It’s disheartening that doctors and scientists often become proxy targets for broader distrust and resentment toward institutions that have very real problems.
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It’s disheartening that doctors and scientists often become proxy targets for broader distrust and resentment toward institutions that have very real problems.
Degenerative AI. Where have I been.
Long live academic startups with PPP-sensitivity.
So far so good. #UKIGF2025
Good morning and kind reminder.
Academic research taught me how to build confidence amidst (self) doubts. Policy research taught me how to doubt the confidents.
Presented something at #DigiMeet2025. Got loads and loads of helpful feedback. Thank you!
After all, isn't the core work of research and comedy essentially similar: highlighting irony?
Academic articles can benefit from more puns and wordplay.
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Do online scammers ever experience imposter syndrome?
How MAGA Killed Foreign Influence Research, But Now Demands Social Media Stop Foreign Influence Campaigns
It's fascinating how quickly the tune changes when the shoe's on the other foot. For years, we've been treated to endless screaming about how any effort to identify and counter foreign…
My music library and taste only expands to the extent of new movie/series by @jamesgunn.bsky.social.
Today's achievement. Can't say the same for my inbox but small win matters.
“We already see a lot of actors — based on this monetization of platforms like X — that are using AI to produce content that just seeks to maximize attention…So misinformation, often highly polarized information — as AI models become more powerful, that content is going to take over."
What the experience trained me to be:
CDT’s @aliyabhatia.bsky.social in @theguardian.com: “Replacing people tasked with ensuring that platforms are safe and rights-respecting for all users, including minors, is going to lead to more mistakes and more harmful experiences.”
Studies on 🇮🇩 policies (on any sectors and angles imaginable), quite appropriately, often arrive at an "old wine in a new bottle" conclusion. To the point that the expression itself become an old wine in an old bottle.
My literature review journey so far.
Anyone experienced/experiencing a "scarcity of plenty" moment?
I wrote this note at @iseas-singapore.bsky.social to complement the ongoing notion that content moderation partnership sometimes is just a "borrowed legitimacy".
www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-com...
‘Lazy’ authors? One in six scientific papers mischaracterize work they cite | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
"Thus far, ASEAN has done what it often does in initial phases of intra-regional conflict: nothing."
fulcrum.sg/the-thailand...
