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Jean Burgess is a Distinguished Professor of Digital Media at the QUT Digital Media Research Centre, and in the… more

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by Jean Burgess

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Feedback and ideas very welcome!
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by Jean Burgess

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Agreed!
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by Jean Burgess — Reposted by: Timothy Graham

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We just released a *big* working paper on Voice AI and Authenticity as part of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society @admscentre.org.au

It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done

Check it out at Australian Policy Online here:
apo.org.au/node/331920
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by Jean Burgess

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This is interesting - kind of a re-enchantment of earlier methods as "hand-crafted" despite all the machines involved. I think it's a general pattern maybe
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by Jean Burgess

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Shout-out to fellow Angelfire homesteaders
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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · Aug 23
Angelfire homepage dedicated to the color purple (1997). Back when we all had personal homepages.
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by Jean Burgess

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#notallcleons
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by Jean Burgess

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I can't remember exactly but it's also clearly a midlife crisis as he's about to be the next Dusk
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by Jean Burgess

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It's great that there's a new season of Foundation, the best space opera/sci fi epic ever, and I admit I'm inattentive* but why has the current Cleon (Day edition) turned into The Dude? Guy's wandering around in a bathrobe, taking spliffs off shrooms, and generally DGAF

*post-viral brainfogged
Cleon the whateverth in fluffy bedwear, about to do a shroom
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by Jean Burgess

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Job for a professional HASS research infrastructure person! Program Manager, Australian Internet Observatory

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Program Manager, Australian Internet Observatory
Overview: Full-time, Fixed Term position until June 2028 Salary HEW 9 ($135,978 - $145,693) + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, but may be require...
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess, James A. Benn

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Angelfire homepage dedicated to the color purple (1997). Back when we all had personal homepages.
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess

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I wish you joy at all times.
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by Jean Burgess

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I don't *care* if it's terrible it has Suranne Jones
Promo tile for the Netflix series Hostage which has been panned by reviewers but which, as previously mentioned, has Suranne Jones in it. As a Prime Minister!!
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess, Greg Linden

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It is really funny (sad, infuriating) to watch companies start to slowlyyyyy back away from the AGI.

www.wired.com/story/charac...
Character.AI Gave Up on AGI. Now It’s Selling Stories
Startup Character.AI once promised superintelligence. Its new CEO says it's now an entertainment company with 20 million users.
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by Jean Burgess

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💔
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by Jean Burgess

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I am getting 3 review requests a DAY. This whole academic publishing thing isn't going to end well.
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by Jean Burgess

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Wolfcat 🥄 @wolfcat.bsky.social · Aug 14
Film critic David Stratton has died

David Stratton, the Australian film critic and long time host of At the Movies opposite Margaret Pomeranz has died at the age of 85, the ABC has reported.

RIP 5 Stars
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess, Patrick Stokes

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Film critic David Stratton has died

David Stratton, the Australian film critic and long time host of At the Movies opposite Margaret Pomeranz has died at the age of 85, the ABC has reported.

RIP 5 Stars
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess

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It seems to me that a lot of the AI discourse glides right over the key word “model.” If we had better public literacy around what models are and do we might be in a better position. (Please don’t @ me with the Box quote.)
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by Jean Burgess

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Good stuff! If what's important about the humanities is critical thinking, scholarship and all that stuff, let's use that to work out and through this moment. Can the cheap slogans
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · Aug 12
Instead of regurgitating the bromide that LLMs are just "autocomplete on steroids" (even by people who know better), maybe we can actually engage in some public education. The problem with genAI is better expressed through a classic computer science concept, known as SYMBOL GROUNDING. 🧵
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess, Carl T. Bergstrom, Steve Peers , and 5 more

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Instead of regurgitating the bromide that LLMs are just "autocomplete on steroids" (even by people who know better), maybe we can actually engage in some public education. The problem with genAI is better expressed through a classic computer science concept, known as SYMBOL GROUNDING. 🧵
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by Jean Burgess

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Finally, something true. Usefulness would be a better place to start!
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CNBC @cnbc.com · Aug 11
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC that artificial general intelligence is “not a super useful term.”
Sam Altman now says AGI, or human-level AI, is 'not a super useful term’ — and he's not alone
Computer science experts say it's better to focus on the more specialized use cases of AI.
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by Casey Fiesler — Reposted by: Jean Burgess, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Steve Peers , and 7 more

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC that artificial general intelligence is “not a super useful term.”
Sam Altman now says AGI, or human-level AI, is 'not a super useful term’ — and he's not alone
Computer science experts say it's better to focus on the more specialized use cases of AI.
cnb.cx
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by Jean Burgess

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Of course this exists
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by Jean Burgess

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I didn't know until this very moment how much I needed this
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess, Vu, Libby Robin

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This is Percy. He's experiencing his first rainfall. Wants to know if you're seeing what he's seeing. 12/10 (TT: percy.boy.jackson)
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by Jean Burgess — Reposted by: Göran Bolin

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Me, on the telly, restraining my intense feelings of irritation
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ADM+S Centre @admscentre.org.au · Jul 30
Prof @jeanburgess.bsky.social on ABC News Mornings (from 33:12) responding to the Govt’s proposed under-16 social media ban to include YouTube. The move raises questions on defining social media, media literacy & rights to media access. #MediaLiteracy #SocialMediaBan
iview.abc.net.au/video/NU2513...
ABC News Mornings: Wednesday 30/7/2025
Stay in the know with what's happening this morning. ABC News brings you up-to-the-minute news to fuel your daily conversations so you can stay connected and follow the discussion across the day. Pres...
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess

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Prof @jeanburgess.bsky.social on ABC News Mornings (from 33:12) responding to the Govt’s proposed under-16 social media ban to include YouTube. The move raises questions on defining social media, media literacy & rights to media access. #MediaLiteracy #SocialMediaBan
iview.abc.net.au/video/NU2513...
ABC News Mornings: Wednesday 30/7/2025
Stay in the know with what's happening this morning. ABC News brings you up-to-the-minute news to fuel your daily conversations so you can stay connected and follow the discussion across the day. Pres...
iview.abc.net.au
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Reposted by: Jean Burgess

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First time, since Twitter went down the shitter, that I've felt a real "community/come together" on a socmed platform & it's been really lovely. Have thoroughly enjoyed spending most of my Saturday with you all listening to #Hottest100 #AusHottest100 and seeing it play out here. Well done us! 😍
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by Jean Burgess

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This whole day on the radio was so wholesome, and much needed given everything
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MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · Jul 26
First time, since Twitter went down the shitter, that I've felt a real "community/come together" on a socmed platform & it's been really lovely. Have thoroughly enjoyed spending most of my Saturday with you all listening to #Hottest100 #AusHottest100 and seeing it play out here. Well done us! 😍
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