Congratulations to centre member @DiretnanB on the upcoming publication of her book "Blogging and Gender Activism in Nigeria 🎉
We can't wait to see this hit the bookshelves!
Thrilled to announce the publication of my book, 'Blogging and Gender Activism in Nigeria' with Palgrave!
Challenging us to rethink activism itself, reminding us that not all voices are equally heard—even in spaces created for change.
Grab one: https://t.co/5NLd0XMx0W
Our Centre Directors @eugeniasiapera and @e_farries have been busy as usual, this time with a new publication on "Platform governance and civil society organisations: Tensions between reform and revolution continuum"
Read more below:
https://t.co/18hIctRbcx
Findings from recent research by @toledobastos, @ParaicKerrigan and @Christo__Jacob reveals the inaccuraties and misinformation shared by ChatGPT AI.
Access the article at the link:
https://t.co/G2HxptOlb9
🤖🏳️🌈 ChatGPT’s LGBTQIA+-related answers up to 84% less accurate than Google searches, study finds... 🧵
🕵️♀️ Led by researchers at the UCD School of Information and Communication Studies, the study explored how ChatGPT may reinforce incorrect beliefs.
🇮🇳 Participants from Ireland and India using GPT-3.5 to find info on LGBTQIA+ elected representatives.
🔎 One group used ChatGPT, and another used Google. All questions showed a notably higher accuracy rate when answered by Google than ChatGPT.
❌ ChatGPT mistakenly labelled some politicians as homosexual and hallucinated the names of non-existent politicians.
🤷♀️ Despite inaccuracies, people trusted ChatGPT's info more than Google's search results.
🗣️ According to Assistant Professor Marco Bastos, who led the study, the problem is unlikely to be fixed even as ChatGPT advances in capability.
“GPT-4o, the current version of ChatGPT, is much more capable than GPT-3.5, which was used in our study, at retaining words of chat for context. Conversations and analysis with the tool feel much more natural."
“However, the problem we identified in our study is triggered by proattitudinal information and the reinforcement of previously held beliefs, which go unchecked and unverified by users. This problem is not likely to be solved in current or future generations of ChatGPT, because hallucinations – the generation of inaccurate or fabricated information – remain a perennial problem of large language models like ChatGPT.
“If anything, the more these tools are perceived to be accurate, the less likely users are to perform cross-checks on the information they receive.”
Our Centre membes @toledobastos and @ParaicKerrigan, and @Christo__Jacob have released a new publications on ChatGPT and the"incorrect but proattitudinal information that remains unchecked and unverified by the users."
Access the article on the link below!
Finally out our experimental study on how ChatGPT can reinforce beliefs as incorrect information provided by the service goes unchecked and unverified by users. https://t.co/sVFkfBQl2t
The Centre & @UCD_iSchool are still accepting applicants for MSc & MLIS students with a list of fee waviers for EU students available at:
https://t.co/aJCASwPJwg
The Centre specifically is offering one scholarship for an MSc student!
Read more here:
https://t.co/af1tOYaO6x
Finally out our experimental study on how ChatGPT can reinforce beliefs as incorrect information provided by the service goes unchecked and unverified by users. https://t.co/sVFkfBQl2t
Don't miss out on the upcoming AI and Responsible Conduct of Research symposium, with our own @eugeniasiapera taking part!
📅13 March
🕓14.00-16.30
📍William Fry Theatre (L143), UCD Sutherland School of Law, UCD
Register here: https://t.co/F3PmtshtvL
@ucddublin Given @MichealMartinTD's recent praise, we'd be remiss not to remind you all of our educational programmes - MSc/Grad Dip and Professional Certificate in Digital Policies - are still accepting applications
For more details see https://t.co/af1tOYblW5
🇮🇪🗣️ "This new Irish Government is particularly focussed on skills development and life-long learning, so I was very encouraged to learn of the work you are doing on targeted training programmes, (including at PhD level), digital and AI upskilling, mentorship programmes, and the Microsoft-UCD Digital Policy Programme for government and policy makers."
👏 @DigitalPolicyIE 👏 @eugeniasiapera 👏 @e_farries
Delighted to kick off Hon Prof David Hickton's visit to @tcddublin@tcddublinscss with a lecture on #AI and #Blockchain.
His next outing will be this Wednesday at 5pm when he discusses disinformation and AI. Don't miss it! Register here: https://t.co/WeyRYJBhGV
Join us in #empoweringeducators in Cork, Saturday 1st of March, as the @ADAPTcentre hosts a transformative workshop designed to equip post-primary educators with the tools and knowledge to confidently navigate the evolving role of AI in education. Empowering teachers to help their students use AI safely, ethically and critically. Read more and register to attend here > https://t.co/oMAyRcdNiD
#AIWorkshops #Teachers #AILiteracy #TeachingAI #ResponsibleAI #GoogleIreland #ADAPT
How do we tackle online hate directed at footballers? Where did the toxic masculinity of Andrew Tate originate?
There is still time to register for the first event in the DCU Futurology series:
https://t.co/gOFWNjzhFO
We're delighted to welcome Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez to the Centre as our newest member! Her research interests focuses on social media culutres, online harm, algorithms and platform governannce; read more on her profile at the link below:
https://t.co/5KNYeoZDfD
In recognition of Rare Disease Day, the Centre & EDI @ucdsocscilaw are hosting a campus tour that centers accessibility and universal design on Friday Feb 28 at noon!
Register your interest below: https://t.co/JTPGPJS8AB
Don't forget to register for this upcoming talk on facial recognition technologies and their use by policing authorities, taking place via zoom on Feb. 13th at 3pm
https://t.co/QHbboGJya8