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what a day #1. can’t wait for tomorrow.

Our paper on using LLMs to support people learning mental health counseling skills received an Honorable Mention at CHI 2026! arxiv.org/abs/2505.02428 Lead by @RyanCLouie (who's on the market!), w/@Diyi_Yang, Raj Shah, Ifdita Hasan Orney, & Juan Pablo Pacheco

Stanford's "Reinforcement Learning" by Emma Brunskill (Spring 2024) 📽️ Lecture Videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=… 🗒️ Course Website: web.stanford.edu/class/cs234/CS…

@teslascope 2024.45.25.15 on my X cuts way too close to the lane markers on the highway. and hits the reflectors on the road on turns.

We're back, tell a friend🗣️

On @raffi's 'Technically Optimistic' podcast, experts reveal how mobile apps help campaigns build “shockingly detailed profiles on people.” Story: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

In the latest episode of “Technically Optimistic,” political consultants share advice on how to avoid having companies track your every move and sell that info to campaigns: avoid mobile games like Candy Crush. 🔗 rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Emerson Collective Podcast ‘Technically Optimistic’ Wants to Save Your Digital Soul variety.com/2024/digital/n…

"1 billion people alive today will never see a healthcare provider in their lifetime. "#Communityhealthworkers can help us achieve #healthcare for all." @raffi Krikorian, Medic Board Chair opens the event

📌 @EmCollective CTO Raffi Krikorian (@raffi) expressed concerns regarding the approach taken by EU’s #AI Act, and emphasized risk mitigation. 👉 Read his opinion on the future of AI development here: mpost.io/eus-ai-act-eli…

.@EmCollective’s Raffi Krikorian at #AspenCyber Summit: The information environment we’re in ahead of the #2024Elections is scary. People are getting their information from small up-and-coming #platforms that don’t have the staff or resources to address mis- and #disinformation.

Great discussion at @AspenDigital with @raffi and @C_C_Krebs on the work we are doing in Michigan to educate and empower voters to spot deepfakes and reject misinformation in advance of the 2024 election cycle. Trusted voices for the win! 🙌🏼

Great @AspenDigital discussion on 2024 election security by @C_C_Krebs, @JocelynBenson and @raffi. An important reminder that the entire goal of disinformation and election interference is to deceive voters and the have them act on that deception. Our focus must be on that.

this week, i’m honored to include an interview with the fascinating MIT economist @daronacemoglu on AI and education in the Technically Optimistic substack: technicallyoptimistic.substack.com

Have you thought about how much info about yourself you give away every day, and how much more of your privacy is abt to disappear without you even knowing it? In my newsletter, out today, I look at the (big) tradeoffs between privacy and personalization. technicallyoptimistic.substack.com

did i mention i started a substack? in our first newsletter, we dive into the EU's efforts to regulate AI through directives like the EU AI Act. as the EU attempts to reign in tech, will it end up governing AI on a global scale? subscribe here: emcollec.tv/3ZS731h

My last @mitpress book, Artificial Unintelligence, was used to train AI. Did I consent? No. Thanks @_alexreisner theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

for #TechnicallyOptimistic i had the honor of speaking with @TimnitGebru, founder of @dair_ai and co-author of one of the most influential research papers on AI this decade. we discuss big tech and imagining alternative possible futures. take a listen: emcollec.tv/46aSY1v

how might AI models affect culture, creativity, and language? in this bonus ep of #technicallyoptimistic, professor @kchonyc of nyu discusses whether AI might produce something of cultural significance, + AI "hallucinations" and creativity. listen now: apple.co/3Pdp4Ca