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James Landay

James Landay

@jlanday.bsky.social

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Professor of Computer Science, Stanford - HCI & Design, Co-Founder & Co-Director Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social

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James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Why AI likely to change jobs, not kill them

Experts say impact could be more modest than some forecast.

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James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Jun 19

This Friday, I will be speaking at #TNW in Amsterdam about why “AI for Good” isn’t good enough – and what we should be doing instead.

Human-centered AI doesn’t mean just user-centered design, but also requires a community- and society-centered approach.
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Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social · May 21

At today's seminar, Dave Patterson and Andy Konwinski discussed themes from their paper "Shaping AI's Impact on Billions of Lives," arguing that we are still in the early days of practical AI, and that collaborative efforts can guide AI's impact. @jlanday.bsky.social hai.stanford.edu/events/andy-...

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · May 25

Please reshare! Important piece on science, health, and technology research funding.

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Medical and Scientific Research Makes America Great

Those who care about America's global leadership, should be alarmed by deep funding cuts to the NSF and NIH.

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Apr 30

‪@jackieyang_ rocking it!‬

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Apr 30

Check out the great recent PhD grad and uber HCI hacker ⁦‪@jackieyang_‬⁩ on the last cool piece of his LLM-powered multimodal dev tool! See at #chi2025 at 4:20 in G304! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

GenieWizard: Multimodal App Feature Discovery with Large Language Models | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Apr 29

This presentation was so good. Nava made a complicated subject very understandable.

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Apr 29

Paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

GPTCoach: Towards LLM-Based Physical Activity Coaching | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Apr 29

Check out this cool paper presentation by star student @mjoerke at #chi2025 on an AI agent that performs a best practices coaching onboarding interview for a creating fitness plan (Motivational interviewing and Active Choices (tm)) now in G304.

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Apr 29

The paper dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Ontologies in Design: How Imagining a Tree Reveals Possibilities and Assumptions in Large Language Models | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Apr 29

Come see the incredible Nava Haghighi present on a new way to think about the ontologies embedded in LLMs #chi2025 in G303 now (11:10 AM). programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...

Conference Programs

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James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Apr 20

Just saw this great journalistic theatre at The Marsh in The Mission (SF). Really recommend you see it.

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Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social · Apr 4

"Unlike purely digital AI, robots interact physically with people. Thus, user experience is non-negotiable." HAI Co-Director @jlanday.bsky.social calls for a human-centered approach to designing AI-powered robotics at this week's HAI Spring Conference: hai.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...

Stanford HAI Conference Explores Robotics in a Human-Centered World: Hype, Hope, and Future Directions | Stanford HAI

Scholars zeroed in on the need for data, generalization, and better human experience.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Feb 19

"Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." -- @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Feb 20

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Feb 20

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Feb 14

Our thoughts on DeepSeek.

Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social · Feb 13

In this collection of perspectives, @stanfordhai.bsky.social senior fellows offer a multidisciplinary discussion of what #DeepSeek means for AI and society at large. hai.stanford.edu/news/how-dis...

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How Disruptive Is DeepSeek? Stanford HAI Faculty Discuss China’s New Model

Experts weigh in on the implications of DeepSeek’s open-source model and its impact on technology, geopolitics, the arts, and more.

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James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Feb 13

Test New App to Motivate Physical Activity!
@Stanford we are testing a unique app to help motivate you to be physically active. 18 or older, fluent in English & own an iPhone? Take our eligibility survey: bit.ly/physical-act.... Participants must share iPhone health data as part of this 4-week study

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Jan 31

Here are some of the reflections of the @stanfordhai.bsky.social team (including me) on things we heard during our participation in Davos last week. hai.stanford.edu/news/hai-dav...

HAI at Davos: Key Insights on AI From the World Economic Forum

Stanford HAI faculty joined world leaders and policymakers to discuss AI trends, shifting U.S. policy, the future of diversity efforts, and more.

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James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Jan 25

Fun conversation with @inafried.bsky.social

Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social · Jan 21

WATCH: Our co-director @jlanday.bsky.social spoke with @axios.com @inafried.bsky.social at DLD25, joining innovators and visionaries at the event's 20th year. "We need to make sure we guide AI in a positive way, because it won't end up being good by itself." www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_yQ...

Human-centered AI (Landay, Fried) | DLD25

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James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Jan 18

Fun event and a great museum!

Stanford HAI @stanfordhai.bsky.social · Jan 17

Last week, our co-director @jlanday.bsky.social joined national leaders from health, tech, education, and policy in Bentonville for #ThinkHealth: AI for Healthy Communities, an event co-hosted by @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Jan 7

Thanks!

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Jan 6

Never forget.

James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Jan 4

Fun podcast conversation (~20 min) explaining my view on human-centered AI.
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"The case for human-centered AI"
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The case for human-centered AI

Maximizing generative AI’s promise while minimizing its misuse requires an inclusive approach that puts humans first.

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James Landay @jlanday.bsky.social · Dec 18

If need something to put you to sleep on flights this week, check out this interview I did with @rbaltman.bsky.social on his The Future of Everything podcast. It's a good summary of some of the latest research in my group & at @stanfordhai.bsky.social. engineering.stanford.edu/news/future-...

The future of AI coaching

A computer scientist bringing AI to the classroom and the gym looks ahead to a world where AI coaches help make us smarter … and healthier.

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