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@birchlse makes me think that neural connectivity probably isn't the most meaningful measure of cognitive function...

Concerning that, even before using chatGPT, today's kids have just one thirtieth of the neural connections of the nematode worm C. elegans.

Meetings often drift off-track. Can AI help us reflect in the moment and realign? Our #CHI2025 paper explores how AI-assisted interventions influence goal reflection during workplace meetings. w/@lev_tank @rishivanukuru @PayodPanda @seanrintel @ava___scott

📢CHI'25 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI 🌐aka.ms/toolsforthough… 🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE

My final morning in Melbourne. Our paper at @ACMMobileHCI received an honourable mention! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project. If you’re interested in how people can re-imagine and change both technologies and themselves, give it a read dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36…

@charlotteptosti Thank you!! ♥️

Delighted that these brilliant people were elected to parliament last week 🌹🌹🌹 I was fortunate enough to spend some time with them, and to take their photos. Looking forward to seeing what they do next! @bphillipsonMP @patmcfaddenmp @Miatsf @melanie_ward

Finally shrinking the pile to the point where I can thoroughly read this interesting essay on "illusions of understanding in sci research" due to AI. Folks like @emollick probably should read it (perhaps he already has). /1

Call for papers on the Neuroscience of Prediction and Intention in Oxford Open Neuroscience @OxUniPress academic.oup.com/oons/pages/cal…

Catch @lev_tank’s Best Paper “The Metacognitive Demands of Generative AI” at 2pm in Room 320! One of two great full #CHI2024 papers from my team at @MSFTResearchCam today.

Have you ever wondered “Why are we here!!?” during a meeting? I’ll be talking about purposeless meetings, attention hogging, fears of accountability, and much more today at 11.15am, room 324! Hoping for collective carthasis at #CHI2024 🤞 programs.sigchi.org/chi/2024/progr…

✨That’s a wrap for our first workshop on Theory of Mind in Human AI Interaction at #chi2024 💕Despite all the technical difficulties everyone was so patient, supportive, and engaged throughout the paper talks, group activities, and invited panel.

Just in time for #CHI2024, #Microsoft has just announced new research funding for exploring how AI will shape the future of work! Could your CHI paper be the seed for an unrestricted grant of up to USD$50k? Proposals are due June 3rd. microsoft.com/en-us/research…

Thrilled to see our #CHI2024 paper on the 🧠Metacognitive Demands and Opportunities of Generative AI receive a Best Paper award!🥳 arxiv.org/abs/2312.10893 We bring together psych/cog sci research on metacognition and GenAI user studies to examine usability in GenAI systems...🧵

In #Microsoft WorkLab, I note how Copilot helps meeting intentionality: microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/… See more from my @MSFTResearchCam BREW team & interns at aka.ms/brewresearch & at #CHI2024 in 🧵 @lev_tank @PayodPanda @ava___scott, Warren Park, Becky Spittle, @TomCashman

Wrote a blog with @LeonReicherts and @EvropiStefanidi for @interactionsMag. We formed some of our closest academic friendships at this writing retreat, and this blog is a tribute to it!! 💕🧑‍💻🍻 interactions.acm.org/blog/view/doin…

Our new preprint (collaboration with Claire Gillan @celinefox_ and @samgilbert1) explores the complex relationship between metacognition, compulsivity and the utilization of external reminders. (1/7)

We’re holding an international meeting on Cognitive Offloading at University of Geneva, 11-13 Sept 2024. Open to all, abstract submission portal will be opening soon… cognitiveoffloading.net/conference2024/

Can't find the words to express your mixed intents and inner conflict? In our @sigbovik paper, @shiftsayan and I, try to make it easier for you to express (and really, experience) your indeterminacy. Paper at: bit.ly/sms-sigbovik24 System is live at: sendmixedsignals.vercel.app

Can🧠metacognition help us understand and improve #GenerativeAI system usability? We think so in our upcoming #CHI2024 paper: arxiv.org/abs/2312.10893 For a 5min bite, see my recent @MSFTResearch Forum Talk: microsoft.com/en-us/research…

This theory paper argues that the usability challenges of generative AI arise from extra demands on users' metacognition i.e. their ability to think about their thinking. Following this, we describe some ways systems can support users' metacognition! arxiv.org/abs/2312.10893 3/3

Have you ever joined a meeting and thought, "Why are we even here??" This paper describes people's contrasting mental models of `meeting goals', and argues that meeting interfaces miss many opportunities to catalyse intentionality arxiv.org/abs/2402.18526 2/3

Now they're fully accepted, I am excited to share two upcoming contributions to #CHI2024! Both papers are products of collaborations with @MSFTResearch - shout out to @lev_tank and @seanrintel and the rest of the team!! Looking forward to Hawaii! 1/3