Jeffrey P. Bigham
@jeffreybigham.com
Professor of HCII and LTI at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.
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a possible analogy for building with LLMs -- it's like when you go from being a phd student, building stuff and writing papers about stuff, to being a professor where you just edit other people's papers. tedium goes up, agency goes down, someone else gets to be creative … orib.dev/nofun.html
LLMs Are Not Fun
orib.dev
December 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
a possible analogy for building with LLMs -- it's like when you go from being a phd student, building stuff and writing papers about stuff, to being a professor where you just edit other people's papers. tedium goes up, agency goes down, someone else gets to be creative … orib.dev/nofun.html
Reposted by Jeffrey P. Bigham
The U.S. government bans 5 people from the country, alleging “Murthy-style speech suppression.” Masnick: “So the State Department is citing a case that disproved government censorship as evidence of government censorship. That’s not even creative lying — it’s just citing your own loss as precedent.”
Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The U.S. government bans 5 people from the country, alleging “Murthy-style speech suppression.” Masnick: “So the State Department is citing a case that disproved government censorship as evidence of government censorship. That’s not even creative lying — it’s just citing your own loss as precedent.”
there's evidence that the CS job market is tighter than it used to be, there's little evidence it's because of AI … it would be really surprising, since you need CS people to babysit AI, and more importantly you need more ppl to oversee AI deployment
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can't find a job
A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket.
www.latimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
there's evidence that the CS job market is tighter than it used to be, there's little evidence it's because of AI … it would be really surprising, since you need CS people to babysit AI, and more importantly you need more ppl to oversee AI deployment
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Uncle Put More Thought Than Usual Into This Year’s Gift Cards https://theonion.com/uncle-put-more-thought-than-usual-into-this-year-s-gift-1819577308/
December 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Uncle Put More Thought Than Usual Into This Year’s Gift Cards https://theonion.com/uncle-put-more-thought-than-usual-into-this-year-s-gift-1819577308/
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“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
i got one of those talking "what would jesus do bracelets", and it just keeps telling me buy trump coin and make golden statues of the president
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
i got one of those talking "what would jesus do bracelets", and it just keeps telling me buy trump coin and make golden statues of the president
department of government shittiness, DOGS -- less government for more cost!
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
department of government shittiness, DOGS -- less government for more cost!
i'm not sure these AI summaries are useful, but i also find it super weird that people are so uniformly against them. very unclear to me if folks complaining have even read any of them, or if they've fully thought through their critiques. they are different than abstracts in what they support.
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 7:00 PM
i'm not sure these AI summaries are useful, but i also find it super weird that people are so uniformly against them. very unclear to me if folks complaining have even read any of them, or if they've fully thought through their critiques. they are different than abstracts in what they support.
in a couple of days, we remember jesus's birth, in a manger because there was no room in the inn. to commemorate this day, trump has decided that our current warships are shit and names a new class of them after himself.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Donald Trump unveils new class of battleships named after himself
The US president has vowed to revive American shipbuilding after lagging behind China in naval capacity.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
in a couple of days, we remember jesus's birth, in a manger because there was no room in the inn. to commemorate this day, trump has decided that our current warships are shit and names a new class of them after himself.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
it's kind of amazing that the main function of the faculty pages at every university is to link to the faculty's actual web page.
December 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it's kind of amazing that the main function of the faculty pages at every university is to link to the faculty's actual web page.
all i want for christmas is enough trump coin to buy myself out of whatever trouble i'm going to get into
December 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
all i want for christmas is enough trump coin to buy myself out of whatever trouble i'm going to get into
up next, "The Donald J. Trump and Vietnam Veterans Memorial", lol www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
up next, "The Donald J. Trump and Vietnam Veterans Memorial", lol www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
it'd be pretty cool if i had chatgpt but nobody else knew what it was
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it'd be pretty cool if i had chatgpt but nobody else knew what it was
if you are thinking about putting some function under the three dots or in a hamburger menu, put yourself in the shoes of your users, will they be thinking "i bet this is a random function that the developer couldn't think of a meaningful place to put it" … if not, don't put it in these places.
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
if you are thinking about putting some function under the three dots or in a hamburger menu, put yourself in the shoes of your users, will they be thinking "i bet this is a random function that the developer couldn't think of a meaningful place to put it" … if not, don't put it in these places.
how come the 'do your own research' people don't value education into how to research a topic well? 🫠
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
how come the 'do your own research' people don't value education into how to research a topic well? 🫠
tired:
too much email
wired:
too much slack
inspired:
too many slack channels, workspaces, DMs, oh my
too much email
wired:
too much slack
inspired:
too many slack channels, workspaces, DMs, oh my
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
tired:
too much email
wired:
too much slack
inspired:
too many slack channels, workspaces, DMs, oh my
too much email
wired:
too much slack
inspired:
too many slack channels, workspaces, DMs, oh my
believable:
lots of workers spend time doing things that AI could probably do
questionable:
once you factor in all all the random preparation and error handling that humans do, AI will still be beneficial
unbelievable:
leaders announcing worker layoffs b/c of AI have any idea about any of this
lots of workers spend time doing things that AI could probably do
questionable:
once you factor in all all the random preparation and error handling that humans do, AI will still be beneficial
unbelievable:
leaders announcing worker layoffs b/c of AI have any idea about any of this
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
believable:
lots of workers spend time doing things that AI could probably do
questionable:
once you factor in all all the random preparation and error handling that humans do, AI will still be beneficial
unbelievable:
leaders announcing worker layoffs b/c of AI have any idea about any of this
lots of workers spend time doing things that AI could probably do
questionable:
once you factor in all all the random preparation and error handling that humans do, AI will still be beneficial
unbelievable:
leaders announcing worker layoffs b/c of AI have any idea about any of this
voicemail transcription, any idea what it originally said?
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
voicemail transcription, any idea what it originally said?
all i want for christmas is an end to the internet of shit 😂
Gonna widen my search here a little: has ANYONE seen the remote control to the star for my Christmas tree?
December 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
all i want for christmas is an end to the internet of shit 😂
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Anyone who can help my friend Randy out? Let’s make this a Christmas miracle.
Gonna widen my search here a little: has ANYONE seen the remote control to the star for my Christmas tree?
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Anyone who can help my friend Randy out? Let’s make this a Christmas miracle.
i've awarded trump the Bigham Peace Prize. unrelatedly, i submitted my first NSF grant proposal in a while.
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
i've awarded trump the Bigham Peace Prize. unrelatedly, i submitted my first NSF grant proposal in a while.
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Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
wrd.cm
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
no one is as confident in their misunderstanding of a research area than an anonymous reviewer
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
no one is as confident in their misunderstanding of a research area than an anonymous reviewer
6-7 is like “waaazzzuuuuup” from my youth, is how I explained it to someone. it’s just an in-group nonsense, you’re overthinking it if you think it means something in particular 🤣
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
6-7 is like “waaazzzuuuuup” from my youth, is how I explained it to someone. it’s just an in-group nonsense, you’re overthinking it if you think it means something in particular 🤣
ugh, inflation is relentless. have you even seen how much trump coin it costs for a pardon these days? biden really screwed us.
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ugh, inflation is relentless. have you even seen how much trump coin it costs for a pardon these days? biden really screwed us.