
Honest takes on AI, mental health, social media, and what it means to live well. From a CS professor who studies the intersection professionally and navigates it personally.
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Some days, I’m exhausted by AI news and commentary.
On one side, the AI tech bros (many on LinkedIn) paint a utopia of AI, explaining why GenAI will transform everything from Toaster Strudels to labor markets. Substack is filled with tutor...
This week, it’s a shoulder week. Even I’ve noticed it on my daily drives - the traffic is easier, fewer cars parked around. (Unless you’re going to the MN State Fair, which, in that case, good luck!)
But it’s also unbearably hot in MN, and...
Big news about social media design, algorithms, and accountability for tech companies. Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion and improve safety guardrails for teens.
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Good. But why is this only focus...
(Hi folks. This is a more “professor-y” post for my academic and research friends. We’ll be back to mental health and AI in the next post!)
A stack of books, clearly recommended for new f...
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Therapy sessions are exhausting! I do this every week. Spend 45 to 50 minutes dumping my difficult thoughts, yell (or cry a bit), then collapse on a couch and digest for a while. Meanwhile, my therapist sprints...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
CS professor and researcher who builds better and more ethical AI systems for mental health. My lanes are social media and chatbots. TEDx speaker, mom, powerlifter, haver of opinions.
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