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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 1d

Environment, perception, ecology.

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Sciences Po médialab @medialab-scpo.bsky.social · 3d

Demain, @jeddobson.bsky.social explorera les chatbots IA à travers le prisme du genre conversationnel-didactique.

📍 Rendez-vous à Sciences Po Paris ou en ligne pour suivre le séminaire.

Genre and GenAI | médialab Sciences Po

Lors de cette séance de séminaire, James E. Dobson explorera les chatbots alimentés par l'IA à travers le prisme du genre conversationnel-didactique. Sa présentation mettra en lumière les normes, idéo...

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Valentin Goujon @vgoujon.bsky.social · 3d

🗓️ Let's talk about the instructional-conversational genre of LLMs with James E. Dobson (@jeddobson.bsky.social), Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College, on "Genre and GenAI"!

Tomorrow, 2-4pm (CET), at Sciences Po and online ⤵️

Sciences Po médialab @medialab-scpo.bsky.social · 7d

📆 Le médialab accueille @jeddobson.bsky.social pour son prochain séminaire, le mardi 7 octobre 2025.

Il explorera les chatbots IA à travers le prisme du genre conversationnel-didactique, en analysant les normes, idéologies et attentes intégrées aux architectures linguistiques contemporaines.

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Genre and GenAI | médialab Sciences Po

Lors de cette séance de séminaire, James E. Dobson explorera les chatbots alimentés par l'IA à travers le prisme du genre conversationnel-didactique. Sa présentation mettra en lumière les normes, idéo...

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Sciences Po médialab @medialab-scpo.bsky.social · 7d

📆 Le médialab accueille @jeddobson.bsky.social pour son prochain séminaire, le mardi 7 octobre 2025.

Il explorera les chatbots IA à travers le prisme du genre conversationnel-didactique, en analysant les normes, idéologies et attentes intégrées aux architectures linguistiques contemporaines.

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Genre and GenAI | médialab Sciences Po

Lors de cette séance de séminaire, James E. Dobson explorera les chatbots alimentés par l'IA à travers le prisme du genre conversationnel-didactique. Sa présentation mettra en lumière les normes, idéo...

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 6d

Job posting: Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian at Dartmouth College. searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/83154

Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian

The Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian accelerates the Dartmouth Libraries engagement with advanced machine learning technologies and their relevant ethical, practical, and educational implica...

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David Bau @davidbau.bsky.social · 6d

On the Good Fight podcast w substack.com/@yaschamounk I give a quick but careful primer on how modern AI works.

I also chat about our responsibility as machine learning scientists, and what we need to fix to get AI right.

Take a listen and reshare -

www.persuasion.community/p/david-bau

David Bau on How Artificial Intelligence Works

Yascha Mounk and David Bau delve into the “black box” of AI.

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 6d

Looking forward to giving this talk next week! This is work in progress and I’m excited to show it and receive feedback.

Sciences Po médialab @medialab-scpo.bsky.social · 7d

📆 Le médialab accueille @jeddobson.bsky.social pour son prochain séminaire, le mardi 7 octobre 2025.

Il explorera les chatbots IA à travers le prisme du genre conversationnel-didactique, en analysant les normes, idéologies et attentes intégrées aux architectures linguistiques contemporaines.

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Genre and GenAI | médialab Sciences Po

Lors de cette séance de séminaire, James E. Dobson explorera les chatbots alimentés par l'IA à travers le prisme du genre conversationnel-didactique. Sa présentation mettra en lumière les normes, idéo...

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Teddy Roland @teddyroland.bsky.social · 9d

Gave this a closer look today and wow it really benefits from the many hands that touched it. Every point -- every sub-point -- is thoughtfully substantiated by connecting it to multiple discourses in CS and humanities. The rigorous thought at scale, so to speak, is truly impressive.

Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · Aug 29

New preprint on "Computational Hermeneutics," co-authored by too many people to list in one post. TL;DR: GenAI is a cultural technology, and needs to be evaluated in ways that recognize situatedness, plurality, and ambiguity as the conditions of meaning — not noise to be minimized.

