Suresh Venkatasubramanian
@geomblog.bsky.social
Director, Center for Tech Responsibility@Brown. FAccT OG. AI Bill of Rights coauthor. Former tech advisor to President Biden @WHOSTP. He/him/his. Posts my own.
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The blog here is an enlightening piece on the EO, from one of the key architects behind it. The whole thing is worth reading, but some particularly notable points are:
www.hyperdimensional.co/p/dont-overt...
www.hyperdimensional.co/p/dont-overt...
Don't Overthink "The AI Stack"
Reflections on the Export Promotion Executive Order
www.hyperdimensional.co
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The blog here is an enlightening piece on the EO, from one of the key architects behind it. The whole thing is worth reading, but some particularly notable points are:
www.hyperdimensional.co/p/dont-overt...
www.hyperdimensional.co/p/dont-overt...
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Hopefullly they also include test of space awards.
Computational Complexity Conference launches its first test of time award. Nominations due by March 2.
computationalcomplex...
computationalcomplex...
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Hopefullly they also include test of space awards.
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I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
![“By choice [Rosalind Franklin] did not emphasize her feminine qualities.. There was never lipstick to contrast with her straight black her, while at the age of thirty-one her dresses showed all the imagination of English blue-stocking adolescents. So it was quite easy to imagine her the product of an unsatisfied mother who unduly stressed the desirability of professional careers that could save bright girls from marriages to dull men.. Clearly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. The former was obviously preferable because given her belligerent moods, it would be very difficult for Maurice [Wilkins] to maintain a dominant position that would allow him to think unhindered about DNA.. The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was another person’s lab”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:opitzjj6oapo6y3cr5ipwfdu/bafkreibj5i6hdhoinpdbtx5ij7e56lz5v6zg6d6aompkuvrxrdnmkfvj2m@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
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I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
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I’ve just discovered that @cwjones.bsky.social first posted this in 2019 - thanks and all credit to him!
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I’ve just discovered that @cwjones.bsky.social first posted this in 2019 - thanks and all credit to him!
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"this meeting could have been a clay tablet"
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"this meeting could have been a clay tablet"
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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I haven’t gotten in to the AC games but Fallout 4 has forever warped how I view the Boston area and given me a visceral fear of Malden.
October 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I haven’t gotten in to the AC games but Fallout 4 has forever warped how I view the Boston area and given me a visceral fear of Malden.
Exciting to join in a new initiative coming out of @utexaslaw.bsky.social: the AI Opportunity inventory
👉 law.utexas.edu/ai/ai-opport...
Read on for more about this and how to participate.
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👉 law.utexas.edu/ai/ai-opport...
Read on for more about this and how to participate.
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AI Opportunity Inventory
From improving healthcare outcomes and educational access to accelerating energy development and enhancing disaster response, AI presents profound opportunities. Our goal is to make these opportunitie...
law.utexas.edu
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Exciting to join in a new initiative coming out of @utexaslaw.bsky.social: the AI Opportunity inventory
👉 law.utexas.edu/ai/ai-opport...
Read on for more about this and how to participate.
1/n
👉 law.utexas.edu/ai/ai-opport...
Read on for more about this and how to participate.
1/n
Played Assassins Creed Odyssey months; then went to Athens. Have played AC Valhalla for a month now; am going to London (Lunden). Now I need to figure out a trip to Tokyo for AC Shadows :).
In each actual place I visit, I feel this compulsion to climb buildings and jump into leaves. #IYKYK
In each actual place I visit, I feel this compulsion to climb buildings and jump into leaves. #IYKYK
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Played Assassins Creed Odyssey months; then went to Athens. Have played AC Valhalla for a month now; am going to London (Lunden). Now I need to figure out a trip to Tokyo for AC Shadows :).
In each actual place I visit, I feel this compulsion to climb buildings and jump into leaves. #IYKYK
In each actual place I visit, I feel this compulsion to climb buildings and jump into leaves. #IYKYK
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As @acm.org made clear in 2020, there should be "an immediate suspension of the current and future private and governmental use of FR technologies in all circumstances known or reasonably foreseeable to be prejudicial to established human and legal rights." ...
www.acm.org/binaries/con...
www.acm.org/binaries/con...
www.acm.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As @acm.org made clear in 2020, there should be "an immediate suspension of the current and future private and governmental use of FR technologies in all circumstances known or reasonably foreseeable to be prejudicial to established human and legal rights." ...
www.acm.org/binaries/con...
www.acm.org/binaries/con...
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Sure, it's been a few years, but that's the nice thing about statements based on ethical principles: they remain relevant.
Software engineers shouldn't be building this shit.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/ai-bill...
Software engineers shouldn't be building this shit.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/ai-bill...
Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights | OSTP | The White House
Among the great challenges posed to democracy today is the use of technology, data, and automated systems in ways that threaten the rights of the American public. Too often, these tools are used to li...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sure, it's been a few years, but that's the nice thing about statements based on ethical principles: they remain relevant.
Software engineers shouldn't be building this shit.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/ai-bill...
Software engineers shouldn't be building this shit.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/ai-bill...
My day is half over, and so far I've been ... takes deep breath... PhD Advisor/budgeting strategist/event planner/comms expert/product manager/strategy thinker.
Do a Ph.D they said. Become a prof they said. You'll have infinite time to think they said. Academics don't live in the real world HA
Do a Ph.D they said. Become a prof they said. You'll have infinite time to think they said. Academics don't live in the real world HA
October 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My day is half over, and so far I've been ... takes deep breath... PhD Advisor/budgeting strategist/event planner/comms expert/product manager/strategy thinker.
Do a Ph.D they said. Become a prof they said. You'll have infinite time to think they said. Academics don't live in the real world HA
Do a Ph.D they said. Become a prof they said. You'll have infinite time to think they said. Academics don't live in the real world HA
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Luckily, there's a foolproof solution to this conundrum.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Automation
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Automation
www.smbc-comics.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Luckily, there's a foolproof solution to this conundrum.
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Started a thread in the other place and bringing it over here - I really think we should be more vocal about the opportunities that lay at the intersection of these two options!
So I'm starting a live thread of new roles as I become aware of them - feel free to add / extend / share :
So I'm starting a live thread of new roles as I become aware of them - feel free to add / extend / share :
Life situations are bleak right now for a lot of people. In tech, the "Venn Diagram" of (1) positive work and (2) making enough money to support your family is increasingly non-overlapping. We all do what we can.
This image has been living in my mind rent-free for months.
This image has been living in my mind rent-free for months.
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Started a thread in the other place and bringing it over here - I really think we should be more vocal about the opportunities that lay at the intersection of these two options!
So I'm starting a live thread of new roles as I become aware of them - feel free to add / extend / share :
So I'm starting a live thread of new roles as I become aware of them - feel free to add / extend / share :
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Once more for the nighttime crowd.
“I think they are a profoundly antisocial technology that should be rejected in every way possible,” said Gilliard. “Their
very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” @hypervisible.blacksky.app
www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...
very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” @hypervisible.blacksky.app
www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...
Privacy laws can’t keep up with ‘luxury surveillance’
“It’s not clear to me that a small red light would be sufficient notification in some states for someone to consent to being recorded.”
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Once more for the nighttime crowd.
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Hahahaahaa my kids call ALL desi women aunties, whether we know them or not. And certainly none are related to us!
October 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hahahaahaa my kids call ALL desi women aunties, whether we know them or not. And certainly none are related to us!
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
The best protection against rogue AI is ... weaponized philosophers.
existentialcomics.com/comic/626
existentialcomics.com/comic/626
Philosophy vs the Terminator
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The best protection against rogue AI is ... weaponized philosophers.
existentialcomics.com/comic/626
existentialcomics.com/comic/626
Beavers! Cryptids! Antihydras! And yes it's all math. A beautiful article by @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social - I had not realized the deep connections between Busy Beavers and the insanely vexing Collatz Conjecture.
I published a new post on my rarely updated personal blog! It's a sequel of sorts to my Quanta coverage of the Busy Beaver game, focusing on a particularly fearsome Turing machine known by the awesome name Antihydra.
Why Busy Beaver Hunters Fear the Antihydra
In which I explore the biggest barrier in the busy beaver game. What is Antihydra, what is the Collatz conjecture, how are they connected, and what makes them so daunting?
benbrubaker.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Beavers! Cryptids! Antihydras! And yes it's all math. A beautiful article by @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social - I had not realized the deep connections between Busy Beavers and the insanely vexing Collatz Conjecture.
This is brilliant.
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search.app/8BgNd
D.C. man sues after being detained for following National Guard around while playing 'Darth Vader's Theme'
Attorneys for Sam O'Hara said law enforcement violated his constitutional rights.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is brilliant.
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search.app/8BgNd
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🌟 Weekly AI Evaluation Spotlight 🌟
🤖 Did you know malicious actors can exploit trust in AI leaderboards to promote poisoned models in the community?
This week's paper 📜"Exploiting Leaderboards for Large-Scale Distribution of Malicious Models" by @iamgroot42.bsky.social explores this!
🤖 Did you know malicious actors can exploit trust in AI leaderboards to promote poisoned models in the community?
This week's paper 📜"Exploiting Leaderboards for Large-Scale Distribution of Malicious Models" by @iamgroot42.bsky.social explores this!
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🌟 Weekly AI Evaluation Spotlight 🌟
🤖 Did you know malicious actors can exploit trust in AI leaderboards to promote poisoned models in the community?
This week's paper 📜"Exploiting Leaderboards for Large-Scale Distribution of Malicious Models" by @iamgroot42.bsky.social explores this!
🤖 Did you know malicious actors can exploit trust in AI leaderboards to promote poisoned models in the community?
This week's paper 📜"Exploiting Leaderboards for Large-Scale Distribution of Malicious Models" by @iamgroot42.bsky.social explores this!
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I am surprised at how deeply emotionally upsetting I find the White House destruction. Like amongst the heat death of a livable ecosystem and extrajudicial killings and rampant human rights violations, I almost feel guilty at how much those photos have made me actually tear up.
October 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I am surprised at how deeply emotionally upsetting I find the White House destruction. Like amongst the heat death of a livable ecosystem and extrajudicial killings and rampant human rights violations, I almost feel guilty at how much those photos have made me actually tear up.
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good news (what's that?) for higher ed... Unless there are some hidden details.
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
good news (what's that?) for higher ed... Unless there are some hidden details.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM