Prof/Dr Lisa M Given, FASSA 🇨🇦🇦🇺
@lisagiven
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Director, Social Change @RMIT, Editor-in-Chief @arist_org. Info science, qualitative, metal, cats (Threads/IG: @lisamgiven; @lisagiven.bsky.social)
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined December 2009
My new book (with Donald O. Case and @rebekahwillson) is out now! We explore decades of international research on people’s engagement with information, with sections on #misinformation #Covid_19 #SDGs #researchdesigns and so much more! @asist_org @AcadSocSci @RMIT @ResearchRMIT
📘 New book out now! Looking for Information: Examining Research on How People Engage with Information 🔎 Discover more about the book: https://t.co/t0OScxOHD8
@lisagiven @RMIT @arist_org @EmeraldIKM #informationbehaviour #userexperience
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Today I wrote an article for @ConversationEDU on the government’s announcement they will impose a #dutyofcare on the tech companies to combat harmful content, including misinformation. Will they step back from a social media ban for kids #auspol #noageban
theconversation.com
The new proposal is aligned with approaches in the European Union and United Kingdom – and overcomes the flaws of banning people under 16 from social media.
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💥New: "What is clear from the survey’s qualitative responses is the strong demand for institutional support. Researchers are calling for structured training, better access to tools and clear regulations" #ResearchMethods #ResearchCulture
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Congrats to @jocattlin, @lisagivenProf, Dr Alexandra Ridgway & Prof Falk Scholer who will host a workshop to build social sciences-informed capability for ethical + socially responsible #AI projects + programs. @RMIT
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And there it is. Under this Labor government, every Australian - regardless of their age - will be forced to provide their ID and other private details of themselves to social media companies. Don’t say you were not warned. #NoAgeBan
"everyone will have to go through age verification process ", "Yes" said Labor Jenny McAllister Albanese's Social media ban requires everyone's Age verification by Labor before you can access social media. You will need Labors permission to access your accounts #NoAgeBan
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For anyone interested in age verification ID and implications for risk of identity theft and cybersecurity in the US👇 Age Verification Systems Will Be a Personal Identifiable Information Nightmare | Communications of the ACM
dl.acm.org
Online ID checking is insecure, bad for privacy, and will not help children.
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The Albanese government has announced a plan to ban kids under 16 from social media. There’s no explanation why this age was chosen, and the decision flies in the face of expert advice writes @lisagiven from @rmit.
theconversation.com
The Albanese government has announced a plan to ban kids under 16 from social media. There’s no explanation why this age was chosen, and the decision flies in the face of expert advice.
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As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access. A thread, with links: >>
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Study of 554 resumes & 571 job descriptions evaluated by AI (3 LLM's) finds they favored white names 85% of the time; female names only 11%. The AI preferred white men even for female-dominated roles, like HR workers. @lstiffler1 h/t @JessicaCalarco
https://t.co/M7h5PtxggN
geekwire.com
Kyra Wilson, left, University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School and Aylin Caliskan, a UW assistant professor in the iSchool. (UW
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"A machine learning engineer said he initially discovered hallucinations in about half of the over 100 hours of Whisper transcriptions he analyzed. A third developer said he found hallucinations in nearly every one of the 26,000 transcripts"
apnews.com
Whisper is a popular transcription tool powered by artificial intelligence, but it has a major flaw. It makes things up that were never said.
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Study (N=200 courses) tested 3 interventions to reduce gender bias in student evals, but none were effective. "Women who were tough graders or taught large classes received more criticism than men with the same grading style or class size." @kimelsesser
https://t.co/1ZdEfpU68Y
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Tech has "an interest in creating user-agreements that assign liability to users of these technologies (‘use them at your own risk!’), while taking credit for the ways in which these AI assistants can be useful." #AIEthics By @SilviaMilano1 @SvenNyholm
https://t.co/IJgOl7ZB5s
nature.com
Nature Machine Intelligence - Advanced AI assistants that act on our behalf may not be ethically or legally feasible
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It's not just a teen social media ban, @cameronwilson writes, but a national social media age verification scheme.
crikey.com.au
Anthony Albanese's plan to boot kids off social media isn't just about how children use the internet. It's about how all of us use the internet.
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'Providing more proactive support...rather than pursuing social media bans, would go a long way to protecting young Australians while also ensuring they have access to helpful + supportive social media content,' writes Fellow @lisagiven⬇ @ConversationEDU
https://t.co/ToPjC41MhM
theconversation.com
Like the whole idea of banning young people from social media, allowing limited access to platforms that have a “low risk of harm” is deeply flawed.
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"Only 17% of legal professionals said they thought allowing AI to provide legal advice would be ethically acceptable; but among risk & fraud professionals, 57% said they believe using AI to provide advice or strategic recommendations is okay." #AIEthics
https://t.co/Ho0wd94uhj
thomsonreuters.com
While industry professionals largely agree on the ethics of AI, a recent report finds some parties are more willing to allow AI some freedom.
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@lisagiven explains that like the whole idea of banning young people from social media, allowing limited access to platforms that have a “low risk of harm” is deeply flawed. @rmit
theconversation.com
Like the whole idea of banning young people from social media, allowing limited access to platforms that have a “low risk of harm” is deeply flawed.
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