Ben Shneiderman

Univ of MD, Human-Centered AI, HCI, InfoVis & Social Media Prof in CS Dept, Member HCIL & NAE, skier, photographer

[Ben Shneiderman @benbendc]

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[Christopher Ahlberg @cahlberg]

Super excited to read ⁦⁦⁦⁦⁦@benbendc⁩ ‘s book on Human—Centered AI!

[Dan Goldstein @dggoldst]

I plotted daily air quality index values in NYC since 1980 and yesterday's values for reference

The solid red line is the yesterday's daily EPA value (254). The dashed red line is the yesterday's max *hourly* value from iqair (whose daily value was 209)

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[Center for Data Innovation @DataInnovation]

JUNE 6: @castrotech will moderate a panel discussion on the potential costs and benefits of creating a new #AI regulator in the United States. Panelists include @benbendc (@UofMaryland), @ShaneTews (@AEI), and @AdamThierer (@RSI). Learn more and RSVP: https://t.co/fCrG7haDV1

[Ben Shneiderman @benbendc]

Congratulations! I’m delighted to see this celebration of HCI history

[Jeffrey Yost @JustCodeCulture]

Congrats @jacobgaboury! '23 CBI Human-Computer Interaction History Award recip. for his brilliant book Image Objects Thx to @benbendc C Plaisant. Cmt: @liz_petrick @teaselmuir @dag_spicer F. Paterno, Con & me. @sigchi @SIGCIS @4sWeb @siggraph #hci

More at https://t.co/7FzljgtyBL

[Ryan Calo @rcalo]

The first reason is to focus the public’s attention on a far fetched scenario that doesn’t require much change to their business models. Addressing the immediate impacts of AI on labor, privacy, or the environment is costly. Protecting against AI somehow “waking up” is not.

[Ryan Calo @rcalo]

The second is to try to convince everyone that AI is very, very powerful. So powerful that it could threaten humanity! They want you to think we’ve split the atom again, when in fact they’re using human training data to guess words or pixels or sounds.

[Ben Shneiderman @benbendc]

Bravo @rcalo for speaking truth to power/wealth/lies Our noble work is to repair the immediate harms and stop the blue sky futurists who have taken over media attention

[Ryan Calo @rcalo]

The first reason is to focus the public’s attention on a far fetched scenario that doesn’t require much change to their business models. Addressing the immediate impacts of AI on labor, privacy, or the environment is costly. Protecting against AI somehow “waking up” is not.

[Alyssa A. Goodman @AlyssaAGoodman]

Have a look at the prescient lecture on "algorithmic accountability" @benbendc gave for @harvard_data and @RadInstitute back in 2018--he saw the future and had (has!) good suggestions! We *can* use AI safely. Up to us, though. 2/2 https://t.co/tcdGCAMsx0

[Ben Shneiderman @benbendc]

@DrTechlash Thanks for this helpful perspective... aligns with Guidelines for journalists https://t.co/gorYo2dAGL

[Ben Shneiderman @benbendc]

This is helpful. It aligns with the Guidelines for journalists https://t.co/gorYo2dAGL
@hcil_umd @iSchoolUMD @umdcs

[Nirit Weiss-Blatt, PhD @DrTechlash]

What's wrong with current AI media coverage?
These 7 flaws:

https://t.co/ht7XW4OY2x

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[Hal Daumé III @haldaume3]

This'll be a first for me (interviewing a member of Congress!) but I'm really looking forward to it! Please join and contribute in the Q/A to get your questions answered :).

[Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot @jvitak]

This is amazing news for UMD and I'm thrilled to see @haldaume3 leading this initiative and my colleague Katie Shilton leading the participatory AI line of work. Congrats all!

[Hal Daumé III @haldaume3]

📢 I'm thrilled to announce our new @NSF Institute on Trustworthy AI in Law & Society!

@trails_ai's premise is: Participation Builds (Appropriate) Trust.

🌐 Details: https://t.co/jNdF22yjFK
💼 Postdoc, Director, ...: https://t.co/DHoiMvMcv0
🗓️ Events: https://t.co/AIfPRcqwNF

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[Leon Reicherts @LeonReicherts]

The three „great dames“ of HCI launched the 6th(!) edition of their Interaction Design Book today with a bang - at the riverfront of the Elbe in Hamburg @acm_chi #CHI2023! So many of you came - that we ran out of books in no time!

[Ben Shneiderman @benbendc]

@NewYorker Terrific article. There is no AI. It’s people that matter

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The sooner we understand that there is no such thing as artificial intelligence, the sooner we’ll start managing our new technology intelligently, the computer scientist Jaron Lanier writes. https://t.co/qL8vFRE6T8

[Niklas Elmqvist @NElmqvist]

The @hcil_umd at @UofMaryland is gearing up for a big week at #chi2023 in Hamburg with 18 papers and several best paper and honorable mention awards. See you all in Germany next week! https://t.co/gCd2I3KsXN

[HCIL @hcil_umd]

We're sad to lose Niklas as a core member of the lab but so excited for his next adventure in Denmark.

[Ben Shneiderman @benbendc]

@NElmqvist @csaudk Congratulations Niklas... very sorry to see you go, but very happy that you will be close to family. You will remain a respected researcher, dear colleague, and good friend.