#Grokipedia set out to “fix” #Wikipedia. Turns out it mostly rewrites it, longer, slicker, less sourced. Fluent, but fragile. @wikiresearch.bsky.social

Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social will deliver a guest seminar on Combatting Online Misinformation at the @ifisc.uib-csic.es this Wednesday. 👏 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social For more information: tinyurl.com/yb73m47f

Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.

"Just as Wikipedia can learn from AI, the X platform could learn from Wikipedia’s model of consensus building". Our Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social assesses "Grokipedia" in his latest piece for @us.theconversation.com . Read more here: tinyurl.com/3uxn3rp6 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

#Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that @wikipedia.org is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...

New preprint: From Birdwatch to CommunityNotes, from Twitter to X: four years of community-based content moderation. Includes a complete literature review, preliminary analysis, and a gigantic dataset #researchgoldmine arxiv.org/abs/2510.09585

Very excited to have started my sabbatical visit at @ifisc.uib-csic.es this term! I’ll be giving a public seminar on October 22, hope to see you if you're in Mallorca! ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/events/se...

Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social from @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social joined "The Internet is Crack" podcast to discuss how AI shapes our societies and the challenges of regulating it. youtu.be/pgnRSeVlD3g?...

🧑‍🎓"I believe it's vital that young people engage with AI...with a grounded understanding of how it truly impacts our social lives and communities." Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social shared his research with 100 TY students last Friday in an outreach event. Read more: tinyurl.com/3sz2bdre

Delighted to see so many attendees at Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social's fully booked up lecture on AI last night. A hugely interesting topic that will be further explored in upcoming talks in the School's Autumn Series. See the next lecture here: tinyurl.com/4ny6hrkj. @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Thank you to Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social for kickstarting our Autumn Public Lecture Series last night! Next up, @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social will look at the ethics of AI on Thurs 2 Oct. Join the waitlist or explore other events in this series: tinyurl.com/5d54a8up

🤖Our anticipation is building for the first @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series lecture by our own Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social. The talk entitled "A New Sociology of Humans and Machines" is on this Thursday. More info and join the waitlist here: tinyurl.com/52z2vv63.

Meet our speakers: 1. @tahayasseri.bsky.social: How Our Workplace Gender Biases Extend to AI Colleagues 2. Roberta Calegari: From Opportunity to Compliance: Gender and Diversity in the AEQUITAS Framework for Fair AI 3. EM Lewis-Jong: Language, data and cultural identity in AI systems

🌍 Join us for #HACID Webinar #4: Gender & Diversity in Hybrid Collective Intelligence 🧠🤖 🗓 Sept 29, 2025 | ⏰ 18:00 CEST Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/71775f...

This is an important and very well-written paper! I don’t usually praise papers I co-author, but in this case, Michele has done a stellar job! @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @researchireland.ie should be very proud of their PhD students! osf.io/preprints/so...

A big welcome to all the new members joining SOHAM this term. Read about them here: www.tcd.ie/soham/news-a... @marinaschenkel.bsky.social @azeezhamzat.bsky.social @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

🤖Interested in Artificial Intelligence? Join us for the first in our School’s Autumn Series lectures on AI where our own @tahayasseri.bsky.social will deliver a talk entitled “A New Sociology of Humans and Machines”. Free tickets and more info ➡️ tinyurl.com/52z2vv63 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Applications close in one week. Join our dynamic and growing Centre @soham-centre.bsky.social if you’re passionate about AI-enhanced collective intelligence.

If you're attending #ic2s2 and are interested in this postdoc position, please reach out to me and let's have a chat. Application deadline: 1st August.

The @soham-centre.bsky.social team is busy at @ic2s2.bsky.social this year. Do come by for a chat. #ic2s2

The Government of Ireland is splashing out to lure in mid-career and established academics! The package is generous, including €2.25–3.25 M research funding. A perfect solution to a mid-career crisis (possibly triggered by your country’s administration!). www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

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🚨 New preprint! What happens if you combine X's Community Notes with an AI like Grok? We show that AI-generated counterarguments can improve the perceived quality of notes. ✅ Done correctly, AI can simulate political diversity arxiv.org/pdf/2507.081... @crt-datascience.bsky.social

Join our Centre for Sociology of Humans & Machines (SOHAM) at Trinity College Dublin as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, exploring how AI can enhance collective intelligence. We're looking for someone with strong computational skills & a passion for human-machine systems my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

How do we co-exist with machines? 🤖 Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social explains how machines are influencing our way of life & how we can prepare ourselves for the future 👇 @tcdsociology.bsky.social @trinityresearch.bsky.social

The deadline is in one week. If you're passionate about science communication and engagement, leading research projects, and managing a team of around 15 PhD students and Postdocs, this job is for you!

Prof @tahayasseri.bsky.social presenting on AI last night as part of @pintofscienceie.bsky.social "It's just amazing to speak to a mixed audience from all walks of life...all in a relaxed, informal, and engaging environment." @tcdssp.bsky.social Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrynb4jd

We're seeking an enthusiastic Lab/Community Engagement Officer for our Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines! Deadline 16th June! Please help spread! my.corehr.com/pls/tudrecru...

