I’m honored that Waterbot is part of a white paper on how governments can effectively use generative AI technology! Helping municipal and state governments use AI tech safely, securely, effectively, and without crisis is one of the major goals of the project. I’m thrilled to see that goal begin to […]
Lots of pubs!
Academic life is uneven: sometimes I’ve worked for multiple semesters without seeing a single publication come in, only to have multiple arrive in the same month. Happily, this month found me in the latter condition. I have several new publications to announce: First is “On the Current Moment in AI: […]
ASU AI Video and Article
I am deeply honored that I have the closing word on ASU’s “AI from the Experts” video. I feel like they captured my thoughts well: People look at all of AI and they say, like, “I am personally not ready for this,” and that’s OK. You might not be – […]
Applied Rhetoric Symposium 2024
On June 1st, I was thrilled to present at the Applied Rhetoric Symposium 2024, with a presentation called “Helpful Indeterminacy at Scale for the Public: Waterbot 1.0.” I got to talk about more of the rhetorical aspects of the bot this time, focusing on how we shaped and guided the […]
Waterbot 3-Minute Video
A quick update this time: here’s a 3-minute video from my co-author Claire Lauer discussing the SIGCHI paper I mentioned recently. Thanks to Claire and Briana Rajan (first author) for being fantastic co-authors!
Out and About: April-May 2024
I’ve had a lot of opportunities to get out and talk to various communities recently! Following the Insights in Innovation event I did with Changemaker @ASU, I was invited to talk at Changemaker’s Leadership Luncheon on April 17. I spoke about the development of my career and what choices brought […]
Waterbot!
So over the past year, I and a team of folks have been building a public information chatbot about water in Arizona. It’s called the Arizona Water Chatbot, or Waterbot for short. The first article about Waterbot (which is not yet released to the public) is live now! Here’s the […]
Life After Influencing
Somehow, I never pushed publish on this thought from April of 2023. It’s still a good thought: I saw a big and important article about life after being an influencer at the New York Times. Social media has many hazards; due to how rapidly social media entered the world of […]
A Schema for Social Media Networks
I’ve been thinking about how social media platforms function recently, and I’ve come up with some notes toward a schematizing idea. So: there are a few aspects of social media networks that are baked in: user to user access, content moderation schemes, business model, goal scale, and content focus. No […]
New Pre-print!
I’m thrilled to announce the arrival of a new pre-print: “Acceptance of AI-Based Meeting Tools: Psychological Safety as a Foundation for Smart Collaboration.” This paper looks at survey information to assess what factors or characteristics influence acceptance of AI-based meeting tools in the workplace. Here’s a summary of what we […]