Matthew J. Hill

Inaugural Lecture – Professor Anders Kristian Munk

Thanks to everyone who came by my inaugural lecture as Professor of Computational Anthropology last week. I talked about the transition from digital to computational controversy mapping and it turns out there is video...

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📢 🚨PHD POSITION📢🚨

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⚡❤️ Computational anthropology, 🤖😀 human-centred AI, and 🏴‍☠️🗿 cultural value alignment with LLMs.

Come work with me (supervisor), @britwinthereik.bsky.social (co-supervisor), and the team @echodtu.bsky.social and HCI.

Deadline May 1, 2025
Starting August 1, 2025

AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...

This recent study by Michael Gerlich shows that the use of AI tools by younger study participants reduces critical thinking skills by encouraging “cognitive offloading” and that educational strategies are needed to encourage critical engagement with AI.
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The Great ESG Retreat Banks are running scared from climate commitments — for now.

“In the space of a month, the six largest banks in the United States — Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citi, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan — all pulled out of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance.”

Banks are abandoning ESG en masse, says @paulwaldman.bsky.social.