J. Nathan Matias
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J. Nathan Matias
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I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer, more understanding Internet. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assistant Prof in Communication at Cornell · Guatemalan-American. @[email protected]

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"Farid says that he now counsels students to not go into AI research, because of the “frenzy” in the field and the large volume of low-quality work being put out by people hoping to better their career prospects."

Read Henry's entire post here:

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I can't carefully read 100 technical papers a year, so imagine my surprise when I learned about one author who claims to have participated in the research and writing of over 100 technical papers ...
I can't carefully read 100 technical papers a year, so imagine my surprise when I learned about one author who claims to have participated in the research and writing of over 100 technical papers in a...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
<3 so wonderful to see Jamillah Knowles's work there! She did a degree in AI while also developing her art practice at the same time. I've been so impressed with her creativity and contributions.
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is how phone-free and tech-free schools have played out.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Wait, CNN has just made a financial deal with a company that runs a betting market for the news?

I cannot possibly imagine how this could go wrong.
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
So many things.

Have you read Philip Agre's "Toward a Critical Technical Practice" ? pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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I wrote a workbook earlier this year about taking risks in higher ed. The premise is that the current moment requires us to take action to advance our principles in a context of repression and fear. The reality is this can put our jobs and our safety at risk.

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Taking Action in Higher Ed
Taking Action for Higher Education is a workbook to assist university workers in assessing personal risk and making decisions about how and when to take action to resist fascism.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is so helpful, thank you for writing it! The workbook format is *so helpful*, and I appreciate the holism of this.

If you're not already connected, I will share it with the Researcher Support Consortium, which compiles/coordinates resources for institutions & individuals

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Researcher Support Consortium
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December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
<3

Gebru & Torres cover Huxley in their TESCREAL article: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
View of The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence | First Monday
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November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM