PinnedJ. Nathan MatiasScience for Survival and Hope: Receiving the Rise25 AwardOrdinary people can transform the Internet for good through science.Oct 16, 20231Oct 16, 20231
J. Nathan MatiasHow Meta Spins the Uncertain Science of AI SafetyCompanies spin scientific results as evidence of safety while also undermining findings. Where do we go from here?Sep 29Sep 29
J. Nathan MatiasHow Critical Design Transforms Ideas and Our WorldHow can scientists, technologists, and activist-scholars learn to create positive transformations in our work and our world? And how can we…Jun 4Jun 4
J. Nathan MatiasDisagreements, Fast And SlowHenry Farrell explains how I’m mistaken — and I’m loving itApr 6Apr 6
J. Nathan MatiasCan We Crash-Test AI with Artificial Humans?Proxies are a promising and potentially-risky way to test the safety of AI systemsMar 26Mar 26
J. Nathan MatiasSinging A Prayer for Supply ChainsCelebrating & Critiquing InfrastructureMar 17Mar 17
J. Nathan MatiasCan We Explain Online Toxicity When We Don’t Know What it Is?A new paper claims to explain online toxicity with a simple model. But a lot depends on what we mean by “toxic.”Feb 126Feb 126
J. Nathan MatiasSeeing Water as a Complex System: Riding with John FleckJohn Fleck may be the only law school professor with a favorite ditch. And he’s on a mission to convince the rest of us to care about them…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
J. Nathan MatiasEscaping Sprawl and Facing History at Foothills Nature PreserveWhen local politician Alyssa Cisneros took her daughter to Foothills Nature Preserve in Palo Alto on July 4th 2020, she was hoping to…Mar 5, 2023Mar 5, 2023
J. Nathan MatiasHow Twitter misleads us about how many people have left — and what to do about itSocial feeds are engines for distorting social understanding. Here’s how to push back against the algorithm.Jan 5, 20231Jan 5, 20231