Jack Bandy
@jackbandy.com
Computer Science faculty at University of Illinois Chicago 👨🏻🏫
PhD in Computer Science & Communication Studies, Northwestern University 🎓
Interested in tech ethics, HCI, STS, algorithm auditing, social media, ecology, other stuff 📊
PhD in Computer Science & Communication Studies, Northwestern University 🎓
Interested in tech ethics, HCI, STS, algorithm auditing, social media, ecology, other stuff 📊
Have we safely archived Andor?
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Have we safely archived Andor?
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ICE is using Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition tool that Illinois law enforcement is barred from using.
There’s apparently few guardrails.
A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared
tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh
There’s apparently few guardrails.
A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared
tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh
ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight
The administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies. “This is what dystopian nightmares are made of, this kind of continual expansion of...
tinyurl.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ICE is using Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition tool that Illinois law enforcement is barred from using.
There’s apparently few guardrails.
A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared
tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh
There’s apparently few guardrails.
A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared
tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh
Looking forward to today's class
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Looking forward to today's class
Reposted by Jack Bandy
We’re hiring for two machine learning roles. A chance to do cutting edge things with ML to make this place a lot more personalized.
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
Bluesky Jobs
Bluesky Jobs
jobs.gem.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We’re hiring for two machine learning roles. A chance to do cutting edge things with ML to make this place a lot more personalized.
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
Altman in 2024: "We have no idea how we may one day generate revenue. We have made a soft promise to investors that once we've built this sort of generally intelligent system, basically we will ask it to figure out a way to generate an investment return for you."
SOURCES: OpenAI is planning to bring ads to ChatGPT.
Also: In a message to employees, Sam Altman says he wants 250 gigawatts of compute by 2033.
He calls OpenAI's team behind Stargate a "core bet" like research / robotics.
"Doing this right will cost trillions." sources.news/p/openai-ads...
Also: In a message to employees, Sam Altman says he wants 250 gigawatts of compute by 2033.
He calls OpenAI's team behind Stargate a "core bet" like research / robotics.
"Doing this right will cost trillions." sources.news/p/openai-ads...
OpenAI is looking for a head of ads
Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including bringing advertising to ChatGPT. Plus: Sam Altman's internal note to employees about Stargate.
sources.news
September 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Altman in 2024: "We have no idea how we may one day generate revenue. We have made a soft promise to investors that once we've built this sort of generally intelligent system, basically we will ask it to figure out a way to generate an investment return for you."
Pickin fonts on a Tuesday
September 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Pickin fonts on a Tuesday
And they're hiring! Great opportunity for anyone who's interested in becoming an AI Alignment Alignment Alignment Researcher.
Very glad to see that someone is doing the important work of aligning AI alignment. alignmentalignment.ai
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
And they're hiring! Great opportunity for anyone who's interested in becoming an AI Alignment Alignment Alignment Researcher.
Frequently having this feeling whenever I use Zotero
a man in a black hat and white jacket says we were on the verge of greatness we were this close
Alt: clip from the movie Rogue One: a man in a black hat and white jacket says "we were on the verge of greatness we were this close"
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Frequently having this feeling whenever I use Zotero
CTA is hosting town halls on next year's potential service cuts (up to 40%) - come show support!
* Tue, Sept. 16 at Imani Village, 901 E. 95th St.
* Thu, Sept. 18 at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave.
* Thu, Sept. 25 at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Blvd.
(scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m)
* Tue, Sept. 16 at Imani Village, 901 E. 95th St.
* Thu, Sept. 18 at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave.
* Thu, Sept. 25 at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Blvd.
(scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m)
September 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
CTA is hosting town halls on next year's potential service cuts (up to 40%) - come show support!
* Tue, Sept. 16 at Imani Village, 901 E. 95th St.
* Thu, Sept. 18 at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave.
* Thu, Sept. 25 at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Blvd.
(scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m)
* Tue, Sept. 16 at Imani Village, 901 E. 95th St.
* Thu, Sept. 18 at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave.
* Thu, Sept. 25 at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Blvd.
(scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m)
First they came for infinity
And I did not speak out…
And I did not speak out…
Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it
Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity – and may succeed
www.newscientist.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
First they came for infinity
And I did not speak out…
And I did not speak out…
Sounds like GPT-5 is a dud.
If you want a tool that will meaningfully improve your life, I recommend a squeegee.
If you want a tool that will meaningfully improve your life, I recommend a squeegee.
August 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Sounds like GPT-5 is a dud.
If you want a tool that will meaningfully improve your life, I recommend a squeegee.
If you want a tool that will meaningfully improve your life, I recommend a squeegee.
It's an honor to be the first account to use the word cheesehopper
Can Bluesky say every word in the dictionary?
I dunno but I plan to find out!
I made a website that tracks every single word said on bluesky (as of yesterday).
I dunno but I plan to find out!
I made a website that tracks every single word said on bluesky (as of yesterday).
August 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's an honor to be the first account to use the word cheesehopper
Reminder: you can't spell automaton without TOMATO
August 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Reminder: you can't spell automaton without TOMATO
The model card has three sentences about training data, so no "major shift" there.
August 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The model card has three sentences about training data, so no "major shift" there.
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one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
August 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
"At each step, people have used our newfound productivity to achieve more than was previously possible, pushing the frontiers of science and health, as well as spending more time on creativity, culture, relationships, and enjoying life."
August 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"At each step, people have used our newfound productivity to achieve more than was previously possible, pushing the frontiers of science and health, as well as spending more time on creativity, culture, relationships, and enjoying life."
Anyone have a great everyday frying pan they would recommend? 🍳
July 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Anyone have a great everyday frying pan they would recommend? 🍳
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“Notably, surveillance cameras are most common in racially diverse neighborhoods experiencing an influx of white residents, suggesting that white householders are instituting this means of social control as they move into or gentrify non-white neighborhoods.”
Surveillance camera prevalence and racial diversity in ten US cities - Nature Cities
Surveillance cameras are a widespread tool for monitoring in modern cities. This study shows how camera placement reflects racial dynamics in neighborhoods, revealing a new form of inequality in the m...
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Notably, surveillance cameras are most common in racially diverse neighborhoods experiencing an influx of white residents, suggesting that white householders are instituting this means of social control as they move into or gentrify non-white neighborhoods.”
It’s been a lovely few days in Copenhagen with @icwsm.bsky.social - my first #ICWSM in-person!
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It’s been a lovely few days in Copenhagen with @icwsm.bsky.social - my first #ICWSM in-person!
Alternate headline: "Is Tim Cooking, or is Tim Cooked?"
“I’d be more concerned about Tim Cook than at any time in the last 15 years.” On “The Intelligence”, @hern.bsky.social assesses the future of Apple’s chief executive https://econ.trib.al/YLghngs
Apple has fallen behind on AI. Can it recover?
Also on the daily podcast: China-Russia relations and psychedelics pioneer Amanda Feilding
econ.trib.al
June 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Alternate headline: "Is Tim Cooking, or is Tim Cooked?"
Big day today, finishing a 24hr audiobook
June 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Big day today, finishing a 24hr audiobook
Just searched for something on BlueSky and found exactly what I was looking for. Amazing.
June 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Just searched for something on BlueSky and found exactly what I was looking for. Amazing.
The four moods according to Instagram:
March 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The four moods according to Instagram: