Taha Yasseri
@tahayasseri.bsky.social
Workday Full Prof & Chair of Technology & Society at Trinity College Dublin & Technological University Dublin. Director of the Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines. https://tahayasseri.com
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Taha Yasseri
@tahayasseri.bsky.social
· Apr 7
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Taha Yasseri
YouTube video by Trinity College Dublin
youtu.be
I had a fantastic time delivering my Inaugural Lecture at
@tcddublin.bsky.social last week. Here is the recording:
"The Human in the Machine"
youtu.be/Nn5YI1r16rc?...
@tcddublin.bsky.social last week. Here is the recording:
"The Human in the Machine"
youtu.be/Nn5YI1r16rc?...
We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
#Grokipedia set out to “fix” #Wikipedia.
Turns out it mostly rewrites it, longer, slicker, less sourced.
Fluent, but fragile. @wikiresearch.bsky.social
Turns out it mostly rewrites it, longer, slicker, less sourced.
Fluent, but fragile. @wikiresearch.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#Grokipedia set out to “fix” #Wikipedia.
Turns out it mostly rewrites it, longer, slicker, less sourced.
Fluent, but fragile. @wikiresearch.bsky.social
Turns out it mostly rewrites it, longer, slicker, less sourced.
Fluent, but fragile. @wikiresearch.bsky.social
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Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social will deliver a guest seminar on Combatting Online Misinformation at the @ifisc.uib-csic.es this Wednesday. 👏
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
For more information: tinyurl.com/yb73m47f
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
For more information: tinyurl.com/yb73m47f
October 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social will deliver a guest seminar on Combatting Online Misinformation at the @ifisc.uib-csic.es this Wednesday. 👏
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
For more information: tinyurl.com/yb73m47f
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
For more information: tinyurl.com/yb73m47f
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Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
tcnv.link
October 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
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"Just as Wikipedia can learn from AI, the X platform could learn from Wikipedia’s model of consensus building". Our Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social assesses "Grokipedia" in his latest piece for @us.theconversation.com . Read more here: tinyurl.com/3uxn3rp6 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Just as Wikipedia can learn from AI, the X platform could learn from Wikipedia’s model of consensus building". Our Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social assesses "Grokipedia" in his latest piece for @us.theconversation.com . Read more here: tinyurl.com/3uxn3rp6 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
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#Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that @wikipedia.org is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
theconversation.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that @wikipedia.org is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
New preprint: From Birdwatch to CommunityNotes, from Twitter to X: four years of community-based content moderation. Includes a complete literature review, preliminary analysis, and a gigantic dataset #researchgoldmine
arxiv.org/abs/2510.09585
arxiv.org/abs/2510.09585
October 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New preprint: From Birdwatch to CommunityNotes, from Twitter to X: four years of community-based content moderation. Includes a complete literature review, preliminary analysis, and a gigantic dataset #researchgoldmine
arxiv.org/abs/2510.09585
arxiv.org/abs/2510.09585
Very excited to have started my sabbatical visit at @ifisc.uib-csic.es this term! I’ll be giving a public seminar on October 22, hope to see you if you're in Mallorca! ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/events/se...
The Paradox of Openness: Community-Based Approaches to Combating Misinformation Online | Seminars
The openness of online platforms is both their greatest strength and their deepest vulnerability. Wikipedia demonstrates how large-scale collaboration can …
ifisc.uib-csic.es
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Very excited to have started my sabbatical visit at @ifisc.uib-csic.es this term! I’ll be giving a public seminar on October 22, hope to see you if you're in Mallorca! ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/events/se...
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Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social from @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social joined "The Internet is Crack" podcast to discuss how AI shapes our societies and the challenges of regulating it. youtu.be/pgnRSeVlD3g?...
#49 Data and AI: A Conversation with Professor Taha Yasseri
YouTube video by The Internet is Crack
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social from @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social joined "The Internet is Crack" podcast to discuss how AI shapes our societies and the challenges of regulating it. youtu.be/pgnRSeVlD3g?...
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🧑🎓"I believe it's vital that young people engage with AI...with a grounded understanding of how it truly impacts our social lives and communities." Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social shared his research with 100 TY students last Friday in an outreach event. Read more: tinyurl.com/3sz2bdre
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🧑🎓"I believe it's vital that young people engage with AI...with a grounded understanding of how it truly impacts our social lives and communities." Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social shared his research with 100 TY students last Friday in an outreach event. Read more: tinyurl.com/3sz2bdre
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Delighted to see so many attendees at Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social's fully booked up lecture on AI last night. A hugely interesting topic that will be further explored in upcoming talks in the School's Autumn Series. See the next lecture here: tinyurl.com/4ny6hrkj. @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Delighted to see so many attendees at Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social's fully booked up lecture on AI last night. A hugely interesting topic that will be further explored in upcoming talks in the School's Autumn Series. See the next lecture here: tinyurl.com/4ny6hrkj. @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
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Thank you to Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social for kickstarting our Autumn Public Lecture Series last night!
Next up, @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social will look at the ethics of AI on Thurs 2 Oct.
Join the waitlist or explore other events in this series:
tinyurl.com/5d54a8up
Next up, @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social will look at the ethics of AI on Thurs 2 Oct.
Join the waitlist or explore other events in this series:
tinyurl.com/5d54a8up
September 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Thank you to Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social for kickstarting our Autumn Public Lecture Series last night!
Next up, @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social will look at the ethics of AI on Thurs 2 Oct.
Join the waitlist or explore other events in this series:
tinyurl.com/5d54a8up
Next up, @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social will look at the ethics of AI on Thurs 2 Oct.
Join the waitlist or explore other events in this series:
tinyurl.com/5d54a8up
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🤖Our anticipation is building for the first @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series lecture by our own Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social. The talk entitled "A New Sociology of Humans and Machines" is on this Thursday. More info and join the waitlist here: tinyurl.com/52z2vv63.
September 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🤖Our anticipation is building for the first @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series lecture by our own Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social. The talk entitled "A New Sociology of Humans and Machines" is on this Thursday. More info and join the waitlist here: tinyurl.com/52z2vv63.
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Meet our speakers:
1. @tahayasseri.bsky.social: How Our Workplace Gender Biases Extend to AI Colleagues
2. Roberta Calegari: From Opportunity to Compliance: Gender and Diversity in the AEQUITAS Framework for Fair AI
3. EM Lewis-Jong: Language, data and cultural identity in AI systems
1. @tahayasseri.bsky.social: How Our Workplace Gender Biases Extend to AI Colleagues
2. Roberta Calegari: From Opportunity to Compliance: Gender and Diversity in the AEQUITAS Framework for Fair AI
3. EM Lewis-Jong: Language, data and cultural identity in AI systems
September 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Meet our speakers:
1. @tahayasseri.bsky.social: How Our Workplace Gender Biases Extend to AI Colleagues
2. Roberta Calegari: From Opportunity to Compliance: Gender and Diversity in the AEQUITAS Framework for Fair AI
3. EM Lewis-Jong: Language, data and cultural identity in AI systems
1. @tahayasseri.bsky.social: How Our Workplace Gender Biases Extend to AI Colleagues
2. Roberta Calegari: From Opportunity to Compliance: Gender and Diversity in the AEQUITAS Framework for Fair AI
3. EM Lewis-Jong: Language, data and cultural identity in AI systems
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🌍 Join us for #HACID Webinar #4: Gender & Diversity in Hybrid Collective Intelligence 🧠🤖
🗓 Sept 29, 2025 | ⏰ 18:00 CEST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/71775f...
🗓 Sept 29, 2025 | ⏰ 18:00 CEST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/71775f...
September 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🌍 Join us for #HACID Webinar #4: Gender & Diversity in Hybrid Collective Intelligence 🧠🤖
🗓 Sept 29, 2025 | ⏰ 18:00 CEST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/71775f...
🗓 Sept 29, 2025 | ⏰ 18:00 CEST
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/71775f...
This is an important and very well-written paper! I don’t usually praise papers I co-author, but in this case, Michele has done a stellar job! @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @researchireland.ie should be very proud of their PhD students!
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
September 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is an important and very well-written paper! I don’t usually praise papers I co-author, but in this case, Michele has done a stellar job! @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @researchireland.ie should be very proud of their PhD students!
