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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · 11d

"At ASU, we currently have about 18,000 international student visas ... For Arizona, this has resulted in more than $160 billion in foreign direct investment ... No American student loses his seat to an international student—ASU admits every qualified student who applies."

Opinion | Foreign Students Help Make America Great

Trump has recognized this repeatedly, but some of his policies risk hindering American innovation.

www.wsj.com

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 11d

#Disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, but research on #DisasterManagement remains limited and siloed.

A recent @IssuesInST.bsky.social piece advocates for researchers to work together to develop a unified U.S. #DisasterResearch strategy: buff.ly/KLvNNgz

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · 15d

“Brains, treated with the same urgency, may prove a better longer-term investment.“

How to spot a genius

In an age of artificial intelligence, the human kind is increasingly important

economist.com

Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · 20d

Long day, filled with very productive (Board of Trustees) meetings at the @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de and catching the closing ceremony of the @hlforum.bsky.social.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 22d

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · 22d

“There's a 25% chance that the future of #AI will go "really, really badly".”

Amodei on AI: "There's a 25% chance that things go really, really badly"

Amodei gave the percentage after being asked his "(p)doom number."

www.axios.com

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Sep 10

“Meta proposed … [that] [r]esearchers could also write about their findings more vaguely, avoiding terms like “not compliant” or “illegal.””

Another reason why Meta forcing arrangements to have their employees as co-authors on academic publications is so deeply troubling.

Meta suppressed children's safety research, 4 whistleblowers claim | TechCrunch

Four whistleblowers share documents with Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children's safety.

techcrunch.com

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Acceptance of the scientific consensus was very high in the sample as a whole (95.1%), but also in every sub-sample (e.g. no trust in science: 87.3%) ... [P]eople are motivated to reject specific scientific beliefs, and not science as a whole."

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Many researchers and educators lack the critical AI tools and resources to investigate fundamental #AI questions and train students."

NSF announces funding to establish the National AI Research Resource Operations Center

The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a new solicitation to establish a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Operations Center (NAIRR-OC). This marks a critical...

www.nsf.gov

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Aug 22

“Have you ever pretended to hold more progressive views than you truly endorse to succeed socially or academically? An astounding 88 percent said yes.”

thehill.com

Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Aug 12

Grateful to the Responsible AI Initiative for allowing me to spend time with them this fall. And looking forward to conversations and collaborations with @utah.edu colleagues about innovating responsibly in this deeply disruptive space.

Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute @uusci.bsky.social · Aug 12

How is AI reshaping our information landscape—& what does it mean for democracy, science, & public trust? Join us Aug. 20 to hear from distinguished visitor @dietram.bsky.social on how industry & academia can work together to prepare society for AI's impacts.

Details: rai.utah.edu/distinguishe...

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Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute @uusci.bsky.social · Aug 12

How is AI reshaping our information landscape—& what does it mean for democracy, science, & public trust? Join us Aug. 20 to hear from distinguished visitor @dietram.bsky.social on how industry & academia can work together to prepare society for AI's impacts.

Details: rai.utah.edu/distinguishe...

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Aug 11

"As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued."

Holy sh*t! 😜

Dial-up Internet to be discontinued

Learn about why dial up internet has been discontinued.

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Aug 4

"[A]lthough universities unleashed an age of massive technical innovation, they failed to innovate their own designs to meet the changing needs of society."

Most elite universities are ill-prepared for the corrosive amalgam of #AI, societal #polarization, and their own academic echo chambers ...

It’s Time for Universities to Redesign Their 75-Year-Old Contract

American research universities have unleashed an age of massive technical innovation—but they’ve failed to innovate their own designs to meet the changing needs of society.

issues.org

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Aug 1

“[W]hether it's the way you pay your taxes, whether it's through health-care records, whether it's small things that apply to get a permit through international park or a campsite. All of this stuff is going to be part of the AI fabric,”

US goes full China on #AI …

White House tech director breaks down plan to balance AI national security and export promotion

White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios said that the “highest end of semiconductors” should fall under export controls, but the administration still wants the world using U.S. technology.

www.nextgov.com

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 25

One last one:

"[I]t is also entirely possible and maybe predictable that we’ll continue to knowingly march towards an internet where drawing the line between what is and isn’t real is not profitable “at scale” and therefore not a consideration for most internet companies and users."

Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 25

"Google will feed people into a faulty AI-powered alternative that is prone to errors it presents with so much confidence, we won’t even be able to tell that they are errors."

So many great quotes in this excellent piece by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social!

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 25

"[O]nly 1 percent of Google searches resulted in the users clicking on the link in the AI summary, which takes them to the page Google is summarizing."

#AI won't kill the Enlightenment. Enlightenment will LLM itself to death ...

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain

Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

www.404media.co

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Mar 10

In a social climate where disagreement is seen as disrespect Lily Tsai, @leecmcintyre.bsky.social, & @dietram.bsky.social advised humility and active listening strategies during the #BuildingTrustInScience2025 panel on polarization and #SciComm. Thanks for the great questions!

Panel Discussion from When Two Tribes Go to War: Polarization and Science Communication. Pictured panelists are Lee McIntyre,
Lily Tsai, Dietram Scheufele, and Michael John Gorman.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Apr 26

The question isn't whether to regulate AI but how to do so effectively. An inclusive, iterative approach that centers equity, rights, and civil liberties is our path forward. This future won't emerge accidentally or organically, we must build it and fight for it. www.nae.edu/19579/19582/...

Disrupting the Disruption Narrative: Policy Innovation in AI Governance

Governance should not be understood as an impediment to AI innovation but as an essential component of it. “Disrupt!” has been a mantra of ...

www.nae.edu

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 18

I like the ominous Cloudflare disclaimer that comes with the link ... 😜

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 18

In the U.S., Democrats' confidence in institutions reaches new lows while Republicans' confidence has increased, mirroring which party holds the presidency. Confidence remains high for institutions like small business, the military, and science.

news.gallup.com/poll/692633/...

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 12

I don’t understand how Wück didn’t bench the goalie after that first half …

Fußball-EM der Frauen 2025 live streamen und online schauen

Die Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2025 der Frauen in der Schweiz: Spiele in voller Länge, Highlight-Videos und Hintergründe zum DFB-Team.

www.zdf.de

Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 10

"[T]he terms of what it is like to be a human are about to change in ways that rival the transformations of the Enlightenment or the Industrial Revolution, only much more quickly."

One of the better #AI reads, and related to the "accelerated wickedness" of COVID-19 ...

slate.com/technology/2...

We Are Still Underreacting on AI

This is not just a technology issue, it’s a fundamental change to our society—and we remain dangerously underprepared.

petebuttigieg.substack.com

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Morgridge Institute for Research @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 10

Scientists who show humility and recognize that science "doesn't have all the answers" will be more effective communicators with society, argues @dietram.bsky.social. Read more: https://morgridge.org/story/for-effective-science-communication-just-the-facts-isnt-good-enough/ #SciComm

For effective science communication, ‘just the facts’ isn’t good enough - Morgridge Institute for Research

Scientists who show humility and recognize that science "doesn't have all the answers" will be more effective communicators with society, argues Morgridge PI Dietram Scheufele.

morgridge.org

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Isabelle Freiling @freiling.bsky.social · Jul 9

In @pnas.org, we outline current challenges #scicomm research faces, incl. social media having all the power over data and issues that come with that. @dietram.bsky.social

Press release: attheu.utah.edu/science-tech...
Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@uofuhumanities.bsky.social

‘The elephant in the room’ for science communication - @theU

Science organizations are ill-prepared to leverage current media landscapes most effectively to communicate with the public. A new article asserts that the struggle is partly...

attheu.utah.edu

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 3

Better late than never: The correct link with all the articles. My apologies!

www.pnas.org/topic/575

Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 3

“Scientists do a good job of answering the technical questions they think are relevant, about the risks and the benefits, but these are not the questions communities are asking.”

Great chatting with @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social’s Brian Mattmiller about our @pnas.org Colloquium issue …

For effective science communication, ‘just the facts’ isn’t good enough - Morgridge Institute for Research

Scientists who show humility and recognize that science "doesn't have all the answers" will be more effective communicators with society, argues Morgridge PI Dietram Scheufele.

morgridge.org

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jul 1

“Switching languages frequently in the course of a day (or conversation) may be particularly important.”

Is being bilingual good for your brain?

Perhaps. Learning languages offers other, more concrete benefits

www.economist.com

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Dietram A. Scheufele @dietram.bsky.social · Jun 30

Excited to see the @pnas.org colloquium issue for the 5th @nationalacademies.org "Reimagining #SciComm" colloquium finally being live. #openaccess www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

An agenda for science communication research and practice | PNAS

Science should not unilaterally dictate individuals’ decisions or public policies. Yet, it provides a vital source of information for societies and...

www.pnas.org

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