Dietram A. Scheufele
Dietram A. Scheufele is a German-American social scientist and the Taylor-Bascom Chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research and the… more
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“[M]any students graduate without having benefited from talking very much with their teachers and peers, and they stay stuck in ideological bubbles, unwilling or unable to engage with challenging ideas.”
Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say
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"[F]ederal judges called the Supreme Court’s emergency orders “mystical,” “overly blunt,” “incredibly demoralizing and troubling” and “a slap in the face to the district courts”."
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
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"At ASU, we currently have about 18,000 international student visas ... For Arizona, this has resulted in more than $160 billion in foreign direct investment ... No American student loses his seat to an international student—ASU admits every qualified student who applies."
Opinion | Foreign Students Help Make America Great
Trump has recognized this repeatedly, but some of his policies risk hindering American innovation.
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Reposted by Dietram A. Scheufele, Dominique Brossard
#Disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, but research on #DisasterManagement remains limited and siloed.
A recent @IssuesInST.bsky.social piece advocates for researchers to work together to develop a unified U.S. #DisasterResearch strategy: buff.ly/KLvNNgz
A recent @IssuesInST.bsky.social piece advocates for researchers to work together to develop a unified U.S. #DisasterResearch strategy: buff.ly/KLvNNgz
“Brains, treated with the same urgency, may prove a better longer-term investment.“
How to spot a genius
In an age of artificial intelligence, the human kind is increasingly important
economist.com
Long day, filled with very productive (Board of Trustees) meetings at the @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de and catching the closing ceremony of the @hlforum.bsky.social.
Reposted by Dietram A. Scheufele, Victor Pickard
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
theonion.com
“There's a 25% chance that the future of #AI will go "really, really badly".”
Amodei on AI: "There's a 25% chance that things go really, really badly"
Amodei gave the percentage after being asked his "(p)doom number."
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“Meta proposed … [that] [r]esearchers could also write about their findings more vaguely, avoiding terms like “not compliant” or “illegal.””
Another reason why Meta forcing arrangements to have their employees as co-authors on academic publications is so deeply troubling.
Another reason why Meta forcing arrangements to have their employees as co-authors on academic publications is so deeply troubling.
Meta suppressed children's safety research, 4 whistleblowers claim | TechCrunch
Four whistleblowers share documents with Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children's safety.
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"Acceptance of the scientific consensus was very high in the sample as a whole (95.1%), but also in every sub-sample (e.g. no trust in science: 87.3%) ... [P]eople are motivated to reject specific scientific beliefs, and not science as a whole."
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"Many researchers and educators lack the critical AI tools and resources to investigate fundamental #AI questions and train students."
NSF announces funding to establish the National AI Research Resource Operations Center
The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a new solicitation to establish a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Operations Center (NAIRR-OC). This marks a critical...
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“Have you ever pretended to hold more progressive views than you truly endorse to succeed socially or academically? An astounding 88 percent said yes.”
thehill.com
Grateful to the Responsible AI Initiative for allowing me to spend time with them this fall. And looking forward to conversations and collaborations with @utah.edu colleagues about innovating responsibly in this deeply disruptive space.
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How is AI reshaping our information landscape—& what does it mean for democracy, science, & public trust? Join us Aug. 20 to hear from distinguished visitor @dietram.bsky.social on how industry & academia can work together to prepare society for AI's impacts.
Details: rai.utah.edu/distinguishe...
Details: rai.utah.edu/distinguishe...
"As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued."
Holy sh*t! 😜
Holy sh*t! 😜
Dial-up Internet to be discontinued
Learn about why dial up internet has been discontinued.
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"[A]lthough universities unleashed an age of massive technical innovation, they failed to innovate their own designs to meet the changing needs of society."
Most elite universities are ill-prepared for the corrosive amalgam of #AI, societal #polarization, and their own academic echo chambers ...
Most elite universities are ill-prepared for the corrosive amalgam of #AI, societal #polarization, and their own academic echo chambers ...
It’s Time for Universities to Redesign Their 75-Year-Old Contract
American research universities have unleashed an age of massive technical innovation—but they’ve failed to innovate their own designs to meet the changing needs of society.
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“[W]hether it's the way you pay your taxes, whether it's through health-care records, whether it's small things that apply to get a permit through international park or a campsite. All of this stuff is going to be part of the AI fabric,”
US goes full China on #AI …
US goes full China on #AI …
White House tech director breaks down plan to balance AI national security and export promotion
White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios said that the “highest end of semiconductors” should fall under export controls, but the administration still wants the world using U.S. technology.
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One last one:
"[I]t is also entirely possible and maybe predictable that we’ll continue to knowingly march towards an internet where drawing the line between what is and isn’t real is not profitable “at scale” and therefore not a consideration for most internet companies and users."
"[I]t is also entirely possible and maybe predictable that we’ll continue to knowingly march towards an internet where drawing the line between what is and isn’t real is not profitable “at scale” and therefore not a consideration for most internet companies and users."
"Google will feed people into a faulty AI-powered alternative that is prone to errors it presents with so much confidence, we won’t even be able to tell that they are errors."
So many great quotes in this excellent piece by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social!
So many great quotes in this excellent piece by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social!
"[O]nly 1 percent of Google searches resulted in the users clicking on the link in the AI summary, which takes them to the page Google is summarizing."
#AI won't kill the Enlightenment. Enlightenment will LLM itself to death ...
#AI won't kill the Enlightenment. Enlightenment will LLM itself to death ...
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
www.404media.co
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In a social climate where disagreement is seen as disrespect Lily Tsai, @leecmcintyre.bsky.social, & @dietram.bsky.social advised humility and active listening strategies during the #BuildingTrustInScience2025 panel on polarization and #SciComm. Thanks for the great questions!
Reposted by Dietram A. Scheufele, Laurent Dubois, John Palfrey
The question isn't whether to regulate AI but how to do so effectively. An inclusive, iterative approach that centers equity, rights, and civil liberties is our path forward. This future won't emerge accidentally or organically, we must build it and fight for it. www.nae.edu/19579/19582/...
Disrupting the Disruption Narrative: Policy Innovation in AI Governance
Governance should not be understood as an impediment to AI innovation but as an essential component of it.
“Disrupt!” has been a mantra of ...
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I like the ominous Cloudflare disclaimer that comes with the link ... 😜
In the U.S., Democrats' confidence in institutions reaches new lows while Republicans' confidence has increased, mirroring which party holds the presidency. Confidence remains high for institutions like small business, the military, and science.
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I don’t understand how Wück didn’t bench the goalie after that first half …
Fußball-EM der Frauen 2025 live streamen und online schauen
Die Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2025 der Frauen in der Schweiz: Spiele in voller Länge, Highlight-Videos und Hintergründe zum DFB-Team.
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"[T]he terms of what it is like to be a human are about to change in ways that rival the transformations of the Enlightenment or the Industrial Revolution, only much more quickly."
One of the better #AI reads, and related to the "accelerated wickedness" of COVID-19 ...
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One of the better #AI reads, and related to the "accelerated wickedness" of COVID-19 ...
slate.com/technology/2...
We Are Still Underreacting on AI
This is not just a technology issue, it’s a fundamental change to our society—and we remain dangerously underprepared.
petebuttigieg.substack.com
Reposted by Dietram A. Scheufele
Scientists who show humility and recognize that science "doesn't have all the answers" will be more effective communicators with society, argues @dietram.bsky.social. Read more: https://morgridge.org/story/for-effective-science-communication-just-the-facts-isnt-good-enough/ #SciComm
For effective science communication, ‘just the facts’ isn’t good enough - Morgridge Institute for Research
Scientists who show humility and recognize that science "doesn't have all the answers" will be more effective communicators with society, argues Morgridge PI Dietram Scheufele.
morgridge.org
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In @pnas.org, we outline current challenges #scicomm research faces, incl. social media having all the power over data and issues that come with that. @dietram.bsky.social
Press release: attheu.utah.edu/science-tech...
Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@uofuhumanities.bsky.social
Press release: attheu.utah.edu/science-tech...
Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@uofuhumanities.bsky.social
‘The elephant in the room’ for science communication - @theU
Science organizations are ill-prepared to leverage current media landscapes most effectively to communicate with the public. A new article asserts that the struggle is partly...
attheu.utah.edu
“Scientists do a good job of answering the technical questions they think are relevant, about the risks and the benefits, but these are not the questions communities are asking.”
Great chatting with @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social’s Brian Mattmiller about our @pnas.org Colloquium issue …
Great chatting with @morgridgeinstitute.bsky.social’s Brian Mattmiller about our @pnas.org Colloquium issue …
For effective science communication, ‘just the facts’ isn’t good enough - Morgridge Institute for Research
Scientists who show humility and recognize that science "doesn't have all the answers" will be more effective communicators with society, argues Morgridge PI Dietram Scheufele.
morgridge.org