STS researcher who likes to look at things sideways. Founded Data & Society.
Topics: Census | Youth | Data | Society
Professor of Communication, Cornell
https://made-not-found-by-danah-boyd.ghost.io
danah boyd
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It's weird to read the pope's msg cuz it echos my upcoming co-authored FAccT paper. "Reckoning with the Political Economy of AI" argues that political & economic maneuvering of those invested in the project of AI must be analyzed separately from the technical workings of AI. lnkd.in/eFgthayX
I will try not to cry. Knowing it would happen doesn’t make it any less sucky. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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🔥🔥 talk at @princetoncitp.bsky.social on the #politicaleconomy of #AI, turning #safety and #regulation into decoys, and how to see the new market-making strategies of monopoly. Joint work with @zephoria.bsky.social, Alex Taylor and Ben Shestakovsky.
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The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...
::bounce:: My upcoming book - "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the U.S. Census" - is on the shortlist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Prize!!! Thank you CJS/Nieman for your encouragement!! journalism.columbia.edu/news/lukas-s...
Current household debate: Who bullshits more - GenAI or politicians?
Janet Vertesi on the ways in which the pursuit of space is the new railroad fantasy. Yay for dreams of domination! ::groan:: www.techpolicy.press/in-the-twent...
Janet Vertesi
In "Reckoning with the Political Economy of AI," @cyberlyra.bsky.social, Ben Shestakofsky, Alex Taylor, and I are particularly keen to understand how the project of AI involves numerous "decoys" that misdirect critics' attention, undermining efforts to hold AI to account. arxiv.org/abs/2604.16106
Here is a lovely article about the newest #SloanFellow recipients at Cornell. So inspiring! Congrats to all. news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
Did you know that Nepal had a high-stakes election last week? That the backstory involved Discord, a youth movement, and a rapper-turned-politician? I didn't - at least until a student of mine told me. She wrote it up for others to learn too: www.techpolicy.press/nepals-gen-z...
I am tickled pink to share that I received a 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship. I've always been sooooo impressed by the amazing scholarship produced by the academics that Sloan selects for this fellowship and so I'm utterly giddy to be among them. sloan.org/fellowships/...
The Project of AI is a world-building endeavor, wherein those who fund and develop AI systems both operate through and seek to sustain networks of power and wealth. As they expand their access to reso...