Computational Hermeneutics: Evaluating Generative AI as a Cultural Technology

<div> <div> <div> <p>Generative AI (GenAI) systems are increasingly recognized as cultural technologies, yet current evaluation frameworks often treat cul

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Journal of Cultural Analytics @culturalanalytics.bsky.social · 28d

📐 "Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters" by James E. Dobson (@jeddobson.bsky.social) examines how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.

culturalanalytics.org/article/1339...

Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics

By James E. Dobson. This article demonstrates how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.

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JCLS @jcls-io.bsky.social · 15d

🗓️ We are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the conference+journal track of the 5th annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies, May 28-29, 2026, in #Potsdam, #Germany! #CCLS26 #CfP

Submit your article by January 8, 2026, and be part of our big 5-year jubilee edition! 🥳🥳🥳

Call for Papers

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 15d

these are cable management geniuses--how did they do that?

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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 23d

Bloodrootlit.org

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 28d

📣 New Article Alert: Here's a potentially 🌶️ essay on the lack of formalism in humanistic writing about neural networks (or "AI"). Form matters. Architecture matters.

Journal of Cultural Analytics @culturalanalytics.bsky.social · 28d

📐 "Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters" by James E. Dobson (@jeddobson.bsky.social) examines how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.

culturalanalytics.org/article/1339...

Beyond Computational Formalism or, Architecture Matters | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics

By James E. Dobson. This article demonstrates how neural network architectures materially shape the capacities, outputs, and interpretive possibilities of machine learning models.

culturalanalytics.org

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 28d

This is a fantastic special issue of Cultural Analytics that comes out of a truly amazing workshop convened by Tess McNulty and Laura Chapot in April 2023!! Looking forward to reading all the essays. Check it out.

Journal of Cultural Analytics @culturalanalytics.bsky.social · 28d

🧩 Introduction by the special issue editors, Laura Alice Chapot and Tess McNulty. The articles in this special issue will be published in groups on a rolling basis over the coming weeks.

culturalanalytics.org/article/1439...

Computation and Form, Reconsidered | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics

By Tess McNulty, Laura Alice Chapot. In this special issue, we bring together scholars from across multiple disciplines to reconsider the intersections of computation and form at this emerging technol...

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Journal of Cultural Analytics @culturalanalytics.bsky.social · 28d

👾 "Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure" by Katherine Elkins (@katelelkins.bsky.social)

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Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics

By Katherine Elkins. Sentiment analysis for literary studies asks us to reconsider not just how we analyze individual texts, but how we conceptualize the very nature of narrative itself.

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Brigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social · Aug 30

Never thought I would come across Dilthey and Gadamer in a paper on LLMs. It's on 'computational hermeneutics'. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... One should not forget Philipp Wegener who first developed a 'Situationstheorie' of meaning/interpretation in 1885!

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · Aug 29

New preprint on "Computational Hermeneutics," co-authored by too many people to list in one post. TL;DR: GenAI is a cultural technology, and needs to be evaluated in ways that recognize situatedness, plurality, and ambiguity as the conditions of meaning — not noise to be minimized.

Computational Hermeneutics: Evaluating Generative AI as a Cultural Technology

<div> <div> <div> <p>Generative AI (GenAI) systems are increasingly recognized as cultural technologies, yet current evaluation frameworks often treat cul

papers.ssrn.com

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Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth @dartmouthdickey.bsky.social · Aug 28

Victoria K. Holt, published in Ethics & Int'l Affairs on #UN peace operations & renewable energy. "A Positive Legacy?" explores how missions can use clean energy to improve effectiveness, build stronger communities, and leave a positive legacy. #Peacekeeping #RenewableEnergy #Ethics zurl.co/68LI3

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · Aug 28

What's in those files?

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · Aug 28

And there goes time wasted on planning for the NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence grant program because it's now been canceled. Might officially be at "why even bother?" on federal grants, between my work being filled with special dirty words and last-minute cancellations.

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · Aug 28

What's in those files?

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · Aug 28

Why was Marvin Minsky such a jerk?

Minsky showing a slide titled "Examples of Early AI Research" and no mention of Frank Rosenblatt.

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · Aug 22

Visiting @renamosteirin.bsky.social’s poem at the @poetrysociety.org in Brooklyn today! So happy and proud of her. Read “Your Father Came from a Movie.”

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just call me JED.

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · Aug 22

“Any relation” and a giant grin has provided a helpful social filter over the years.

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