Tiree Tech Wave

[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]

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

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Last post about 65-for-65. Having now turned 65 I've written some reflections on the experience: 70 miles running in five days through spectacular Welsh mountains and valleys and over £1300 raised for @CR_UK - thank you so much to all who contributed.

https://t.co/UMzqZmHYjV

[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]

Today is my last day @cardiffmet.  I won't be idle; "Introduction to AI" is due out in June and other books in the way, but a change of pace and focus. To mark this and turning 65 I will run 65 miles in a week in July in aid of Cancer Research UK.
https://t.co/IGAuXwgbM8

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

AXAI cfp (7 days!): Adaptive XAI Towards Intelligent Interfaces for Tailored AI Explanations. a workshop at IUI 2025, March 24, 2025, Cagliari, Sardinia. Paper deadline 13th Jan. https://t.co/dwlYHJoWAK
#AI #explainableAI #XAI

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[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Slides of "Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI support" at @SYNERGYWorkshop uploaded to slideshare and on the paper's web page. A strategy to modify user interactions to enhance information for future adaptations.
https://t.co/wS3rieMSzt

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Last chance to submit papers and posters for European Tangible Interaction Studio 2024 deadline 19th Feb. Tell us about your work treading the borders of the physical and the digital. With a special focus on communities this year.
https://t.co/dWk1dWCw2t

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Tom Baker as an AI butler ... do you remember? Early 1990s envisionment video of personal AI agents.
Can't find on YouTube and Google scholar. I *think* the following Wired article is alluding to the video. Any pointers anyone? https://t.co/21ciRKnQxQ

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

Looking forward to giving invited talk tomorrow on "Exceptional Experiences for Everyone" at AMID @MobileHCI workshop (Accessibility and Multimodal Interaction Design Approaches in Museums for People with Impairments).
@CardiffMetRIS @CompFoundry
https://t.co/G7EopFW17c

[Cardiff Metropolitan University @cardiffmet]

We've been nominated for FOUR #THEAwards🎉and we’re joint top with the most nominations of universities across the UK! @timeshighered

🔗 https://t.co/5ZQ8ceFzfV

Our shortlisted entries are... ⬇️

[Alan Dix @alanjohndix]

ChatGPT, Culture and Creativity: simulacrum and alterity – notes of my keynote at the Creative AI Research Conference in June now online.
#CreativeAI @UCAROffice @CardiffMetCSAD

https://t.co/GTgIAYZRPY