Dr. Casey Fiesler

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“Mental Health AI Startup Spearheaded by Three Computer Scientists with No Mental Health Professionals on Staff” is the “before” headline of a “how could we have possibly known what would for wrong???” sob story.

“Somewhat alarmingly, none of Sonia’s founders have backgrounds in psychology. But Aeberli [the CEO] says that the startup consults with psychologists, recently hired a cognitive psychology graduate, and is actively recruiting a full-time clinical psychologist.”

Sonia's AI chatbot steps in for therapists | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Sonia is a new chatbot app that aims to provide an AI-powered 'therapist' for users to speak with on a range of topics.

Why did no one tell me that Sal and Gabi Break the Universe has a diabetic main character??? I’ve had this book on my shelf for a couple of years, finally started reading it, and… surprise! 😍 Bonus YA rec: The Girls Are Never Gone. Also trying to do my part for more #T1D rep in #kidlit :)

hey everything is terrible but at least the profs teaching administrative law get to experience being the interesting class for a while

Technically today is the last day of my sabbatical. (But yeah, it's still summer, so it's not REALLY over until mid-August.) But it did force a self imposed deadline to finish latest novel revision. Sent back out to actual humans to read. Also I read 12 novels in June. :)

Today I procrastinated from revising this actually finished novel to open my scrivener folder and remind myself about all of my unfinished novels. Starting in 2009-ish. THERE ARE EIGHT. I have EIGHT unfinished novels on my hard drive. 😭 FWIW I think at least two of them are salvageable. :)

I’m finishing up an academic book about HCI and law (with three other co-authors) and we told the editor we’d need to push back our deadline slightly if Chevron was overturned, to make some edits. 🙃

Maybe the plane WiFi was on the fritz just so that I could blissfully still believe we had chevron deference for a few more hours.

With one night by myself in NYC during a quick trip here, I decided to go to Sleep No More for the first (and I assume only) time before they close soon. My official review is “what just happened?” but also I’m really glad I got to experience it. (AMA, and not sure I could spoil if I wanted to lol.)

My June committee gauntlet is over! 🎉 One proposal, four defenses. All successful: and congrats to Drs. Simpson, Das, Chang, and Brown. Also I’m exhausted. And this is the last official week of my sabbatical lol.

What? The notoriously litigious industry that once sued a bunch of 12 year olds for copyright infringement is going after AI companies? This is my shocked face. (And yes these companies should be afraid—but they should have already been, this was an inevitability.) www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Music labels sue AI companies Suno, Udio for US copyright infringementwww.reuters.com Major record labels Sony Music , Universal Music Group and Warner Records sued artificial intelligence companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the labels' recordings to train music-generating AI systems.

Last week I ran a short workshop for a small group of educators on leveraging social media (professional presence, public education, networking, etc.) and it went better than I thought. It turns out maybe this is a thing I’m an expert on now!

A few years ago I wrote this set of recs for children's/YA novels to get kids/teens excited about coding. cfiesler.medium.com/novels-to-ge... But also! I would like to recommend two middle grade novels I've read recently that might also encourage kids to think critically about tech 🧵

Novels to get kids and teens excited about coding!cfiesler.medium.com As someone who cares a lot about broadening participation in computing, and also happens to read a lot of young adult and middle grade…

Update: Almost 1300 entries in the AI ethics & policy news spreadsheet now. I’ve been thinking of writing something: “I read a thousand news articles about AI ethics and all I got was this lousy sense of impending dread.”

After an extensive update following a really busy month, the AI ethics & policy news spreadsheet is up to 500 entries from the past 6 months: http://bit.ly/ai-ethics-news

AI Ethics & Policy Newsbit.ly Full Article Set These articles are sourced by Casey Fiesler; she posts occasional news roundups on TikTok and Instagram @professorcasey.,Easy sharing: <a href="http://bit.ly/ai-ethics-news">bit.ly/a...

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Two recent ressources on research ethics for social media/ Internet research: a) @cfiesler.bsky.social's recommendations for ethical reddit research: cfiesler.medium.com/how-to-remem... and b) @jolukito.bsky.social with a great summary on platform research ethics mediaengagement.org/research/pla...

How to remember the human: Recommendations for ethical Reddit researchcfiesler.medium.com The first rule of etiquette on the social platform Reddit is “Remember the human.” This rule should apply to researchers, too.

Multiple people have reminded me recently that Bluesky does indeed exist. I’m actually analyzing more Twitter migration data right now (it’s from a year and a half ago so heavy Mastodon focus). How would you all describe your perception of the audience/communities that have landed here?

