Stephen Viller

Interaction Design academic interested in social technology, live music, cycling and photography. Human-Centred Computing @hcc_uq leader at @UQSchoolITEE

[Stephen Viller @viller]

@bleep Wanted to pre-order a t-shirt but only S or XXL available. Are you going to add other sizes for the pre-order?

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Thanks for the plug, Rishi 👍

[The Tonight Show @FallonTonight]

Trump fought the law and the law won.

[Route @Route_News]

Happy birthday to Mike Joyce, born in Manchester on this day in 1963. He would go out tonight but he hasn't got a stitch to wear.

[Peter Worthy @petewnr]

Another great day at @AIforGood talking about #uqflorence and exploring all of the really interesting work being done @UQSchoolEECS @UQ_EAIT

[Peter Worthy @petewnr]

Janet Wiles presenting on human-centered social robots for good - the importance of designing with not for and how we need to develop new ways to ensure that people can be involved throughout the design process @AIforGood @UQ_News @UQSchoolEECS @hcc_uq

[Bartłomiej Cupiał @CupiaBart]

So here's a story of, by far, the weirdest bug I've encountered in my CS career.

Along with @maciejwolczyk we've been training a neural network that learns how to play NetHack, an old roguelike game, that looks like in the screenshot. Recenlty, something unexpected happened.

[Sean Rintel @seanrintel]

In #Microsoft WorkLab, I note how Copilot helps meeting intentionality: https://t.co/W8yPvM3N2k

See more from my @MSFTResearchCam BREW team & interns at https://t.co/xBDw8sEYbp & at #CHI2024 in 🧵

@lev_tank @PayodPanda @ava___scott, Warren Park, Becky Spittle, @TomCashman

[Tim Mansfield @timjmansfield]

I get what he’s saying, but… hear me out on this… what if all the people who lose their jobs due to AI, what if we gave them new jobs in some kind of pod that could harvest their energy to run more GPUs for more AI?
https://t.co/0C4DBv1CYR

[Stephen Viller @viller]

Welcome @MartinGjoreski, visiting us in @hcc_uq And talking about his work on AI and wearables in health

[Tim Miller @tmiller_uq]

I'm hiring! Two postdoctoral research fellows at @UQ_News (Brisbane, Australia), to pioneer human-centered decision support in collaboration with @UQMedicine.

Post 1️⃣ Human factors, HCI, or psychology
Post 2️⃣ Human-centered machine learning

Details: https://t.co/MGZJuMlHzT

[Tim Mansfield @timjmansfield]

I’m so worried about AGI

[Pup Fiction @jjjove]

The First Fleet arrived on 18 January 1788. Governor Arthur Phillip rejected Botany Bay because the Woolies there didn’t sell any Australia Day merch, choosing instead Port Jackson, which had a Coles, as the site for the new colony. They arrived there on 26 January 1788

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

Never Buy the Sun

[Rosie Holt @RosieisaHolt]

MP blames Toby Jones & ITV for not making #PostOfficeScandal drama sooner.

[Stephen Viller @viller]

@EdwynCollins My son as a toddler used to sing along to the oh-oh part in the back of the car on the way home from day care :)

[GET A GRIP @docrussjackson]

#THREAD

In October 2022, the UK Government Digital Service entered into an initial one-year contract with #Fujitsu, which “will be responsible for all the technical delivery, design iterations and 24/7 operational support” of the emergency alerts system tested yesterday.

[Damian Lyons Lowe @DamianSurvation]

@katebevan There’s a timeline of Computer Weekly coverage here, going back almost 15 years: https://t.co/RdFymrTVSS

[Longbarrow Press @LongbarrowPress]

@Route_News And this, of course
https://t.co/rvE7geAcAx

[The Alexei Sayle Podcast @AlexeiSaylePod]

It’s live!

Alexei Sayle’s Alternative Alternative Christmas Message

🇵🇸🎄🇵🇸

https://t.co/VnmClDTeyy