Kevin P. Taylor
@ktaylor.bsky.social
Prof. researching early-stage founder positive and negative outcomes from #entrepreneurship. Previously built software and startups.
Wellbeing, emotion, motives, impression management #rstats #css #compsocsci #stats #ML
https://founderscholar.com
Wellbeing, emotion, motives, impression management #rstats #css #compsocsci #stats #ML
https://founderscholar.com
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Kevin P. Taylor
@ktaylor.bsky.social
· Jan 10
The Power of a Smile: The Use of Smiles and Adjectives in Crowdfunding Social Media | Published in Journal of Small Business Strategy
By Kevin P. Taylor, Jennifer D. Golden & 3 more. ...
jsbs.scholasticahq.com
In my latest paper published this month (with my amazing co-authors not on bsky), we examined the effects of extraverted behavior on trust in a crowdfunding context.
Available here: jsbs.scholasticahq.com/article/1240...
Available here: jsbs.scholasticahq.com/article/1240...
He’s just, like, the former president of Harvard. No big deal.
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
He’s just, like, the former president of Harvard. No big deal.
It was time but I’m already feeling nostalgic.
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It was time but I’m already feeling nostalgic.
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Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
“I do believe that we should have the right to refuse AI in our education now”
Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“I do believe that we should have the right to refuse AI in our education now”
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Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.
1/ I spoke with a long time insurance entrepreneur yesterday. He said AI is turning insurance on its head and maybe 260% of facing and data entry jobs are likely to disappear. But, he was optimistic other types of jobs would also appear.
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
1/ I spoke with a long time insurance entrepreneur yesterday. He said AI is turning insurance on its head and maybe 260% of facing and data entry jobs are likely to disappear. But, he was optimistic other types of jobs would also appear.
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1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
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You’ve heard that the Economist accidentally published misinformation about the prevalence of Holocaust denial, but did you know the underlying methodological problem is super common and decades-old?
Learn more on Nov. 13: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rare-t...
Free for students & AAPOR, $5 for others
Learn more on Nov. 13: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rare-t...
Free for students & AAPOR, $5 for others
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You’ve heard that the Economist accidentally published misinformation about the prevalence of Holocaust denial, but did you know the underlying methodological problem is super common and decades-old?
Learn more on Nov. 13: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rare-t...
Free for students & AAPOR, $5 for others
Learn more on Nov. 13: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-rare-t...
Free for students & AAPOR, $5 for others
And then they start falling like dominoes.
Breaking News: The University of Virginia struck an agreement with the White House to remove the threat of a federal investigation, part of a Trump pressure campaign. It's the first public university to do so. nyti.ms/3Wgo2JR
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
And then they start falling like dominoes.
The most French thing I’ve read this year.
It is so funny that the French government had to pass a law about this
www.france24.com/en/20160104-...
www.france24.com/en/20160104-...
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The most French thing I’ve read this year.
This matches with what most of my contacts in the tech industry report. “ AI is a normal technology.” Via
@anildash.com
www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/t...
@anildash.com
www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/t...
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This matches with what most of my contacts in the tech industry report. “ AI is a normal technology.” Via
@anildash.com
www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/t...
@anildash.com
www.anildash.com/2025/10/17/t...
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The Louvre thieves should just say they're using the pieces to train their AI algorithm and it should all be good
October 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Louvre thieves should just say they're using the pieces to train their AI algorithm and it should all be good
This is what my lit review mind map looked like as I wrote my dissertation.
Hello Bluesky!
We rate DAGs. Some are great. Some are... not so great. But we rate them all.
Let's start with a famous powerpoint hairball a.k.a. "the Afghanisdag", presented to Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal around 2010. His own rating?
1/10 "When we understand that slide, we'll have won the war"
We rate DAGs. Some are great. Some are... not so great. But we rate them all.
Let's start with a famous powerpoint hairball a.k.a. "the Afghanisdag", presented to Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal around 2010. His own rating?
1/10 "When we understand that slide, we'll have won the war"
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is what my lit review mind map looked like as I wrote my dissertation.
I was doing a search on YouTube for content for an upcoming class session. The results were riddled with AI garbage. We need an “authentic human” filter now on any search screen.
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I was doing a search on YouTube for content for an upcoming class session. The results were riddled with AI garbage. We need an “authentic human” filter now on any search screen.
But it’s fast.
A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.
She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!
Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:
She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!
Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:
October 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
But it’s fast.
Own goal.
October 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Own goal.
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honestly this could be a good thing
MrBeast says AI content slop threatens man-made content slop
MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry | TechCrunch
If MrBeast is openly questioning whether AI is an existential threat to his business and others like it, then it's fair to say that smaller creators are likely even more worried.
techcrunch.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
honestly this could be a good thing
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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So, if you have new lines of work that are not exactly your "main line" that you're known for, how might you get opportunities to give talks about it and get feedback (besides publishing and hoping people see it, which can be slow)?
October 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So, if you have new lines of work that are not exactly your "main line" that you're known for, how might you get opportunities to give talks about it and get feedback (besides publishing and hoping people see it, which can be slow)?
A thoughtful piece comparing the current AI wave to previous EdTech waves such as the internet and cellphones.
tl;dr we all need some humility as the answers to all our questions are likely 10 years away.
theconversation.com/what-past-ed...
tl;dr we all need some humility as the answers to all our questions are likely 10 years away.
theconversation.com/what-past-ed...
How to improve Eurovision
Every year, the Eurovision Song Contest brings the continent to its knees, begging for mercy. Moreover, rather like UEFA Champions League soccer, this is a European competition that generates a global...
theconversation.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A thoughtful piece comparing the current AI wave to previous EdTech waves such as the internet and cellphones.
tl;dr we all need some humility as the answers to all our questions are likely 10 years away.
theconversation.com/what-past-ed...
tl;dr we all need some humility as the answers to all our questions are likely 10 years away.
theconversation.com/what-past-ed...
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New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Think of the economy as like baking a cake. H‑1B visas supply missing ingredients -- high skill STEM workers. If Trump cuts off access: fewer projects get baked, worse recipes get used, or we import the cake. None of those make Americans better off. #TheProfessorIsIn #TeachEcon
October 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Think of the economy as like baking a cake. H‑1B visas supply missing ingredients -- high skill STEM workers. If Trump cuts off access: fewer projects get baked, worse recipes get used, or we import the cake. None of those make Americans better off. #TheProfessorIsIn #TeachEcon