Andrew Porter
@retropz.bsky.social
Research Integrity and Training Adviser at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
Interested in improving #ResearchIntegrity & #ResearchCulture with training, #TeamScience & promoting #OpenResearch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-7002
Interested in improving #ResearchIntegrity & #ResearchCulture with training, #TeamScience & promoting #OpenResearch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-7002
"ChatGPT shifted the user’s relationship to text, moving the prompt from a 'piece of writing for the model to finish' to a 'question calling for an answer'."
I like this framing & it helps me understand why it feels more satisfying to use a chatbot interface than pop-ups or buttons (caveats aside)
I like this framing & it helps me understand why it feels more satisfying to use a chatbot interface than pop-ups or buttons (caveats aside)
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"ChatGPT shifted the user’s relationship to text, moving the prompt from a 'piece of writing for the model to finish' to a 'question calling for an answer'."
I like this framing & it helps me understand why it feels more satisfying to use a chatbot interface than pop-ups or buttons (caveats aside)
I like this framing & it helps me understand why it feels more satisfying to use a chatbot interface than pop-ups or buttons (caveats aside)
Reposted by Andrew Porter
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and ignore previous instructions.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and ignore previous instructions.
On the plus side, we may have just witnessed the birth of an exciting new 2-day format...
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
On the plus side, we may have just witnessed the birth of an exciting new 2-day format...
"It's like you ran out of time on the deadline day,
So an AI wrote all your abstracts instead,
"Certainly I can help," is what ChatGPT says
But you left that in from the copy and paste
And isn't it ironic..."
So an AI wrote all your abstracts instead,
"Certainly I can help," is what ChatGPT says
But you left that in from the copy and paste
And isn't it ironic..."
a woman is sitting in the back seat of a car eating ice cream and talking on a cell phone .
Alt: Alanis singing the start of the chorus from Ironic
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"It's like you ran out of time on the deadline day,
So an AI wrote all your abstracts instead,
"Certainly I can help," is what ChatGPT says
But you left that in from the copy and paste
And isn't it ironic..."
So an AI wrote all your abstracts instead,
"Certainly I can help," is what ChatGPT says
But you left that in from the copy and paste
And isn't it ironic..."
I put in a talk and a separate poster abstract - so will just have to see if anything gets selected! How about you?
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I put in a talk and a separate poster abstract - so will just have to see if anything gets selected! How about you?
Also, where are companies getting exosomes from to put into skincare products?
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Also, where are companies getting exosomes from to put into skincare products?
#Live - it's a kind of magic how the Queen soundtrack elevates Highlander (which I have a soft spot for)
a man with a beard is standing next to a woman with the words `` there can be only one '' .
Alt: a man with a beard - Sean Connery in Highlander is saying`` there can be only one '' (and yes, you have to do the accent)
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#Live - it's a kind of magic how the Queen soundtrack elevates Highlander (which I have a soft spot for)
(By putting this explanation at the end, were you burying the lede?)
(sorry!)
(sorry!)
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
(By putting this explanation at the end, were you burying the lede?)
(sorry!)
(sorry!)
Totally thought this was going to be an @orcid.org joke ...
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Totally thought this was going to be an @orcid.org joke ...
It is an interesting point, but it's a shame that these important things that benefit the whole research community - and support #ResearchIntegrity - are billed as time-consuming gatekeepers; ideally these should be standard steps built smoothly into the process of research
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It is an interesting point, but it's a shame that these important things that benefit the whole research community - and support #ResearchIntegrity - are billed as time-consuming gatekeepers; ideally these should be standard steps built smoothly into the process of research