Casey FieslerHow to remember the human: Recommendations for ethical Reddit researchThe first rule of etiquette on the social platform Reddit is “Remember the human.” This rule should apply to researchers, too.4 min read·Apr 11, 2024--1--1
Casey FieslerSteamboat 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.6 min read·Jan 1, 2024--2--2
Casey FieslerAn Academic Hallmark Christmas MovieIn the opening scene we meet our heroine: The Professor.7 min read·Dec 21, 2023----
Casey FieslerChatGPT 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…8 min read·Nov 30, 2023--1--1
Casey FieslerinThe ConversationAI 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.6 min read·Apr 18, 2023--15--15
Casey Fiesler’Twas the AI bias before Christmasa Christmas parody in which Santa’s elves learn an important lesson about machine learning3 min read·Dec 17, 2022--1--1
Casey FieslerinCUInfoScienceThe Black Mirror Writers Room: The Case (and Caution) for Ethical Speculation in CS EducationReflection and research on the Black Mirror Writers Room teaching exercise7 min read·Mar 4, 2022----
Casey FieslerYik 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?6 min read·Oct 20, 2021----
Casey FieslerWhat “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…5 min read·Mar 19, 2021----