Dr. S.A. Applin
@anthropunk.bsky.social
Applied Anthropologist researching how people promote, manage, resist, and endure change; and how they, algorithms, and ethics coexist. (Or not). Social Systems/Culture. Sometimes write for Fast Company.
BUT DOES IT PROBE YOU?
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
BUT DOES IT PROBE YOU?
Would add, yay for you, though for getting this important and safe test! Go you! Hope your neck feels better.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Would add, yay for you, though for getting this important and safe test! Go you! Hope your neck feels better.
I'm really enjoying this. Thank you for posting!
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I'm really enjoying this. Thank you for posting!
@randyrainbow.bsky.social "Two different versions of Dorothy’s ruby slippers will be auctioned. One, a right-foot shoe worn by Garland during rehearsals, is adorned with crimson-burgundy glass bugle beads. A replica of the ruby slippers for the film’s 50th anniversary, will also be for sale. "
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@randyrainbow.bsky.social "Two different versions of Dorothy’s ruby slippers will be auctioned. One, a right-foot shoe worn by Garland during rehearsals, is adorned with crimson-burgundy glass bugle beads. A replica of the ruby slippers for the film’s 50th anniversary, will also be for sale. "
hey @randyrainbow.bsky.social ^^^^^auction of WoZ
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
hey @randyrainbow.bsky.social ^^^^^auction of WoZ
See also our Chapter 4: "External Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI; Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" in bookstore.emerald.com/symbolic-int...
Symbolic Interaction and AI
Authors explore the implications of the emergent interaction between humans and AI technologies. They provide a fine-grain view of the social forms associated with the use of AI technologies, using symbolic interactionist concepts such as identity, reflexivity, the self, the generalized other, time, place, and more as pivots of analysis.
bookstore.emerald.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
See also our Chapter 4: "External Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI; Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" in bookstore.emerald.com/symbolic-int...
Related: our Chapter 4 in "External Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI; Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" in Symbolic Interaction and AI bookstore.emerald.com/symbolic-int...
Symbolic Interaction and AI
Authors explore the implications of the emergent interaction between humans and AI technologies. They provide a fine-grain view of the social forms associated with the use of AI technologies, using symbolic interactionist concepts such as identity, reflexivity, the self, the generalized other, time, place, and more as pivots of analysis.
bookstore.emerald.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Related: our Chapter 4 in "External Intelligence: Oracles, Divination and Animism, and the Use of LLMs/Generative AI; Michael D. Fischer, Sally A. Applin, and Sridhar Ravula" in Symbolic Interaction and AI bookstore.emerald.com/symbolic-int...
The semiotics of this single photo alone could be discussed for days.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The semiotics of this single photo alone could be discussed for days.
He's literally looking at a tattoo of himself. This is some recursive narcissism.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
He's literally looking at a tattoo of himself. This is some recursive narcissism.
At the least, this one!
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
At the least, this one!
Go tell it to Tim Kaine. He seems to be voting against this.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Go tell it to Tim Kaine. He seems to be voting against this.
An aside: A Robot does not need breasts. It is not nursing young. It did not develop from a shared embryonic ridge as those that do nurse young.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
An aside: A Robot does not need breasts. It is not nursing young. It did not develop from a shared embryonic ridge as those that do nurse young.
Wow! Too bad it doesn't say "Alto"!
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow! Too bad it doesn't say "Alto"!
I try not to, but... they know.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I try not to, but... they know.