Andrea L. Guzman, PhD

YouTube video by Casey Fiesler How does ChatGPT work? Or rather, language models in general- Part 1 attempting a lay explanation.

I'm creating a series of short form videos about how language models work technically. The goal is to be something in between "you know it's next token prediction" and "now you've taken a machine learning class." I'd love your thoughts so here are the first few! 🧵

www.youtube.com/shorts/VZB8X...

It’s Bad: What Now? - Nancy K. Baym, 2026 This essay reflects on a decade of worsening social media harms—inequality, algorithmic power, precarious labor, and data extraction—arguing for renewed interdi...

Wonderful commentary by @nancybaym.bsky.social - "It's Bad. Now What?" Manages to encapsulate what so many of the conversations I've had with other digital media scholars the last year or two have centred around. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The best part about writing a book is planning and researching. The worst part about writing a book is writing the book.

Sounds about right.

The mirage of AI deregulation One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...

🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Peer Influence Can Make or Break Your AI Rollout AI adoption stalls not because of weak tools or insufficient training, but because learning remains invisible. Generative AI requires employees to redesign their own workflows, and in uncertain enviro...

New article from me and collaborators just dropped.

hbr.org/2026/03/peer...

Joffrey Ballet to be first American company to premiere Wheeldon’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and Neumeier’s ‘Liliom’ in 2026-2027

Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet will be the first American company to bring John Neumeier’s landmark narrative ballet “Liliom” and Christopher Wheeldon’s “The Sleeping Beauty” to the stage next season.

Utterly abhorrent. Has anyone else run across this? #academicsky

I wrote my dissertation on all the ways in which news media used social media to represent public opinion in elections -- and all the democratic problems with it. But prediction markets are a whole 'nother level of wildness. The good news? @parkerbach.bsky.social & I are already planning our study.

What in the living hell is wrong with the association? After what this administration has done to female journalists? To journalism, generally?

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

How the federal government is painting immigrants as criminals on social media Experts say this kind of media campaign is unprecedented and paints a distorted picture of immigrants and crime

Experts say this kind of media campaign is unprecedented and paints a distorted picture of immigrants and crime

The Administration's move to cut all federal government use of Anthropic and designate it a Supply Chain Risk sets a dangerous precedent. There's a reason that national security leaders and… |... The Administration's move to cut all federal government use of Anthropic and designate it a Supply Chain Risk sets a dangerous precedent. There's a reason that national security leaders and libertaria...

Excellent statement from the Center for Democracy and Technology’s @alexreevegivens.bsky.social, who notes that concern about today’s action is wide ranging and bipartisan www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

Chicago Loop Alliance unveils Loop Arts District, funding to address vacant stores

The Chicago Loop Alliance announced plans for a new arts district in the Loop during its annual meeting Friday. The district will be supported by nearly 90 Loop arts organizations that will develop the neighborhood as an arts and culture destination.

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. @smw.bsky.social went on @cnn.com to discuss Anthropic. “There are existing standards around the use of tools in these contexts that need to be upheld and the Pentagon should be abiding by its own playbook.” shorturl.at/4gPYy

@heidykhlaaf.bsky.social also speaks to this in CBC: shorturl.at/dB2qG

I'm heartbroken and furious. Monsters.

Exclusive | Altman Says OpenAI Is Working on Pentagon Deal Amid Anthropic Standoff Altman waded into the standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon over the use of AI on the battlefield, telling his staff that the company was working on a deal that might help solve the impasse.

Of course, OpenAI is trying to get in on the money. For years, they have been dismantling safeguards to AI. The fact that they released ChatGPT in the way they did - after warnings about LLMs - demonstrates they never cared in the first place. The charade is over.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

This is extremely telling about the confidence people lack in the administration. As you know, universities and private companies almost always bend over backwards for DOD contracts. I think the DOD is surprised that it is being told what to do and that it does not get its way.

Because, you know, there aren't numerous pieces just focusing on the benefits of AI. Well, more than just focusing on benefits - literally frothing at the mouth to extol the industry and "progress."

The new Ellison-controlled media combine will check the boxes for all three types of capture: capitalistic, oligarchic, and authoritarian.
lpeproject.org/blog/the-ame...

These dudes wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it would bring them more power.

The world could use some good news, so here is a small something. Historically when I teach courses focused on AI, I have significantly more men than women. This semester, women actually outnumber men in one course, and in another, the divide is even. #academicsky

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

EU Parliament Committee Confronts US Visa Bans Over DSA, Urges Commission Action The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection heard from four individuals facing US visa sanctions on Wednesday, reports Ramsha Jahangir.

Two months after Washington imposed visa bans on four individuals over the EU’s Digital Services Act, the European Parliament summoned them on Wednesday to account for what many MEPs see as a direct challenge to Europe’s regulatory authority, reports Ramsha Jahangir.

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This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

a man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy ! Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!!

If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times.

I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

STOP THE SAVE ACT (Updated) All Eyes on the Senate

STOP THE SAVE ACT (Updated)
My new piece is up with lots of info about the SAVE America Act - the version of the SAVE Act that passed the House and is before the Senate this week. This is a MUST READ and then ACT.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Local journalism at its finest

And perhaps 1/3 or more of those remaining dailies are ghost papers, maintained with slop feeds for various distant financial reasons.