Katy Pearce
katypearce.bsky.social
Katy Pearce
@katypearce.bsky.social
Associate Prof @uwcomm. I study tech & inequality in 🇦🇲 & 🇦🇿. Posts research & pop culture & parenting. She/her.
December 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Yes. I got about 1/2 way through the lit review and emailed the editor, but I also manually checked EVERY reference. I spent ~3 hours on this already. What assholes, right? I hope that this also results in some sort of blacklist.
December 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
With reviewing, this is precious time. I spend HOURS on this. And when I see these hallucinated citations, weird citations to random undergraduate presentations from a random country... well, it just makes me so so so angry.
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
But now, when I do reviews, I have to also deal with weird AI bullshit. Hallucinated citations, attributing things to authors that don't even make sense. It is painful enough to have to deal with this in undergraduate work, but at least those I can file a misconduct report.
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
2. A wire split in our (fancy Bluetooth) holiday lights. I called the neighborhood hardware store, they said to come in, and an employee sat with me for ~45 minutes trying to figure out exactly how to fix it. I only ended up buying electrical tape in a certain color, because I had everything else.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
AccidentalBob wasn't helpful, but also, why was this posted to YouTube?
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Or this - what a vibe from "AccidentalBob" www.youtube.com/shorts/FcHhb...
Twinkly lights not working
YouTube video by AccidentalBob
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Like, I LOVE this guy's workshop too www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptv9...
Twinkly Light Repair
YouTube video by Hall-O-Gram Creations
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Oh that is the worst!
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
3/10 seems extremely low.
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
There is a transparency policy and they are to write in the Google doc. There is an official class AI chatbot they can use for feedback, with transparency .
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM