BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240701T104155Z UID:B31AA646-6D58-4A2F-AEDA-FF1204B9DC70 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240611T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20240611T190000 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to invite you to our next talk in our Lecture Se ries:\n\nTuesday\, June 11\, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Su mmer Time (UTC+2)\n\nTopic: “Generative AI Degrades Online Communities ”\n(scroll down for abstract and CV)\n\nSpeaker: Gordon Burtch (Questrom School of Business\, Boston University\, USA)\nModerator: Enrico Nardelli (University of Roma ‘Tor Vergata’\, Italy)\n\nTo participate in the t alks via Zoom go to: [https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/96389928143?pwd=UU5YRkNuRmd oWHV4MFBwMWRCcUErdz09](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url =http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUgAAELy6_sAAAAnJggAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJ zABG7CQBmXztTQws4KJDaR5eC_O606E0VHwARx9M%2F1%2F2y6vRFPx4Q2odOI-nw-eMw%2FaH R0cHM6Ly90dXdpZW4uem9vbS51cy9qLzk2Mzg5OTI4MTQzP3B3ZD1VVTVZUmtOdVJtZG9XSFY0 TUZCd01XUkNjVUVyZHowOQ&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C7f1026 a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C63 8531139445378076%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luM zIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RGmtV7XuKRNfFL7mseOnv izYWtUZgHIbFt5gOYQR4mc%3D&reserved=0)\n(Password: 0dzqxqiy)\n\nThe talk wi ll be live streamed and recorded on our YouTube channel: [https://www.yout ube.com/digitalhumanism](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?u rl=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUgAAELy6_sAAAAnJggAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAA DJzABG7CQBmXztTQws4KJDaR5eC_O606E0VHwARx9M%2F2%2FyrkUEyJSatgw5GTkYzMPJQ%2F aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vZGlnaXRhbGh1bWFuaXNt&data=05%7C02%7Cmichae l.heiss%40siemens.com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd 4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638531139445391775%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJ WIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C% 7C&sdata=y3utjfQnzy9sBIZAktW5zf6wP%2FAO5Lj1BoMMLKgKWD4%3D&reserved=0)\n\nF or further announcements and information about the speakers in the Lecture Series\, see [https://dighum.org/#latest-news](https://eur01.safelinks.pr otection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUgAAELy6_sAAA AnJggAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBmXztTQws4KJDaR5eC_O606E0VHwARx9M%2F3%2FYq fsvR44Yrm1b2lNe_iI0g%2FaHR0cHM6Ly9kaWdodW0ub3JnLyNsYXRlc3QtbmV3cw%23latest -news&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708d c84b02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638531139445401409% 7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haW wiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Nz7QsHKDNb%2BFCXFJciTgCkcgAwyOhJVv4%2B X%2B7%2F%2Fe3KE%3D&reserved=0). Please note that you can access the slides and recordings of our past events via that link.\n\nIn case you missed th e last lecture you can watch the recording of [“Civic Virtue and Digital Technology”](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3 A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUgAAELy6_sAAAAnJggAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQ BmXztTQws4KJDaR5eC_O606E0VHwARx9M%2F4%2Fu3B56VES3KLfjDRX7qDAog%2FaHR0cHM6L y95b3V0dS5iZS9jSk53dzNibG0tdw&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7 C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7 C0%7C638531139445408400%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIj oiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CAMoVWX3HoZh1Y IADOGgpqTOPKsgX4OybXB8t20weM4%3D&reserved=0) by Wessel Reijers.\n\nWe are looking forward to seeing you!\n\nHannes Werthner\n-----\nSign the Vienna Manifesto: [https://dighum.ec.tuwien.ac.at](https://eur01.safelinks.protec tion.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdighum.ec.tuwien.ac.at%2F&data=05%7C02 %7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C38ae3b cd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638531139445414826%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbG Zsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7 C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=IEwVU4JLZy0%2B9uVSAyzFefIkTysiyUyHA9SENoPziT8%3D&reserve d=0)\nFollow us on Twitter [@DigHumTUWien](https://eur01.safelinks.protect ion.