inspired and hauted by this treatise about peer reviewing, i resolved to take another stab at blogging. because, why not.
find me @peterpur@hci.social
Not sure you know »Dark Star«, the trashy-yet-substantial directoral debut of John Carpenter. It is a movie that was produced on a miniscule budget, a student project of John Carpenter and his fellow student Dan O’Bannon. It became famous in the early 1970s, not least for the epistemological dialog with a bomb. (click for more)
so sarah kriesche asked me about QR-codes, and we talked about more than just squares with black and white blocks in a seemingly random arrangement. apparently, sarah used some of that in her story, which turned out more interesting than i thought possible (this goes for many of sarahs work). (cont.)
this is a brief one.
while talking about the future of systems like chatGPT, many colleagues and students compare their experiences with google and chatGPT, coming to the conclusion that – even if the facts are wrong – the way chatGPT can answer questions is much more pleasant and »usable« than the way we get answers from using google, or any other search engine for that matter.
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As of now, there is a full-blown panic spreading regarding the free availability of chatGPT. It was made available to the general public in late 2022 after running a closed beta since 2021. (click for more)
Welcome to my blog! I am excited to share my thoughts and reflections on the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), user experience (UX), artificial intelligence (AI), technology, and society.
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