New in @icwsm with Stephanie Wang, Danaé Metaxa, et al.: "What's Political on TikTok?" Our users perceived an avg of 16.85% of their FYP as political according to their own definition of politics -- higher than you'd expect! Read the paper to find out why! https://t.co/li6qzvltyn
1/ New @Nature! We study how powerful institutions shape the information environment for LLMs. Commercial LLM training is opaque, so we trace a path from state-coordinated media -> training data -> model responses.
Social media feeds today are optimized for engagement, often leading to misalignment between users' intentions and technology use.
In a new paper, we introduce Bonsai, a tool to create feeds based on stated preferences, rather than predicted engagement.
wrote for @nytopinion about how Trump isn't funny anymore. he's been using a broad set of irony techniques to pierce the bubble of DC bullshit for a decade - and suddenly the fire went out 1/
Returning to the hell site for some brief self-promotion for my newest paper! 🎆
🐝 The Babylon Bee is now bigger than The Onion, but too many people still think of conservative satire as an oxymoron. I aim to remedy that.
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Every ICA, I look forward most to seeing these wonderful and brilliant researchers from @MDDCoop ❤️ Our collaborations remind me that robust, ethical research and fun times can (and should) go hand in hand. I love y'all!! #ica23