How 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.Apr 112Apr 112
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 12Jan 12
An Academic Hallmark Christmas MovieIn the opening scene we meet our heroine: The Professor.Dec 21, 2023Dec 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, 20231Nov 30, 20231
Published inThe 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.Apr 18, 202314Apr 18, 202314
’Twas the AI bias before Christmasa Christmas parody in which Santa’s elves learn an important lesson about machine learningDec 17, 20221Dec 17, 20221
Published inCUInfoScienceThe Black Mirror Writers Room: The Case (and Caution) for Ethical Speculation in CS EducationReflection and research on the Black Mirror Writers Room teaching exerciseMar 4, 2022Mar 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, 2021Oct 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, 2021Mar 19, 2021