Assistant Professor @ University of Washington, Information School. PhD in English from WashU in St. Louis.
I’m interested in books, data, social media, & digital humanities.
They call me "Eyre Jordan" on the bball court. 🏀
https://melaniewalsh.org/
Melanie Walsh
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AI generated stories, aka the Elias Thorne literary universe www.404media.co/elias-thorne...
@404media.co wrote about our new preprint on tell-tale signs of AI-generated stories! Cc @dmimno.bsky.social
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2605.26492
Article: www.404media.co/elias-thorne...
LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are obsessed with telling stories about lighthouse keepers and clockmakers, and one character named 'Elias Thorne' has made his way from chatbots to Amazon bo...
www.404media.co
We are commissioning an artwork or visualisation representing our research and findings.
It needs to be simple, visually engaging and effective at communicating with multiple audiences. We are looking for a high-profile, high-impact visualisation or artwork through this commission.
My first paper is out! 🎉
We prompted LLMs to complete ~24k stories about animal characters and found that increasing “neutrality” doesn’t necessarily translate into more balanced representation.
Honored to be selected as a 2025–26 Dean’s Medal recipient in UW’s College of Arts & Sciences, representing the Social Sciences.
Grateful to the mentors, faculty, and friends who made this journey possible. 💜💛
Me: According to @srhm.ca, LLMs love telling stories about lighthouse-keepers, clockmakers, and librarians.
@ecourtem.bsky.social, without pausing for even one second: Sure. Doesn't everyone? Those are all places where the finite world encounters the infinite.
Me: ....
Mark Riedl
LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are obsessed with telling stories about lighthouse keepers and clockmakers, and one character named 'Elias Thorne' has made his way from chatbots to Amazon bo...
