cfiesler

cfiesler, 3 hours ago to random

Dear authors of computing research papers… https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-the-word-utilize-and-im-loving-every-moment-of-your-overblown-rhetoric

cfiesler, 5 hours ago to random

Benedictine College should refund the tuition of every woman graduate who had to listen to the commencement speaker say that her degree is worthless.

cfiesler, 23 hours ago to random

truly the stupidest timeline https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/on-elons-whim-x-now-treats-cisgender-as-a-slur/

cfiesler, 1 day ago to random

I’m taking a break from creating video content while I finish revising my novel (replacing one type of not-work productivity time with another) and am struck by how nice it is to not have to think at all about what my hair looks like on any given day haha.

cfiesler, 5 days ago to random

PSA: I will not be at CHI next week. :)

Not feeling obligated to go to an expensive, far-away conference is a sabbatical gift to myself haha.

cfiesler, 6 days ago to random

There is some amazing grassroots organizing around crowdfunding to help people being forced to leave Gaza with the incredible cost of doing so - but of course, one thing that's happened is that scammers have been taking advantage. 😡 Operation Olive Branch, that is mentioned in this article, has been collecting and vetting crowdfunding campaigns to help with that issue. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-residents-crowdfunding-egypt-escape-israel-hamas-war-rcna145467

cfiesler, 7 days ago to random

And meanwhile, I’m sure the government is going to be insisting that the decision to target TikTok was entirely content neutral (and therefore not subject to strict scrutiny in a first amendment challenge). https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/06/senator-romney-antony-blinken-tiktok-ban-israel-palestinian-content

cfiesler, 7 days ago to random

I was supposed to be writing all day today but then the tiktok lawsuit dropped and I had to read the whole thing and then like remind myself what bill of attainder is. 😭

jzong, 8 days ago to random

hi! i will be presenting this work at #chi2024 next week.

i'm also pleased to share that i will be joining the faculty at
CU Boulder Information Science in 2025, and intend to recruit students soon.

please get in touch if you'd like to chat at the conference. thanks!

https://hci.social/@jzong/112169067403893251

cfiesler, 11 days ago to random

Yesterday I played Wavelength with some law profs and "net neutrality" was a clue more than once. 🤣 (One was from me, I used it for "stable" to "unstable.")

(Brief explanation for Wavelength is that you're given a position on a spectrum of X to Y, and then you choose something that would fit at that position and someone else has to guess what position on the spectrum, from that clue.)

cfiesler, 15 days ago to random

The first time I applied for PhD programs, I was rejected from every single one. It’s tough! If you weren’t successful this year it’s a good time to take stock and decide what to do next. There’s a chance your application is just fine and it was just bad luck! Or that there are some things you can do to improve it for another go or to apply differently. I’m sorry 😢but here’s my advice: https://youtu.be/0zf9LVNipQ0

michaelzimmer, 16 days ago to random

Today is Black Mirror Writers Room day in my graduate Data Ethics class, and it is gonna be so much fun.

(h/t @cfiesler and her overview here: https://medium.com/cuinfoscience/the-black-mirror-writers-room-the-case-and-caution-for-ethical-speculation-in-cs-education-5c81d05d2c67)

cfiesler, 16 days ago to random

The spreadsheet of AI ethics news isn't a research project and the categorization scheme is definitely flawed/not rigorous, but some obvious emergent categories finally bugged me enough that I did some re-mapping, especially out of the miscellaneous category. So the three new categories are Militarization, Sustainability, and Abuse. The last is essentially sexual abuse, e.g. nonconsensual intimate deepfakes and also child exploitation. I hope this continues to be useful! http://bit.ly/ai-ethics-news

cfiesler, 19 days ago to random

Law peeps again: I'm hearing that TikTok itself plans to sue on free speech grounds. Can someone explain to me how they would have standing? This is not my area of expertise, but I was expecting there to be 1A lawsuits with TikTok users as plaintiffs, and then TikTok itself suing on different (economic?) grounds.

cfiesler, 20 days ago to random

Law peeps, I know that some folks argue that Packingham isn't relevant for the TikTok ban because banning a platform instead of an individual is more like when the FCC banned a Chinese telecomm company, but like... do we really buy that? I think the holding in Packingham seems really relevant.

cfiesler, 22 days ago to random

I would really love if every time I post something about AI bias on the internet I didn't have to (a) defend my credentials ("do you even code bro?"); (b) justify that yes, I know how AI works, and yes, I know what training data is; (c) clarify that more than one thing can be a problem at the same time (e.g., tech AND society); and/or (d) deal with people who insist racism has to be intentional.