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdighumtuwien&data=05%7C02 %7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C38ae3b cd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638531139445420737%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbG Zsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7 C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=K7mkim1H%2BBNJUU%2FGoXgWlc%2FadImNmwpVY8YGo3QaUc4%3D&res erved=0)\n-----\n\nABSTRACT “Generative AI Degrades Online Communities ”:\n\nGenerative artificial Intelligence technologies\, especially large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT\, are revolutionizing information acq uisition and content production across a variety of domains. These technol ogies have a significant potential to impact participation and content pro duction in online knowledge communities. We provide initial evidence of th is\, analyzing data from Stack Overflow and Reddit developer communities b etween October 2021 and March 2023\, documenting ChatGPT’s influence on user activity in the former. We observe significant declines in both websi te visits and question volumes at Stack Overflow\, particularly around top ics where ChatGPT excels. By contrast\, activity in Reddit communities sho ws no evidence of decline\, suggesting the importance of social fabric as a buffer against the community-degrading effects of LLMs. Finally\, the de cline in participation on Stack Overflow is found to be concentrated among newer users\, indicating that more junior\, less socially embedded users are particularly likely to exit.\n\nShort Bio of Gordon Burtch:\n\nGordon Burtch is a Professor of Information Systems and Fellow of the Digital Bus iness Institute at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. His research\, which focuses on the economic evaluation of information systems \, employs empirical analyses rooted in econometrics and field experimenta tion to identify and quantify the drivers of individual participation in o nline social contexts. His work has been published in various leading jour nals\, including Management Science\, Information Systems Research\, MIS Q uarterly\, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management\, Organization Sc ience\, Production and Operations Management\, the Journal of Law\, Econom ics & Organization\, and the Journal of Consumer Psychology. More https:// gburtch.github.io/\n\nCo-sponsored by: DIGHUM\n\nVirtual: https://events.v tools.ieee.org/m/422895 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/422895 ORGANIZER:m.heiss@ieee.org SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:IEEE TEMS: "Generative AI Degrades Online Communities" (DigHum-Seri es) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/422895 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>We are pleased to invite you to our next t alk in our Lecture Series:</p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday\, June 11\, 2024 at 5:0 0 p.m.</strong> (17:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)</p>\n<p>Topic : <strong>&ldquo\;Generative AI Degrades Online Communities&rdquo\;</stron g><br>(scroll down for abstract and CV)</p>\n<p>Speaker: <strong>Gordon Bu rtch</strong> (Questrom School of Business\, Boston University\, USA)<br>M oderator: <strong>Enrico Nardelli</strong> (University of Roma &lsquo\;Tor Vergata&rsquo\;\, Italy)</p>\n<p>To participate in the talks via <strong> Zoom</strong> go to: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.c om/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUgAAELy6_sAAAAnJggAAFNIx9MAAAAA RcEAADJzABG7CQBmXztTQws4KJDaR5eC_O606E0VHwARx9M%2F1%2F2y6vRFPx4Q2odOI-nw-e Mw%2FaHR0cHM6Ly90dXdpZW4uem9vbS51cy9qLzk2Mzg5OTI4MTQzP3B3ZD1VVTVZUmtOdVJtZ G9XSFY0TUZCd01XUkNjVUVyZHowOQ&amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens. com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a% 7C1%7C0%7C638531139445378076%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiL CJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=RGmt V7XuKRNfFL7mseOnvizYWtUZgHIbFt5gOYQR4mc%3D&amp\;reserved=0">https://tuwien .zoom.us/j/96389928143?pwd=UU5YRkNuRmdoWHV4MFBwMWRCcUErdz09</a> <br>(Passw ord: 0dzqxqiy)</p>\n<p>The talk will be live streamed and recorded on our <strong>YouTube</strong> channel: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protect ion.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUgAAELy6_sAAAAnJgg AAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG7CQBmXztTQws4KJDaR5eC_O606E0VHwARx9M%2F2%2FyrkUEyJ Satgw5GTkYzMPJQ%2FaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vZGlnaXRhbGh1bWFuaXNt&amp \;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b 02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638531139445391775%7CUn known%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLC JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=y3utjfQnzy9sBIZAktW5zf6wP%2FAO5Lj1BoM MLKgKWD4%3D&amp\;reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/digitalhumanism</a></ p>\n<p>For further announcements and information about the speakers in the Lecture Series\, see <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook. com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUgAAELy6_sAAAAnJggAAFNIx9MAAAA ARcEAADJzABG7CQBmXztTQws4KJDaR5eC_O606E0VHwARx9M%2F3%2FYqfsvR44Yrm1b2lNe_i I0g%2FaHR0cHM6Ly9kaWdodW0ub3JnLyNsYXRlc3QtbmV3cw%23latest-news&amp\;data=0 5%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C 38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638531139445401409%7CUnknown%7C TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn 0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=Nz7QsHKDNb%2BFCXFJciTgCkcgAwyOhJVv4%2BX%2B7%2 F%2Fe3KE%3D&amp\;reserved=0">https://dighum.org/#latest-news</a>. Please n ote that you can access the slides and recordings of our past events via t hat link.<br><br>In case you missed the last lecture you can watch the rec ording of <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=htt p%3A%2F%2Fxuxss.mjt.lu%2Flnk%2FAUgAAELy6_sAAAAnJggAAFNIx9MAAAAARcEAADJzABG 7CQBmXztTQws4KJDaR5eC_O606E0VHwARx9M%2F4%2Fu3B56VES3KLfjDRX7qDAog%2FaHR0cH M6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9jSk53dzNibG0tdw&amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40sieme ns.com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d5 5a%7C1%7C0%7C638531139445408400%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMD AiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=C AMoVWX3HoZh1YIADOGgpqTOPKsgX4OybXB8t20weM4%3D&amp\;reserved=0"><strong>&ld quo\;Civic Virtue and Digital Technology&rdquo\;</strong></a> by Wessel Re ijers.</p>\n<p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt\;">We are looking forward to s eeing you!</p>\n<p>Hannes Werthner<br>-----<br>Sign the Vienna Manifesto: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2 Fdighum.ec.tuwien.ac.at%2F&amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com %7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc84b02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1 %7C0%7C638531139445414826%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQ IjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=IEwVU4J LZy0%2B9uVSAyzFefIkTysiyUyHA9SENoPziT8%3D&amp\;reserved=0">https://dighum. ec.tuwien.ac.at</a> <br>Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://eur01.safeli nks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdighumtuwien&a mp\;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.heiss%40siemens.com%7C7f1026a0ead7463f090708dc8 4b02e13%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638531139445420737%7C Unknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwi LCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp\;sdata=K7mkim1H%2BBNJUU%2FGoXgWlc%2FadImNm wpVY8YGo3QaUc4%3D&amp\;reserved=0">@DigHumTUWien</a><br>-----</p>\n<p><str ong>ABSTRACT &ldquo\;Generative AI Degrades Online Communities&rdquo\;:</s trong></p>\n<p>Generative artificial Intelligence technologies\, especiall y large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT\, are revolutionizing informat ion acquisition and content production across a variety of domains. These technologies have a significant potential to impact participation and cont ent production in online knowledge communities. We provide initial evidenc e of this\, analyzing data from Stack Overflow and Reddit developer commun ities between October 2021 and March 2023\, documenting ChatGPT&rsquo\;s i nfluence on user activity in the former. We observe significant declines i n both website visits and question volumes at Stack Overflow\, particularl y around topics where ChatGPT excels. By contrast\, activity in Reddit com munities shows no evidence of decline\, suggesting the importance of socia l fabric as a buffer against the community-degrading effects of LLMs. Fina lly\, the decline in participation on Stack Overflow is found to be concen trated among newer users\, indicating that more junior\, less socially emb edded users are particularly likely to exit.</p>\n<p><strong>Short Bio of Gordon Burtch:</strong></p>\n<p>Gordon Burtch is a Professor of Informatio n Systems and Fellow of the Digital Business Institute at Boston Universit y&rsquo\;s Questrom School of Business. His research\, which focuses on th e economic evaluation of information systems\, employs empirical analyses rooted in econometrics and field experimentation to identify and quantify the drivers of individual participation in online social contexts. His wor k has been published in various leading journals\, including Management Sc ience\, Information Systems Research\, MIS Quarterly\, Manufacturing &amp\ ; Service Operations Management\, Organization Science\, Production and Op erations Management\, the Journal of Law\, Economics &amp\; Organization\, and the Journal of Consumer Psychology. More <a href="https://gburtch.git hub.io/">https://gburtch.github.io/</a></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR