Felix A. Epp
@felix.science
Postdoctoral Researcher in Design, HCI, Futures and Social Computing at the University of Helsinki and Aalto University
Current: role of values and ideologies in the design of technologies.
Active at the Research Professionals Union
https://felix.science
Current: role of values and ideologies in the design of technologies.
Active at the Research Professionals Union
https://felix.science
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Felix A. Epp
@felix.science
· Oct 20
Affordances and Design Principles of The Political Left and Right | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Like any form of technology, social media services embed values. To examine how societal
values may be present in these systems, we focus on exploring political ideology as
a value system. We organise...
dl.acm.org
Back from my hiatus on here to announce our first study on Digital Ideologies. With @jhaapj.bsky.social and @matnel.bsky.social we explored connections between the affordances of social media and political ideologies.
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Its near "super intelligence" "replacing professionals" in the PR rounds, then once everyone is convinced and uses them for legal and medical advice, following the deceptive marketing, they slip it in the terms of service that you shouldn't do that.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Its near "super intelligence" "replacing professionals" in the PR rounds, then once everyone is convinced and uses them for legal and medical advice, following the deceptive marketing, they slip it in the terms of service that you shouldn't do that.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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cool pincer movement if you truly grasp:
AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
🧵
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AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
🧵
1/n
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
cool pincer movement if you truly grasp:
AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
🧵
1/n
AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
🧵
1/n
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Today's decision in GEMA v. OpenAI by a German court holds that ChatGPT infringes copyright when it memorizes song lyrics. The opinion cites my paper with @afedercooper.bsky.social on memorization in generative models, and its analysis tracks ours.
drive.google.com/file/d/1dUaD...
drive.google.com/file/d/1dUaD...
42-O-14139-24-Endurteil.pdf
drive.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Today's decision in GEMA v. OpenAI by a German court holds that ChatGPT infringes copyright when it memorizes song lyrics. The opinion cites my paper with @afedercooper.bsky.social on memorization in generative models, and its analysis tracks ours.
drive.google.com/file/d/1dUaD...
drive.google.com/file/d/1dUaD...
Are you working on the intersection of futures, design and plural ways of (un-)knowing?
Then you'll love the Anticipation Conference in 2026, as I did last year.
📍 Politecnico di Milano
📅 Jul 1–3, 2026
Submit an abstract by Nov 28
anticipationconference.net
🎓PhD summer school Jun 29–30
Then you'll love the Anticipation Conference in 2026, as I did last year.
📍 Politecnico di Milano
📅 Jul 1–3, 2026
Submit an abstract by Nov 28
anticipationconference.net
🎓PhD summer school Jun 29–30
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Are you working on the intersection of futures, design and plural ways of (un-)knowing?
Then you'll love the Anticipation Conference in 2026, as I did last year.
📍 Politecnico di Milano
📅 Jul 1–3, 2026
Submit an abstract by Nov 28
anticipationconference.net
🎓PhD summer school Jun 29–30
Then you'll love the Anticipation Conference in 2026, as I did last year.
📍 Politecnico di Milano
📅 Jul 1–3, 2026
Submit an abstract by Nov 28
anticipationconference.net
🎓PhD summer school Jun 29–30
*surprised Pikachu face*
When ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants.
Age and gender distortion in online media and large language models - Nature
Stereotypes of age-related gender bias are socially distorted, as evidenced by the age gap in the representations of women and men across various media and algorithms, despite no systematic age differ...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
*surprised Pikachu face*
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A law that requires "age assurance" sounds reasonable and moderate. But if that law defines age assurance as requiring government ID verification, it's not moderate at all—it's mass surveillance. Here’s a guide to what all those terms mean: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different
www.eff.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A law that requires "age assurance" sounds reasonable and moderate. But if that law defines age assurance as requiring government ID verification, it's not moderate at all—it's mass surveillance. Here’s a guide to what all those terms mean: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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"Collectively, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Norway increased their oil and gas production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 [Paris Agreement signing] and 2024. In the rest of the world, combined oil and gas extraction dropped by 2 percent over the same period"
oilchange.org/publications...
oilchange.org/publications...
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Collectively, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Norway increased their oil and gas production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 [Paris Agreement signing] and 2024. In the rest of the world, combined oil and gas extraction dropped by 2 percent over the same period"
oilchange.org/publications...
oilchange.org/publications...
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I'm so goddamn tired of saying this but: this is it.
All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.
All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm so goddamn tired of saying this but: this is it.
All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.
All the worrying that trans folks have had since he took office? This is why. This is the first step on a short road that ends with the criminalization of trans existence in the US. It isn't doomsaying. It isn't panic. It's right in front of us.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Welcome to forced obsolescence: “I found [a line…] The timestamp matched precisely with when it had stopped working… They hadn’t merely incorporated a remote control feature. They had used it to permanently disable my device.”
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it.
The Beginning: A Curious Experiment
It all started ...
codetiger.github.io
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Welcome to forced obsolescence: “I found [a line…] The timestamp matched precisely with when it had stopped working… They hadn’t merely incorporated a remote control feature. They had used it to permanently disable my device.”
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
This is such critical work! 👏🏻
Simulating participants with LLMs is the ultimate confirmation bias.
Simulating participants with LLMs is the ultimate confirmation bias.
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is such critical work! 👏🏻
Simulating participants with LLMs is the ultimate confirmation bias.
Simulating participants with LLMs is the ultimate confirmation bias.
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Genau das gleiche sehen wir in anderen Ländern: Wenige Reiche fliehen vor hohen Steuern, der Rest zahl, netto ein Plus
Mehr hier: krautreporter.de/geld-und-wir...
Mehr hier: krautreporter.de/geld-und-wir...
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Genau das gleiche sehen wir in anderen Ländern: Wenige Reiche fliehen vor hohen Steuern, der Rest zahl, netto ein Plus
Mehr hier: krautreporter.de/geld-und-wir...
Mehr hier: krautreporter.de/geld-und-wir...
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It’s the last day of #CSCW2025! Come by at 2:30pm at the Perspectives on Data Privacy session to watch me discuss the resistance tactics that workers use to circumvent surveillance and how they build towards collective action
“It’s Always a Losing Game”: How Workers Understand and Resist Surveillance Technologies on the Job. dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
'It's Always a Losing Game': How Workers Understand and Resist Surveillance Technologies on the Job | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
With the rise of remote work, a range of surveillance technologies are increasingly being used by business owners to track and monitor employees, raising concerns about worker rights and privacy. Through analysis of Reddit posts and in-depth semi-...
dl.acm.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It’s the last day of #CSCW2025! Come by at 2:30pm at the Perspectives on Data Privacy session to watch me discuss the resistance tactics that workers use to circumvent surveillance and how they build towards collective action
What a lovely #cscw2025 session of authors, papers and audience we had on "bipartisan discourse online". 😍
With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...
Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...
Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What a lovely #cscw2025 session of authors, papers and audience we had on "bipartisan discourse online". 😍
With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...
Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...
Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
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It's the final day of #cscw2025! I can't believe how quickly the last week has gone by, but I'm feeling very energized by this community, and I'm especially looking forward to Gina Neff (@ginasue.bsky.social) giving the closing keynote this afternoon.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It's the final day of #cscw2025! I can't believe how quickly the last week has gone by, but I'm feeling very energized by this community, and I'm especially looking forward to Gina Neff (@ginasue.bsky.social) giving the closing keynote this afternoon.
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This morning, I’m at the CSCW conference in a session on “Activism in a Time if Data.” Most of the papers seem to assume activism for “good,” ending with design recs for supporting activism. As far as I can tell, none of the papers center right wing activism. Seems like we have a massive blind spot.
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This morning, I’m at the CSCW conference in a session on “Activism in a Time if Data.” Most of the papers seem to assume activism for “good,” ending with design recs for supporting activism. As far as I can tell, none of the papers center right wing activism. Seems like we have a massive blind spot.
Back from my hiatus on here to announce our first study on Digital Ideologies. With @jhaapj.bsky.social and @matnel.bsky.social we explored connections between the affordances of social media and political ideologies.
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Affordances and Design Principles of The Political Left and Right | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Like any form of technology, social media services embed values. To examine how societal
values may be present in these systems, we focus on exploring political ideology as
a value system. We organise...
dl.acm.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Back from my hiatus on here to announce our first study on Digital Ideologies. With @jhaapj.bsky.social and @matnel.bsky.social we explored connections between the affordances of social media and political ideologies.
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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New article out, just in time before #CSCW2025!
This piece, by @eppfel.bsky.social, me and @matnel.bsky.social, looks at what happens if we ask politicians with different ideological leanings and party affiliations to design social media services.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#hcisky #hci #CSCW
This piece, by @eppfel.bsky.social, me and @matnel.bsky.social, looks at what happens if we ask politicians with different ideological leanings and party affiliations to design social media services.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#hcisky #hci #CSCW
Affordances and Design Principles of The Political Left and Right | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Like any form of technology, social media services embed values. To examine how societal
values may be present in these systems, we focus on exploring political ideology as
a value system. We organise...
dl.acm.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New article out, just in time before #CSCW2025!
This piece, by @eppfel.bsky.social, me and @matnel.bsky.social, looks at what happens if we ask politicians with different ideological leanings and party affiliations to design social media services.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#hcisky #hci #CSCW
This piece, by @eppfel.bsky.social, me and @matnel.bsky.social, looks at what happens if we ask politicians with different ideological leanings and party affiliations to design social media services.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#hcisky #hci #CSCW
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I bought this plumeria cutting at #CHI2024 and it has started to root and sprout leaves with some ongoing TLC. ❤️ If you’re in the heat of the #CHI2025 deadline, hang in there! Drink some water, take breaks, and be good to yourself. We all need nourishment to grow our dreams. 🪴
September 5, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Imma keep it short this time:
Companies are using our work without compensation. That's the point of AI
The endless debates over whether this is "true art" or not, or whether it's gonna take over the world some day, are a distraction from the indisputable fact that this is pure exploitation
Companies are using our work without compensation. That's the point of AI
The endless debates over whether this is "true art" or not, or whether it's gonna take over the world some day, are a distraction from the indisputable fact that this is pure exploitation
Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos
"Imagine with Meta AI" turns prompts into images, trained using public Facebook data.
arstechnica.com
December 8, 2023 at 7:06 AM
Imma keep it short this time:
Companies are using our work without compensation. That's the point of AI
The endless debates over whether this is "true art" or not, or whether it's gonna take over the world some day, are a distraction from the indisputable fact that this is pure exploitation
Companies are using our work without compensation. That's the point of AI
The endless debates over whether this is "true art" or not, or whether it's gonna take over the world some day, are a distraction from the indisputable fact that this is pure exploitation