Dr. Cindy Conaway
@drcindyconaway.bsky.social
Professor of Digital Communication and Media Studies at SUNY Empire State University. I study Seinfeld and Digital Humanities.
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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.
Along with mashed potatoes, we are bringing the ingredients for a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Popcorn, pretzel sticks, jellybeans (which were well hidden at the grocery store) and toast.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Along with mashed potatoes, we are bringing the ingredients for a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Popcorn, pretzel sticks, jellybeans (which were well hidden at the grocery store) and toast.
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People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
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Essay | How to Turn the Bureaucratic Grind of Life Into a Party
We all feel it: the growing stream of administrative tasks sapping our time, spirits and social lives. Admin Night represents a tiny, nerdy resistance.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Consuming: Frankenstein is visually stunning and the acting’s good, although Jacob Elordi is not a movie star. He and Austin Butler come from teen shows and it's hard to see them "act." Why now? If you're making a Frankenstein movie, what is the metaphor for today? Because it doesn't seem to be AI.
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Consuming: Frankenstein is visually stunning and the acting’s good, although Jacob Elordi is not a movie star. He and Austin Butler come from teen shows and it's hard to see them "act." Why now? If you're making a Frankenstein movie, what is the metaphor for today? Because it doesn't seem to be AI.
Anticipating: Of the movies in theaters most likely to be nominated for Oscars, DH is usually allergic to the work of Lanthimos so we'll wait for Bugonia to stream so he can bail if he wants. Same is true for Nuremberg, but for me for Holocaust-ish reasons.
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Anticipating: Of the movies in theaters most likely to be nominated for Oscars, DH is usually allergic to the work of Lanthimos so we'll wait for Bugonia to stream so he can bail if he wants. Same is true for Nuremberg, but for me for Holocaust-ish reasons.
Anticipating: Last night's snow means the fact I got up at all is kind of amazing. I told Christopher Whann to get me up in (late) April. No plans to leave the house today--hopefully can find a movie likely to be nominated for an Oscar.
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Anticipating: Last night's snow means the fact I got up at all is kind of amazing. I told Christopher Whann to get me up in (late) April. No plans to leave the house today--hopefully can find a movie likely to be nominated for an Oscar.
Producing: Many Teams meetings yesterday meant lots more Ds. Then did all the shows starting with "E!" I haven't figured out what all the "50 Top Child Stars" or VH1's "I Love the 80's" sorts of shows should actually be coded as. IMDb has either Reality or Documentary. Neither seems right to me.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Producing: Many Teams meetings yesterday meant lots more Ds. Then did all the shows starting with "E!" I haven't figured out what all the "50 Top Child Stars" or VH1's "I Love the 80's" sorts of shows should actually be coded as. IMDb has either Reality or Documentary. Neither seems right to me.
Consuming: Pluribus is amazing. If Rhea Seehorn doesn't get an Emmy nom there's no justice--she's in every scene and all that physical work. Down Cemetery Road. Chicken Chili.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Consuming: Pluribus is amazing. If Rhea Seehorn doesn't get an Emmy nom there's no justice--she's in every scene and all that physical work. Down Cemetery Road. Chicken Chili.
Producing: I'm going down my Seinfeld spreadsheet and adding distributors whatever entries all my automation didn’t (scrolling down each IMDb page, and sometimes having to click yet again). Yesterday I did all the items that had "Comedy" or "Comic" as the first word of the title. Seemed appropriate!
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Producing: I'm going down my Seinfeld spreadsheet and adding distributors whatever entries all my automation didn’t (scrolling down each IMDb page, and sometimes having to click yet again). Yesterday I did all the items that had "Comedy" or "Comic" as the first word of the title. Seemed appropriate!
Consuming: The Lowdown finale was great. I hope it returns next year.
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Consuming: The Lowdown finale was great. I hope it returns next year.
Consuming: The Diplomat s3. The Leftovers s2.
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Consuming: The Diplomat s3. The Leftovers s2.
Producing: I've been AI "vibe coding" on my Seinfeld spread sheet. Claude has written/guided me through using Python code to query several more databases that give TV networks/cable channels/streaming services or movie production companies of many of the media items, which IMDb's free data does not.
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Producing: I've been AI "vibe coding" on my Seinfeld spread sheet. Claude has written/guided me through using Python code to query several more databases that give TV networks/cable channels/streaming services or movie production companies of many of the media items, which IMDb's free data does not.
Consuming: The Lowdown is great--to think I didn't like Ethan Hawke for a long time. Georgie and Mandy is hitting its stride. Ghosts Halloween always amusing. Chinese food delivery from Hong Kong in Hudson Falls was quite good.
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Consuming: The Lowdown is great--to think I didn't like Ethan Hawke for a long time. Georgie and Mandy is hitting its stride. Ghosts Halloween always amusing. Chinese food delivery from Hong Kong in Hudson Falls was quite good.
Consuming: "Only Murders in the Building" finale, "DMV" "The Leftovers", "The Beach Cottage Chronicles."
Producing: A spreadsheet of every student in Digital Communication and what they have taken so far.
