Dominic DiFranzo

I'm excited to announce that I’ll be joining the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Lehigh University as an Assistant Professor this fall.

Great article and analysis by @PaulHRosenberg on how choices by journalists and editors determine which "facts" and framings come to dominate political news. salon.com/2022/12/10/how…

#Derrida did not know to what extent he was right, with what exactitude he had accurately predicted the grammatological opportunities/challenges of #ChatGPT and other #LLM implementations. (Image generated by #dalle).

ChatGPT is the best bullshitter there's ever been. Despite the hype, it won't replace search and isn't a good learning tool. But it's still exciting! @sayashk and I identify three specific areas where ChatGPT is very useful despite its limitations. aisnakeoil.substack.com/p/chatgpt-is-a…

Neat open-access webinar series by my colleague Dr. Rahul Mitra on research and academic writing. All current 10 episodes are open-access and a great resource for students working on final papers and beyond. youtube.com/playlist?list=… #academicwriting #writing #openaccess

What makes news posts engaging in different ways? My new article offers answers focusing on news publishers’ posts on Facebook journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… (open access) @SocialMedia_Soc 1/5

With #Galactica and #ChatGPT I'm seeing people again getting excited about the prospect of using language models to "access knowledge" (i.e. instead of search engines). >>

lots of conversation about the OpenAI chatbot and how it might be used for cheating (e.g., answering questions on take-home tests) so here is my contribution of some questions that students might have to answer in my tech ethics class

@nbrody Still have let it go in my list

Happy Spotify Wrapped day to all the parents out there with the same playlist.

what if you discovered that your whole scientific field depended on low interest rates

@Lawmune Love these!

I recently had a chance to browse through the Animage collection of my friend Lillian Olsen, translator of Hunter x Hunter for Viz. In the 90s, Animage had a regular feature that included artists' 1-panel renditions of movies. Will share some of my favorites in this thread.

This is a fantastic review of the psychological underpinnings of conspiracy theory beliefs! nature.com/articles/s4415…

We expect to begin evaluating applications for 2023 summer internships with our team next week. Apply by early next week for full consideration!

A historical overview of our growing field: Human-Computer Interaction #HCI: A chronology of @sigchi conferences: 1983 to 2022, from human factors to designing interactive system to sustainable societies dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/35…

This is groundbreaking research: The researchers found that the way people see the world is driven more by their personality than other dimensions including gender, race, age, and political ideology. We really underestimate the role of personality. psypost.org/2022/11/neuroi…

If you e-file your US tax using @HRBlock, @TaxAct or @TaxSlayer, your most sensitive financial information was nonconsenually shared with @Facebook, where it was added to the involuntary dossier the company maintains billions of people, including people who don't use FB. 1/

Well that's a wrap on #CSCW2022! On behalf of myself, @lorenterveen, and the whole #CSCW2023 organizing committee, we can't wait to see you all at @ACM_CSCW next October, whether that's in person in Minneapolis or online!

Intersections of Boston.