Carlos Cámara-Menoyo

@ccamara@scholar.social
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Architect. Social scientist. PhD. Life-long learner. Mostly interested in cities, technology & design from a social perspective.

Research Software Engineer at the University of Warwick's @cimethods

wwwhttps://carloscamara.es/en
Orcid :orcid:http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9378-0549
GitHubhttps://github.com/ccamara
OSMhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ccamara
Carlos Cámara-Menoyo4d ago
danmcquillan4d ago
I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. https://danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar.html
Carlos Cámara-Menoyo4d ago
steve mookie kong4d ago

Software development methodologies compared.

#software #development #agile #waterfall #ai #developer

Carlos Cámara-MenoyoJun 19
jonathan w. y. gray 🐨Jun 19
looking for a research associate to explore societal engagement with forest restoration on digital media – with @lbngr @gabrielecolombo, Rina Tsubaki & more. Grateful for help sharing with those who might be interested! https://jonathangray.org/2025/05/31/superb-research-associate #digitalmethods #STS #mediastudies #environmentalhumanities
Show threadCarlos Cámara-MenoyoJun 11
@datascience Thank you for flagging this! I didn't know about case_match(), and I can see it being very useful for most of the cases where I use case_when()!
Show threadCarlos Cámara-MenoyoJun 11
@amapanda @twm @Geochicas sadly it won't, but I hope to share slides after. Will yours be recorded? I'd love to watch it, too!
Carlos Cámara-MenoyoJun 10

Tomorrow, I'll be presenting at #STSItalia "Co-designing participatory data visualizations to evaluate #OpenStreetMap’s #equity: The good, the bad and the neutral", the work I've been doing with @twm and Selene Yang, Alejandra Canclini and Silvia Ribera Alfaro from @Geochicas

📆 11 June 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
🗺️ Panel 71. Mapping Public Space through Participatory Data Narratives and Cartographies – Session 1

Come and say hi!

https://stsitalia.org/event/panel-71-session-1/

Carlos Cámara-MenoyoJun 9

If you're interested in #maps #cartography #equity #feminism or #dataviz #datavis , I'd kindly invite you to join the workshop:

Creating Inclusive Cartographies with #OpenStreetMap

📆 27th June 9:00 - 17:00
🗺️ University of Warwick

+info: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-good-neutrality-osm/inclusive-cartographies-workshop/

signup: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-good-neutrality-osm/inclusive-cartographies-workshop/warwick-27-june

Carlos Cámara-MenoyoJun 5
+info about the project here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/research/digital-good-neutrality-osm
Evaluating neutrality in digital goods

Carlos Cámara-MenoyoJun 5

Are you researching in #OpenStreetMap , #Feminism and #dataviz ? Do you create #dataviz using #Rstats? Do you have experience with #codesign?

If the answer is yes, we are looking for you! @twm and I are looking for a Part-time Research Assistant to join our #DigitalGoodNetwork project.

+info here:
https://portal.unitemps.com/Search/JobDetails/37525559

📆 deadline: 17/06/2025

Unitemps

Carlos Cámara-MenoyoJun 2
Dean Burnett (that brains guy)Jun 2

This is my PhD thesis

I did not ask for this

I did not consent to this

I did not approve of this

I was not compensated for this

I would not have advised this

I do not like this

And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.

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Dean Burnett (that brains guy)Jun 2

This is my PhD thesis

I did not ask for this

I did not consent to this

I did not approve of this

I was not compensated for this

I would not have advised this

I do not like this

And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.

Show threadThird spruce tree on the leftJun 2

@Garwboy lol. They ripped your work and didn't even have the courtesy of giving you the page view.

sigh.

Show threadTisha TigerJun 2
@Garwboy This feels so wrong :S
Show threadJoris MeysJun 2

@Garwboy bloody hell, that's dystopia right there. And apart from the ethics, this also takes "citing the abstract badly" to a whole new level...

edit: placed the quotes properly this time :-)

Show threadlp0 on fire Jun 2

@JorisMeys @Garwboy, ah, but where does it take “citing the abstract badly to a whole new level…”? (Can't be “a whole new level” as that's part of the quoted phrase…)

[runs away very quickly]

Show threadAlexander The 1stJun 3

@lp0_on_fire @JorisMeys @Garwboy It does, on fact, take taking it to a whole new level to a whole new level.

That's just how bad A.I. LLM generation is.

