Chris Chapman
@cchapman.bsky.social
UX researcher, psychologist. Author "Quantitative User Experience Research" (w/Rodden), "R | Python for Marketing Research and Analytics" (w/Feit & Schwarz). Previously 24 yrs @ Google, Amazon, Microsoft. Personal account.
Blog at https://quantuxblog.com
Blog at https://quantuxblog.com
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It has been our policy since this has been a thing that if someone joins a meeting from the car (that is anything but a quick verbal check in) we end and reschedule the meeting for a time when people can give it their full attention and not murder anyone.
I think it's very depressing that there is simply no social stigma against distracted driving. When people join a Zoom meeting from their cars everyone should be deriding that sort of behavior, and yet it's just accepted.
Ride in a bike lane and glance into every car that you pass and you'll see an extremely high percentage of people staring at their phones. It's terrible and frightening
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It has been our policy since this has been a thing that if someone joins a meeting from the car (that is anything but a quick verbal check in) we end and reschedule the meeting for a time when people can give it their full attention and not murder anyone.
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I don't know, this seems like the kind of idea your internal processes should have killed. Several times
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I don't know, this seems like the kind of idea your internal processes should have killed. Several times
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This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
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Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
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This is why the phrase comes up in so many of the things I've written about AI.
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
February 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is why the phrase comes up in so many of the things I've written about AI.
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
AI does three main things:
1) dismantle the institutions necessary for democratic society to thrive
2) transfer wealth upwards
3) create the permission structure for (1) and (2)
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tbh it's unclear to me how much of what we're seeing is straight vibe coding and how much is e.g. people being overworked because their bosses think they should be able to handle more by vibe coding
but ultimately it's all the same root cause, right
but ultimately it's all the same root cause, right
February 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
tbh it's unclear to me how much of what we're seeing is straight vibe coding and how much is e.g. people being overworked because their bosses think they should be able to handle more by vibe coding
but ultimately it's all the same root cause, right
but ultimately it's all the same root cause, right
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A) no they're not; B) even if this were true (it's not), why back a technology that will destroy the global economy? if no one can work, no one can buy any of the shit AI companies need people to buy in order to survive. there'll be nothing to sponcon or data mine.
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
A) no they're not; B) even if this were true (it's not), why back a technology that will destroy the global economy? if no one can work, no one can buy any of the shit AI companies need people to buy in order to survive. there'll be nothing to sponcon or data mine.
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Come work as an empirical researcher at Berkeley Law!
We are taking applications now, with a deadline of 11:59pm on March 1.
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05264
We are taking applications now, with a deadline of 11:59pm on March 1.
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05264
February 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Come work as an empirical researcher at Berkeley Law!
We are taking applications now, with a deadline of 11:59pm on March 1.
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05264
We are taking applications now, with a deadline of 11:59pm on March 1.
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05264
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Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst
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Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Just about every writer has had the book club scams and book promotion scams, AI written mass-produced junk promising to connect you to readers in some way or another. They come in a variety of formats , and are a plague right now. I've just had one that is fully 1500 words long-
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Just about every writer has had the book club scams and book promotion scams, AI written mass-produced junk promising to connect you to readers in some way or another. They come in a variety of formats , and are a plague right now. I've just had one that is fully 1500 words long-
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A group of Buddhist monks walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in the name of peace. The 108-day pilgrimage captivated Americans. n.pr/4cnpTWb
These monks' walk for peace captivated Americans. It ends this week
A group of Buddhist monks walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in the name of peace. The 108-day pilgrimage captivated Americans.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A group of Buddhist monks walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in the name of peace. The 108-day pilgrimage captivated Americans. n.pr/4cnpTWb
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Please don't think anything is back to normal in Minnesota. Nothing is normal.
I know we’re strong. Don’t know if it’s enough.
If you don't live here, your Minnesota friends may tell you that it's going to be okay but I think a lot of that is them being nice so you won't worry.
It's bad here.
I know we’re strong. Don’t know if it’s enough.
If you don't live here, your Minnesota friends may tell you that it's going to be okay but I think a lot of that is them being nice so you won't worry.
It's bad here.
JUST IN: Authorities are at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in St. Paul that's believed to have involved federal immigration agents.
