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Tim Gorichanaz
@timgorichanaz.bsky.social
Teaches HCI/UX at Drexel University 👨‍💻
Writes fiction and essays ✍️
Runs ultramarathons 🏃‍♂️
How is AI like a mirror, and how might that metaphor guide us into a humane future? In my latest piece on "Ports," I review
@shannonvallor.bsky.social's new book "The AI Mirror."

ports.substack.com/p/falling-in...
Falling in Love with Mirrors
Reading Shannon Vallor's new book, "The AI Mirror"
ports.substack.com
June 21, 2024 at 10:51 AM
In today's keynote at #ECIL2023 I got to share some of my recent thinking on virtue ethics + information, heavily indebted to @shannonvallor.bsky.social. Great conversation ensued!
October 9, 2023 at 12:19 PM
Technological questions can no longer be answered in technological terms alone. They are political questions.

—Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, 1970
September 12, 2023 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Tim Gorichanaz
Hayao Miyazaki is tired. He longs to retire, to rest, to sit on a porch and watch the trees. Suddenly he has an unbidden idea for a poignant coming of age story set in a world of magic and whimsy. He groans and reluctantly starts drawing the world’s most beautiful cartoon
September 9, 2023 at 12:19 AM
What does a shrinking human population mean for the future of human creativity?

ports.substack.com/p/the-coming...
The Coming Slowdown
What declining birth rates mean for the future of creative thinking
ports.substack.com
September 8, 2023 at 4:35 PM
New paper! "Virtuous search: A framework for intellectual virtue in online search" in JASIST

➡️ Intellectual virtues as the intersection of epistemology and ethics
➡️ The urgency of the intellectual virtues in online search
➡️ A framework for intellectual virtues in search: Searcher, System, Society
Virtuous search: A framework for intellectual virtue in online search
This paper presents a conceptual framework for the intellectual virtues in the context of online search. Intellectual virtues are dispositions and skills that enable good thinking and wise reasoning,....
doi.org
September 2, 2023 at 3:14 PM
ports.substack.com/p/humanity-c...

Attempting humanity-centered design runs the risk of arrogance and eventually hubris. But as we strive to develop and operationalize humanity-centered design, the greatest virtue will be humility.
Humanity-Centered Design Without Hubris
Lessons about the future from university master plans
ports.substack.com
September 1, 2023 at 4:21 PM
"Accused: How students respond to allegations of using ChatGPT on assessments"

New paper of mine coming soon in Learning: Research and Practice. The publication is in the pipeline, but you can read the preprint here: arxiv.org/abs/2308.16374

Hopefully useful as we embark on a new academic year!
Accused: How students respond to allegations of using ChatGPT on...
This study explores student responses to allegations of cheating using ChatGPT, a popular software platform that can be used to generate grammatical and broadly correct text on virtually any...
arxiv.org
September 1, 2023 at 3:02 PM
Reflecting on rights and duties to be informed, and rights and duties to ignore.

ports.substack.com/p/when-and-h...
When and How to Ignore
On learning the art of silence in the age of total information
ports.substack.com
August 30, 2023 at 3:50 PM
New paper with colleagues in neuroscience, psychology & urban design on the aesthetic dimension of online experiences and how it's related to users' health and well-being.

What lessons should designers of virtual worlds draw from real-world architects?

doi.org/10.3390/virt...
August 23, 2023 at 6:57 PM
Last weekend I ran Eastern States 100, a 103-mile trail run in the Pennsylvania Wilds. Up and down every mountain around Pine Creek, 20,000+ feet of vertical. It was a beautiful challenge!

Story and photos at: http://niketoldmeto.blogspot.com/2023/08/2023-eastern-states-100.html
2023 Eastern States 100
Eastern States 100: race website | results August 12, 2023, starting and ending at Little Pine State Park, near Waterville, PA 103 miles, ...
niketoldmeto.blogspot.com
August 19, 2023 at 12:02 AM