Anticipating: Chair Aerobics. "Slow Horses" finale. "The Morning Show."
Producing: A spreadsheet of every student in Digital Communication and what they have taken so far.
Anticipating: Chair Aerobics. "Slow Horses" finale. "The Morning Show."
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Consuming: "Only Murders in the Building" finale, "DMV" "The Leftovers", "The Beach Cottage Chronicles."
Producing: A spreadsheet of every student in Digital Communication and what they have taken so far.
Anticipating: Chair Aerobics. "Slow Horses" finale. "The Morning Show."
Producing: A spreadsheet of every student in Digital Communication and what they have taken so far.
Anticipating: Chair Aerobics. "Slow Horses" finale. "The Morning Show."
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I just published Are we expecting too much of LLMs? An analysis of prompts in NLP papers medium.com/p/are-we-exp...
Are we expecting too much of LLMs? An analysis of prompts in NLP papers
I’ve been having this uneasy feeling that we — as in the NLP community — are overly relying on LLMs to perform any text processing…
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September 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I just published Are we expecting too much of LLMs? An analysis of prompts in NLP papers medium.com/p/are-we-exp...
Reposted by Dr. Cindy Conaway
Michael Gerlich. Doesn't use the word 'deskilling' but suggests higher use of AI tools is associated with reduced critical thinking skills.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Michael Gerlich. Doesn't use the word 'deskilling' but suggests higher use of AI tools is associated with reduced critical thinking skills.
Reposted by Dr. Cindy Conaway
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Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but I’m planning on using this one this fall as a means by which to demonstrate how new technologies can be used by industry to either take skills from workers, or more insidiously, cause workers just to give their skills away
Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but I’m planning on using this one this fall as a means by which to demonstrate how new technologies can be used by industry to either take skills from workers, or more insidiously, cause workers just to give their skills away
What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Classroom
My students call it “Chat,” a cute nickname they all seem to have agreed on at some point. They use it to make study guides, interpret essay prompts, and register for classes, turning it loose on t…
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August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
lithub.com/what-happene...
Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but I’m planning on using this one this fall as a means by which to demonstrate how new technologies can be used by industry to either take skills from workers, or more insidiously, cause workers just to give their skills away
Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but I’m planning on using this one this fall as a means by which to demonstrate how new technologies can be used by industry to either take skills from workers, or more insidiously, cause workers just to give their skills away
Reposted by Dr. Cindy Conaway
There's some research suggesting that AI erodes the value of a college education, because firms perceive AI as having a deskilling effect on college-educated workers and thus see less value in hiring workers with college degrees.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Is College Education Less Necessary with AI? Evidence from Firm-Level Labor Structure Changes
As a general-purpose technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to transform almost all industries and aspects of our society. Thus, it is important to understand the potential changes wi...
www.tandfonline.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There's some research suggesting that AI erodes the value of a college education, because firms perceive AI as having a deskilling effect on college-educated workers and thus see less value in hiring workers with college degrees.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Reposted by Dr. Cindy Conaway
i think a reasonable question would be did openAI use their AI to create these charts, and if not, why not
and if so, lol
and if so, lol
OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing
OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing
An OpenAI staffer apologized for the “unintentional chart crime.”
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August 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
i think a reasonable question would be did openAI use their AI to create these charts, and if not, why not
and if so, lol
and if so, lol
Dear Pottery Barn. As far as I'm concerned, summer just started. Do not send me catalogs yet with russet foxes on everything (not that I will buy those in two months).
And Target--I'm not ready for Back to School either.
And Target--I'm not ready for Back to School either.
July 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Dear Pottery Barn. As far as I'm concerned, summer just started. Do not send me catalogs yet with russet foxes on everything (not that I will buy those in two months).
And Target--I'm not ready for Back to School either.
And Target--I'm not ready for Back to School either.
Reposted by Dr. Cindy Conaway
Was cancellation of the Colbert show a secret side agreement in CBS parent Paramount's $16 million lawsuit settlement with Trump? Seems like an amazing coincidence if it wasn't.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Was cancellation of the Colbert show a secret side agreement in CBS parent Paramount's $16 million lawsuit settlement with Trump? Seems like an amazing coincidence if it wasn't.
Does anyone have a very short video or article explaining what theory is and why students should use it? I've spent hours with ChatGPT. Everything is too accented, or too science-y for my humanities-based, fully online Digital Communication program. catalog.sunyempire.edu/undergraduat...
Digital Communication: B.S. | Empire State University
catalog.sunyempire.edu
July 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Does anyone have a very short video or article explaining what theory is and why students should use it? I've spent hours with ChatGPT. Everything is too accented, or too science-y for my humanities-based, fully online Digital Communication program. catalog.sunyempire.edu/undergraduat...
Looking for a completely online (asynchronous) undergraduate program in Digital Communication? Very transfer friendly and you can apply for Credit for Prior Learning! catalog.sunyempire.edu/undergraduat... to #SUNYEmpire
July 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Looking for a completely online (asynchronous) undergraduate program in Digital Communication? Very transfer friendly and you can apply for Credit for Prior Learning! catalog.sunyempire.edu/undergraduat... to #SUNYEmpire