Roots of the Coconut Tree“We cannot support and help our young people if we also don’t look at the context in which those young people live and are being raised.”Jul 21Jul 21
Twitter’s Surprising StabilityMany of us thought Twitter would collapse after mass layoffs last November, but so far that’s not panning out.Feb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
Why Billionaires Buy Media“Media power is political power,” and we’re in a monopolyMay 5, 2022May 5, 2022
Killing A.I.The term “artificial intelligence” was always a misnomer. What if we stopped using it?Mar 5, 20221Mar 5, 20221
Maybe A.I. is just MediaArtificial intelligence is perhaps best defined as a new technology for human communication.Jan 14, 20221Jan 14, 20221
Published inTowards Data ScienceDirty Secrets of BookCorpus, a Key Dataset in Machine LearningMay 12, 20212May 12, 20212
Published inTechnically SocialStudy Suggests Twitter’s Timeline Algorithm Buries External LinksA summary of my new research paper auditing Twitter’s timeline curation algorithm.Apr 20, 2021Apr 20, 2021
Published inTowards Data ScienceHow we Audited Twitter’s Timeline Curation AlgorithmA “show your work” piece with technical details about my paper auditing Twitter‘s timeline algorithm.Apr 20, 2021Apr 20, 2021
Published inTowards Data ScienceMachines Misbehaving: 62 Scientific Studies Showing how Big Tech’s Algorithms can Harm the PublicMight it be time to create an “FDA for algorithms?”Feb 5, 20211Feb 5, 20211