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How to remember the human: Recommendations for ethical Reddit research

The first rule of etiquette on the social platform Reddit is “Remember the human.” This rule should apply to researchers, too.

Apr 11

How to remember the human: Recommendations for ethical Reddit research

Apr 11

Steamboat Willie is now public domain! But what does this actually mean for Mickey Mouse?

An explainer of the public domain and copyright terms in the U.S. in the context of our favorite corporate Mouse.

Jan 1

Steamboat Willie is now public domain! But what does this actually mean for Mickey Mouse?

Jan 1

An Academic Hallmark Christmas Movie

In the opening scene we meet our heroine: The Professor.

Dec 21, 2023

An Academic Hallmark Christmas Movie

Dec 21, 2023

ChatGPT Wrapped (An AI’s Year in Review)

OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched officially on November 30, 2022, and over the past year has often dominated news cycles for days at a time. In…

Nov 30, 2023

ChatGPT Wrapped (An AI’s Year in Review)

Nov 30, 2023

Published in
The Conversation

AI has social consequences, but who pays the price? Tech companies’ problem with ‘ethical debt’

Generative AI is designed to produce the unforeseen, but that doesn’t mean developers can’t predict some of its social consequences.

Apr 18, 2023

A woman wearing futuristic glasses staring upwards, while behind her there is a wall of lifts

Apr 18, 2023

’Twas the AI bias before Christmas

a Christmas parody in which Santa’s elves learn an important lesson about machine learning

Dec 17, 2022

’Twas the AI bias before Christmas

Dec 17, 2022

PhD Admissions Advice

Sorry about the hidden curriculum. :(

Nov 10, 2022

PhD Admissions Advice

Nov 10, 2022

Published in
CUInfoScience

The Black Mirror Writers Room: The Case (and Caution) for Ethical Speculation in CS Education

Reflection and research on the Black Mirror Writers Room teaching exercise

Mar 4, 2022

The Black Mirror Writers Room: The Case (and Caution) for Ethical Speculation in CS Education

Mar 4, 2022

Yik Yak has (re-)entered the chat. But maybe we have bigger problems now.

Six years later upon hearing that Yik Yak was back, my first impulse was dread. So I asked myself: what changed?

Oct 20, 2021

Yik Yak has (re-)entered the chat. But maybe we have bigger problems now.

Oct 20, 2021

What “counts” as computer science?

This post touches in part on two papers out of my research lab being presented this week at SIGCSE 2021: “Integrating Ethics into…

Mar 19, 2021

What “counts” as computer science?

Mar 19, 2021

Casey Fiesler

Casey Fiesler

Faculty in Information Science at CU Boulder. Technology ethics, social computing, women in tech, science communication. www.caseyfiesler.com

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