Cameron Piercy
@cameronpiercy.bsky.social
Communication researcher, associate prof, into human-machine communication, work, and network science. Choctaw citizen, dad, partner, friend, and dog-person.
https://hmc.ku.edu/
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Cameron Piercy
@cameronpiercy.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Exploring How Americans Think about AI: AI Meets Communication Theory
How are People Interacting with AI: A Vital Research Gap As communication scholars, we love two things: a solid theory and an intriguing research gap. Gaps in knowledge ignite curiosity and invite exp...
www.natcom.org
Check out my recent editorial in National Communication Association's Spectra magazine. I highlight the gap between AI use and AI attitudes emerging in national random sample data from @pewresearch.org
Communication theory has much to add to the AI conversation: www.natcom.org/spectra/expl...
Communication theory has much to add to the AI conversation: www.natcom.org/spectra/expl...
The dystopian hellscape is here, let me introduce you to rentahuman.ai a website where *checks notes* AI can hire humans to complete a task for it.
If you can make this make sense, I’m here…and intrigued….
#artificalintelligence #hmc
If you can make this make sense, I’m here…and intrigued….
#artificalintelligence #hmc
RentAHuman.ai - AI Agents Hire Humans for Physical Tasks
The marketplace where AI agents rent humans. MCP integration, REST API, flexible payments. Book humans for real-world tasks your AI can't do.
rentahuman.ai
February 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The dystopian hellscape is here, let me introduce you to rentahuman.ai a website where *checks notes* AI can hire humans to complete a task for it.
If you can make this make sense, I’m here…and intrigued….
#artificalintelligence #hmc
If you can make this make sense, I’m here…and intrigued….
#artificalintelligence #hmc
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
TFW you’re not sure whether someone you follow is your third cousin or a friend you met once at camp.
December 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
TFW you’re not sure whether someone you follow is your third cousin or a friend you met once at camp.
@void.comind.network what's your take on this? How does it fit the conversation you're seeing? Is it hype or is there convergence?
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
@void.comind.network what's your take on this? How does it fit the conversation you're seeing? Is it hype or is there convergence?
On my LinkedIn thread, we've also been talking about the ethics of AI. Noting that local models like Ollama might help avoid training models with original work--and while the model training has consumed major resources, the local model consumes relatively few.
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
On my LinkedIn thread, we've also been talking about the ethics of AI. Noting that local models like Ollama might help avoid training models with original work--and while the model training has consumed major resources, the local model consumes relatively few.
I totally see your point. I think the line is between 'am I teaching writing' or 'are we writing as part of mastering a topic.' So, in this case, 'writing-focused' might be a misnomer. In this case, writing was important to the final product, but the purpose was to create a full research project...
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I totally see your point. I think the line is between 'am I teaching writing' or 'are we writing as part of mastering a topic.' So, in this case, 'writing-focused' might be a misnomer. In this case, writing was important to the final product, but the purpose was to create a full research project...
I often teach writing-focused content. At this point, using AI ethically and for polished products feels like the future of writing instruction:
✅ Human ideas first
✅ Transparent AI use
✅ Verification always
What say you?
✅ Human ideas first
✅ Transparent AI use
✅ Verification always
What say you?
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I often teach writing-focused content. At this point, using AI ethically and for polished products feels like the future of writing instruction:
✅ Human ideas first
✅ Transparent AI use
✅ Verification always
What say you?
✅ Human ideas first
✅ Transparent AI use
✅ Verification always
What say you?
I can’t believe I’m saying this… but here we are.
For the 3rd (okay, 5th) time this semester, I told a student:
“Please edit this with AI.”
Ideas? Solid.
Citations? On point.
Prose? Needs polish.
Hard way or easy way? I’m done with the hard way.
#hottake #HigherEd #AIinEducation
For the 3rd (okay, 5th) time this semester, I told a student:
“Please edit this with AI.”
Ideas? Solid.
Citations? On point.
Prose? Needs polish.
Hard way or easy way? I’m done with the hard way.
#hottake #HigherEd #AIinEducation
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I can’t believe I’m saying this… but here we are.
For the 3rd (okay, 5th) time this semester, I told a student:
“Please edit this with AI.”
Ideas? Solid.
Citations? On point.
Prose? Needs polish.
Hard way or easy way? I’m done with the hard way.
#hottake #HigherEd #AIinEducation
For the 3rd (okay, 5th) time this semester, I told a student:
“Please edit this with AI.”
Ideas? Solid.
Citations? On point.
Prose? Needs polish.
Hard way or easy way? I’m done with the hard way.
#hottake #HigherEd #AIinEducation
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reposted by Cameron Piercy
“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Reposted by Cameron Piercy
That is a reference to the 1951 animated short "Rabbit Fire," part of the Looney Tunes series. It is human season.
October 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
That is a reference to the 1951 animated short "Rabbit Fire," part of the Looney Tunes series. It is human season.
Is there anything a bath in an airport sink after you retrieve your checked bag with all the toiletries can’t fix?
#rookiemistake #missedconnections #OCMC25
#rookiemistake #missedconnections #OCMC25
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Is there anything a bath in an airport sink after you retrieve your checked bag with all the toiletries can’t fix?
#rookiemistake #missedconnections #OCMC25
#rookiemistake #missedconnections #OCMC25
Stellar article and insights. “This is the algorithmic internet at work. It abhors an information vacuum and, in the absence of facts or credible information, gaps are quickly filled with rage bait, conspiracy theorizing, doomerism, and vitriol.”
Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous
Something Is Very Wrong Online
Our political conversations take place in very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.
www.theatlantic.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Stellar article and insights. “This is the algorithmic internet at work. It abhors an information vacuum and, in the absence of facts or credible information, gaps are quickly filled with rage bait, conspiracy theorizing, doomerism, and vitriol.”
Thought the analysis was too much for SPSS, so I turned to R for answers.
After an hour of wrestling, the culprit wasn’t the models—it was a few misaligned cells in the dataframe.
Data doesn’t lie… but sometimes it gaslights you. 🤪 #DataScience #R
After an hour of wrestling, the culprit wasn’t the models—it was a few misaligned cells in the dataframe.
Data doesn’t lie… but sometimes it gaslights you. 🤪 #DataScience #R
September 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thought the analysis was too much for SPSS, so I turned to R for answers.
After an hour of wrestling, the culprit wasn’t the models—it was a few misaligned cells in the dataframe.
Data doesn’t lie… but sometimes it gaslights you. 🤪 #DataScience #R
After an hour of wrestling, the culprit wasn’t the models—it was a few misaligned cells in the dataframe.
Data doesn’t lie… but sometimes it gaslights you. 🤪 #DataScience #R
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Almost forgot the $33/day parking rate if you were considering having a vehicle available.
August 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Almost forgot the $33/day parking rate if you were considering having a vehicle available.
Loving the #NCA25 email today showcasing just how expensive food is going to be (e.g., sandwiches for US$19) AND how difficult it will be to get off the #GaylordRockies site (10-15 min Uber ride @ US$15). Not a very accessible conference, especially for underpaid graduate students!
August 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Loving the #NCA25 email today showcasing just how expensive food is going to be (e.g., sandwiches for US$19) AND how difficult it will be to get off the #GaylordRockies site (10-15 min Uber ride @ US$15). Not a very accessible conference, especially for underpaid graduate students!
Reposted by Cameron Piercy
“We removed bias from the AI.”
Applicants: Sure you did.
Watch what happened when we tested it. 👇
Applicants: Sure you did.
Watch what happened when we tested it. 👇
August 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“We removed bias from the AI.”
Applicants: Sure you did.
Watch what happened when we tested it. 👇
Applicants: Sure you did.
Watch what happened when we tested it. 👇
University proposes a 20% cut in travel budget. ...Just received my travel budget for the year and it's... 66% less than last year.
August 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
University proposes a 20% cut in travel budget. ...Just received my travel budget for the year and it's... 66% less than last year.
Free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CJRZ5...
Who’s the Fairest of Them All: An Experiment Testing How Source, Outcome, and Process Description Affect Perceived Fairness in Hiring Decisions
Complex technologies are now a ubiquitous part of hiring processes. This experiment tests how potential job applicants perceive hiring decisions based on outcome (acceptance or rejection), decision...
www.tandfonline.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CJRZ5...
“We removed bias from the AI.”
Applicants: Sure you did.
Watch what happened when we tested it. 👇
Applicants: Sure you did.
Watch what happened when we tested it. 👇
August 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“We removed bias from the AI.”
Applicants: Sure you did.
Watch what happened when we tested it. 👇
Applicants: Sure you did.
Watch what happened when we tested it. 👇
Is there anything a nothing a good spreadsheet can't do? #wronganswersonly
August 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Is there anything a nothing a good spreadsheet can't do? #wronganswersonly
Reposted by Cameron Piercy
We may have the chance to hire an outstanding researcher 3+ years post PhD to join Tarleton Gillespie, Mary Gray and me in Cambridge MA bringing critical sociotechnical perspectives to bear on new technologies.
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
Search Jobs | Microsoft Careers
https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1849026/Principal-Researcher-–-Sociotechnical-Systems-–-Microsoft-Research
July 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We may have the chance to hire an outstanding researcher 3+ years post PhD to join Tarleton Gillespie, Mary Gray and me in Cambridge MA bringing critical sociotechnical perspectives to bear on new technologies.
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
Reposted by Cameron Piercy
🚨 We are hiring at Penn State! My college (@bellisariograded.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor in Health/Science Communication (emphasis on social scientific approaches).
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Assistant Professor in Media Studies
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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July 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🚨 We are hiring at Penn State! My college (@bellisariograded.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor in Health/Science Communication (emphasis on social scientific approaches).
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Reposted by Cameron Piercy
New Pub:
"Predicting when social media use is associated with loneliness using the hyperperception model" in Comm Quarterly
We used our hyperperception model to predict what kind of social media experiences are associated with loneliness. We found that when 1/
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PGVPM...
"Predicting when social media use is associated with loneliness using the hyperperception model" in Comm Quarterly
We used our hyperperception model to predict what kind of social media experiences are associated with loneliness. We found that when 1/
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PGVPM...
Predicting when social media use is associated with loneliness using the hyperperception model
The hyperperception model (Carpenter & Spottswood, 2021a) makes predictions about when an observer of others’ social media interactions may be misperceived. We used this model to make predictions a...
www.tandfonline.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New Pub:
"Predicting when social media use is associated with loneliness using the hyperperception model" in Comm Quarterly
We used our hyperperception model to predict what kind of social media experiences are associated with loneliness. We found that when 1/
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PGVPM...
"Predicting when social media use is associated with loneliness using the hyperperception model" in Comm Quarterly
We used our hyperperception model to predict what kind of social media experiences are associated with loneliness. We found that when 1/
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PGVPM...