Show threadJoris MeysJun 3
@AT1ST @lp0_on_fire @Garwboy yeah yeah all good you both, got the message :-)
Show threadDaniel MarksJun 2
@Garwboy Don't worry the AI has made a TV series and a line of fast fashion based on your thesis as well. Next it will write the sequel.
Show threadRaven LuniJun 2
@Garwboy Nothing is sacred anymore
Show threadnotsoloudJun 2

@Garwboy
Post a link.

Now I want to read it.

Show threadjesterchen42Jun 2
@notsoloud @Garwboy +1
Show threadjesterchen42Jun 2

@notsoloud @Garwboy Oh, never mind. I think I just found it - even before an AI summary!

But Adobe plugins to the rescue! 😭

Show threadTanya Karoli 4 a better worldJun 2
@Garwboy this happened to one of my articles on Academia as well. After fuming about it for a few days I decided I should write to them and object. So I clicked the link - and it appears the podcast hasn’t been published and I could choose to keep it hidden. I did; and then added an angry comment as feedback.
Show threadTanyaJun 2
@Garwboy oh good lord that is the unmotivation I needed to not bother completing my thesis 😬
Show threadDave nλ=2dsinθJun 2
@Garwboy academia.edu is trash. I recently managed after many years to untangle myself from them, and my inbox is so much better for it.
Show threadSuzanne she/herJun 3
@Garwboy @xtaldave this is accurate. I deleted my account a few years back bc of questionable business practices, and boy am I glad I did!
Show threadcoldclimateJun 2
@Garwboy send them an invoice
Show threadcoldclimateJun 2
@Garwboy also, I'm so sorry. This is shit
Show threadcynthia rose is undesirableJun 2

@Garwboy
***An*** AI did this

nobody knows which one

nobody knows the unknown AI’s agenda

and this unknown AI just stole your thesis on how the human brain works?

um. I have several levels of concerns 😕

Show threadmichaelJun 2
@Garwboy I was wondering who or what academia.edu is - they recently sent me an unsolicited "summary" of one of my papers from the 1990s: https://www.academia.edu/ai_review/11441712 Most of the time, they send me mails saying who cited or mentioned a paper of mine, which I've been ignoring for years. Would be interested to hear if you have any ideas re how to block this stuff. - Correction: "AI review" it was this time. May have had a "summary" previously.
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Show threadDr Alice ViolettJun 2
@proseandpassion @Garwboy most days, academia dot edu sends me this incredibly useful email in the hope I'll pay them money to view my citation of myself 🙃
Show threadblueorangeblueJun 3
@alicemcalicepants @proseandpassion @Garwboy maybe you could collaborate?
Show threadDr Alice ViolettJun 3
@blueorangeblue @proseandpassion @Garwboy I mean, I have been known to get into merge conflicts with myself, so it is possible 🤷‍♀️
Show threadmichaelJun 3
@alicemcalicepants @blueorangeblue @Garwboy My research papers date from 1990 to 2001 So I'm amazed that the AI would bother digging them up.
Show threadkcarruthersJun 2
@Garwboy 😬🙄🤦‍♀️
Show threadROLLERJun 2
@Garwboy I remember signing away the rights to my thesis to the University.
Show threadSassinake! - ⊃∪∩⪽Jun 2

@Garwboy

This is intellectual property theft/subversion.

Worse than that, 'an ai' did not decide to do this. Someone directed it to do so, knew it was dubious, and is eschewing responsibility.

Get with some other plagiarized students and sue.

Show threadSubductionRheologyJun 2
@Garwboy What would you be feeling if a human did this? At least your ideas are being promulgated. When I was in grad school (long before AI) it was a condition of getting your degree that the dissertation had to given to some subsidiary of Xerox who would hold the copyright and charge anyone who wanted a copy (on paper was the only option for delivery). I got nothing and couldn't even give copies away since a corporation held the copyright.
Show threadScott Murray Jun 2
@Garwboy How many data centers had to be built to generate this… 🤦‍♂️
Show threadLeslie BurnsJun 2
@Garwboy @mycotropic Not actual legal advice but as a copyright lawyer I think you should talk to your very own copyright lawyer. Depending on lots of things like whatever deal you/your school had with the publisher, this may be an infringement. Even if you can’t get money, you might be able to put a stop to it. Maybe.
Show threadEVHasteJun 3

@Garwboy Howdy fam; investigative journalist here. I’m really sorry this happened to you, it sounds fucking awful.