A huge congratulations to Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social on his Professorial Fellowship 🥳 Provost Linda Doyle read out the names of the new Fellows & Scholars this morning at Front Square. 👏 Read the full list of Fellows and Scholars ⬇️ tinyurl.com/3k4jpkrx @tcdssp.bsky.social

Excited to be talking at @pintofscienceie.bsky.social along with Dympna O'Sullivan and @robinrauner.bsky.social! Book your tickets before they sell out (for free!) pintofscience.ie/event/ai-in-...

I had a fantastic time delivering my Inaugural Lecture at @tcddublin.bsky.social last week. Here is the recording: "The Human in the Machine" youtu.be/Nn5YI1r16rc?...

A packed house for our colleague @tahayasseri.bsky.social's inaugural lecture yesterday evening. A vital contribution to the conversation on AI and society. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mtaw8725 @tcdssp.bsky.social @workday.com @wearetudublin.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social @soham-centre.bsky.social

Join us on April 1st in Dublin for the launch of the TCD-TU Dublin Joint Centre for the Sociology of Humans and Machines (SOHAM), a Centre dedicated to exploring societies where humans and machines coexist. Only 5 spots left! www.tcd.ie/soham/news-a...

Join us on April 1st in Dublin for the launch of the TCD-TU Dublin Joint Centre for the Sociology of Humans and Machines (SOHAM), a Centre dedicated to exploring societies where humans and machines coexist. Only 5 spots left! www.tcd.ie/soham/news-a...

People of Dublin! Like to see me in an academic gown discussing AI & how we should navigate its advancement? Join us for my Inaugural Lecture at @tcddublin.bsky.social! It’s a public lecture—no jargon, just big ideas & maybe even a bit of craic! Register(free) www.eventbrite.ie/e/inaugural-...

✨ Join @tahayasseri.bsky.social on Wednesday, 12th March in Unit18 for a public lecture as part of the #TalkWithTrinity Series. Taha will present "If Siri Was Your Sister - Does it Matter if AI is Male or Female?" 🧠 No booking is required! #sociosky #sociology @tcdssp.bsky.social

New piece with @cuihaosabrina.bsky.social AI could supercharge human collective intelligence in everything from disaster relief to medical research theconversation.com/ai-could-sup... @tcddublin.bsky.social

New preprint with @cuihaosabrina Gender Bias in the Perception of Human Managers Extends to AI Managers. TLDR: Our sexist attitudes toward managers persist and even amplify when we're managed by AI. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.17730

New preprint with @cuihaosabrina Gender Bias in the Perception of Human Managers Extends to AI Managers. TLDR: Our sexist attitudes toward managers persist and even amplify when we're managed by AI. arxiv.org/pdf/2502.17730

Here are some preliminary analyses of X's Community Notes in relation to the German election. The top 2 most frequently cited sources are X and Wikipedia (among other results). medium.com/@nargeschini... @communitynotesbsky.bsky.social @wikiresearch.bsky.social

The webinar discusses perspectives and challenges of hybrid collective intelligence, with @tahayasseri.bsky.social, Anita Woolley and Mark Steyvers contributing with a presentation about recent research, and ample space for Q&A. All details here: www.hacid-project.eu/hacid-webina...

✍️ Professor @tahayasseri.bsky.social has published a new peer-reviewed article on Verfassungsblog. Read "The Memory Machine: How Large Language Models Shape Our Collective Past" 👇 tinyurl.com/4x4s7wue #sociology #sociosky @tcdssp.bsky.social #memory #language #socialscience

The Memory Machine How Large Language Models Shape Our Collective Past; just released on @verfassungsblog.de verfassungsblog.de/the-memory-m...

Just a reminder that the deadline for the Postdoc and Lab Manager/Community Engagement Officer roles is in 10 days! Join our Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines in Dublin! Please spread the word.

Similar polarization that exists among users (a) is reflected among Community Notes users (b). Read the full article cacm.acm.org/opinion/can-...

Re Meta's announcement today: The Community Notes approach can generally be more scalable and robust, yet the current implementation is far from ideal, as @fil.bsky.social and I argue/show here: cacm.acm.org/opinion/can-...

How do people *really* read Wikipedia? 📖 👀 We explored how readers navigate, fall into rabbit holes, and engage with information in a chapter for the ‘Handbook of Computational Social Science,’ edited by @tahayasseri.bsky.social. Stay tuned for the full book! 📚 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2501.00939

Thrilled to share that the Handbook of Computational Social Science manuscript was finally submitted to the publisher in full! Huge thanks to all the authors and reviewers who made this possible. Check out the Table of Contents!

Thrilled to share that the Handbook of Computational Social Science manuscript was finally submitted to the publisher in full! Huge thanks to all the authors and reviewers who made this possible. Check out the Table of Contents!