Corpus et al. examine how the introduction of an AI writing tool impacted Change.org petitions, finding that it increased petition homogeneity but did not improve petition outcomes.

Job #AJO32805, Postdoctoral Associate, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

Like every professor, I’ve been worrying about how AI systems will force us to change our teaching practices.

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

I've accepted a position at McGill University and will be moving my lab there from UMass in summer 2027... with excitement and some sadness.

Algorithms on X tend to bring you posts that contradict your values, and it happens more to Democrats than Republicans.

Social media feed algorithms rank content that is purported to be preferred by users, but the engagement behaviors that drive these algorithms are ...

There will be a webinar at 1pm east coast time today to announce the results of First Proof Second Batch.

Ranked-choice polling analysis and simulations for the 2026 Maine primaries.

For the last decade, fast-to-ship beat fast-to-run. Not anymore.

About This workshop will focus on the practical realities of deploying algorithmic and economic systems from academic research, especially with government and non-profit partners. While economics and ...

We are all having to keep revising upwards our assessments of the mathematical capabilities of large language models. I have just made a fairly large revision as a result of ChatGPT 5.5 Pro, to whi…

Blog about fatherhood, langauge, developmental psychology, and cognitive science.