HCI book

Human–Computer Interaction textbook by Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd and Russell Beale

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

The Abomination of AI – part 8 – summary and recap

This final post recaps and reflects on how runaway AI industry undermines free markets and how we can make a difference. The core question is not what can AI do, but what should AI do?

https://t.co/kIjIy1hlXu

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Facial recognition software in shops misidentifies innocent people as potential shoplifters. The company providing the service claims it is highly accurate ... but how accurate is accurate enough?

https://t.co/20WUTFL9UA

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

The Abomination of AI – part 5 – The very nature of digital technology and AI breaks free markets leading to runaway inequality, even with the best intentions of industry … but some tech companies further exploit these effects.

https://t.co/QTZaVYX2tB

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

The Abomination of AI – part 1 – setting the scene. First of a series of posts based on my ICoSCI 2026 keynote. The AI industry seems out of control as digital tech and AI undermine the assumptions of market economics driving massive inequality.

https://t.co/UB7T87PZnt

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

The Abomination of AI – part 2 – the impact of AI. The obvious impact of AI is in the things it does directly, but some technologies also change the very nature of society, affecting even those who do not use them.  Cars are one example, AI is also.
https://t.co/BtLtN8wt0t

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

The Abomination of AI – part 3 – a different kind of apocalypse.
Doomsayers worry about the point when AI becomes sentient, outgrowing its creators. The real danger is more insidious: the massive financial and human impacts of AI seem almost obscene.
https://t.co/6xaEgLzlzO

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

The Abomination of AI – part 4 – why is this happening?Network externalities, how one person’s use of AI and digital tech changes its value for others, creates positive feedback loops, leads to emergent monopolies, the nemesis of free markets.
https://t.co/t5AZDeuPmO

[I-REACCH @I_REACCH]

📣 We’re recruiting – join the I‑REACCH team!

👉 We’re readvertising our Evaluation Researcher role - a great opportunity for a mixed-method researcher with experience of usability studies to support inclusive research culture at the @uniofleicester.
https://t.co/z8atw3Fw0L

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Lightly edited video now available of "The Abomination of AI" my keynote at ICoSCI – How the intrinsic nature of AI technology interacts with market economics, to create self-feeding loops and runaway effects that fundamental change the world we live in.
https://t.co/Sziy3Cwu4Y

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Looking forward to "Beyond the Algorithm: Designing Human-Centric Public Services with AI", tomorrow.
A dialogue on HCI and the design of smart public services, placing human ethics at the heart of digital transformation and public sector innovation.
https://t.co/Xe8T3yOIWx

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

I’ve sent the manuscript of AI for Human-Computer Interaction to @routledgebooks. It explores the rich human side of AI – how AI can help in user experience design and how effective interfaces can help make AI usable and useful. Due out early 2026.
https://t.co/GSpm3G50RO

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Yay, the new edition of Statistics for HCI has been sent to Springer ! On track to be published in first half of 2026. New chaps on big data, AI and computation heavy stats. Post-its in marked up 1st ed made me feel like a PhD student in a viva again :-/
https://t.co/PpnSvQmP16

[HCIStatistics @HciStatistics]

Cardinal rule of statistics: not significant DOES NOT mean no effect.
"From this sample, the report concluded there was no statistically significant bias at a setting of 0.6 or higher, a claim the Met has repeated to defend the use and expansion of LFR."
https://t.co/k5JeC5y0eH

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

About to set out for Day 5, the last day. Five miles from Aberaeron to Llanarchaeron and back, but only a mile of that needed to reach 65 miles! Set to be heatwave today, but will be finished well before the heat of the day sets in.

https://t.co/TpJGennvC0

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Just setting off for Day 4, finishing off Taff Trail and then a loop around the Cardiff Bay Trail. Approx 9 or 10 miles. Hoping to get breakfast at the Senedd when I finish :)

https://t.co/TpJGeno3ry

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Just getting ready to set off for day 2 of 65-for-65 now. Shorter run today about 14 miles Merthyr to Pontypridd.
A bit of a drive and then train journey to get to start, so my first tweet on @alanwalkswales won't be for a couple of hours.

https://t.co/TpJGennvC0

[Alan Walks Wales @alanwalkswales]

A day to go before my 65 for 65 run starts. Weather looks a bit miserable for Sunday (marathon over the mountains) I'll look just like the picture! After that much better. Many thanks to everyone who has donated so far, I've pushed target up to £1065.
https://t.co/I0RgHM47Ij

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

In just over a week (6-10 July) leading up to my 65th birthday, I'm running 65 miles in aid of Cancer Research as cancer affected several family and friends recently. The multi-day run starts with a marathon distance over the Brecon Beacons mountains. https://t.co/TpJGennvC0

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

See slides and notes of "Enabling the Digital Artisan" my talk at ICOCI earlier today. Unhindered technology always favours the big and powerful - can radical digital and AI technology empower thesmall?
@tango @CardiffMetRIS https://t.co/LdGTPhURIi

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Just a week to go! "Artificial Intelligence
humans at the heart of algorithms" is due out on 16th June ...
https://t.co/ScGZU1O2SK

#AI #ArtificialInteligence @TANGO_horizon @cardiffmet