Professor of Psychology; Rider of Bicycles; Seeker of Justice. Applied cognitive psychologist, studying attention & memory, some disinfo too. (He/him; 1st gen college student). With maybe some pictures of Cookie the bernedoodle.
Ira Hyman
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A rough @nature.com poll of >1,900 researchers found:
~48% feel negative towards AI
63% say that risks for data analysis outweigh benefits
~60% felt AI FOMO: that they would be left behind if they did not use AI tools in their work.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is the entire “growth” economy just corruption now?
The architecture of the internet creates risks for democracy | Science. Really important short-read from Stephan Lewandowsky. Might be of interest to @brianstelter.bsky.social & @jayrosen.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org
Will democracy survive the internet? Do we need to choose between Facebook’s surveillance capitalism or democracy? Layered lines of evidence can inform questions like these. When considered together, ...
www.nature.com
Almost half of the scientists who responded said that they feel broadly negative towards artificial intelligence, but they think that some tools are better than others.
INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes.
We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Reposting for the morning crowd.
Relevant not only for education but for all uses of AI.
The company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, used a personal PayPal account to send money to content creators, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.
The NY Times is helping to spread disinformation by engaging in this form of journalism.
Absentee voting improves turnout. Makes it easier for people to vote. It doesn’t increase errors. And it is better than forcing people to stand in line for hours.
Do better @nytimes.com
Ira Hyman
Trump has been rooting for Orbán and Putin and the first lost an election and the second is losing a war. Can he bring that same magic to the Knicks?
