Yutong Zhang
@yutongzhang.bsky.social
CS master student at Stanford | previously undergrad at UIUC
AI companions aren’t science fiction anymore 🤖💬❤️
Thousands are turning to AI chatbots for emotional connection – finding comfort, sharing secrets, and even falling in love. But as AI companionship grows, the line between real and artificial relationships blurs.
Thousands are turning to AI chatbots for emotional connection – finding comfort, sharing secrets, and even falling in love. But as AI companionship grows, the line between real and artificial relationships blurs.
June 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
AI companions aren’t science fiction anymore 🤖💬❤️
Thousands are turning to AI chatbots for emotional connection – finding comfort, sharing secrets, and even falling in love. But as AI companionship grows, the line between real and artificial relationships blurs.
Thousands are turning to AI chatbots for emotional connection – finding comfort, sharing secrets, and even falling in love. But as AI companionship grows, the line between real and artificial relationships blurs.
Reposted by Yutong Zhang
Academic job market post! 👀
I’m a CS Postdoc at Stanford in the Stanford HCI group.
I develop ways to improve the online information ecosystem by designing better social media feeds & improving Wikipedia. I work on AI, Social Computing, and HCI.
piccardi.me 🧵
I’m a CS Postdoc at Stanford in the Stanford HCI group.
I develop ways to improve the online information ecosystem by designing better social media feeds & improving Wikipedia. I work on AI, Social Computing, and HCI.
piccardi.me 🧵
November 13, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Academic job market post! 👀
I’m a CS Postdoc at Stanford in the Stanford HCI group.
I develop ways to improve the online information ecosystem by designing better social media feeds & improving Wikipedia. I work on AI, Social Computing, and HCI.
piccardi.me 🧵
I’m a CS Postdoc at Stanford in the Stanford HCI group.
I develop ways to improve the online information ecosystem by designing better social media feeds & improving Wikipedia. I work on AI, Social Computing, and HCI.
piccardi.me 🧵
Reposted by Yutong Zhang
This paper argues that online spaces become ghost towns because it's too easy to lurk without contributing, and that asking people to regularly re-commit—or the incoming messages start getting muted—reverses the trend. arxiv.org/abs/2410.23267
It works! #cscw2024 paper by @popowski.bsky.social
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It works! #cscw2024 paper by @popowski.bsky.social
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Commit: Online Groups with Participation Commitments
In spite of efforts to increase participation, many online groups struggle to survive past the initial days, as members leave and activity atrophies. We argue that a main assumption of online group de...
arxiv.org
November 1, 2024 at 5:56 PM
This paper argues that online spaces become ghost towns because it's too easy to lurk without contributing, and that asking people to regularly re-commit—or the incoming messages start getting muted—reverses the trend. arxiv.org/abs/2410.23267
It works! #cscw2024 paper by @popowski.bsky.social
.
It works! #cscw2024 paper by @popowski.bsky.social
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