Maria Antoniak
@mariaa.bsky.social
☀️ Assistant Professor of Computer Science at CU Boulder 👩💻 NLP, cultural analytics, narratives, online communities 🌐 https://maria-antoniak.github.io 💬 books, bikes, games, art
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Maria Antoniak
@mariaa.bsky.social
· Nov 20
some little bluesky tips 🦋
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
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JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
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If you're working on character training research, what're you working on? What is limiting your ability to do the research you want here?
Surely there are more people studying how to modify & steer model personality after the GPT 4o sycophancy incident.
Surely there are more people studying how to modify & steer model personality after the GPT 4o sycophancy incident.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you're working on character training research, what're you working on? What is limiting your ability to do the research you want here?
Surely there are more people studying how to modify & steer model personality after the GPT 4o sycophancy incident.
Surely there are more people studying how to modify & steer model personality after the GPT 4o sycophancy incident.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🌍 Can AI represent “universal concepts” in ways that reflect cultural variation?
We hosted Dr. Vered Shwartz on WiAIR to discuss how culture shapes AI’s understanding of language & visuals. We also discussed an EMNLP 2024 paper examining multicultural understanding in VLMs.
(1/8🧵)
We hosted Dr. Vered Shwartz on WiAIR to discuss how culture shapes AI’s understanding of language & visuals. We also discussed an EMNLP 2024 paper examining multicultural understanding in VLMs.
(1/8🧵)
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🌍 Can AI represent “universal concepts” in ways that reflect cultural variation?
We hosted Dr. Vered Shwartz on WiAIR to discuss how culture shapes AI’s understanding of language & visuals. We also discussed an EMNLP 2024 paper examining multicultural understanding in VLMs.
(1/8🧵)
We hosted Dr. Vered Shwartz on WiAIR to discuss how culture shapes AI’s understanding of language & visuals. We also discussed an EMNLP 2024 paper examining multicultural understanding in VLMs.
(1/8🧵)
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Please respond to this survey if you have changed or have thought about changing your name in academic publishing! For any reason, whether it be transition, recognizability, marriage, privacy, immigration, cultural reasons, etc.
Please RT for reach :)
Please RT for reach :)
We're surveying researchers about name changes in academic publishing.
If you've changed your name and dealt with updating publications, we want to hear your experience. Any reason counts: transition, marriage, cultural reasons, etc.
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If you've changed your name and dealt with updating publications, we want to hear your experience. Any reason counts: transition, marriage, cultural reasons, etc.
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Please respond to this survey if you have changed or have thought about changing your name in academic publishing! For any reason, whether it be transition, recognizability, marriage, privacy, immigration, cultural reasons, etc.
Please RT for reach :)
Please RT for reach :)
Some interesting stuff here on measuring writing quality and improving on qualitative tasks:
www.dbreunig.com/2025/07/31/h...
www.dbreunig.com/2025/07/31/h...
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Some interesting stuff here on measuring writing quality and improving on qualitative tasks:
www.dbreunig.com/2025/07/31/h...
www.dbreunig.com/2025/07/31/h...
AI medical scribes MUST include consent, extreme privacy guardrails, and realistic evaluations — none of which are really true for the systems currently (and extensively!) in use. Otherwise this is just another step in a long parade of clinicians, researchers, and medical systems abusing patients.
My provider used ai to take notes #therapy #psychiatrist #ai #artificialintelligence
TikTok video by kathleenorlaith
www.tiktok.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
AI medical scribes MUST include consent, extreme privacy guardrails, and realistic evaluations — none of which are really true for the systems currently (and extensively!) in use. Otherwise this is just another step in a long parade of clinicians, researchers, and medical systems abusing patients.
I'm teaching "Intro to NLP" for our grad students next semester, and I'm curious how others are teaching such courses, in our current "era of AI." I've seen ideas (no tech in class, commonplace books) for smaller seminars, but how to do this in large, structured CS classes? Any success stories?
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm teaching "Intro to NLP" for our grad students next semester, and I'm curious how others are teaching such courses, in our current "era of AI." I've seen ideas (no tech in class, commonplace books) for smaller seminars, but how to do this in large, structured CS classes? Any success stories?
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Sam Altman texts Shivon Zilis
February 9, 2023
February 9, 2023
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sam Altman texts Shivon Zilis
February 9, 2023
February 9, 2023
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@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@pranav-nlp.bsky.social and I are surveying researchers about naming and name changes in academia (especially computer science).
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
If your academic name is / has been / might someday be different from other names you've used, please tell us about it here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP
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we, @cumediastudies.bsky.social, are still recruiting new grad students to begin fall 2026! We are also hoping to see apps for our PhD program from individuals with a secondary interest in obtaining training in digital humanities #dh. details here and pls share---> docs.google.com/document/d/1...
MDST Graduate Programs Recruitment
University of Colorado Boulder Media Studies Department Recruiting Graduate Students for Fall 2026! The Media Studies Department at the University of Colorado Boulder is now accepting applications fo...
docs.google.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
we, @cumediastudies.bsky.social, are still recruiting new grad students to begin fall 2026! We are also hoping to see apps for our PhD program from individuals with a secondary interest in obtaining training in digital humanities #dh. details here and pls share---> docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨!
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨!
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
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if you think about AI, healthcare, women's health, or all of the above, i highly recommend this article on the role of fetal heart rate monitors in the rise of C-sections:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...
The ‘Worst Test in Medicine’ is Driving America’s High C-Section Rate
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
if you think about AI, healthcare, women's health, or all of the above, i highly recommend this article on the role of fetal heart rate monitors in the rise of C-sections:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/h...
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Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information, Culture & Society - School of Information Science
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
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We have a call for posters out! Please submit your extended abstracts, it should be quick and easy. And just like last year, provocative work is especially encouraged as it makes for such interesting conversation 😈
📮 We are inviting students and early-stage researchers to submit an Abstract (Max 500 words) to be presented as posters during interactive session. Submit here: tinyurl.com/AbsEval
We have a rock-star lineup of AI researchers and an amazing program. Please RSVP at the earliest! Stay tuned!
We have a rock-star lineup of AI researchers and an amazing program. Please RSVP at the earliest! Stay tuned!
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We have a call for posters out! Please submit your extended abstracts, it should be quick and easy. And just like last year, provocative work is especially encouraged as it makes for such interesting conversation 😈
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I've seen an alternative argument going around that academics should instead step back and essentially see how things play out with AI, having confidence that if it sticks around (and doesn't go the way of the MOOC) it'll be adapted to academic needs and vice versa, like email, the internet +
Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
Opinion | AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It.
If we want to stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.
www.chronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I've seen an alternative argument going around that academics should instead step back and essentially see how things play out with AI, having confidence that if it sticks around (and doesn't go the way of the MOOC) it'll be adapted to academic needs and vice versa, like email, the internet +
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Here’s a custom feed for #EMNLP2025. Click the pin to save it to your home screen!
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here’s a custom feed for #EMNLP2025. Click the pin to save it to your home screen!
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Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
Opinion | AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It.
If we want to stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.
www.chronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
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Lot's of exciting work on linguistic style this year at #EMNLP2025 #EMNLP! Including work on machine-text detection, authorship representation and more
🧵 with anthology links below
📣 with an open call to everyone to add style work that's missing
🧵 with anthology links below
📣 with an open call to everyone to add style work that's missing
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Lot's of exciting work on linguistic style this year at #EMNLP2025 #EMNLP! Including work on machine-text detection, authorship representation and more
🧵 with anthology links below
📣 with an open call to everyone to add style work that's missing
🧵 with anthology links below
📣 with an open call to everyone to add style work that's missing
Today in class we read two papers on data and ethics:
"Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture"
culturalanalytics.org/article/1105...
"Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data"
par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...
"Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture"
culturalanalytics.org/article/1105...
"Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data"
par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today in class we read two papers on data and ethics:
"Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture"
culturalanalytics.org/article/1105...
"Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data"
par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...
"Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture"
culturalanalytics.org/article/1105...
"Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data"
par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...
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It's great to see the #computationalhumanities DDH volume getting attention! We start with two essays about interpretation. In Chap 1, Hannah Ringler distinguishes tools and interpretations, asking with vs asking about.
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It's great to see the #computationalhumanities DDH volume getting attention! We start with two essays about interpretation. In Chap 1, Hannah Ringler distinguishes tools and interpretations, asking with vs asking about.
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
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feeling like the end of ongoing ai copyright wars. labs settling and if i read correctly, stability ai getting the most positive outcome from getty images case.
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
feeling like the end of ongoing ai copyright wars. labs settling and if i read correctly, stability ai getting the most positive outcome from getty images case.
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This essay from @bschmidt.bsky.social on how history rejected computational methods, & so "quantitative history" ended up in the social sciences, & "digital humanities" in literature, with no historians doing computational work, is fascinating, & worth a read: dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/computa...
![The first is a working paper by three economists—Elliott Ash, Daniel Chen, and Suresh Naidu—from 2017. While the authors are economists, the actual contribution—summed up in a title that few historians would think debatable, “Ideas Have Consequences”—is about legal or intellectual history. It presents a powerful and discrete account of the transmission of ideas across social networks through textual analysis. The substance argues that privately funded Manne seminars in law and economics—which were attended by a substantial proportion of the federal judiciary—affected the language, decisions, and sentencing of federal justices who attended them and thus, by implication, allowed large-value conservative donors to capture the federal judiciary. The effect seems robust to a variety of covariates [...]
Reading this paper was exciting, but looking through the tools and tricks and sources also made me feel like someone in a science fiction movie encountering an artifact sent back from a few decades in the future. The extraordinary quality of data that economists can obtain is almost unimaginable to humanists. It is not just a million or so circuit court votes and 300,000 opinions but also the institutional capacity to file Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to get the exact years of attendance for every judge who went to the Manne program and the disciplinary capacity to casually use relatively new methods like word embeddings without spending pages slowly, gently analogizing them to some “simpler” concept. Humanists wandering through algorithms seem to have to justify using an algorithm by first identifying which Borges short story—whether about the Map of the Empire, the analytical language of John Wilkins, or Pierre Menard and the Quijote—it most closely resembles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:643p6z4ydk2xnwv77maa6eec/bafkreidctt57eseamimgzctkjtu2ly2vmsugcjwcrargerohe5bljg7jie@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This essay from @bschmidt.bsky.social on how history rejected computational methods, & so "quantitative history" ended up in the social sciences, & "digital humanities" in literature, with no historians doing computational work, is fascinating, & worth a read: dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/computa...
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It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.