Morgan Klaus Scheuerman
@morganklauss.bsky.social
HCI research scientist @ Sony AI. ethical AI, identity, technological harm. Previous: CU Boulder, UMBC, Microsoft Research Fellow. posts my own.
https://www.morgan-klaus.com/
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Workshop on Responsibly Training Foundation Models @ CSCW2025
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How can ethical principles translate to the massive data used to train foundation models, like generative AI? Our #CSCW2025 workshop aims to explore how best to define the future of ethical responsibility in large-scale datasets for foundation model training. Apply here: tinyurl.com/CSCW-data
Reposted by Morgan Klaus Scheuerman
Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on 🤖🏳️⚧️Gender and the Machine🧟♀️🧑💻, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research!
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on 🤖🏳️⚧️Gender and the Machine🧟♀️🧑💻, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research!
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
CSCW remains the most invigorating and exciting conference for me. It was so wonderful to see old friends, meet new colleagues, and have intellectually stimulating conversations with the coolest people in HCI 🥰
October 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
CSCW remains the most invigorating and exciting conference for me. It was so wonderful to see old friends, meet new colleagues, and have intellectually stimulating conversations with the coolest people in HCI 🥰
Come see me present this paper next week at #CSCW2025 in The Gig Economy session on Monday :)
Identity is subjective. So how do data workers make decisions when collecting and labeling human data for computer vision? @morganklauss.bsky.social explores the role of positionality in data work a new #CSCW2025 paper:
How Data Workers Shape Datasets
The Role of Positionality in Data Collection and Annotation for Computer Vision
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October 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Come see me present this paper next week at #CSCW2025 in The Gig Economy session on Monday :)
Happy "the CHI deadline is over" to all who celebrate.
September 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy "the CHI deadline is over" to all who celebrate.
Today is the deadline! But we don't mind if you submit through the weekend, no one is checking ;)
Once more sharing our #CSCW2025 (NOW HYBRID) workshop on how to responsibly curate data for massive AI models. The deadline is September 5 (next Friday)! Note that the application form is simple and minimal :) responsible-data-workshop.github.io/cscw2025/
Workshop on Responsibly Training Foundation Models @ CSCW2025
responsible-data-workshop.github.io
September 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today is the deadline! But we don't mind if you submit through the weekend, no one is checking ;)
Once more sharing our #CSCW2025 (NOW HYBRID) workshop on how to responsibly curate data for massive AI models. The deadline is September 5 (next Friday)! Note that the application form is simple and minimal :) responsible-data-workshop.github.io/cscw2025/
Workshop on Responsibly Training Foundation Models @ CSCW2025
responsible-data-workshop.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Once more sharing our #CSCW2025 (NOW HYBRID) workshop on how to responsibly curate data for massive AI models. The deadline is September 5 (next Friday)! Note that the application form is simple and minimal :) responsible-data-workshop.github.io/cscw2025/
Unsurprising, but reading things like "It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual" and "It is acceptable to create statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics" in actual corporate guidelines is just horrendous.
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Unsurprising, but reading things like "It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual" and "It is acceptable to create statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics" in actual corporate guidelines is just horrendous.
Reposted by Morgan Klaus Scheuerman
The giant spreadsheet of AI ethics & policy news has officially hit 2,000 entries! bit.ly/ai-ethics-news
I have teaching plans & ideas for this so have been writing up curriculum in case it's useful for others--I know a few folks have told me they use this in their classes, can you tell me how? :)
I have teaching plans & ideas for this so have been writing up curriculum in case it's useful for others--I know a few folks have told me they use this in their classes, can you tell me how? :)
AI Ethics & Policy News
bit.ly
August 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The giant spreadsheet of AI ethics & policy news has officially hit 2,000 entries! bit.ly/ai-ethics-news
I have teaching plans & ideas for this so have been writing up curriculum in case it's useful for others--I know a few folks have told me they use this in their classes, can you tell me how? :)
I have teaching plans & ideas for this so have been writing up curriculum in case it's useful for others--I know a few folks have told me they use this in their classes, can you tell me how? :)
The use of AI for emotional support is... unsurprising. After all, social media has played a role in making our culture more isolated, it makes sense people have turned to AI chatbots for emotional support and even friendship, especially when companies seek to profit off AI/human relationships.
