
Vian Bakir (Prof. of Journalism & PolComms)
@VianBakir1
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#PolComms #Disinformation #Misinformation #EmotionalAI Exploring whether information really does want to be free. My own views, not my employer's
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Joined July 2013
I’d like to draw attention to our book (co-edited with Emma L Briant, Monash University): The Routledge Handbook of the Influence Industry. This Handbook provides the first comprehensive examination of the Influence Industry and how it operates worldwide.
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This Handbook provides the first comprehensive examination of the influence industry and how it operates worldwide across different domains. The rapid evolution of emerging technologies and data-dr...
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AI tells me I have an AI-generated review of my chapter (with @digi_ad ) critiquing the future of emotional AI in the false information field. Feels like too many AIs!. The AI review : The (free) chapter: Make up your own mind.
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Me and @digi_ad argue AI companions are flawed. We provide 7 ways to redesign them, incl. remedies for over-attachment & dependency; removal of metrics based on extending engagement via personal info disclosure; & promotion of AI literacy. @EmotionalAI.
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AI & SOCIETY - Riffing off move fast and break things, the internal motto coined by Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, this paper examines the ethical dimensions of human relationships with AI...
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RT @VianBakir1: I’d like to draw attention to our book (co-edited with Emma L Briant, Monash University): The Routledge Handbook of the In….
www.routledge.com
This Handbook provides the first comprehensive examination of the influence industry and how it operates worldwide across different domains. The rapid evolution of emerging technologies and data-dr...
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RT @EmotionalAI: Interest is growing in use of general purpose AI to empathise, especially through partners, companions, and so on. If you….
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IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Webinar | Automating Empathy in Human-AI Partnerships: Issues, Ethics and Governance by Prof Andrew McStay, Bangor University IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter and SSIT...
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RT @digi_ad: A total pleasure to be a guest on the @BBCRadio4's 'Artificial Human', discussing whether AI can read emotions. The angle on….
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Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong find out if AI can read emotions.
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RT @responsibleaiuk: The Ethics of Emulated Empathy: Considering the Significance of Anthropic and Hume’s Collaboration! Dive into this int….
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A timely piece from @digi_ad on AI companions and kids.
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What happens when your child’s toy appears to care for them – but doesn’t really?
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RT @ucu: “Universities are in crisis and the government must act.”. We welcome the Education Committee’s inquiry into university finances.….
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RT @ucu: Bangor university gives its vice chancellor a 13% pay rise then cuts dozens of jobs. Handing out massive pay rises while frontlin….
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A trade union says vice chancellor's pay rise could have saved multiple university staff jobs.
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Chapters 1 and 2 are freely available on Google Books: We hope you enjoy reading it.
books.google.co.uk
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RT @Sam_Marsh101: Are the dark days at @USSPensions really over? Let's hope so. It is worth noting that the scheme is, essentially, under n….
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RT @BergerBrakes: @USSpensions Thanks to the sterling work of the @ucu and others @cupofassam. The USS fought a lot of this tooth and nail.
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