@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
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...
31.10.2025 21:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#Grokipedia set out to “fix” #Wikipedia.
Turns out it mostly rewrites it, longer, slicker, less sourced.
Fluent, but fragile. @wikiresearch.bsky.social
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
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
16.10.2025 08:33 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 10 📌 1
"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
16.10.2025 14:54 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
#Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that @wikipedia.org is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
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
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...
10.10.2025 09:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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?...
01.10.2025 21:11 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
🧑🎓"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
08.10.2025 10:08 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
26.09.2025 08:27 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Thank 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
🤖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.
23.09.2025 08:09 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Meet 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
Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-people-using-their-smartphones-8088445/
🌍 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...
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...
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
15.09.2025 10:13 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
🤖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
02.09.2025 09:44 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Applications close in one week. Join our dynamic and growing Centre @soham-centre.bsky.social if you’re passionate about AI-enhanced collective intelligence.
25.07.2025 20:02 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0If 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.
22.07.2025 20:07 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The @soham-centre.bsky.social team is busy at @ic2s2.bsky.social this year. Do come by for a chat. #ic2s2
21.07.2025 18:38 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0The 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...
21.07.2025 10:47 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tell your librarians...!
18.07.2025 19:36 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 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
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...
How do we co-exist with machines? 🤖
Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social explains how machines are influencing our way of life & how we can prepare ourselves for the future 👇
@tcdsociology.bsky.social
@trinityresearch.bsky.social
The deadline is in one week. If you're passionate about science communication and engagement, leading research projects, and managing a team of around 15 PhD students and Postdocs, this job is for you!
09.06.2025 16:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social presenting on AI last night as part of @pintofscienceie.bsky.social "It's just amazing to speak to a mixed audience from all walks of life...all in a relaxed, informal, and engaging environment." @tcdssp.bsky.social Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrynb4jd
21.05.2025 13:54 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
We're seeking an enthusiastic Lab/Community Engagement Officer for our Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines! Deadline 16th June! Please help spread! my.corehr.com/pls/tudrecru...
15.05.2025 12:41 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
