Years ago, Christian Sandvig predicted that companies would convert email it into yet another feed they could control, datamine, and advertise on as it became the last place that people and publishers could use to guarantee interpersonal information delivery. www.theverge.com/…
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J. Nathan Matias
I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer digital environments. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assistant Prof, Communication, Cornell · Guatemalan-American · Ultracyclist
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People often pitch AI as unprecedented. But what if we already have the organizational tools to evaluate & negotiate its use? Our new book Auditing AI opens in the 1980s with the story of the US Network for Organ Sharing how how they test & decide on their algorithms direct.mi…
"Auditing AI" is open access. We wrote it for leaders / organizers of all kinds who want to *do something* about AI, so if you want to read it for yourself, you can find it here. If you find it useful and share it with your communities, let us know! direct.mit.edu/books/book/6...
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In the @inquirer.com, @geurkink.bsky.social clearly lays out the unambiguous reality that the Trump administration is engaging in a censorship campaign against researchers of technology companies and the information ecosystem. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
“We want to get AI to the point where it’s useful and reliable enough that you don’t have to think about it.” Grateful to the @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Chronicle for a great interview about our new book, Auditing AI, out with @mitpress.bsky.social news.cornell.edu/stories…