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
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A big welcome to all the new members joining SOHAM this term. Read about them here: www.tcd.ie/soham/news-a... @marinaschenkel.bsky.social @azeezhamzat.bsky.social @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
SOHAM Welcomes New Team Members - Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines (SOHAM) | Trinity College Dublin
SOHAM welcomes new colleagues this semester in management, postdoctoral research, and PhD study. Their expertise reflects the Centre’s continued growth since its establishment in April.
www.tcd.ie
September 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A big welcome to all the new members joining SOHAM this term. Read about them here: www.tcd.ie/soham/news-a... @marinaschenkel.bsky.social @azeezhamzat.bsky.social @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
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🤖Interested in Artificial Intelligence? Join us for the first in our School’s Autumn Series lectures on AI where our own @tahayasseri.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled “A New Sociology of Humans and Machines”. Free tickets and more info ➡️ tinyurl.com/52z2vv63 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
A New Sociology of Humans and Machines
Join Professor Taha Yasseri from Trinity College Dublin as he explores how AI is reshaping human behaviour, agency and social systems.
tinyurl.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🤖Interested in Artificial Intelligence? Join us for the first in our School’s Autumn Series lectures on AI where our own @tahayasseri.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled “A New Sociology of Humans and Machines”. Free tickets and more info ➡️ tinyurl.com/52z2vv63 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
Applications close in one week. Join our dynamic and growing Centre @soham-centre.bsky.social if you’re passionate about AI-enhanced collective intelligence.
Join our Centre for Sociology of Humans & Machines (SOHAM) at Trinity College Dublin as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, exploring how AI can enhance collective intelligence. We're looking for someone with strong computational skills & a passion for human-machine systems
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Applications close in one week. Join our dynamic and growing Centre @soham-centre.bsky.social if you’re passionate about AI-enhanced collective intelligence.
If you're attending #ic2s2 and are interested in this postdoc position, please reach out to me and let's have a chat. Application deadline: 1st August.
Join our Centre for Sociology of Humans & Machines (SOHAM) at Trinity College Dublin as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, exploring how AI can enhance collective intelligence. We're looking for someone with strong computational skills & a passion for human-machine systems
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you're attending #ic2s2 and are interested in this postdoc position, please reach out to me and let's have a chat. Application deadline: 1st August.
The @soham-centre.bsky.social team is busy at @ic2s2.bsky.social this year. Do come by for a chat. #ic2s2
July 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The @soham-centre.bsky.social team is busy at @ic2s2.bsky.social this year. Do come by for a chat. #ic2s2
The Government of Ireland is splashing out to lure in mid-career and established academics! The package is generous, including €2.25–3.25 M research funding. A perfect solution to a mid-career crisis (possibly triggered by your country’s administration!). www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
www.researchireland.ie
July 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Government of Ireland is splashing out to lure in mid-career and established academics! The package is generous, including €2.25–3.25 M research funding. A perfect solution to a mid-career crisis (possibly triggered by your country’s administration!). www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Tell your librarians...!
July 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Tell your librarians...!
🚨 New preprint!
What happens if you combine X's Community Notes with an AI like Grok?
We show that AI-generated counterarguments can improve the perceived quality of notes.
✅ Done correctly, AI can simulate political diversity
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.081...
@crt-datascience.bsky.social
What happens if you combine X's Community Notes with an AI like Grok?
We show that AI-generated counterarguments can improve the perceived quality of notes.
✅ Done correctly, AI can simulate political diversity
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.081...
@crt-datascience.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 New preprint!
What happens if you combine X's Community Notes with an AI like Grok?
We show that AI-generated counterarguments can improve the perceived quality of notes.
✅ Done correctly, AI can simulate political diversity
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.081...
@crt-datascience.bsky.social
What happens if you combine X's Community Notes with an AI like Grok?
We show that AI-generated counterarguments can improve the perceived quality of notes.
✅ Done correctly, AI can simulate political diversity
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.081...
@crt-datascience.bsky.social
Join our Centre for Sociology of Humans & Machines (SOHAM) at Trinity College Dublin as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, exploring how AI can enhance collective intelligence. We're looking for someone with strong computational skills & a passion for human-machine systems
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
July 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join our Centre for Sociology of Humans & Machines (SOHAM) at Trinity College Dublin as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, exploring how AI can enhance collective intelligence. We're looking for someone with strong computational skills & a passion for human-machine systems
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...