Marek
@marekmcgann.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist. Teacher. Nerd.
Cognitive science of the enactive, ecological, and (redundantly) embodied sort. Also, some stuff on scientific practice in psychology.
I co-convene these: https://www.ensoseminars.com
(he/him)
Cognitive science of the enactive, ecological, and (redundantly) embodied sort. Also, some stuff on scientific practice in psychology.
I co-convene these: https://www.ensoseminars.com
(he/him)
Wouldn't be surprised if that's playing a part, though generally the GenAI is more symptom than cause of the kind of thing he's talking about I think.
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wouldn't be surprised if that's playing a part, though generally the GenAI is more symptom than cause of the kind of thing he's talking about I think.
I can't say I'm seeing this in huge numbers. It's definitely the case (and Nick Sousanis says this down-thread), that there's a higher number who just aren't able to engage, but it's a widening gap in achievement rather than a pervasive thing.
There's a messy causality, I think.
There's a messy causality, I think.
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I can't say I'm seeing this in huge numbers. It's definitely the case (and Nick Sousanis says this down-thread), that there's a higher number who just aren't able to engage, but it's a widening gap in achievement rather than a pervasive thing.
There's a messy causality, I think.
There's a messy causality, I think.
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we (@marekmcgann.bsky.social and I) have also written about this
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Large models of what? Mistaking engineering achievements for human linguistic agency
In this paper we argue that key, often sensational and misleading, claims regarding linguistic capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) are based …
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November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
we (@marekmcgann.bsky.social and I) have also written about this
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If you look quickly at the start of the video of the scroll you can see a similar drawing as the popup card… bsky.app/profile/nsou...
Because I now can use video here: my 15 ft long continuous sequence (also divisible in 22 pgs) that opens #Nostos! Took about a year to make, longer to find a printer. I’d love to see it printed accordion-style - but we’ll see as the rest of the book gets closer to publication! #Unflattening 2
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If you look quickly at the start of the video of the scroll you can see a similar drawing as the popup card… bsky.app/profile/nsou...
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3) this may be particularly relevant when we're thinking about digital self control and the attention economy and the intention economy
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Musk is unambiguously describing an escalation of the problems we identify in these last two papers.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Musk is unambiguously describing an escalation of the problems we identify in these last two papers.
Autonomous Regulation of Social Media Use: Implications for Self-control, Well-Being, and UX | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
3) this may be particularly relevant when we're thinking about digital self control and the attention economy and the intention economy
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Musk is unambiguously describing an escalation of the problems we identify in these last two papers.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Musk is unambiguously describing an escalation of the problems we identify in these last two papers.
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2) we have operational theories that address scales of user motivation but we (and sometimes the psychologists) neglect the implications of those different scales
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
2) we have operational theories that address scales of user motivation but we (and sometimes the psychologists) neglect the implications of those different scales
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....
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1. even well-meaning tech folk fail to differentiate aspects of agency and autonomy. Particularly we ignore different scales: what aligns with my immediate interests, what aligns with longer term interests, what enables me to engage and adapt flexibly over time
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
How does HCI Understand Human Agency and Autonomy? | Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
dl.acm.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
1. even well-meaning tech folk fail to differentiate aspects of agency and autonomy. Particularly we ignore different scales: what aligns with my immediate interests, what aligns with longer term interests, what enables me to engage and adapt flexibly over time
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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🏆 Individual: @simine.com, psychologist at @unimelb.bsky.social & editor-in-chief of Psychological Science, is recognized for pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility & collaborative research, driving initiatives such as @improvingpsych.org & the journal Collabra @ucpress.bsky.social. (2/5)
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🏆 Individual: @simine.com, psychologist at @unimelb.bsky.social & editor-in-chief of Psychological Science, is recognized for pioneering methodological rigor, reproducibility & collaborative research, driving initiatives such as @improvingpsych.org & the journal Collabra @ucpress.bsky.social. (2/5)
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> models give unsafe responses because that is not what they are designed to avoid. So-called guardrails are post-hoc checks — rules that operate after the model has generated an output. If a response isn't caught by these rules, it will slip through
www.forbes.com/sites/weskil...
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www.forbes.com/sites/weskil...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
> models give unsafe responses because that is not what they are designed to avoid. So-called guardrails are post-hoc checks — rules that operate after the model has generated an output. If a response isn't caught by these rules, it will slip through
www.forbes.com/sites/weskil...
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www.forbes.com/sites/weskil...
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as if it's the speed of innovation that's been holding us back and not regressive politicians, self-absorbed greedy billionaires, or collapse of information ecosystems
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
as if it's the speed of innovation that's been holding us back and not regressive politicians, self-absorbed greedy billionaires, or collapse of information ecosystems