Alexandra Olteanu
@o_saja
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Principal researcher @MSFTResearch FATE Montreal | via @IBMResearch @EPFL @QatarComputing @VUamsterdam | Opinions my own
Joined November 2011
The #FAccT2024 CFP encourages authors to include in their papers 1) an ethical considerations statement, 2) a researcher positionality statement & 3) an adverse impact statement. To explain a bit the reasoning behind the change, we wrote a longer blogpost
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Alexandra Olteanu, Michael Ekstrand, Carlos Castillo, and Jina Suh
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Presenting this at #CHI2025 tomorrow, Monday, April 28 in the "Expressive Machines" (lol 🤷‍♀️) session at 4:44 p.m. in Annex Hall F206
How can we better think & talk about human-like qualities attributed to language technologies like LLMs? In our #CHI2025 paper, we taxonomize how text outputs from cases of user interactions w/ language technologies can contribute to anthropomorphism https://t.co/mA0XZ748jE 1/n
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Do you remember this short position paper? It’s now published as an ICLR blogpost! 🎉We argue that understanding the impact of anthropomorphic AI is critical to understanding the impact of AI.
A snippet of the work we did over the summer during my internship with MSR FATE Montreal—we highlight the need for more work investigating the impacts of anthropomorphic AI systems, which is critical to understanding the impact of genAI systems: https://t.co/GPbJ8NKvyK
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Back on social media after a very, very long break for a topic that I care deeply about: AI tools can support creators in various ways, but disclosing AI use may risk devaluing creative work. 1/n
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Writers felt they could preserve their voice with AI but worried audiences and clients would not value AI-assisted work as much as their solo work. To learn more, check out the full paper here (to appear at CSCW'25):
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Given the rising proliferation and diversity of AI writing assistance tools, especially those powered by large language models (LLMs), both writers and readers may have concerns about the impact...
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As AI systems increasingly simulate human behavior, we must ask: How do we ensure they don’t amplify bias, deceive, or manipulate? This paper lays out a much-needed framework for responsible AI design. Its REALLY good. https://t.co/ysijHvCU3Y
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How can we better think & talk about human-like qualities attributed to language technologies like LLMs? In our #CHI2025 paper, we taxonomize how text outputs from cases of user interactions w/ language technologies can contribute to anthropomorphism https://t.co/mA0XZ748jE 1/n
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📢 📢 Interested in an internship on human-centred AI, human agency, AI evaluation & the impacts of AI systems? Our team/FATE Montreal (@sulin_blodgett, @QVeraLiao & I) is looking for a few summer interns 🎉🎉 Apply by Jan 10 for full consideration:
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We are looking for summer 2025 interns at @MSFTResearch FATE Montreal. Apply apply! đź”— https://t.co/95zfCSQ5KI
📢 📢 Interested in an internship on human-centred AI, human agency, AI evaluation & the impacts of AI systems? Our team/FATE Montreal (@sulin_blodgett, @QVeraLiao & I) is looking for a few summer interns 🎉🎉 Apply by Jan 10 for full consideration:
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📢 📢 Interested in an internship on human-centred AI, human agency, AI evaluation & the impacts of AI systems? Our team/FATE Montreal (@sulin_blodgett, @QVeraLiao & I) is looking for a few summer interns 🎉🎉 Apply by Jan 10 for full consideration:
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Late adopter (as I dread creating/keeping track of multiple social media accounts), but I am now also elsewhere
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I'm on the job market for tt faculty positions! I conduct research to resist harmful tech, data and AI and empower communities to imagine and build better data and AI futures. Please let me know if there are any positions I might be a good fit for!
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So many mixed feelings for me ❤️-- one thing I am certain is that Vera will be a wonderful, caring mentor ❤️❤️❤️ if you are either a graduating PhD student or you are applying for a PhD program & are interested in human-AI interactions & responsible computing go work with Vera!!!
Personal update: After 8 amazing years in industry, I will join @UMichCSE in fall 2025. I look forward to putting more energy into mentoring, teaching, and collaborating across disciplines and organizations I will look for PhD students this cycle and a postdoc
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In writing this, we were deliberate about our terminological choices and I hope this brief perspective also helps illustrate how we could talk about these systems and their characteristics in what I believe to be a more precise, rigorous and productive way
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We argue that as the outputs of generative AI systems are increasingly anthropomorphic—*perceived* or described as human-like—we cannot thoroughly map their possible impacts without mapping the impacts of anthropomorphic AI systems https://t.co/oWdVUgiXYv
A snippet of the work we did over the summer during my internship with MSR FATE Montreal—we highlight the need for more work investigating the impacts of anthropomorphic AI systems, which is critical to understanding the impact of genAI systems: https://t.co/GPbJ8NKvyK
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A snippet of the work we did over the summer during my internship with MSR FATE Montreal—we highlight the need for more work investigating the impacts of anthropomorphic AI systems, which is critical to understanding the impact of genAI systems: https://t.co/GPbJ8NKvyK
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Hi friends, colleagues, followers. I am on the faculty job market! I am a PhD student @BerkeleyISchool + @berkeley_ai. I work on NLP, and I believe all language, whether AI- or human-generated, is ✨social and cultural data✨. My work includes: 🧵
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🌟Applying for a PhD @CornellInfoSci? Our student-run application feedback program is open NOW through Oct 31🌟 We're open to all and especially hope to support scholars who have navigated barriers in higher ed - please share to help us broaden access! https://t.co/dPQJjo7mFN
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Below, you'll find the essential information you need to prepare a strong application to our graduate program, including qualifications, expectations, and application steps.
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🎉📢 I'm on the tenure track job market! 👋✨ I study how people building “AI” think about the downstream harms their work makes possible, and the epistemic and political economic systems which shape their thoughts, and our future.
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