August 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The use of AI for emotional support is... unsurprising. After all, social media has played a role in making our culture more isolated, it makes sense people have turned to AI chatbots for emotional support and even friendship, especially when companies seek to profit off AI/human relationships.
how he sleeps after waking me up at 5:30 AM this morning
August 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
how he sleeps after waking me up at 5:30 AM this morning
As you begin to register for #CSCW2025, don't forget to consider workshop application! We have made our workshop registration as low effort as possible :)
How can ethical principles translate to the massive data used to train foundation models, like generative AI? Our #CSCW2025 workshop aims to explore how best to define the future of ethical responsibility in large-scale datasets for foundation model training. Apply here: tinyurl.com/CSCW-data
Workshop on Responsibly Training Foundation Models @ CSCW2025
tinyurl.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As you begin to register for #CSCW2025, don't forget to consider workshop application! We have made our workshop registration as low effort as possible :)
Reposted by Morgan Klaus Scheuerman
Paper: "Transphobia is in the Eye of the Prompter: Trans-Centered Perspectives on Large Language Models"
Authors:
@morganklauss.bsky.social, Katy Weathington, Adrian Petterson, Dylan Thomas Doyle, Dipto Das, Michael Ann DeVito, Jed R. Brubaker.
#ACMTOCHI #LLMs #AIethics #HCI
Authors:
@morganklauss.bsky.social, Katy Weathington, Adrian Petterson, Dylan Thomas Doyle, Dipto Das, Michael Ann DeVito, Jed R. Brubaker.
#ACMTOCHI #LLMs #AIethics #HCI
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Paper: "Transphobia is in the Eye of the Prompter: Trans-Centered Perspectives on Large Language Models"
Authors:
@morganklauss.bsky.social, Katy Weathington, Adrian Petterson, Dylan Thomas Doyle, Dipto Das, Michael Ann DeVito, Jed R. Brubaker.
#ACMTOCHI #LLMs #AIethics #HCI
Authors:
@morganklauss.bsky.social, Katy Weathington, Adrian Petterson, Dylan Thomas Doyle, Dipto Das, Michael Ann DeVito, Jed R. Brubaker.
#ACMTOCHI #LLMs #AIethics #HCI
#CSCW2025 is in desperate need of sponsors. If anyone here has connections - or is at an organization (industry, academic, nonprofit, whatever!) that would like to sponsor - please reach out to: industry2025@cscw.acm.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#CSCW2025 is in desperate need of sponsors. If anyone here has connections - or is at an organization (industry, academic, nonprofit, whatever!) that would like to sponsor - please reach out to: industry2025@cscw.acm.org
How can ethical principles translate to the massive data used to train foundation models, like generative AI? Our #CSCW2025 workshop aims to explore how best to define the future of ethical responsibility in large-scale datasets for foundation model training. Apply here: tinyurl.com/CSCW-data
Workshop on Responsibly Training Foundation Models @ CSCW2025
tinyurl.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How can ethical principles translate to the massive data used to train foundation models, like generative AI? Our #CSCW2025 workshop aims to explore how best to define the future of ethical responsibility in large-scale datasets for foundation model training. Apply here: tinyurl.com/CSCW-data
It's finally out! In this work, we centered positional expertise to interrogate how ChatGPT & Llama answer questions about trans identity. Beyond showing how LLMs treat trans identity, we contribute a unique method for evaluating LLMs and handling differing perspectives in coding
June 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's finally out! In this work, we centered positional expertise to interrogate how ChatGPT & Llama answer questions about trans identity. Beyond showing how LLMs treat trans identity, we contribute a unique method for evaluating LLMs and handling differing perspectives in coding
Reposted by Morgan Klaus Scheuerman
AI chatbots have been rolled out across 100s of white-collar workplaces but their effect on hours & pay has been negligible accrdg NBER. On average, employees saved 3% of their time, while just 3%-7% of their productivity gains came back to them in the form of higher pay fortune.com/2025/05/18/a...
Study looking at AI chatbots in 7,000 workplaces finds 'no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation'
Despite AI’s promise to revolutionize white-collar work, most workers are using it sparingly—or hiding it from their boss.
fortune.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
AI chatbots have been rolled out across 100s of white-collar workplaces but their effect on hours & pay has been negligible accrdg NBER. On average, employees saved 3% of their time, while just 3%-7% of their productivity gains came back to them in the form of higher pay fortune.com/2025/05/18/a...
Reposted by Morgan Klaus Scheuerman
🎧 New episode just dropped: we're unpacking the ethics of data + AI with @marylgray.bsky.social & @morganklauss.bsky.social
Who really owns the data powering AI? What happens when consent is ignored? From surveillance to scraped content, we dive into the stakes—esp. for marginalized communities.
Who really owns the data powering AI? What happens when consent is ignored? From surveillance to scraped content, we dive into the stakes—esp. for marginalized communities.
May 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
🎧 New episode just dropped: we're unpacking the ethics of data + AI with @marylgray.bsky.social & @morganklauss.bsky.social
Who really owns the data powering AI? What happens when consent is ignored? From surveillance to scraped content, we dive into the stakes—esp. for marginalized communities.
Who really owns the data powering AI? What happens when consent is ignored? From surveillance to scraped content, we dive into the stakes—esp. for marginalized communities.
Hi all - I am getting a lot of emails and DMs about the Sony AI HCI Internship posting. However, I will not be able to answer them all nor will I be able to meet with people 1:1 or review materials outside the process. To answer some common questions:
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hi all - I am getting a lot of emails and DMs about the Sony AI HCI Internship posting. However, I will not be able to answer them all nor will I be able to meet with people 1:1 or review materials outside the process. To answer some common questions:
Question for researchers - when writing your rebuttals, (1) do you emphasize what you will do or (2) do you make changes and then emphasize that you have attended to the review? Which method would you consider more convincing to reviewers?
March 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Question for researchers - when writing your rebuttals, (1) do you emphasize what you will do or (2) do you make changes and then emphasize that you have attended to the review? Which method would you consider more convincing to reviewers?
Since I have gotten a few questions on what the Sony AI ethics team has been working on lately, I want to share our project page with some of our latest publications: ai.sony/projects/ai-...
AI Ethics – Sony AI
AI Ethics is one of Sony AI's Flagshp Project areas. Learn more about this project and its latest activities.
ai.sony
March 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Since I have gotten a few questions on what the Sony AI ethics team has been working on lately, I want to share our project page with some of our latest publications: ai.sony/projects/ai-...
Hi all! I am looking to recruit an intern for this summer at Sony AI. The researcher should have documented expertise in qualitative studies and an interest in studying how responsible AI is conducted within organizations. Feel free to share widely!
tinyurl.com/hci-sony
tinyurl.com/hci-sony
HCI Intern (AI Ethics Team)
Sony AI America, a branch of Sony AI, is a remotely distributed organization spread across the U.S. and Canada. Sony AI is Sony’s new research organization pursuing the mission to use AI to unleash hu...
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March 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hi all! I am looking to recruit an intern for this summer at Sony AI. The researcher should have documented expertise in qualitative studies and an interest in studying how responsible AI is conducted within organizations. Feel free to share widely!
tinyurl.com/hci-sony
tinyurl.com/hci-sony
For more technical students: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
Sony Europe hiring AI Ethics Research Scientist - Intern in Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland | LinkedIn
Posted 2:06:56 PM. Do you have a PhD or MSc with a relevant background in AI Ethics? Are you looking for your next…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
For more technical students: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
Reposted by Morgan Klaus Scheuerman
The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit
Reposted by Morgan Klaus Scheuerman
"AI technology appears to outperform humans. But a closer look reveals that these games are rigged. The competitions do not actually ask machines to perform human tasks; it’s more accurate to say that they ask humans to behave in machine-like ways as they perform lifeless simulacra of human tasks."
My new piece in @theguardian.com
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI is ‘beating’ humans at empathy and creativity. But these games are rigged | MJ Crockett
Research pitting people against AI systems gives AI an edge by asking us to perform in machine-like ways
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"AI technology appears to outperform humans. But a closer look reveals that these games are rigged. The competitions do not actually ask machines to perform human tasks; it’s more accurate to say that they ask humans to behave in machine-like ways as they perform lifeless simulacra of human tasks."
It's super interesting to me how little work on foundation models has been done in @acm-cscw.bsky.social at this point... (esp compared to CHI) I think there's a lot of important socio-technical work to be done in this space, and yet it is currently sparse in the social computing community.
February 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's super interesting to me how little work on foundation models has been done in @acm-cscw.bsky.social at this point... (esp compared to CHI) I think there's a lot of important socio-technical work to be done in this space, and yet it is currently sparse in the social computing community.