logan koepke
@jlkoepke.bsky.social
senior project director @upturn.org. i work on AI/ML + civil rights research. personal views.
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logan koepke
@jlkoepke.bsky.social
· Nov 18
howdy!
the Georgetown Law Journal has published "Less Discriminatory Algorithms." it's been very fun to work on this w/ Emily Black, Pauline Kim, Solon Barocas, and Ming Hsu.
i hope you give it a read — the article is just the beginning of this line of work.
www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-l...
the Georgetown Law Journal has published "Less Discriminatory Algorithms." it's been very fun to work on this w/ Emily Black, Pauline Kim, Solon Barocas, and Ming Hsu.
i hope you give it a read — the article is just the beginning of this line of work.
www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-l...
found the frontier
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
found the frontier
literally hirevue had to discontinue this service in 2021
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
literally hirevue had to discontinue this service in 2021
Copenhagen 🚅 Malmö
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Copenhagen 🚅 Malmö
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the newest report from my colleagues at Upturn interrogates a set of under-examined automated systems that directly impact the material conditions of your friends, family, and community: Medicaid home care eligibility algorithms.
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
the newest report from my colleagues at Upturn interrogates a set of under-examined automated systems that directly impact the material conditions of your friends, family, and community: Medicaid home care eligibility algorithms.
the newest report from my colleagues at Upturn interrogates a set of under-examined automated systems that directly impact the material conditions of your friends, family, and community: Medicaid home care eligibility algorithms.
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
the newest report from my colleagues at Upturn interrogates a set of under-examined automated systems that directly impact the material conditions of your friends, family, and community: Medicaid home care eligibility algorithms.
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3/ There’s no escaping the fact that these automated Medicaid eligibility determinations are arbitrary and subjective: based on our analysis, someone who is eligible for home care in Mississippi and Nebraska could be *ineligible* in Missouri, New Jersey, and DC.
Calculated Need: Algorithms and the Fight for Medicaid Home Care
Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.
www.upturn.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
3/ There’s no escaping the fact that these automated Medicaid eligibility determinations are arbitrary and subjective: based on our analysis, someone who is eligible for home care in Mississippi and Nebraska could be *ineligible* in Missouri, New Jersey, and DC.
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2/ Our report offers an in-depth analysis of five states’ eligibility algorithms, case studies on how states work with vendors to develop their algorithms, and historical research on the emergence of the federally mandated eligibility standard for Medicaid home care.
Calculated Need: Algorithms and the Fight for Medicaid Home Care
Upturn advances equity and justice in the design, governance, and use of technology.
www.upturn.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
2/ Our report offers an in-depth analysis of five states’ eligibility algorithms, case studies on how states work with vendors to develop their algorithms, and historical research on the emergence of the federally mandated eligibility standard for Medicaid home care.
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1/ NEW: Read our new report, “Calculated Need: Algorithms and the Fight for Medicaid Home Care.” We show how automated eligibility determinations are political tools that draw a subjective line between who is deserving and undeserving of getting care in their home. www.upturn.org/work/calcula...
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
1/ NEW: Read our new report, “Calculated Need: Algorithms and the Fight for Medicaid Home Care.” We show how automated eligibility determinations are political tools that draw a subjective line between who is deserving and undeserving of getting care in their home. www.upturn.org/work/calcula...
putting other methods issues aside, in a world of algorithmic feeds, why would *social media following* be the best proxy for “attention”???
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
putting other methods issues aside, in a world of algorithmic feeds, why would *social media following* be the best proxy for “attention”???
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Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
October 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Salesforce told ICE that its A.I. software could help the agency nearly triple its staff, according to internal documents, as President Trump expands immigration raids and deportations around the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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Our longtime Executive Director @harlanyu.bsky.social announced today his plans to depart Upturn in 2026.
Over 15 years, we’ve built a strong, principled & impactful organization fighting for racial, economic & social justice through a tech lens. We’re excited for Harlan and will miss him dearly!
Over 15 years, we’ve built a strong, principled & impactful organization fighting for racial, economic & social justice through a tech lens. We’re excited for Harlan and will miss him dearly!
Upturn Announces Executive Director Transition
After nearly 15 years of leading Upturn, Harlan Yu plans to step down from his role as Executive Director in June 2026.
www.upturn.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Our longtime Executive Director @harlanyu.bsky.social announced today his plans to depart Upturn in 2026.
Over 15 years, we’ve built a strong, principled & impactful organization fighting for racial, economic & social justice through a tech lens. We’re excited for Harlan and will miss him dearly!
Over 15 years, we’ve built a strong, principled & impactful organization fighting for racial, economic & social justice through a tech lens. We’re excited for Harlan and will miss him dearly!
learned how to ride a bike today
October 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
learned how to ride a bike today
DEN ✈️ DFW ✈️ DCA
September 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
DEN ✈️ DFW ✈️ DCA
DCA ✈️ DFW ✈️ DEN
September 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
DCA ✈️ DFW ✈️ DEN
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Not sure what’s most alarming fact, that the administration doesn’t appear to know what the boat it blew up was carrying or where it was headed, that they haven’t identified a legal authority for the action, or that it’s the first in a series of planned attacks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Not sure what’s most alarming fact, that the administration doesn’t appear to know what the boat it blew up was carrying or where it was headed, that they haven’t identified a legal authority for the action, or that it’s the first in a series of planned attacks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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This is my biggest gripe with the whole field of AI safety. Safety people are strangely uninterested in ethics (different area) and are completely uninterested in, say, a currently deployed regression-based system doing bad stuff in hospitals. They are exclusively interested in sci-fi hypotheticals.
Yup. And not just philosophers. There is a whole breed of "AI Safety" researchers in CS who do the same SciFi nonsense and get enormous research funding. They got mad at me for calling them dorks complicit in death yesterday.
www.argmin.net/p/the-banal-...
www.argmin.net/p/the-banal-...
The Banal Evil of AI Safety
Chatbot companies are harmful and dishonest. How can we hold them accountable?
www.argmin.net
August 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is my biggest gripe with the whole field of AI safety. Safety people are strangely uninterested in ethics (different area) and are completely uninterested in, say, a currently deployed regression-based system doing bad stuff in hospitals. They are exclusively interested in sci-fi hypotheticals.
ChatGPT appears to have fueled an individuals paranoia that everyone was out to get him, including his mother.
It appears to have resulted in a murder suicide.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
It appears to have resulted in a murder suicide.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
August 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
ChatGPT appears to have fueled an individuals paranoia that everyone was out to get him, including his mother.
It appears to have resulted in a murder suicide.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
It appears to have resulted in a murder suicide.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...
@beenwrekt.bsky.social on the venal negligence of "AI Safety" www.argmin.net/p/the-banal-...
August 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@beenwrekt.bsky.social on the venal negligence of "AI Safety" www.argmin.net/p/the-banal-...
these excerpts from the lawsuit against OpenAI are just so profoundly upsetting.
archive.org/details/2381...
archive.org/details/2381...
August 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
these excerpts from the lawsuit against OpenAI are just so profoundly upsetting.
archive.org/details/2381...
archive.org/details/2381...
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The exchanges between Adam and ChatGPT are devastating. This, in my mind, is the worst one.
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
August 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The exchanges between Adam and ChatGPT are devastating. This, in my mind, is the worst one.
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
One of his last messages was a photo of the noose hung in his bedroom closet, asking if it was "good." ChatGPT offered a technical analysis of the set up and told him it 'could potentially suspend a human."
