😶 stuart reeves 😶
@5tuartreeves.bsky.social
ACADEMIC PERSON
@UoNComputerSci, @UniOfNottingham, @TheOfficialMRL +
@HorizonDER
❑ RESEARCH COMBINES HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (#HCI) + ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (#EMCA)
@UoNComputerSci, @UniOfNottingham, @TheOfficialMRL +
@HorizonDER
❑ RESEARCH COMBINES HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (#HCI) + ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (#EMCA)
also a reminder that a key #EMCA resource is emcawiki.net - you can get your papers added to the bibliography
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
also a reminder that a key #EMCA resource is emcawiki.net - you can get your papers added to the bibliography
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Hello #EMCA community!
There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs.
Let me know if you'd like to be added (check you're not there first) and repost this!
1. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
2. go.bsky.app/6p8x2UZ
There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs.
Let me know if you'd like to be added (check you're not there first) and repost this!
1. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
2. go.bsky.app/6p8x2UZ
January 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Hello #EMCA community!
There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs.
Let me know if you'd like to be added (check you're not there first) and repost this!
1. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
2. go.bsky.app/6p8x2UZ
There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs.
Let me know if you'd like to be added (check you're not there first) and repost this!
1. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX
2. go.bsky.app/6p8x2UZ
"Ministers are abandoning targets for international student recruitment to the UK and will instead encourage British universities and private schools to open branches overseas."
UK gov will do literally anything except solve the fundamental financial sustainability problems of UK HE sector
UK gov will do literally anything except solve the fundamental financial sustainability problems of UK HE sector
"UK drops target for international student recruitment"
UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
on.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
"Ministers are abandoning targets for international student recruitment to the UK and will instead encourage British universities and private schools to open branches overseas."
UK gov will do literally anything except solve the fundamental financial sustainability problems of UK HE sector
UK gov will do literally anything except solve the fundamental financial sustainability problems of UK HE sector
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Phil Agre in 2000, and still relevant today:
"The average AI author is not trying to say crazy stuff; it is more accurate to say that he or she is trying *not* to say crazy stuff, but that the inherited discursive forms of AI won't cooperate.”
wtf.tw/ref/agre.html
"The average AI author is not trying to say crazy stuff; it is more accurate to say that he or she is trying *not* to say crazy stuff, but that the inherited discursive forms of AI won't cooperate.”
wtf.tw/ref/agre.html
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Phil Agre in 2000, and still relevant today:
"The average AI author is not trying to say crazy stuff; it is more accurate to say that he or she is trying *not* to say crazy stuff, but that the inherited discursive forms of AI won't cooperate.”
wtf.tw/ref/agre.html
"The average AI author is not trying to say crazy stuff; it is more accurate to say that he or she is trying *not* to say crazy stuff, but that the inherited discursive forms of AI won't cooperate.”
wtf.tw/ref/agre.html
if you get to the point of "liquidation" of UK HE institutions before "stepping in", the damage has already been done irreparably to that institution, its students, its staff
Smith is either ignorant or incompetent or malignant to be saying this
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Smith is either ignorant or incompetent or malignant to be saying this
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Jacqui Smith: government would step in over university liquidation - Research Professional News
Minister says government has a “fundamental responsibility to protect students and research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
if you get to the point of "liquidation" of UK HE institutions before "stepping in", the damage has already been done irreparably to that institution, its students, its staff
Smith is either ignorant or incompetent or malignant to be saying this
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Smith is either ignorant or incompetent or malignant to be saying this
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
📜 new paper to appear @hri-conference.bsky.social #HRI2026
"On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour"
it's about how people follow robots that are 'leading' them about - with lessons for social robot navigation and legible motion
PDF: people.cs.nott.ac.uk/pszsr/files/...
"On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour"
it's about how people follow robots that are 'leading' them about - with lessons for social robot navigation and legible motion
PDF: people.cs.nott.ac.uk/pszsr/files/...
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
📜 new paper to appear @hri-conference.bsky.social #HRI2026
"On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour"
it's about how people follow robots that are 'leading' them about - with lessons for social robot navigation and legible motion
PDF: people.cs.nott.ac.uk/pszsr/files/...
"On Being Guided: How People Follow a Robot-Guided Tour"
it's about how people follow robots that are 'leading' them about - with lessons for social robot navigation and legible motion
PDF: people.cs.nott.ac.uk/pszsr/files/...
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just imagining this "tools make discovery" frame applied to historic scientific achievements
"Bread discovers miracle mold"
"Kite finds lightning is actually electricity"
"Bread discovers miracle mold"
"Kite finds lightning is actually electricity"
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo
Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.
buff.ly
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
just imagining this "tools make discovery" frame applied to historic scientific achievements
"Bread discovers miracle mold"
"Kite finds lightning is actually electricity"
"Bread discovers miracle mold"
"Kite finds lightning is actually electricity"
the grift economy for research is a product of perverse incentives, hyper competition (publication venues, grants, etc.), and precarity, all now being turbocharged (in the UK at least) by institutions in crisis
we have our own publication grifters in #HCI if you know where to look
we have our own publication grifters in #HCI if you know where to look
Khajuria’s academy raises concerns about promises of publication for a price, and Avance Innovation’s signature surgical device, while marketed for humans, has apparently been tested on only six rats and no people in a study that lacks internal consistency.
U.K. surgeon and inventor’s endeavors include unreproducible data and guaranteed publications for a price
Ankur Khajuria offers a “career-changing course” on conducting reviews, which he markets on LinkedIn to medical students and doctors. (source) “Research will help you get ahead,” Britis…
retractionwatch.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
the grift economy for research is a product of perverse incentives, hyper competition (publication venues, grants, etc.), and precarity, all now being turbocharged (in the UK at least) by institutions in crisis
we have our own publication grifters in #HCI if you know where to look
we have our own publication grifters in #HCI if you know where to look
Reposted by 😶 stuart reeves 😶
Garfinkel & Sacks on science treating ordinary/commonsense knowledge as "poor relatives" of professional/scientific knowledge...
January 6, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Garfinkel & Sacks on science treating ordinary/commonsense knowledge as "poor relatives" of professional/scientific knowledge...
if you're doing this you are no longer engaging in social science research
and if you don't disclose it / frame it as something entirely different it's potentially research misconduct
and if you don't disclose it / frame it as something entirely different it's potentially research misconduct
AI ‘could replace humans’ in some social science surveys.
Metascientist says AI responses are similar enough to humans and could offer productivity gains.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Metascientist says AI responses are similar enough to humans and could offer productivity gains.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
January 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
if you're doing this you are no longer engaging in social science research
and if you don't disclose it / frame it as something entirely different it's potentially research misconduct
and if you don't disclose it / frame it as something entirely different it's potentially research misconduct
my feedback is: stop disrespecting authors and hiding behind accessibility to promote the proliferation of LLM generated text that by definition cannot be guaranteed to reflect author intent
if ACM wants authors to support more accessible papers I'm 100% supportive, stop taking shortcuts
if ACM wants authors to support more accessible papers I'm 100% supportive, stop taking shortcuts
We've heard your feedback on the new AI-generated summaries in the Digital Library. Your concerns and suggestions are helping us shape a better tool for the community, and we’ve already begun taking steps to address them.
Check out our FAQ to see what’s changing: dl.acm.org/generative-a...
Check out our FAQ to see what’s changing: dl.acm.org/generative-a...
December 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
my feedback is: stop disrespecting authors and hiding behind accessibility to promote the proliferation of LLM generated text that by definition cannot be guaranteed to reflect author intent
if ACM wants authors to support more accessible papers I'm 100% supportive, stop taking shortcuts
if ACM wants authors to support more accessible papers I'm 100% supportive, stop taking shortcuts
the AISI UK "Frontier AI Trends Report" uncritically spouts claims about AGI, treats benchmarks without much credulity, and misunderstands what actual expertise is
who cares though?
well, the AISI is a UK "government organisation" 🫣
www.aisi.gov.uk/frontier-ai-...
who cares though?
well, the AISI is a UK "government organisation" 🫣
www.aisi.gov.uk/frontier-ai-...
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
the AISI UK "Frontier AI Trends Report" uncritically spouts claims about AGI, treats benchmarks without much credulity, and misunderstands what actual expertise is
who cares though?
well, the AISI is a UK "government organisation" 🫣
www.aisi.gov.uk/frontier-ai-...
who cares though?
well, the AISI is a UK "government organisation" 🫣
www.aisi.gov.uk/frontier-ai-...
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
What the absolute shit is this? ACM using AI summaries instead of abstracts in search results?! So, if I understand correctly, instead of the author's own summary of the work (i.e. an abstract) we are better off with some regurgitated slop version of that summary instead? @chi.acm.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
if you have to explicitly say "This is not AI writing your thesis for you", it probably is what you mean actually
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
if you have to explicitly say "This is not AI writing your thesis for you", it probably is what you mean actually
the Guardian series quickly shaping up as yet another paean to 'absurdist AI' - i.e., IINO - intelligence in name only
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
the Guardian series quickly shaping up as yet another paean to 'absurdist AI' - i.e., IINO - intelligence in name only
some of the most stringent critics of 'AI' (i.e. generative models etc.) have come from a cognitive science perspective / background
given the deep relationship between early AI and cognitivist traditions, it feels a bit like a feud at times
given the deep relationship between early AI and cognitivist traditions, it feels a bit like a feud at times
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
some of the most stringent critics of 'AI' (i.e. generative models etc.) have come from a cognitive science perspective / background
given the deep relationship between early AI and cognitivist traditions, it feels a bit like a feud at times
given the deep relationship between early AI and cognitivist traditions, it feels a bit like a feud at times
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There are proper book reviews, there are rogue book reviews, and there are hooligan preudo-book-reviews. I've done the last one for "Harvey Sacks and Ethnomethodology" by Graham Button. My verdict: don't read it. #EMCA
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
On the Certain Blindness of the Excavators of Ethnomethodology’s “Heart”
Kind of review of: Graham Button. Harvey Sacks and Ethnomethodology: The Prospect of an Alternate and Adequate Sociology. London: Routledge. 232 p. ISBN 9781041112877
www.academia.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There are proper book reviews, there are rogue book reviews, and there are hooligan preudo-book-reviews. I've done the last one for "Harvey Sacks and Ethnomethodology" by Graham Button. My verdict: don't read it. #EMCA
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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This meme never gets old
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This meme never gets old
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I had a look at a press release about job cuts from a nearby large university .
I was struck by how each paragraph started off positively but then lapsed into treacly platitudes.
So I thought I'd help them out with their argument structure.
I was struck by how each paragraph started off positively but then lapsed into treacly platitudes.
So I thought I'd help them out with their argument structure.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I had a look at a press release about job cuts from a nearby large university .
I was struck by how each paragraph started off positively but then lapsed into treacly platitudes.
So I thought I'd help them out with their argument structure.
I was struck by how each paragraph started off positively but then lapsed into treacly platitudes.
So I thought I'd help them out with their argument structure.