FIRST WE SHAPE OUR TOOLS
THEN OUR TOOLS SHAPE US
John Culkin / Marshall McLuhan
I am a human-computer interaction researcher with a focus on how people use digital tools in knowledge work.
People describe me as "a methodological savant", "a Pandora's Box of unfiltered opinions", and "who?" I use mixed-methods to study how humans use technology to extend their cognition, evaluate how technology affects human cognition in return, and to transform findings into the design of novel technologies.
Short bio
I am an assistant professor at the IT-University of Copenhagen. My specializations are cognitive augmentation tools, computing education, and AI safety in real-world settings.
I use mixed-method designs to study how humans use technology to extend their cognitive abilities, evaluate how technology affects human cognition in return, and to transform findings into the design of novel cognitive augmentation technologies.
I have raised over $560,000 as PI and almost $800,000 as a co-investigator for interdisciplinary projects investigating technology with a human-centered approach.
My current research agenda explores the cognitive cost of generative AI, focusing on the adverse impact and long-term risks of outsourcing cognitively complex tasks to generative AI in knowledge-intensive and creative work.
