of Count-downs/ups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x0TTB-gNVc
@vedantneedmoeducation - Sensible and Sensitive AI for Worker Wellbeing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JHc4V_mxNw&t=1s (cont’d, 3/9)

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(Also at @chi ) 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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Man @thecontinent headlines are 🔥

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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 hate the term "data analytics." By definition, analytics have to be about data. Otherwise what are you analyzing? Vibes?

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🎉 https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/05/07/construction-begins-on-what-is-set-to-become-cambridges-tallest-building/?p1=hp_secondary

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@andresmh Every neighborhood I've lived in in the Boston area has gotten nicer after I moved away 😅

Kendall has so much more there now. I remember when the only restaurants were ABP, the food court next to the Coop, and Characters

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@andresmh @natematias Tatte is good, so is Clover. There's also a bunch of nicer restaurants now

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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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How do we keep doing CS research that isn’t AI? https://asbruckman.medium.com/surviving-the-ai-summer-64626e5547e3

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@andresmh @asb Given that it appears that the Colorado legislature appears to essentially define all software as AI in their new draft AI regulations, this isn't too far off (FYI @bkeegan)

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@andresmh @asb @bkeegan Yeah it's just concerning that it's being written into law

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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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Does Lina Khan have merch?

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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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Lol

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@andresmh I think I discovered that my current limit is probably 50 miles 😁

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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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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)

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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

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@design_law Clearly exposed my ignorance on the matter 😁

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I'm Jewish. Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism, and it's become a huge problem that those things have become conflated. Most criticism I read of Israel is not antisemitic, and in my opinion much of it is justified.

With that as preface, I want to say that I do think the statements this student made are antisemitic. USC's decision feels slightly bad because tons of anti-Muslim speakers are given free reign, while this student has her speech cancelled. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1244990599/usc-valedictorian-speech-canceled

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It was an absolutely gorgeous day for the Boston Marathon, and away from the crowd I was able to also enjoy talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

Weekly reminder that if you want to receive these playlists in email form, you can subscribe here: https://academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com/ (1/12)

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Next was an excellent talk by @shriramk on the human factors of formal methods at ACM India. Even in something as seemingly divorced from humans as logic verification, Krishnamurthi demonstrates how human interpretability of method outputs dramatically changes outcomes and why it's essential to integrate a variety of disciplines to effectively build socio-technical systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehrYEdt8NKE (11/12) #HCI #ComputerScience

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