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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang

bnewbold.net
for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview of the network moderation architecture.

it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.

this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold
The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves. This means that more complex inter-service moderatio...
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
My takeaway from that convo is that AI usage has signal but is not a good proxy for paper mills, and we should be careful not to conflate it w/ legitimate usage of AI. Authors need nuanced guidance before AI attribution mandates, or there'll be low uptake due to stigma in some fields.
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
I also briefly discussed this work for a news article from Science on AI attribution in scientific publishing: www.science.org/content/arti...
Far more authors use AI to write science papers than admit it, publisher reports
Finding highlights promise, questions about detectors of AI-generated text
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
This work will appear at #colm2025! Please go and check out the poster. I will not be there sadly but several coauthors from Ai2 will be there!
axz.bsky.social
Amy Zhang @axz.bsky.social · Dec 3
In collab w/ Semantic Scholar, we conducted a large scale (800+) survey of researcher usage and perceptions of LLMs for science.

Major findings:
+Most are using LLMs already, mostly for writing
+LLMs seem to be a win for research equity
+But some groups, like women, have more ethical concerns too
simonaliao.bsky.social
Simona Liao @simonaliao.bsky.social · Dec 2
Hi everyone, I am excited to share our large-scale survey study with 800+ researchers, which reveals researchers’ usage and perceptions of LLMs as research tools, and how the usage and perceptions differ based on demographics.

See results in comments!

🔗 Arxiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2411.05025
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang

theias.place
I'm headed to #UIST2025 🇰🇷 to present our 🏆 Best Paper (!!!), "Graffiti: Enabling an Ecosystem of Personalized and Interoperable Social Applications"
@karger.bsky.social and David Clark
doi.org/10.1145/3746...
Graffiti: Enabling an Ecosystem of Personalized and Interoperable Social Applications | Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang

chenhaotan.bsky.social
🚀 We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming AI & Scientific Discovery online seminar! We have an amazing lineup of speakers.

This series will dive into how AI is accelerating research, enabling breakthroughs, and shaping the future of research across disciplines.

ai-scientific-discovery.github.io
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang, Jessica Vitak

acm-cscw.bsky.social
We are excited to announce CSCW's 2025's Lasting Impact Award winners. Congrats to Jill Dimond, Michaelanne Thomas, Daphne LaRose, and Amy Bruckman who will receive the award for their 2013 paper "Hollaback!: The Role of Collective Storytelling Online in a Social Movement Organization." #csccw2025
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
It’s true, iSchools have been way ahead in terms of embracing multidisciplinarity!
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
"Perhaps over the longer term, we will need some hybrid of computer science and social science that is the equivalent of economics, political science and sociology."

Yes, I agree!
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Kristen Collins @kristenrosec.bsky.social · 26d
@himself.bsky.social’s must-read on LLMs/AI as a social technologyand—my favorite part—how the Industrial Revolution has been a slow-moving singularity that shows the importance of the social sciences for grappling with today’s technologies (and we do with them)

open.substack.com/pub/programm...
Understanding AI as a social technology
Speed, shoggoths, social science
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang, Henry Farrell

kristenrosec.bsky.social
@himself.bsky.social’s must-read on LLMs/AI as a social technologyand—my favorite part—how the Industrial Revolution has been a slow-moving singularity that shows the importance of the social sciences for grappling with today’s technologies (and we do with them)

open.substack.com/pub/programm...
Understanding AI as a social technology
Speed, shoggoths, social science
open.substack.com
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang, Mor Naaman, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham , and 1 more

jugander.bsky.social
📣 Yale workshop, Oct 16-17! 📣 How could/should content ranking work? What's new in content moderation? How can platforms promote civility? Hosted by Yale's Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). Great speakers! Submit posters by 9/22! Spread the word! yalefds.swoogo.com/socialalgori...
New Directions in Social Algorithms Research on October 16-17, 2025 at Yale University
As social media algorithms increasingly mediate social experiences, there has been a rapid increase in research on the effects of how these algorithms are configured, alternatives to engagement-centri...
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang, Allison Eden

jeremydfoote.com
I am recruiting PhD students this year!

Our research group is holding an info session in a few weeks - details are at blog.communitydata.science/prospective-... , including a sign-up link.
Prospective PhD Student Q&A – September 26th
Thinking about applying to graduate school? Wonder what it’s like to pursue a PhD or M.S.? Interested in understanding relationships between technology and society? Curious about how to do research…
blog.communitydata.science
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
- when the process of using AI was so complex and varied as we saw, it suggests representing process as a potentially interesting component of "art" and not just the final output. when output is cheap, could there be creativity, intrigue, & beauty in the *process*? More to come!
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
- rather than cognitive/time offloading, we saw workflows that were quite effortful and involved lots of decisions. biggest benefit was eradicating writers' block; even seeing bad text repeatedly was helpful for not getting stuck. pointing to AI as more of a mental safety net?
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
- using AI let writers explore genres and ideas they would have never had time to write, & this let them do more of what they love about writing. so AI for them was not replacing their craft but enhancing it. it can be just fun experimentation, not always serious "art"
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
Some notes on what I found interesting about this study + reflections: - writers set boundaries on how they used AI to maintain their values; however, these changed over time as they saw how good models could be, or they'd pull back frm overuse. boundary erosion or renegotiation?
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Alicia Guo @aliciaguo.com · 28d
earlier this summer I published my first paper of my phd! ✨ a qualitative study on how creative writers are using AI in their writing and what their strategies were in order to align with their personal writing values
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edlazowska.bsky.social
Allen School researchers receive ICWSM Best Paper Award for analyzing how Reddit rules influence online community outcomes news.cs.washington.edu/2025/09/10/a...
Allen School researchers receive ICWSM Best Paper Award for analyzing how Reddit rules influence online community outcomes - Allen School News
Rules are vital for building a safe and healthy functioning online community, and Reddit is no exception. For community moderators, however, it can be difficult to make data-driven decisions on what r...
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang, Mor Naaman

juliekientz.bsky.social
At @hcde.uw.edu, we will be hiring an Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor this coming year! Timing wise, we are hiring for a Sept. 2026 start date, but could be sooner.

We are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague!

Learn more and apply at apply.interfolio.com/171881
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang

aliciaguo.com
earlier this summer I published my first paper of my phd! ✨ a qualitative study on how creative writers are using AI in their writing and what their strategies were in order to align with their personal writing values
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
I traded in my title from asst. to asst. (aka I have tenure!) 😜 The last 5 years have been a roller coaster, and I have so many mentors, students, collaborators to thank ❤️ I hope our work at the @socialfutureslab.bsky.social has at some point been interesting, inspiring, informative, etc. for you.
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang, Jessica Vitak

mellymeldubs.bsky.social
Job alert! 🌸🏔️ The UW iSchool is hiring for *two* TT faculty positions, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined. It's pretty here!

Applications due November 15th 2025 (priority deadline).

Link: apply.interfolio.com/171020
Aerial photo of UW campus with Mt. Rainier in the background
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang

skairam.bsky.social
Crunching away on a paper for #CHI2026 about online communities, moderation, or sociolinguistics?

You may be want to check out recent work led by
@galenweld.bsky.social on predicting SOVC within subreddits based on the style and structure of conversations.

arxiv.org/abs/2508.08596
How Conversational Structure and Style Shape Online Community Experiences
Sense of Community (SOC) is vital to individual and collective well-being. Although social interactions have moved increasingly online, still little is known about the specific relationships between t...
arxiv.org
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang

peterhenderson.bsky.social
Wonder why Claude decided to report users to the authorities? It might be because its constitution says Claude should choose responses in the long-term interest of humanity!

But what if we could leverage computational and legal tools to "debug" or "lint" AI rules/laws for ambiguity?

🧵!
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang, Greg Linden

markriedl.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
Thanks! I’ll have to save these for our next trip, and maybe plan for that trip to be in the winter time. It is very hot and humid, very hard to be in nature in the middle of the day so we’ve decided to stay in the city mostly.
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
Yeah it is our base but we are thinking of doing day trips out of town!
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by Amy X. Zhang

axz.bsky.social
I am in (for the very first time) Taiwan!!! I've been wanting to come here ever since CSCW 2022 was supposed to be here and then went remote last-minute due to COVID restrictions at the time. Let me know if you have any unusual/random/out-of-the-way recommendations!
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Reposted by: Amy X. Zhang, Greg Linden

uwcse.bsky.social
#UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social ‬has been a fixture on the WA innovation scene longer than Microsoft. After nearly half a century as UW educator, researcher & local tech champion, he’s logging off from official duties—but not shutting it down just yet. #UWserves www.geekwire.com/2025/after-4...
After 48 years at UW, Ed Lazowska reflects on computer science, education, AI, and what’s next
After nearly a half-century at the University of Washington, Ed Lazowska reflects on his career, the future of AI and computer science education, and his plans beyond retirement.
www.geekwire.com
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kjfeng.me
📢 New paper, published by @knightcolumbia.org

We often talk about AI agents augmenting vs. automating work, but how exactly can different configurations of human-agent interaction look like? We introduce a 5-level framework for AI agent autonomy to unpack this.

🧵👇
Screenshot of a paper on a webpage, with a figure showing 5 levels of autonomy for AI agents and the tradeoff between user involvement and agent autonomy as the levels increase.
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knightcolumbia.org
In an essay for our AI & Democratic Freedoms series,
@kjfeng.me, @axz.bsky.social (both of @socialfutureslab.bsky.social), & David W. McDonald outline a framework for levels of #AI agent autonomy that can be used to support the responsible deployment of AI agents. knightcolumbia.org/content/leve...
Levels of Autonomy for AI Agents
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