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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 36m

Thanks so much, I appreciate it!

Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 37m

Thanks so much for your kind words - I really appreciate them, and I'm glad that the piece resonated with you! And thank you for your work, too, in having volunteered as a docent and being the family archivist!

Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 8d

On Monday, my lab is running a co-design workshop surrounding serendipity for digital collections (3:30-4:30pm PT over zoom) for our study. We're looking for a couple more collection stewards to participate. If you're interested, feel free to email me at [email protected]!

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks so much, Scott - very kind of you to say!

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Longreads @longreads.com · 15d

“For all its futuristic appeal, I felt myself turning to the past. I yearned to speak with my grandmother about her life.”

A scholar at the intersection of AI and Holocaust memory wrestles with technology that speaks with the dead.

By @bcgl.bsky.social: longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...

Uncanny Testimony - Longreads

As the last Holocaust survivors approach the end of their lives, an AI scholar grapples with technology that promises to freeze them in time.

longreads.com

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 16d

For @longreads.com, I wrote a personal essay about AI Holocaust testimony, my grandmother, memory, and memory loss

longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...

Uncanny Testimony - Longreads

As the last Holocaust survivors approach the end of their lives, an AI scholar grapples with technology that promises to freeze them in time.

longreads.com

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 12d

I really appreciate your kind words, @dhutchinson.bsky.social!

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Jennifer Serventi @jenserventi.bsky.social · 14d

Appreciated this thoughtful piece from @bcgl.bsky.social. Eloquently puts into words some of concerns about a particular use of AI that I've been grappling with.

Longreads @longreads.com · 16d

“But what if, instead of resisting the deaths of the last survivors, we allow ourselves to accept their mortality?”

The grandson of an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor grapples with the use of AI to reanimate the dead.

A new essay on @longreads.com, by @bcgl.bsky.social: longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks so much, @jenserventi.bsky.social - I truly appreciate it!

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Longreads @longreads.com · 16d

“But what if, instead of resisting the deaths of the last survivors, we allow ourselves to accept their mortality?”

The grandson of an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor grapples with the use of AI to reanimate the dead.

A new essay on @longreads.com, by @bcgl.bsky.social: longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 16d

I’m incredibly grateful to @cherilucasrowlands.com for working with me on this piece and providing such thoughtful edits throughout the writing process!

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 16d

For @longreads.com, I wrote a personal essay about AI Holocaust testimony, my grandmother, memory, and memory loss

longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...

Uncanny Testimony - Longreads

As the last Holocaust survivors approach the end of their lives, an AI scholar grapples with technology that promises to freeze them in time.

longreads.com

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 29d

My lab is running a study to investigate how serendipity relates to information seeking in digital collections. We're looking for researchers & practitioners who have used, designed, or stewarded digital collections to participate in our survey (<10 min): forms.gle/zGJDZZ14vx2M...

Survey on Serendipity and Information Seeking in Digital Collections

Purpose of the Study We are seeking to understand the different methods of information seeking in digital collections. In addition, we would like to understand what the participants' perceptions of se...

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks so much! Yes, we're planning to publish on the survey - we're hoping it'll be useful to the community!

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · 29d

My lab is running a study to investigate how serendipity relates to information seeking in digital collections. We're looking for researchers & practitioners who have used, designed, or stewarded digital collections to participate in our survey (<10 min): forms.gle/zGJDZZ14vx2M...

Survey on Serendipity and Information Seeking in Digital Collections

Purpose of the Study We are seeking to understand the different methods of information seeking in digital collections. In addition, we would like to understand what the participants' perceptions of se...

forms.gle

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Lucy Lu Wang @lucylw.bsky.social · Sep 10

Pls help spread the word: We are hiring! 🌲☕✨
@ischool.uw.edu is recruiting two tenure-track assistant profs in AI. Areas include human-AI collaboration, AI & society, comp social science, NLP, and AI applications.

Apply by Nov 15, 2025: apply.interfolio.com/171020

Happy to answer questions!

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DHQuarterly @dhquarterly.bsky.social · Aug 1

CFP - AI for DH: Research Problems and Critical Approaches.

DHQ seeks 500-word abstracts for a special issue on AI (research problems, critical approaches, responsible applications, case studies, etc.).

Deadline: Sept 15, 2025.

More details: dhq.digitalhumanities.org/news/news.html

DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: News

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · Sep 9

Excited to be co-editing a special issue of @dhquarterly.bsky.social on Artificial Intelligence for Digital Humanities: Research problems and critical approaches
dhq.digitalhumanities.org/news/news.html

We're inviting abstracts now - please feel free to reach out with any questions!

DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: News

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Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks so much! Really appreciate it!