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Stephen Aguilar

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Educational researcher focused on EdTech x AI,student engagement and motivation. Associate professor at USC Rossier. Associate Director of USC Center for Generative AI and Society

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · Feb 8

Good news! Over the next year or so I will be writing my first book, published by @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social.

"Authenticating Intelligence: Preventing AI from Hijacking Education"

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Authenticating Intelligence Book — Stephen J. Aguilar

Authenticating Intelligence offers a fresh, balanced perspective on the role AI can—and should—play in the classroom. This essential guide explores the opportunities AI presents while highlighting the...

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 2d

Another example for your class, @mpolikoff.bsky.social

Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 2d

Just filled out a web survey with a bunch of Likert-type items. The response categories were in the same order on each item, but not the order you'd expect:

fairly important
important
unimportant
very important

Pretty sure "alphabetize response categories" is not best practice in survey design.

Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 2d

Hooray I've missed most of this

Max Woolf @minimaxir.bsky.social · 4d

somehow the AI discourse on Bluesky is now even worse than the old systemic harassment of people who are nonnegative on it

Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 2d

Ah yes, behaviorism.

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine viewing humanity like this

How depressing and empty a view of life

@shrikant.bsky.social

That'sa very dismissive construct Of LLMs IMHO. Yes they are stochastic and yes they are robotic' but here'sa sentence for you TO ponder:
Humans are just advanced language output algorithms that spit out returns based on input and their reterence library.

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Pallavi Singh @thepallavisingh.bsky.social · 4d

**Please Repost**

Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate.

PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Deadline: October 15.

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 6d

What, no way! I had no idea GenAI would be used to collect new and different types of data to try and sell me something. Wasn't predictable AT ALL

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

Was so busy with the AI that makes fake crime videos that I missed the AI that extracts marketing data from your thoughts www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Meta to Start Using Chatbot Conversations to Target Advertising

Meta Platforms Inc. will soon start using interactions with its AI chatbot to more effectively tailor the content and advertising that people see on Facebook and Instagram.

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 7d

Super cool read. Just in time for my the final edits to my book!

Steve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 New preprint 🚨

Across 3 experiments (n = 3,285), we found that interacting with sycophantic (or overly agreeable) AI chatbots entrenched attitudes and led to inflated self-perceptions.

Yet, people preferred sycophantic chatbots and viewed them as unbiased!

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 9d

Turns out when you age at your current rate that you do, in fact, shrink. Happy 73rd birthday.

Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 9d

Sigh

Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 10d

In other news, my cat is working on a practical warp drive!

"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says GPT-8 will be true AGI if it solves quantum gravity"

Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 10d

Dang it. I like my bones.

WIRED @wired.com · 10d

The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue. www.wired.com/story/microp...

Microplastics Could Be Weakening Your Bones, Research Suggests

The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue.

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 12d

⁉️ What's that? You do research on artificial intelligence and how it can be used to promote positive K-12 outcomes?

🗣️Well, then you should apply to this tenure-track assistant/associate professor position and come work with me at @uncschoolofed.bsky.social!!! 🎓

#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Faculty Position in Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education Open Rank – Tenure Track/Tenure Eligible

The School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in artificial intelligence in K-12 educat...

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 14d

I don't know about perfect, but this is the 1 page abstract for a funded project I was co-PI on. It's dense but punchy.

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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 15d

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A 2024 study published in JAMA involving 2.4 million children in Sweden, used sibling-control analysis. When comparing siblings—one exposed to #acetaminophen in utero & one not—the researchers found NO increased risk of #autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 16d

Everyone meet Sumi, my new kitten. She's adorable and the best kitty.

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Skeletrina 💀 @ohcatrina.bsky.social · 18d

*taps the sign*

Skeletrina 💀 @ohcatrina.bsky.social · Jul 18

As a reminder, PBS NOVA is one of the coolest science entertainment platforms that we have today!

If you're thinking of unsubscribing from any other streamers today, or if you have the capacity in your wallet, you can sign up to donate a monthly gift to PBS here: donate.kqed.org/secure/kqedpbs

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 18d

The Educational Policy Studies Department at UW-Madison is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor with a focus on climate, sustainability, and education. Please share with folks you think would be interested! #climatepolicy #edpolicy #EduSky jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Policy Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 21d

I miss machine learning as the buzzword. It promised less

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 21d

Painting

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Hilary Barth @hilarybarth.bsky.social · 21d

We’re searching for TWO tenure-track cognitive neuroscientists here in the Wesleyan University Psychology Department! Apply here wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers

Careers at Wesleyan

We welcome your interest in Wesleyan’s diverse, energetic community of employees who, by their creativity, innovative thinking, and generosity of spirit, help make Wesleyan a great place to work. In t...

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 21d

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 23d

The National Center for Education Statistics is seeking talented assessment professionals for a variety of roles providing technical direction and oversight for NAEP assessment content development, test administration, test design, and reporting and analysis.

www.usajobs.gov/job/844947600

Education Research Analyst GS-1730-14 (DE)

<p>There are two positions located in the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences in Washington, DC. The Assessment Development Expert and the Assessment Administration&nbsp...

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 22d

Literally not how cognition works. It’s inside the head, not on your face.

CNN @cnn.com · 23d

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech: https://cnn.it/47L2Y5a

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Tea’s so happy being Teddy Roosevelt @teaberryblue.net · 23d

Today is the LAST DAY to apply to work at BOOM! Studios!

If you've got 1+ years experience with storytelling in editorial or another field and are great at project/time management, you may be a great fit for this Assistant Editor position! Make sure to apply TODAY!

bit.ly/42ooXLq

#comicjobs

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Stephen Aguilar @stephenaguilar.com · 26d

What's always frustrates me about this is that checking sources is SUPER easy to do and a part of the writing process.

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 26d

Oh dear. Oh no. Regardless of the reasons for the incorrect sources, I feel bad for the authors. The viability gap between "using GenAI to help you do things" and "using GenAI to do things for you" is a chasm. A chasm.

(And that all presupposes you should use GenAI at all, which is contentious.)

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 26d

Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources

Experts find fake sources in Canadian government report that took 18 months to complete.

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