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

Joined February 2007
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Thanks for the plug, Rishi šŸ‘
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Trump fought the law and the law won.
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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.

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RT @petewnr: Another great day at @AIforGood talking about #uqflorence and exploring all of the really interesting work being done @UQSchoo…
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RT @petewnr: Janet Wiles presenting on human-centered social robots for good - the importance of designing with not for and how we need to…
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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.
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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? youtu.be/i-o5YbNfmh0?si=AdCU…
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Welcome @MartinGjoreski, visiting us in @hcc_uq And talking about his work on AI and wearables in health
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28 Feb 2024
I'm hiring! Two postdoctoral research fellows at @UQ_News (Brisbane, Australia), to pioneer human-centered decision support in collaboration with @UQMedicine. Post 1ļøāƒ£ Human factors, HCI, or psychology Post 2ļøāƒ£ Human-centered machine learning Details: uqtmiller.github.io/recruitm…

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I’m so worried about AGI
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a room with absolutely no elephants in it
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19 Jan 2024
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
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Never Buy the Sun
Message to @TheSun - the ā€œill fanā€ has passed away. On behalf of Iain’s family and friends, my fellow @OfficialBWFC supporters, and football generally, I would request issue of a formal apology for this insensitive, provocative and sensationalist headline. RIP Iain šŸ’” @CGreenUK
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MP blames Toby Jones & ITV for not making #PostOfficeScandal drama sooner.
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#THREAD In October 2022, the UK Government Digital Service entered into an initial one-year contract with #Fujitsu, which ā€œwill be responsible for all the technical delivery, design iterations and 24/7 operational supportā€ of the emergency alerts system tested yesterday.
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Replying to @Route_News

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It’s live! Alexei Sayle’s Alternative Alternative Christmas Message šŸ‡µšŸ‡øšŸŽ„šŸ‡µšŸ‡ø youtu.be/jnbDn3ghqbk?si=wEs5…

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🧵 The historic NYT v. @OpenAI lawsuit filed this morning, as broken down by me, an IP and AI lawyer, general counsel, and longtime tech person and enthusiast. Tl;dr - It's the best case yet alleging that generative AI is copyright infringement. Thread. šŸ‘‡
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Thanks to a lot of tech bros and economists getting Very Upset about degrowth, this article is now the number one trending publication at Nature. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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