😶 stuart reeves 😶
@5tuartreeves.bsky.social
ACADEMIC PERSON
@UoNComputerSci, @UniOfNottingham, @TheOfficialMRL +
@HorizonDER
❑ RESEARCH COMBINES HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (#HCI) + ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (#EMCA)
@UoNComputerSci, @UniOfNottingham, @TheOfficialMRL +
@HorizonDER
❑ RESEARCH COMBINES HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (#HCI) + ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (#EMCA)
my feedback is: stop disrespecting authors and hiding behind accessibility to promote the proliferation of LLM generated text that by definition cannot be guaranteed to reflect author intent
if ACM wants authors to support more accessible papers I'm 100% supportive, stop taking shortcuts
if ACM wants authors to support more accessible papers I'm 100% supportive, stop taking shortcuts
We've heard your feedback on the new AI-generated summaries in the Digital Library. Your concerns and suggestions are helping us shape a better tool for the community, and we’ve already begun taking steps to address them.
Check out our FAQ to see what’s changing: dl.acm.org/generative-a...
Check out our FAQ to see what’s changing: dl.acm.org/generative-a...
December 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
my feedback is: stop disrespecting authors and hiding behind accessibility to promote the proliferation of LLM generated text that by definition cannot be guaranteed to reflect author intent
if ACM wants authors to support more accessible papers I'm 100% supportive, stop taking shortcuts
if ACM wants authors to support more accessible papers I'm 100% supportive, stop taking shortcuts
the AISI UK "Frontier AI Trends Report" uncritically spouts claims about AGI, treats benchmarks without much credulity, and misunderstands what actual expertise is
who cares though?
well, the AISI is a UK "government organisation" 🫣
www.aisi.gov.uk/frontier-ai-...
who cares though?
well, the AISI is a UK "government organisation" 🫣
www.aisi.gov.uk/frontier-ai-...
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
the AISI UK "Frontier AI Trends Report" uncritically spouts claims about AGI, treats benchmarks without much credulity, and misunderstands what actual expertise is
who cares though?
well, the AISI is a UK "government organisation" 🫣
www.aisi.gov.uk/frontier-ai-...
who cares though?
well, the AISI is a UK "government organisation" 🫣
www.aisi.gov.uk/frontier-ai-...
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
What the absolute shit is this? ACM using AI summaries instead of abstracts in search results?! So, if I understand correctly, instead of the author's own summary of the work (i.e. an abstract) we are better off with some regurgitated slop version of that summary instead? @chi.acm.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
if you have to explicitly say "This is not AI writing your thesis for you", it probably is what you mean actually
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
if you have to explicitly say "This is not AI writing your thesis for you", it probably is what you mean actually
the Guardian series quickly shaping up as yet another paean to 'absurdist AI' - i.e., IINO - intelligence in name only
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
the Guardian series quickly shaping up as yet another paean to 'absurdist AI' - i.e., IINO - intelligence in name only
some of the most stringent critics of 'AI' (i.e. generative models etc.) have come from a cognitive science perspective / background
given the deep relationship between early AI and cognitivist traditions, it feels a bit like a feud at times
given the deep relationship between early AI and cognitivist traditions, it feels a bit like a feud at times
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
some of the most stringent critics of 'AI' (i.e. generative models etc.) have come from a cognitive science perspective / background
given the deep relationship between early AI and cognitivist traditions, it feels a bit like a feud at times
given the deep relationship between early AI and cognitivist traditions, it feels a bit like a feud at times
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There are proper book reviews, there are rogue book reviews, and there are hooligan preudo-book-reviews. I've done the last one for "Harvey Sacks and Ethnomethodology" by Graham Button. My verdict: don't read it. #EMCA
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
On the Certain Blindness of the Excavators of Ethnomethodology’s “Heart”
Kind of review of: Graham Button. Harvey Sacks and Ethnomethodology: The Prospect of an Alternate and Adequate Sociology. London: Routledge. 232 p. ISBN 9781041112877
www.academia.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There are proper book reviews, there are rogue book reviews, and there are hooligan preudo-book-reviews. I've done the last one for "Harvey Sacks and Ethnomethodology" by Graham Button. My verdict: don't read it. #EMCA
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
www.academia.edu/145024268/On...
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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This meme never gets old
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This meme never gets old
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I had a look at a press release about job cuts from a nearby large university .
I was struck by how each paragraph started off positively but then lapsed into treacly platitudes.
So I thought I'd help them out with their argument structure.
I was struck by how each paragraph started off positively but then lapsed into treacly platitudes.
So I thought I'd help them out with their argument structure.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I had a look at a press release about job cuts from a nearby large university .
I was struck by how each paragraph started off positively but then lapsed into treacly platitudes.
So I thought I'd help them out with their argument structure.
I was struck by how each paragraph started off positively but then lapsed into treacly platitudes.
So I thought I'd help them out with their argument structure.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Senior management at Lancaster University insist cuts of 1 in 4 jobs are “difficult but necessary”
This means “we messed up the finances & you’ll be paying for it”
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/nationa...