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/federal-agents-believed-to-be-involved-in-crash-outside-st-paul-cafe
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/federal-agents-believed-to-be-involved-in-crash-outside-st-paul-cafe
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Please don't think anything is back to normal in Minnesota. Nothing is normal.
I know we’re strong. Don’t know if it’s enough.
If you don't live here, your Minnesota friends may tell you that it's going to be okay but I think a lot of that is them being nice so you won't worry.
It's bad here.
I know we’re strong. Don’t know if it’s enough.
If you don't live here, your Minnesota friends may tell you that it's going to be okay but I think a lot of that is them being nice so you won't worry.
It's bad here.
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Now available for pre-order from your favorite local indie bookstore
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Now available for pre-order from your favorite local indie bookstore
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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So disappointed with the New Yorker Anthropic piece. No critical probing or context, just gullible parroting of a self-serving corporate marketing pitch. This needed a hard Chotinering
It is simply not true that LLMs are "black boxes." Not knowing everything about something doesn't make it a black box. The architecture was developed prior to their invention. They are iterated via intentional design. This is not a black box. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
So disappointed with the New Yorker Anthropic piece. No critical probing or context, just gullible parroting of a self-serving corporate marketing pitch. This needed a hard Chotinering
New "meta" meta-analysis concludes that studies claiming LLM benefits in education in fact show no positive effect.
And the results from the mass of studies are so extremely unlikely that they suggest "worst practices" (and maybe fraudulent) research and publication conduct 😔
And the results from the mass of studies are so extremely unlikely that they suggest "worst practices" (and maybe fraudulent) research and publication conduct 😔
I have plenty of reservations about the reliability of funnel-plots and z-curves and such, as well as their interpretation.....
But holy shit look at that.
But holy shit look at that.
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
New "meta" meta-analysis concludes that studies claiming LLM benefits in education in fact show no positive effect.
And the results from the mass of studies are so extremely unlikely that they suggest "worst practices" (and maybe fraudulent) research and publication conduct 😔
And the results from the mass of studies are so extremely unlikely that they suggest "worst practices" (and maybe fraudulent) research and publication conduct 😔
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We're looking for stories from Bellingham residents about the high cost of living. Are you a young person shopping for a home and realizing it may be out of your reach? Are you a parent who is making hard choices to afford child care?
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
We're looking for stories from Bellingham residents about the high cost of living. Are you a young person shopping for a home and realizing it may be out of your reach? Are you a parent who is making hard choices to afford child care?
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(Sorry I can't remember who, but someone was making the point about several of these studies that the evaluation scenarios are always set up to accommodate the affordances of the synthetic text extruding machines. The "humans" are just asked to adapt.)
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February 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
(Sorry I can't remember who, but someone was making the point about several of these studies that the evaluation scenarios are always set up to accommodate the affordances of the synthetic text extruding machines. The "humans" are just asked to adapt.)
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If your study is framed as asking whether "AI" does X as well as humans do, it's fundamentally misguided and I'd argue not scientifically sound.
A short 🧵>>
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February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
If your study is framed as asking whether "AI" does X as well as humans do, it's fundamentally misguided and I'd argue not scientifically sound.
A short 🧵>>
A short 🧵>>
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2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.”
From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
2/ “I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long.”
From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
From 9-year-old Susej F, detained for 50+ days
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6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
![Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in pencil in Spanish. Translation: “They don’t give me my diet I am vegetarian, I don’t eat well, there is no good education and I miss my best friend julieta and my grandmother and my school I already want to get to my house. Me in dilei [Dilley] am not happy please get me out of here to colombia.” Below the text is a drawing of the girl and her mother in the government-issued gray sweatsuits of the detention center.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/bafkreihpnudavq27nzelfb2kd3fjjthco7haqmhvx4zryksfbfruoxkm74@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
6/ “When I arrived every night I cried and now I don’t sleep well, I felt that being here was my fault and I only wanted to be on vacation like a normal family.”
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya, detained on her way to Disney World, spent 113+ days at Dilley.
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I use this as well github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
GitHub - Stevoisiak/Stevos-GenAI-Blocklist: Filter list for uBlock Origin to block website features that use Generative AI
Filter list for uBlock Origin to block website features that use Generative AI - Stevoisiak/Stevos-GenAI-Blocklist
github.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I use this as well github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
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To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class: