Tim Hannigan
@timothyrhannigan.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization, University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management.
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This paper is causing a stir. My hot takes:
1. In my ideal world, we would be building boatloads of datasets and models like this, leading to a metastudy to synthesize findings.
2. Their use of GPT to structure text is, in fact, a great use of LLMs for research.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1. In my ideal world, we would be building boatloads of datasets and models like this, leading to a metastudy to synthesize findings.
2. Their use of GPT to structure text is, in fact, a great use of LLMs for research.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epidemiology models explain rumour spreading during France’s Great Fear of 1789 - Nature
Epidemiological methods are used to show that the Great Fear of 1789, a series of peasant insurrections in rural revolutionary France, was driven by deliberate political action rather than spontaneous...
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This paper is causing a stir. My hot takes:
1. In my ideal world, we would be building boatloads of datasets and models like this, leading to a metastudy to synthesize findings.
2. Their use of GPT to structure text is, in fact, a great use of LLMs for research.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1. In my ideal world, we would be building boatloads of datasets and models like this, leading to a metastudy to synthesize findings.
2. Their use of GPT to structure text is, in fact, a great use of LLMs for research.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Evaluating topic models (and document clustering methods) is hard. In fact, since our paper critiquing standard evaluation practices four years ago, there hasn't been a good replacement metric
That ends today (we hope)! Our new ACL paper introduces an LLM-based evaluation protocol 🧵
That ends today (we hope)! Our new ACL paper introduces an LLM-based evaluation protocol 🧵
July 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Evaluating topic models (and document clustering methods) is hard. In fact, since our paper critiquing standard evaluation practices four years ago, there hasn't been a good replacement metric
That ends today (we hope)! Our new ACL paper introduces an LLM-based evaluation protocol 🧵
That ends today (we hope)! Our new ACL paper introduces an LLM-based evaluation protocol 🧵
Reposted by Tim Hannigan
The "Open Academic"
A process model and a set of approaches for social-media-enabled academic openness.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
A process model and a set of approaches for social-media-enabled academic openness.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The "Open Academic"
A process model and a set of approaches for social-media-enabled academic openness.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
A process model and a set of approaches for social-media-enabled academic openness.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
As in, the over-claiming about AGI is an omnibus technology frame that is based in hype discourses. This is different from the careful use case-affordances-practice bundle that may emerge
June 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
As in, the over-claiming about AGI is an omnibus technology frame that is based in hype discourses. This is different from the careful use case-affordances-practice bundle that may emerge
Isn’t this a key aspect in the emergence of a new technology? Working out the usecases and affordances, then connecting them with categories of practices? Seen in this light, hype begins as limitless possibilities
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Isn’t this a key aspect in the emergence of a new technology? Working out the usecases and affordances, then connecting them with categories of practices? Seen in this light, hype begins as limitless possibilities
Congratulations, this looks like a fantastic paper!
May 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Congratulations, this looks like a fantastic paper!
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Attn: the special issue of SMR on Generative AI in Sociology is now online. The whole issue is fire, but the introduction by @thomasdavidson.bsky.social and Danny Karell is a must read, covering prompting, measurement, and simulations. It's a road map for soc sci research in the genAI era. +
Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence into Social Science Research: Measurement, Prompting, and Simulation - Thomas Davidson, Daniel Karell, 2025
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers new capabilities for analyzing data, creating synthetic media, and simulating realistic social interactions. This...
journals.sagepub.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Attn: the special issue of SMR on Generative AI in Sociology is now online. The whole issue is fire, but the introduction by @thomasdavidson.bsky.social and Danny Karell is a must read, covering prompting, measurement, and simulations. It's a road map for soc sci research in the genAI era. +
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Our article, with Nga Than, Leanne Fan, @tinalaw.bsky.social and Leslie McCall @stone-lis.bsky.social, proposes a framework (image 2) to (carefully) incorporate LLMs into the qualitative coding process.
But read the entire issue, if it's your jam.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
But read the entire issue, if it's your jam.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
May 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Our article, with Nga Than, Leanne Fan, @tinalaw.bsky.social and Leslie McCall @stone-lis.bsky.social, proposes a framework (image 2) to (carefully) incorporate LLMs into the qualitative coding process.
But read the entire issue, if it's your jam.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
But read the entire issue, if it's your jam.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Congrats Carl, this course is a fantastic resource!
May 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Congrats Carl, this course is a fantastic resource!
Great piece! One of the reasons that botshit can be so insidious is that it accelerates epistemic erosion in organizations and institutions
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Great piece! One of the reasons that botshit can be so insidious is that it accelerates epistemic erosion in organizations and institutions
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The philosopher Harry Frankfurt argued that bullshit was "a greater enemy of the truth than lies are".
But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes)
My latest @financialtimes.com here:
on.ft.com/3SikRPK
But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes)
My latest @financialtimes.com here:
on.ft.com/3SikRPK
Generative AI models are skilled in the art of bullshit
Large language models are unconcerned with truth because they have no concept of it — and therein lies the danger
on.ft.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The philosopher Harry Frankfurt argued that bullshit was "a greater enemy of the truth than lies are".
But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes)
My latest @financialtimes.com here:
on.ft.com/3SikRPK
But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes)
My latest @financialtimes.com here:
on.ft.com/3SikRPK
We’ve been tracking this phenomenon as “botshit” - it is a form of epistemic erosion in organizations. It’s increasingly common in practice. Speaks to a lack of oversight with gen AI tools (which can be helpful if used with care)
hbr.org/2024/07/the-...
Also,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
hbr.org/2024/07/the-...
Also,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Risks of Botshit
Botshit — made-up, inaccurate, and untruthful chatbot content that humans uncritically use for tasks — can pose major risks to your business in the form of reputational damage, incorrect decisions, le...
hbr.org
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We’ve been tracking this phenomenon as “botshit” - it is a form of epistemic erosion in organizations. It’s increasingly common in practice. Speaks to a lack of oversight with gen AI tools (which can be helpful if used with care)
hbr.org/2024/07/the-...
Also,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
hbr.org/2024/07/the-...
Also,
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Good to hear- this is one of the major pitfalls of using an otherwise fantastic language and programming environment. I’ve wasted hours on Python package management
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good to hear- this is one of the major pitfalls of using an otherwise fantastic language and programming environment. I’ve wasted hours on Python package management
Neat! The cycle of epidemic erosion is an important hazard to try to manage with programs. You might find this article that we wrote last year to be in line with your thinking: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Also, image courtesy of @toffeeman68.bsky.social
Also, image courtesy of @toffeeman68.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Neat! The cycle of epidemic erosion is an important hazard to try to manage with programs. You might find this article that we wrote last year to be in line with your thinking: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Also, image courtesy of @toffeeman68.bsky.social
Also, image courtesy of @toffeeman68.bsky.social
Thanks @jc-marques.bsky.social , much appreciated
April 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thanks @jc-marques.bsky.social , much appreciated
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Best Article Award: Business Horizons 2024, with Tim Hannigan and Andre Spicer
Here is the research article: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
And here is an open-access pre-print version of the paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#botshit
Here is the research article: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
And here is an open-access pre-print version of the paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#botshit
March 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Best Article Award: Business Horizons 2024, with Tim Hannigan and Andre Spicer
Here is the research article: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
And here is an open-access pre-print version of the paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#botshit
Here is the research article: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...
And here is an open-access pre-print version of the paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#botshit
Eurovision is a ride many Canadians would struggle to comprehend!
March 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Eurovision is a ride many Canadians would struggle to comprehend!
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What would be really good now would be if computer/data science departments established programs in reading and interpreting text. There could be theories of text, and examples of texts from other time periods and other cultures. Above all, students would learn how to look at texts very closely.
Correspondence to Nature:
"LLMs are trained on texts, not truths. Each text bears traces of its context, including its genre … audience and the history and local politics of its place of origin. A correct sentence in one [context] might be … nonsensical in another." Excellent. We're getting there!
"LLMs are trained on texts, not truths. Each text bears traces of its context, including its genre … audience and the history and local politics of its place of origin. A correct sentence in one [context] might be … nonsensical in another." Excellent. We're getting there!
www.dropbox.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What would be really good now would be if computer/data science departments established programs in reading and interpreting text. There could be theories of text, and examples of texts from other time periods and other cultures. Above all, students would learn how to look at texts very closely.
What a week in Canadian politics!
If you haven’t seen it yet, Althia Raj wrote a great column in this in the Toronto Star apple.news/AeG0-BNg4TjK...
If you haven’t seen it yet, Althia Raj wrote a great column in this in the Toronto Star apple.news/AeG0-BNg4TjK...
Donald Trump has thrown a massive obstacle onto Pierre Poilievre's path to power — Toronto Star
The mercurial American president has given Canada's Conservative leader a lesson in what a difference a week can make in politics, Althia Raj writes.
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February 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
What a week in Canadian politics!
If you haven’t seen it yet, Althia Raj wrote a great column in this in the Toronto Star apple.news/AeG0-BNg4TjK...
If you haven’t seen it yet, Althia Raj wrote a great column in this in the Toronto Star apple.news/AeG0-BNg4TjK...
I'm delighted to join the editorial team and begin my role as senior editor at Organization Studies (@orgstudies.bsky.social). I will be focusing on manuscripts surrounding fields, technology & organizing, interpretive applications of computational methods, and organizational wrongdoing.
February 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm delighted to join the editorial team and begin my role as senior editor at Organization Studies (@orgstudies.bsky.social). I will be focusing on manuscripts surrounding fields, technology & organizing, interpretive applications of computational methods, and organizational wrongdoing.
This is wonderful, thanks for sharing!
January 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is wonderful, thanks for sharing!
Strange times we live in
January 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Strange times we live in
Thanks! I'm glad our core argument resonates
January 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thanks! I'm glad our core argument resonates