This means “we messed up the finances & you’ll be paying for it”
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/nationa...
Lancaster University industrial action begins Monday with 1 in 4 jobs set to be axed
Staff at Lancaster University will begin industrial action on Monday November 10 over management’s threat to axe one in four staff, the University and College Union (UCU) announced.
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Senior management at Lancaster University insist cuts of 1 in 4 jobs are “difficult but necessary”
This means “we messed up the finances & you’ll be paying for it”
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/nationa...
This means “we messed up the finances & you’ll be paying for it”
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/nationa...
university leaders are simply executing stated government plans for HE (regional subject 'rationalisation', slimmed down sector overall)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
university leaders are simply executing stated government plans for HE (regional subject 'rationalisation', slimmed down sector overall)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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ACM TOCHI is creating a Distinguished Reviewer Board, we hope that you will apply to help us improve the papers we curate. You will get training in reviewing, experience with high-quality papers, and a bit of recognition. Apply at forms.gle/BWUbgHBddiro.... Please RT or DM to interested folks.
Applications for ACM TOCHI Distinguished Reviewer Board
This form is for nominating yourself to the Distinguished Reviewer Board of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI, https://tochi.acm.org/). The work of distinguished reviewers helps en...
forms.gle
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
ACM TOCHI is creating a Distinguished Reviewer Board, we hope that you will apply to help us improve the papers we curate. You will get training in reviewing, experience with high-quality papers, and a bit of recognition. Apply at forms.gle/BWUbgHBddiro.... Please RT or DM to interested folks.
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Come across Conversation Analysis and want to know more?
Loughborough University's annual online CA for Beginners workshop is on Jan. 15, 2026.
Talks, group work & data sessions with experts.
Registration (£45 or £90) is now open.
More information here
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...
#EMCA
Loughborough University's annual online CA for Beginners workshop is on Jan. 15, 2026.
Talks, group work & data sessions with experts.
Registration (£45 or £90) is now open.
More information here
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...
#EMCA
CA for Beginners January 2026 - emcawiki
emcawiki.net
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Come across Conversation Analysis and want to know more?
Loughborough University's annual online CA for Beginners workshop is on Jan. 15, 2026.
Talks, group work & data sessions with experts.
Registration (£45 or £90) is now open.
More information here
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...
#EMCA
Loughborough University's annual online CA for Beginners workshop is on Jan. 15, 2026.
Talks, group work & data sessions with experts.
Registration (£45 or £90) is now open.
More information here
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...
#EMCA
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Now that em-dashes have been ruined by their overpresence in AI slop, we might as well switch to something better⸻namely Unicode U+2E3B, the 3-em dash⸺or at the very least U+2E3A, the 2-em.
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Now that em-dashes have been ruined by their overpresence in AI slop, we might as well switch to something better⸻namely Unicode U+2E3B, the 3-em dash⸺or at the very least U+2E3A, the 2-em.
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Talking about whatever the fuck this is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Jf...
WTF Is Going On?
YouTube video by GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Talking about whatever the fuck this is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Jf...
if you're using LLMs to generate (aka "write") papers or reviews, you are undermining your own value as a researcher
#chi2026
#chi2026
While reviewing for #CHI2026, I've noticed four new writing issues in #HCI papers, likely due to an increased use of #LLMs / #AI. I describe them here - and how to fix them: dbuschek.medium.com/when-llms-wr...
When LLMs Write Our Papers
Four writing issues I notice as a reviewer — and how to fix them
dbuschek.medium.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
if you're using LLMs to generate (aka "write") papers or reviews, you are undermining your own value as a researcher
#chi2026
#chi2026
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I wrote about the stupid white paper.
In summary, with these people in the driver's seat and apparently unbothered by consequences, we're so cooked.
In summary, with these people in the driver's seat and apparently unbothered by consequences, we're so cooked.
Somewhere in the Department for Education, a phone is ringing
On October 20th at a bit after 5pm, the UK government introduced its Education and Skills white paper to Parliament, to absolutely no…
hitchcockian.medium.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I wrote about the stupid white paper.
In summary, with these people in the driver's seat and apparently unbothered by consequences, we're so cooked.
In summary, with these people in the driver's seat and apparently unbothered by consequences, we're so cooked.
your daily reminder that there are exactly two universities in the UK
Ellison Institute to spend £10bn on ‘talent and science’
Billionaire’s Oxford-based institute announces 10-year plan, as government unveils £500 million Oxford-Cambridge corridor investment
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
Billionaire’s Oxford-based institute announces 10-year plan, as government unveils £500 million Oxford-Cambridge corridor investment
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
Ellison Institute to spend £10bn on ‘talent and science’ - Research Professional News
Billionaire’s Oxford-based institute announces 10-year plan, as government unveils £500 million Oxford-Cambridge corridor investment
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
your daily reminder that there are exactly two universities in the UK