Would you be willing to forward that email to me, and link to your original? I’m unfamiliar with the sender and very much outside of academia, but you’ve got me curious.

I’d like to see how widely this is occurring, and if I can identify the humans behind the AI that are using it to obfuscate their involvement.

Bonus points if you self-host and have a list of scrapers

Show threadSusannah Shepherd Jun 3
@Haste @Garwboy Academia did the same to my PhD. Thanks for the reminder to take it down from there and put it on the Internet Archive instead.
Show threadEVHasteJun 3

@SusannahWrites @Garwboy That the issue may be systemic only makes me more interested.

Extending the same offer; I’d love to learn more about your case. If you’d prefer, you can contact me via email (contact@evhaste.com) or Signal (EVHaste.39)

Show threadRomy IlanoJun 3
@Garwboy yowsers 😅😅😅😅
Show threadsamiamsamJun 3

@Garwboy

what
the
actual
fuck
is
going
on

Show threadSemitonesJun 3
@Garwboy how does AI have free access to your dissertation, but when I try to read papers I get blocked by paywalls
Show threadBamJun 3

@Garwboy

Is that 4 minutes and 45 seconds? 😳

@merileedkarr

Show threadGonzaloJun 3

@Garwboy Knowledge Commons is an open-access alternative to academia.edu. You can host your work there. And they host a Fedi server with people from universities and academia.

@hello

Show threadlord pthenq1Jun 3
@Garwboy
Go to the court and benefit from the Barbara Streisand effect.
Show threadLomlJun 3
@Garwboy 😔
Show threads'chn t'gai nic εїз🖖🏻Jun 3
this is absurd  they're trying to make us accept AI ignoring our consent by sheer persistence
Show threadCluster FckuJun 3
@plushiedata @Garwboy yup, this kind of persistence is also called bullying, specifically, bullying for profit
Show threadWideEyedCurious 🇺🇸 💙 🇺🇦 & 🇨🇦Jun 3
@Garwboy WTF! 🤬🤬🤬
Show threadLes OrchardJun 3
@Garwboy This is like last year's Spotify Wrapped except for PhDs
Show threadBruceJun 3
@Garwboy The nature of data collection with AI is definitely one of its problems right now. I wish when some new technology came out like this, the people behind it would try to think about it as the big picture and consider just how much effect it can really have, rather than jumping right in.
Show threadTofu GolemJun 3
@Garwboy
As someone said, the purpose of AI is to provide wealth with access to skills, while denying the skilled access to wealth.
Show threaddingodogJun 3
@Garwboy your university probably holds the copyright, and might have enough lawyers to do something about it
Show threadElen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪Jun 3
@Garwboy This is bad. You might want to check @dingemansemark's latest post on exactly this topic (albeit reacting to another bad actor in the field with an example of a successful case against... yet another bad actor...).
Show threadJonas R. (er/ihm)Jun 3

@Garwboy academia.edu is horrible, agreed.

A couple of years ago I decided to remove all papers I had previously uploaded there, and replace them with a PDF that a) contains a link to the actual paper, e.g. on Zenodo or HCommons, and b) states my reasons for not hosting the files on academia.edu, mostly pointing to texts criticizing the company.

Nowadays I should probably add 20 pages of deliberate AI slop to those files, to "poison" the materials that crawlers feed to the LLM?

Show threadNatasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Jun 3
@JonasJRichter @Garwboy I've heard a brabbling markov chain produces great LLM poison.
Show threadRaphael WimmerJun 3
@Garwboy Wow, a whole PhD thesis in 4:45 ?
Show threadautunnomiaJun 3
@Garwboy well, why did you put it on Shitademia in the first place? Just could have used archive.org
Show threadDean Burnett (that brains guy)Jun 3
@autunnomia I didn't!
Show threadautunnomiaJun 3
@Garwboy this is even more concerning
Show threadDean Burnett (that brains guy)Jun 3
@autunnomia right? I don't think I've uploaded it anywhere tbh
Show threademilianosandriJun 3
@Garwboy Why we even need this? On the Internet we already have quality podcasts/lectures/talks by experts on basically any topics. No one is going to benefit from this plagiarism.
Show threadJohn S. WilkinsJun 3
@Garwboy Use Researchgate instead. I abandoned academia ages back for reasons of exploitation.