Jeffrey P. Bigham πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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Professor of HCII and LTI at CMU SCS. Manage human-centered ML at ο£Ώ. #hci, #a11y, #dialog, #nlp. AI/ML. #yinzfluencer of 4 kids. aspire to exceed my attention-seeking pattern regurgitating machine colleagues.
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Systemic problems cannot be solved at individual level.

Senate's "big, beautiful bill" would add $3.3 trillion in new debt: CBO

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/29/senate-big-beautiful-bill-deficits-debt

Senate's "big, beautiful bill" would add $3.3 trillion in new debt: CBO

The Senate's version would add far more debt than the House-passed version.

Axios

I did a bit of a European tour of Apple offices this week -- I flew out Sunday evening, arrived for meetings in Zurich on Monday, trained to Paris on Tuesday, meeting on Wednesday, flew to Barcelona on Thursday, and flew home on Friday. I made it on time to Philly, but then my flight to Pittsburgh was 6 hours late, so I decided to drive, but then got tired and so stopped for the night in Harrisburg.

100% interesting, fun, and probably don't recommend the condensed schedule, but nice to be back!

it's kind of amazing to me that I get to work in the best university in the world, less than 3 hours away from my rural hometown. it's also amazing to me how people will go so far from their homes and family to study here. if we keep treating the superstars who come here to study badly, they'll go elsewhere, and I worry that will mean my kids will go elsewhere too --

"If my kids excel, will they move away?"

https://jeffreybigham.com/blog/2025/where-will-my-kids-go.html

it's kind of amazing to me that I get to work in the best university in the world, less than 3 hours away from my rural hometown. it's also amazing to me how people will go so far from their homes and family to study here. if we keep treating the superstars who come here to study badly, they'll go elsewhere, and I worry that will mean my kids will go elsewhere too --

"If my kids excel, will they move away?"

https://jeffreybigham.com/blog/2025/where-will-my-kids-go.html

CITP is hiring an Associate Professional Specialist that will work directly with profs @randomwalker + Zeynep Tufekci on a number of AI & society projects; includes conducting research addressing questions on AI, policy + society and more.

Application & full details below πŸ‘‡πŸ”½

https://citp.princeton.edu/news/2025/citp-recruiting-apply-now-associate-professional-specialist-position

With all the excitement today, don't forget to take advantage and sign up for labs! https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/sessions-and-labs/one-on-one-labs

Also new this year are some online group labs: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/sessions-and-labs/group-labs

#WWDC25

Sessions & Labs - WWDC25 - Apple Developer

Learn about WWDC25 sessions, group labs, and one-on-one labs.

Today my spouse lost their wallet and a random stranger found it and tracked them down to return it.

As you watch people being shitty, remember that people can be awesome too sometimes.

And be one of those people.

I mean the awesome people not the shitty people.

This is the week!
Join us this Thursday (May 29) for our 42nd annual HCIL Symposium sharing and celebrating all the awesome HCI research happening at UMD.
More information here: https://hcil.umd.edu/hcil-symposium-2025/
HCIL's 42nd Annual Symposium | May 29, 2025 - Human-Computer Interaction Lab

Join us May 29 in-person at the School of Public Policy (TMH 0301), or on Zoom to learn about the cutting-edge research in happening in the HCIL! In this full-day event, we’ll hear from faculty and students about ongoing research in human-centered AI, data visualization, social computing, fabrication, accessibility, health informatics, usable privacy and security,...

Human-Computer Interaction Lab

On May 22, 1980, the original Pac-Man made its debut and quickly became more than just an arcade hitβ€”it marked a milestone in computing. It demonstrated early AI with ghosts that followed distinct behavioral algorithms, pushed real-time processing on limited hardware, and showcased intuitive, user-friendly design. It also was an example of early cross-platform development. A lot of fun, and a leap forward in computing!

#OTD #ComputingHistory #OnThisDay #PacMan #TechHistory #AI