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Studying humans, tech & everything in between🤝🏽 Incoming PhD IS @ UNC-CH📚Trust & Gen AI🤖Responsible Tech🌍🌱 Coconut chutney connoisseur🥥🌴

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Please do a virtual version! Would love to attend🤩

10.09.2025 03:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Absolutely love the cover @cfiesler.bsky.social ! Will definitely request the library to get a copy 📒

05.09.2025 20:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
WEB'S END

IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE WEBSITES. YOU VISITED THEM AND IT WAS FUN.

Computer screen: Jill's Homepage


LINKS AND STUMBLEUPON HELPED YOU FIND NEW ONES.

Computer screen: Cheese Art


GOOGLE ACTUALLY WORKED AND SENT YOU TO SITES BUILT WITH CARE BY REAL PEOPLE.

Computer screen: Lovable Expert


THEN CAME SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ITS ALGORITHMS DETERMINED WHAT YOU CLICKED.

Computer screen: Facebook


THEN AGGREGATOR SITES TOOK OFF.

Computer screen: CRAP FROM AROUND THE WEB


THEN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TRIED TO KEEP US FROM EVER LEAVING…

AND WE DIDN'T.

Woman on phone: SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL


THEN AI BEGAN GENERATING SUMMARIES SO YOU DIDN'T NEED TO CLICK THROUGH TO A SITE ANYMORE.

Computer screen: MONOPOSEARCH
Summary


SOON... THE AI CHATBOT BECOMES THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND REAL PUBLICATIONS DISAPPEAR.

Woman speaking to phone: CHATBOT, WHAT IS A WEBSITE?



UNTIL ONE DAY, PEOPLE WALK AWAY AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW.

Woman has left devices on the ground and is walking into sunset

© 2025 Jen Sorensen

WEB'S END IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE WEBSITES. YOU VISITED THEM AND IT WAS FUN. Computer screen: Jill's Homepage LINKS AND STUMBLEUPON HELPED YOU FIND NEW ONES. Computer screen: Cheese Art GOOGLE ACTUALLY WORKED AND SENT YOU TO SITES BUILT WITH CARE BY REAL PEOPLE. Computer screen: Lovable Expert THEN CAME SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ITS ALGORITHMS DETERMINED WHAT YOU CLICKED. Computer screen: Facebook THEN AGGREGATOR SITES TOOK OFF. Computer screen: CRAP FROM AROUND THE WEB THEN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TRIED TO KEEP US FROM EVER LEAVING… AND WE DIDN'T. Woman on phone: SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL THEN AI BEGAN GENERATING SUMMARIES SO YOU DIDN'T NEED TO CLICK THROUGH TO A SITE ANYMORE. Computer screen: MONOPOSEARCH Summary SOON... THE AI CHATBOT BECOMES THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND REAL PUBLICATIONS DISAPPEAR. Woman speaking to phone: CHATBOT, WHAT IS A WEBSITE? UNTIL ONE DAY, PEOPLE WALK AWAY AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW. Woman has left devices on the ground and is walking into sunset © 2025 Jen Sorensen

This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.

30.08.2025 18:32 — 👍 914    🔁 344    💬 20    📌 25

This is surprisingly accurate!

31.08.2025 01:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is it possible to start PhD remotely for the first year & then move to in person mode down the line?

30.08.2025 17:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

One for HCI

19.11.2024 02:45 — 👍 48    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1

I always tell this to my research assistants: if you use AI to summarize and write for you, you don't need to be my assistant. You don't need to do research at all.

Research should be selfish: *you* (not a machine) learn how to read, write, innovate, and dream. Otherwise, what is the point?

04.05.2025 13:15 — 👍 355    🔁 98    💬 6    📌 13
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“Time and space are ingredients she plays with in her cosmic kitchen-chopping, slicing and sautéing-in a flavor of creativity. She does not stand for some dismal creed of transience. She stands for the ecstasy of shape-shifting.” Wild Women features poetry highlighting a lineage audacious of women 🌷

19.05.2025 16:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 We're Hosting an Event - Register Today! 🚨

Read the whole thread 🧵

Climate Action in the Age of AI: Can Intelligent Systems Save the Planet?
📅 Tue, May 27th
⌚ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
📍 University Room in UNC's Hyde Hall
🎓 CLE credit for UNC students
🥗 Free catered lunch for registered participants

08.05.2025 17:36 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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