Laura Rupprecht
@fraulauraein.bsky.social
Data Engineer, etc
AI/ML/NLP, information and data
laurarupprecht.com
AI/ML/NLP, information and data
laurarupprecht.com
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Laura Rupprecht
@fraulauraein.bsky.social
· Apr 13
Starting something new at the intersection of scientific publishing, lobbying/funding influence, and how misinformation flows. Especially where it meets AI/ML/NLP
Follow if that sounds like your kind of weird
Follow if that sounds like your kind of weird
If you actually read Adam Smith, you know the "invisible hand" is dependent on a well functioning market.
Engagement algorithms optimize for engagement, not factual accuracy, and that's why misinformation is problematic
Engagement algorithms optimize for engagement, not factual accuracy, and that's why misinformation is problematic
We don’t live in a neutral marketplace of ideas. We live in an attention economy shaped by algorithms, tribal identity, outrage incentives, and profit models that reward engagement over accuracy.
June 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
If you actually read Adam Smith, you know the "invisible hand" is dependent on a well functioning market.
Engagement algorithms optimize for engagement, not factual accuracy, and that's why misinformation is problematic
Engagement algorithms optimize for engagement, not factual accuracy, and that's why misinformation is problematic
Starting something new at the intersection of scientific publishing, lobbying/funding influence, and how misinformation flows. Especially where it meets AI/ML/NLP
Follow if that sounds like your kind of weird
Follow if that sounds like your kind of weird
April 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Starting something new at the intersection of scientific publishing, lobbying/funding influence, and how misinformation flows. Especially where it meets AI/ML/NLP
Follow if that sounds like your kind of weird
Follow if that sounds like your kind of weird
Vannevar Bush is rolling in his grave at having his words twisted into exactly the opposite of the very policies he proposed
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
A Letter to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
March 26, 2025 Dear Mr. Kratsios: Scientific progress and technological innovation were the twin engines that powered the American century. The
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Vannevar Bush is rolling in his grave at having his words twisted into exactly the opposite of the very policies he proposed
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
AI "intelligence" is when stochastic parrots meet anthropomorphism
March 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
AI "intelligence" is when stochastic parrots meet anthropomorphism
