Victoria

Professor at Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University, London, Canada. Director of the Language and Information Technology Lab.

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

Looking for an #interdisciplinary book on #misinformation & #disinformation?
Psychology of #lying
Language of #deceit
Philosophies of #truth
#Credibility #Trust #AI #detection
#Literacy #FactChecking

Here is one @SpringerNature
https://t.co/A6QWHSmchj

https://t.co/st2dMXBaf1

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

https://t.co/rtLj7AY4ZU

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

Just wow! Polarization in 10-11 year olds in blue and red US states, who are possibly reacting to their parents points of view https://t.co/nmluA1UYEK

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

"Support your libraries!" says John Oliver:
https://t.co/BcpAXRb0yk

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

On strength and resilience. Can trauma be seen as a gift, if it allows post-traumatic growth? Think kintsugi...
https://t.co/Kj2NiLDX1G

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

10 new updates on my blog @westernuFIMS @WesternU including an upcoming grad course on #Conversational #AI in #NaturalLangProcessing (#NLP) Fall2024 + a freshly started project on #wellbeing
https://t.co/ddBvIVm4KK

[Nig Narain @nigmendra]

Solidarity ⁦@PSAC610⁩! ⁦⁦@OCUFA⁩ ⁦⁦@uwofa1⁩ https://t.co/cMobf8GgVr

[Brescia Faculty Association (BFA) @BresciaFaculty]

We support striking @PSAC610 teaching assistants at @WesternU! Show your support by writing to Western's admin and letting them know you support living wages for teaching assistants!

[UWO Faculty Association @uwofa1]

@WesternU @SGPSWesternU resorting to strike breaking tactics is not good-faith bargaining! Rain or shine we will be standing in solidarity with our GTAs and colleagues @PSAC610 ✊

[Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) @westernuFIMS]

Libraries are a tale as old as time.

In one week, Emily Drabinski, president of the American Library Association, will join us to discuss the struggles libraries are facing and what they need for support.

Register here: https://t.co/B60LQCA39G

@WesternU @edrabinski @ALALibrary

[Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) @westernuFIMS]

📅Save the date!

On April 9 at 7 pm Emily Drabinski, president of the American Library Association, joins us at @MuseumLondon to discuss strategies and tactics to keep libraries strong for our communities📚

Learn more: https://t.co/U5Sivg9wM1

@ALALibrary @edrabinski @WesternU

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

'This is garbage': Step aside, influencers — we're now in the era of de-influencing https://t.co/6OhXTRD0sP

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education https://t.co/yF9Yyw1XuP

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

27 governments agreed on 4 categories of AI risks https://t.co/wAG4E9p1wN

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

https://t.co/sfP8PxPTUC

“examples the authors are concerned about include “massively scaled” disinformation campaigns powered by AI that destabilize society and erode trust in institutions; … psychological manipulation ...”

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

Kyiv and Kharkiv – a tale of two cities, surviving in their own ways, two years into Russia’s full scale invasion. For some, it’s a cultural fight to preserve Ukraine’s identity, as much as it is a military fight on the frontlines -- as novelist Andrey Kurkov tells me.

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

“Tech giants lay out plan to fight AI election deepfakes” it’s a voluntary non-binding agreement but at least it’s on the right path to “police” online deceptive uses of AI

https://t.co/9PP5Ttzohg

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

Introducing the new chatbot called Goody-2 — what does it do? https://t.co/WTMYQ4hUzI

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

Non-deceptive non-nefarious use of AI. Full disclosure and family consent:

“Victims of gun violence and mass shootings lobby Congress from beyond the grave”

https://t.co/RlTHXBMfjm

[Victoria @VictoriaRubin]

Non-deceptive non-nefarious use of AI. Full disclosure and family consent:

“Victims of gun violence and mass shootings lobby Congress from beyond the grave”

https://t.co/RlTHXBMfjm