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ACADEMIC PERSON @UoNComputerSci, @UniOfNottingham, @TheOfficialMRL + @HorizonDER ❑ RESEARCH COMBINES HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (#HCI) + ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (#EMCA)

People often encounter troubles, which in co-present situations may involvethe assistance of others. We investigate how a control room uses a particulardivision of labor to notice and handle troubles within a mixed-reality liveperformance: Monitors (tasked with noticing troubles of performers outsidethe control room) only inform directors about troubles; directors then mayannounce those troubles to performers (how to resolve them). We present twokey findings: First, although informings typically contain trouble-formulations,these are often absent from the announcement, which allows directors tofocus on the progressivity of the performance rather than topicalize theresponsibility of trouble or the recurrence of the trouble. Second, directorsavoid attributing responsibility for the trouble either by adopting agent-lessformulations or by aggregating agency. Together, these practices allow direc-tors to handle troubles “with discretion.” Data are in English.People often encounter troubles as part of what they are doing. When people are talking to one another, theorganization of handling troubles of speaking, hearing, and understanding is known as “repair” (Schegloff etal., 1977, p. 361). When people are engaged in other practical courses of action, the organization of handlingtroubles may be referred to as “recruitment” (Kendrick & Drew, 2016) or “assistance” (Kendrick, 2021). Inmany cases, handling troubles may be heard as doing other actions, such as complaining, blaming, oraccusing (Jefferson, 1987, p. 88). To minimize this, others may design their handling in such a way as to keepthese possibilities “off the conversational surface . . . to correct with discretion” (Jefferson, 1987, p. 100). It isthis phenomenon we explore in this article.
Garfinkel’s experiments with human–computer interaction document the reliance of the machine on the human commitment to sense-making. His breaching scripts, if we can call them that, were designed to make trouble that reveals how the situation is produced in and as the interaction between the typing user and the machine, including the totality of its interface, programming, and physical components. It also shows how human users remain committed to making sense of interactional sequences in the face of trouble, and in doing so, demonstrates how AI systems constitutively rely upon users’ sense-making work for their effective operation. Accordingly, Garfinkel’s early studies reveal the cooperative practices standing at the core of media and technology (SchĂŒttpelz 2023), allowing for the re-specification of things, such as “ELIZA effect”, “confirmation bias”, and “cognitive dissonance”, in terms of the constitutive social practices of their human users—the methods through which these phenomena are ordinarily produced and made recognizable (cf. Rawls and Turowetz 2021; Turowetz and Rawls 2021).
screengrab from Infosys website with menu item showing "success stories" of which the linked-to article in the post is one
Photo of the painting "Narcissus" by Caravaggio
Sinclair C5 with Clive Sinclair riding it
Weather forecast for Edinburgh showing rain, 3 degrees centigrade
a still image of Gabbo the ventriloquist's dummy swearing at kids
This image is the first page of the following PDF: https://people.cs.nott.ac.uk/pszsr/files/reyes-cruz-2026-following-robots.pdf
Our testing shows an extraordinary pace of development. We’ve found that AI systems are becoming competitive with – or even surpassing – human experts in an increasing number of domains. It is plausible that in the coming years, this trend may lead to capabilities widely acknowledged as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or otherwise transformative AI. This technological trajectory is deeply consequential: governments, industry, civil society, and the public need clear, evidence-based insights to navigate it.
piece of text that reads: ​The NotebookLM Research Slide Deck Course changes how you work. It uses a specific combination of NotebookLM, Gamma, and Gemini to handle the heavy lifting. This is not AI writing your thesis for you. It is using technology to sort, synthesize, and structure your ideas so you can focus on the actual research. You stay in control. The AI does the grunt work. Awesome.
this is a screenshot of the following webpage: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/series/the-future-of-ai it features two articles linked to from this page
Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if AI bubble bursts Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) investment had been an "extraordinary moment", there was some "irrationality" in the current AI boom.
Should CSCW allow papers that involve collaboration between one human and AI agents, rather than just between 2+ humans? Jessica: This is a topic the steering and executive committees are thinking about. No answers now but they will keep the community updated. For now, the scope statement included in the call for papers is the best place to find guidance on this topic.
Photo from summit of Ulriken, looking westwards (ish) IIRC
Entering some kind of demonic hell pit, dark fire red, black curtains
absolute garbage online course about how to "support immigration compliance as an academic member of staff" - you really don't want to know what is written on this page, honestly.
It may be true that Garfinkel never seems to get into the details of dirty (or clean) laundry and instead draws upon his favored phenomenologists for resonant conceptual and methodological themes (including “detail” itself). He proposes to respecify such ‘classic’ themes as locally organized embodied work. Livingston dismisses Garfinkel’s theorizing and philosophizing as idle glossing in search of professional legitimacy, and Garfinkel sometimes apolo- gizes for merely theorizing about what he proposes to respecify. However, at the same time, he uses ‘classic themes’ of fact, reason, method, scientific discovery, and so on, as touchstones that provide connections and hooks to long-standing abstract issues, concerns, and preoccupations. In the absence of these resonant touchstones, “respecification” would have no point of departure and return, and we would be left with doing laundry in all of its marvelous detail. Livingston indicts Garfinkel along with some
This is fine dog in room on fire
Government’s AI peatland map ridiculed for confusing bog with rock Farmers and residents across the country were quick to spot inaccuracies in Defra’s map — and worry that policy decisions will be erroneous
And it seems fair to draw the conclusion from our analyses that there are some significant conceptual problems to unreservedly appropriating this notion of ‘collaboration’ from CSCW and blandly applying it to such human-robot encounters on the streets (concurring with conclusions from Johansen et al. who argue that such mappings between HRC and CSCW may be problematic at times). It also seems likely that this is indicative of a wider problem facing CSCW itself, in which we see arguments for ceding of ground from people to machines, as in a related but broader discussion developing on “human-AI collaboration” [57]. This move could well be a significant mistake for CSCW that misunderstands collaborative action.
the first page of the paper linked to in the main post
A new Meta AI button has been added to WhatsApp. You didn't ask for it, but they gave it to you anyways
cover of ACM interactions magazine with a cover depicting a brain with what looks like a chip on it with wires out to various parts of the brain, and a hand with a pinching gesture to its left. all in all, a pretty bizarre cover, which I suppose lays bare the resilience of the belief in some HCI circles that the brain is 'where the action is' in the picture I have circled the phrase "Tapping into AI - why HCI is critical" and the article listed under labelled "HCI for AGI".
Still from the film Office Space (1999) with a banner saying "is this good for the company?". In the shot is Lumberg and one of The Bobs giving a speech to onlooking staff, worried about their jobs
Mr Howells told BBC News he was pleased with the work his legal team had done in the High Court trial, but that he would now be representing himself in a case filed with the Court of Appeal – using an "artificial intelligence agent" to assist his claim. He described AI as "an absolutely amazing technology" that had helped him better understand court processes and the law, and that he believed he had about seven "solid grounds in law" for his case, which he hopes to be able to present in-person to the Court of Appeal.
cover of autechre, ep7 with weird spiraly type design
Paper abstract: If robots are to be deployed in public places, we need to understand what factors their design should consider. Informed by sociological studies of urban settings, particularly the work of William H. Whyte and the Street Life Project, we describe four characteristics of public places that affect and are affected by robot design: (1) localism—how robot design aligns with the identity, culture, and character of the place(s) they reside within; (2) environments—the physical characteristics of the environment in which public robots operate; (3) activities— consideration for the various daily, occasional, and situational activities that are tied to place(s) robots inhabit; and (4) sociability— how people collectively and individually relate to, interact with, and make sense of robots deployed in public places. Throughout, we illustrate these characteristics with examples drawn from empirical studies of public robots. We discuss how these key characteristics of public places can inform HRI design
Photo of a mug with a mosaic from Verulamium museum depicting the sea god Oceanus
Stained glass window in Norwich cathedral
University of east Anglia ziggurats with teaching block behind
Governance The panel recognised that there is evidence of the Institute playing a national role in the AI ecosystem. The Institute engages with academia, industry, and other bodies, advises into some government departments, and hosts the UK AI Standards Hub. However, some UK research stakeholders feel disenfranchised. The potential of the Institute to act on behalf of the whole ecosystem has not yet been achieved, a key part of the national institute role. The Institute should aim to represent all actors in the UK ecosystem on an international stage, and enable research that is additive to, not duplicative of, that carried out in other institutions.
Trees in a misty thin forest
One particular item in this collection was a talking toaster, which he'd bought in a souvenir shop on the Uranian moon of Miranda for the princely sum of $ÂŁ1 9.99 plus tax. Talkie Toaster(patent applied for), was made of deep red plastic, and, according to the blurb on the packaging, could engage its owner in a number of pre-programmed stimulating breakfast conversations. Moreover, it had a degree of Artificial Intelligence, so, in time, it could learn to assess your mood and tailor its conversation accordingly. I you woke up feeling bright and bubbly, the Toaster would respond with chirpy repartee. If you rose in a darker mood, the Toaster's Artificial Intelligence could sense this, and provide your breakfast muffins in suitably reverent silence.
Utopia poster with characters spread across the image
What appears to be an astroturfing account called "very woke: concerned for democracy everywhere"
man pointing at himself in a mirror, saying "this new AI system is amazing! it knows how to point at me!"
Streecks book "gesturecraft" has brilliant descriptions of hands and what they do (as part of a broader assembly of social, embodied action). The page has a serious of photos of hands grasping things like coffee cups and wine glasses.
Big black grand piano, probably semi-concert size
Completely incomprehensible textbook cover, gibberish everywhere
An anniversary CA day mug on a shelf
the idea was, or should have been, and still should be, to pursue the social by looking deeper and deeper into the observable details of the activities in which people are engaged. Although the directive may sound simple, it is difficult to follow.
Our desires must conform to God’s. God is not our servant. If he were he would be susceptible to criticism. God is perfect and above criticism (2 Samuel 22:31; Psalms 18:30, Zondervan, 2020). In fact, God is so intelligent that he made a prophecy through David in
Screenshot of the first page of the linked to pdf