Presenting 2 academic papers at #cscw2025 this week! Come say hi!
Dylan Thomas Doyle, PhD.
@dylantdoyle.bsky.social
Director and Podcast Host @AI for All Tomorrows. Post-Doctoral Researcher @CU Boulder. TEDx Speaker. Researcher of AI safety, mental health, and end-of-life care. Former Co-Host @Radical AI Podcast
Great talking to Oliver on @aiforalltomorrows.bsky.social !! Thank you for coming on the show!
Oliver Haimson@haimson.bsky.social · last yr.We had a great conversation about Trans Technologies on the @aiforalltomorrows.bsky.social podcast, out now - thanks for having me, @dylantdoyle.bsky.social! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
As part of the podcast @aiforalltomorrows.bsky.social I was able to talk to the AMAZING Casey Michel of the Human Rights Foundation about #democracy corruption #trump and more. Share and follow as you feel called! #ai #tech #technology open.spotify.com/show/1jeI7ID...
AI for All Tomorrows
Podcast · Dylan Thomas Doyle · In an uncertain world where AI technology is disconnecting us more and more each day, we are dreaming of a world where technology connects us. The premise of this podcas...
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[Weekly tech spoken word poem] Why AI will never understand listening to Nickelback ironically wiredtospeak.substack.com/p/why-ai-wil... #HCI #AI #spokenword #poetry
Why AI will never understand listening to Nickelback Ironically
Watch now | Weekly Poem
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UPDATE: I am the new director of @aiforalltomorrows.bsky.social - our aim is to tell the stories of people developing and using technology to serve the public good. Basically we're The Moth but for inspirational tech storytelling. Stay tuned! #hci #tech #ai #education www.youtube.com/@ai-for-all-...
AI for All Tomorrows
We are an educational media company that tells the stories of people developing and using technology to serve the public good. We aim to create a more free and hopeful world by featuring current stori...
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This is very cool work that I got involved with at the end of my postdoc, led by the spectacular @morganklauss.bsky.social, along with @whatknows.bsky.social, @dylantdoyle.bsky.social, @diptodas.bsky.social, Katy Weathington, and Adrian Petterson
I should use Bluesky again so here’s a picture of me with Joseph Gordon-Levitt backstage at the Shared Futures AI Forum put on by @aspeninstitute.bsky.social
🎉🎉 I DID A TED TALK! 🎉🎉 Even better, it’s all about #AI and humanity (but also death and grief, if you’re into that). Please like, comment, and SHARE — both because I’m super proud of it, but also because of the algorithm (!) #HCI #computing #technology #faith youtu.be/K7b_qYCJOUw?...
Griefbots and the New Afterlife: How AI is Changing the Ways We Mourn | Dylan Thomas Doyle | TEDxCU
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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A wonderful Ted talk from @dylantdoyle.bsky.social that gets at the intersection of our humanity and gen AI - how we may look for solace and how it might make us uncomfortable www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7b_...
Griefbots and the New Afterlife: How AI is Changing the Ways We Mourn | Dylan Thomas Doyle | TEDxCU
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**please share** as an early career academic, I was going to spend the next two years developing AI tools for cancer prediction. Instead, #trump + admin took my job. Regardless of #politics, why follow cruelty at the expense of #innovation? dylantdoyle.medium.com/i-am-an-ai-m... #hci #academia
I am an AI medical researcher. Why is Trump killing my career?
The morning after the Trump Administration pulled $1.7 billion in funding from Cornell and Northwestern Universities, I found out I lost my…
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I wrote a thing! Covering research on data access to medical researchers. Co-authored with @cfiesler.bsky.social @jesspater.bsky.social @whatknows.bsky.social — thanks to @theconversation.com @us.theconversation.com for the opportunity! @cuboulder.info
The Conversation U.S.@us.theconversation.com · last yr.5 years on, the true COVID-19 death toll remains unclear. A researcher explores how a lack of data makes it hard to know how many people died: buff.ly/3uis2Gt @dylantdoyle.bsky.social @colorado.edu
Do you have 30 minutes to listen to @cfiesler.bsky.social talk about #tiktok joy and tech? New pod launch!
The Joyful Tech Podcast@joyfultech.bsky.social · 2y agoWE HAVE LAUNCHED! Please share! After months of recording with amazing scholars, politicians, and artists we kick off our show about #joy and #tech with two awesome launch episodes! First is with @cfiesler.bsky.social about #TikTok and the joy of online communities: open.spotify.com/episode/0KAx...
On one hand: it’s kind of funny that a major Chinese corporation needs a publicity stunt to announce their fealty to an egotistic ‘leader of the free world.’ On the other hand, we’re all kind of screwed, huh?
Hot take, but I am beginning to think all of these Meta decisions are, uh, pretty concerning
“You know, the girl who was in here earlier had gums like raw steaks” - my dentist, right before putting a metal hook in my mouth while describing the death of her father for 15 minutes.
#tech media. I love you. But oh my god what are we doing spending our time covering this dumb saga content.techgig.com/technology/d...
Developer fires entire team for AI, now ends up searching for engineers on LinkedIn
The Canadian developer’s claim of firing his team for AI tools becomes a cautionary tale on tech over-reliance.
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No shade to robust academic research accounts developing principles for responsible tech, but @weratedogs.com is by far my favorite Bluesky account. All the dogs are so good.
For a new media project I am cold-calling Governers for interviews and omg y'all this is kind of terrifying (getting some interest though!)
Behind the scenes of @whatknows.bsky.social and I’s interview with Denver 7 News about our new @digital-legacy.bsky.social Digital Legacy Clinic @cuboulder.info @cuboulder.bsky.social -a pro-bono service for everyday people to create an end-of-life data plan or manage a loved one’s data 🙌
Wednesday: “oh hey this job search thing is fun!” Thursday: fun thanksgiving no job search yay Friday: well alright, I guess I’ll submit a thing, but this kind of sucks its pretty out Saturday: I’m going to just go live in a cave next year and everything will be fine probably
From the perspective of a PhD Candidate on the academic job market. Some observations about being on the HCI/Computer Science job search in 2024. A 🧵
Why is it so hard for researchers to get timely access to death data even though it would save lives? The answer is policy, from federal/state law to rules encoded in records software, says this new article by Doyle, @cfiesler.bsky.social, Pater & @whatknows.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Designing for Researcher Access in the U.S. Mortality Data Ecosystem | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Access to mortality data is critical for researchers for various reasons, including the development of life-saving medical interventions. However, high-quality mortality data is typically unavailable ...
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Huge thanks to Ally Cohen and The World We Are Building Podcast for having @whatknows.bsky.social and I on to discuss the @digital-legacy.bsky.social Digital Legacy Clinic! Listen to Jed say smart things about death and tech. I also say things. @colorado.edu @cuboulder.info shorturl.at/chlbk
Jed Brubaker & Dylan Thomas-Doyle: Data After Death
The World We Are Building · Episode
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HCI seems to be making a hard policy turn. Almost half of the jobs on the market this year are focused on policy implications of tech design. I think this is good? But I’m not sure what it means. Discuss.
Trying something new: A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?" It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social 🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
This @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social podcast episode with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social is one of the most powerful and terrifying podcasts I have ever listened to. Folks should listen who are at all interested in the categories of fascism and autocracy open.spotify.com/episode/7yWP...
Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails
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since we're giving Blue Sky another go as an alternative to the hellsite… please remember to follow, like, post and reply generously over the next while… need to keep the momentum!
Thanks for the 1k follows folks. So glad this platform has taken off and that it is turning into such a wonderful place for responsible tech conversation and collaboration! 🎉