Happy Public Domain Day! Time to celebrate by watching Steamboat Willie and listening to me explain U.S. copyright terms. :) https://youtu.be/lnGL55VOj_4

Steamboat Willie is in the public domain! An explainer for public domain Mickey Mouse.youtu.be Public domain Mickey Mouse? What does it mean that Disney’s Steamboat Willie is now officially in the public domain? And what is the public domain anyway? A ...

Happy birthday ChatGPT - here’s my narrative of the evolution of coverage and criticisms based on 250ish news stories over the past year! https://cfiesler.medium.com/chatgpt-wrapped-an-ais-year-in-review-dc37252c494f

ChatGPT Wrapped (An AI’s Year in Review)cfiesler.medium.com OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched officially on November 30, 2022, and over the past year has often dominated news cycles for days at a time. In…

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Our department is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor with a focus on accessibility and design! Please share widely — job market students, junior faculty, and industry folx all encouraged to apply! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Assistant Professor - Information Sciencejobs.colorado.edu

After an extensive update following a really busy month, the AI ethics & policy news spreadsheet is up to 500 entries from the past 6 months: http://bit.ly/ai-ethics-news

I stitched together the videos I made about the honesty study data fabrication scandal. (i.e., the case against Ariely and Gino.) I think this is a fascinating example of data forensics, but also points to some incentive problems in academia. :-/ https://youtu.be/m3dDZKeCayk

Fake data and accusations of dishonesty in research about honestyyoutu.be Fabricated data in an honesty study? :-\ An overview of current (August 2023) developments in accusations of data fraud in academic research against Dan Ari...

The ACM social computing conference #CSCW2023 is happening in October in Minneapolis (and online) and I'm super excited that our opening and closing keynote speakers are going to be Rumman Chowdhury @ruchowdh.bsky.social and Cory Doctorow 😍 https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/keynotes/

Keynotes – CSCW 2023cscw.acm.org

It's August, which means PhD admissions season kicking off! If you or someone you know is applying for #PhD programs (especially in U.S. & STEM fields), I have a YouTube playlist trying to help demystify the hidden curriculum. Overview: https://cfiesler.medium.com/phd-admissions-advice-b7a44f97417a

PhD Admissions Advicecfiesler.medium.com Sorry about the hidden curriculum. :(

Remember Computer Engineer Barbie, the world’s worst computer engineer? It’s been almost a decade 😮 since that controversy blew up and I went viral for this feminist remix. (“Now with less sexism!”) https://caseyfiesler.com/2014/11/18/barbie-remixed-i-really-can-be-a-computer-engineer/

Barbie, Remixed: I (really!) can be a computer engineer.caseyfiesler.com I am a PhD student in a computing department, so I guess it's not surprising that my social media feeds have been full of outrage over Barbie's "computer engineering" skills. The blog post that origin...

I see bluesky just dumped a whole bunch of invite codes. I wonder what inspired a desire to scale faster… 🤔

An update to my article from November, mentioning how Twitter alternatives are doing. Twitter does feel now like watching a shopping mall go slowly out of business. https://theconversation.com/metas-threads-is-surging-but-mass-migration-from-twitter-is-likely-to-remain-an-uphill-battle-209367

Meta's Threads is surging, but mass migration from Twitter is likely to remain an uphill battletheconversation.com The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere.

Some thoughts on recent Twitter changes and its (previous) utility for crisis/disaster communication. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuMlZ3Wo8Ad/

Casey Fiesler on Instagram: "Twitter view limits and login requirements are the latest in making the...www.instagram.com 196 likes, 10 comments - Casey Fiesler (@professorcasey) on Instagram: "Twitter view limits and login requirements are the latest in making the site unusable for some of..."

After two months, my AI ethics news round-up spreadsheet has over 200 entries! There’s a lot happening out there… bit.ly/ai-ethics-news

We're conducting a survey about social media platform migration! If you're at least 18 & have used Twitter and/or Mastodon and/or Bluesky you're eligible to participate. You can optionally provide an email to enter $75 drawings. Plz share! https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3BLXjcmBmKpyR2S

if you saw that “Bluesky owns your content” nonsense you might be interested in this reflection on online ownership I wrote in 2015 :) and also in the very cute photo of my dog http://caseyfiesler.com/2015/06/01/who-cares-about-my-dog-pictures-ownership-of-social-media-contentdata/

Who cares about my dog pictures? Ownership of social media content+datacaseyfiesler.com A quick content analysis of my Instagram profile reveals that it's about 25% pictures of my dog, 25% pictures of knitting, a smattering of selfies to show off geeky tshirts, and a few other things: landscapes, coffee, cross-stitch versions of famous paintings that hang on the wall at my favorite cafe. I have 57 Instagram followers.…