Chris Chapman
@cchapman.bsky.social
UX researcher, psychologist. Author "Quantitative User Experience Research" (w/Rodden), "R | Python for Marketing Research and Analytics" (w/Feit & Schwarz). Previously 24 yrs @ Google, Amazon, Microsoft. Personal account. Blog at https://quantuxblog.com
Jarrod Watt@jaywatt.bsky.social · 5h agoAn at-risk teenager "...fell into a filter bubble where his account was recommended a repetitive amount of content surrounding Suicide & Self Harm & depressive topics, particularly leading up to the date of his suicide..." The TikTok revelations keep coming. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
re-read the short story in the morning and then this at night... good bookends for the day that is (soon "was") august 4, 2026
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 20h ago"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
Generative AI psychosis and delusion is a real thing, as is the degradation of analytical skills. This increasingly makes conversations difficult with those who have "converted" to using it. Along with the clickbait-ification of everything and the adoption of predatory logarithms. Stay vigilant.
getting tired of people on the left still launching substack newsletters after all the reporting on that company in recent years
Wow, digital entertainment technology is so good now we can produce eight episodes per season of a TV show when decades ago we could only produce... 20 to 30.
There is a certain level of obtuseness in (some) "AI" apologists when they flounce up to point out what "AI" is good for in science, etc, while eliding the fact that almost none of that use is driving the current market capitalization, environmental degradation and resource hogging of the field
My flight is delayed so while we’re stranded on the tarmac I’m going to make a running list of things I wish Democrats would do but for whatever reasons aren’t doing?? Follow along for some fun
I think the main takeaway from this Hank Green stuff is that you are not smarter than the “built to maximize engagement” machine. You can go in with a line in the sand and the machine is built to push that line until you’re under the oceans waves. #hankgreen
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa
1/6 What happens when you tell an AI browser: “Fill out this survey”? It fills out the survey. In our new study, led by @rtopinkova.bsky.social, we tested three consumer-facing agentic browsers without lengthy prompts, custom code, or technical fine-tuning.
Why are so many LinkedIn folks angel investors? Do we expect a future shortage of angels? 🤔
This is basically the same thing senior ICs are going through as well, right?
cc: scientists who work with protected human data, and especially those ones who are also AI evangelists
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · last wk.NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
"The central question should not be “Is AI conscious or does it have moral patienthood?” but rather “What should we do given that we don’t know?”" Guess what, there are more candidates for what the central questions should be! >>
Few statisticians know that Frank Yates, pioneer of experimental design, is responsible for the annoying practice of indicating 3 tiers of statistical significance by stars (*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001). He soon regretted it and “vehemently opposed its unthinking use”. And here we are.
No. And no actual experts believe so. There are many ethical concerns around AI, but this really isn’t one of them. I do have ethical concerns about the hucksters trying to sell us on AI consciousness, though.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoCould AI be conscious?
On the quick start guide, we're given a quick rundown of what Purple (a large-language model) is supposed to be good for: uwconnect.uw.edu/it?id=kb_art... Reader, NONE of these are appropriate use cases for chatbots/synthetic text extruding machines. >>
It's also going to hurt people because they'll think they're in the clear if they don't eat Taco Bell. And that's not true. It's grocery store salad also.
Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...
Trump administration limits student visas to four years, changing longstanding policy - The Boston Globe
The new rule, which also restricts the international students’ ability to transfer schools or change majors without approval in their first year, will go into effect in mid-September.
bostonglobe.com
Part of it is ignorance, but part is because the news (I’m going off what’s happening in Chicago rn) is reporting it as though it is something only “sick” people with respiratory problems need to worry about. They’re running the same old playbook as with covid. And they’ll keep doing it bc it works.
Kevin A. Risner@mrdecember.bsky.social · 3w agoSo many people live in a parallel universe. My wife just saw a dude running outside on this 300 AQI evening. And driving back from my poetry reading, I saw numerous cars with all the windows DOWN. Cleveland, what is wrong with y'all?!?
this is also why, even if you reject the premise that LLMs are broadly useful, it is not the right argument to make i would oppose them even if they worked as claimed, so that's not really the part that matters
tante@tante.cc · 3w ago"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/
Super useful guide!
Purchase with Purpose@purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social · 8mo agoI had enough of big tech and their actions, so created this guide to make switching as easy as possible... Hopefully, it helps you take the first step, or for people who are equally passionate, to get their friends or family involved. Access the site and guide below: www.purchasewithpurpose.io
