p. sampson
@pdotsamp.bsky.social
phd student-worker at penn, nsf grfp fellow, spelman alum. autonomy and identity in algorithmic systems.
they/she. 🧋 🍑 🧑🏾💻
https://psampson.net
they/she. 🧋 🍑 🧑🏾💻
https://psampson.net
becoming one of those computer scientists who won't stop yapping about my analog hobby of choice.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
becoming one of those computer scientists who won't stop yapping about my analog hobby of choice.
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the non-ironic, casual deployment of the white usage of "woke" in news articles and opinion pieces makes me want to scream
July 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
the non-ironic, casual deployment of the white usage of "woke" in news articles and opinion pieces makes me want to scream
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I've always felt somewhat uncomfortable with the framing of AI risk around the actions of "malicious actors". Because sometimes the malicious actor is the company that built the thing. And the model is causing harm because it was successfully steered into doing what it's creators wanted it to do.
July 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I've always felt somewhat uncomfortable with the framing of AI risk around the actions of "malicious actors". Because sometimes the malicious actor is the company that built the thing. And the model is causing harm because it was successfully steered into doing what it's creators wanted it to do.
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Well, I guess they just declared war on us, but it was either that or having a Black character in Star Wars
July 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Well, I guess they just declared war on us, but it was either that or having a Black character in Star Wars
the research homies of all time are cooking btw 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
I'm incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with this team. Truly one of the best collaborative experiences I have had to date (special s/o to our MVP @mkgerchick.bsky.social for leading this)!
Check out Marissa's talk on our paper "auditing the audits" if you're at #FAccT2025!
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Check out Marissa's talk on our paper "auditing the audits" if you're at #FAccT2025!
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Excited to be at #FAccT2025 and honored to see our work “auditing the audits” resulting from one of the first enacted AI laws in the U.S. received an honorable mention! I’ll be presenting this work on Wednesday at 11 AM Athens time: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025/p...
June 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
the research homies of all time are cooking btw 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
y'know it's kind of a tell that they think celebrating the end of slavery is DEI
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my hottest educational take is that schools should actively, non-punitively teach students how to admit when they don't know something, aren't sure or have made a mistake, with various teaching frameworks adapted to support this ideal, because people who can't admit fault are breaking the world
June 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my hottest educational take is that schools should actively, non-punitively teach students how to admit when they don't know something, aren't sure or have made a mistake, with various teaching frameworks adapted to support this ideal, because people who can't admit fault are breaking the world
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Work can be so endlessly rigorous about the technical half of the word but the socio half just stands in for anything and everything
June 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Work can be so endlessly rigorous about the technical half of the word but the socio half just stands in for anything and everything
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the mainstream media has been steadily buying into the idea that science and academia are somehow "captured" by left and liberal ideologues, rather than the more obvious explanation that measured analysis leads people away from reactionary thought
June 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
the mainstream media has been steadily buying into the idea that science and academia are somehow "captured" by left and liberal ideologues, rather than the more obvious explanation that measured analysis leads people away from reactionary thought
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anyway, if your problem with technology was those inconvenient people who do technical work, and how they ask questions, have opinions, take ethical stances, etc.
then it might be especially tempting to just replace them with ai. fewer tedious coffees, for one thing.
then it might be especially tempting to just replace them with ai. fewer tedious coffees, for one thing.
April 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
anyway, if your problem with technology was those inconvenient people who do technical work, and how they ask questions, have opinions, take ethical stances, etc.
then it might be especially tempting to just replace them with ai. fewer tedious coffees, for one thing.
then it might be especially tempting to just replace them with ai. fewer tedious coffees, for one thing.
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Important points @ach.bsky.social ACH2025 conference by Mohammad Suliman about the gaps in accessibility for research and programming. Taking notes for our new ACH Anthology!
June 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Important points @ach.bsky.social ACH2025 conference by Mohammad Suliman about the gaps in accessibility for research and programming. Taking notes for our new ACH Anthology!
“fort robert e. lee” lmao give us irredeemable loser energy.
June 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“fort robert e. lee” lmao give us irredeemable loser energy.
mood.
"I will constitute the field." is such a mic drop. Set using some of printshop's shiny newish type (Centaur); quote from Louise Glück's "Witchgrass":
June 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
mood.
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I catch blocks if I talk about C19 but:
There’s a new, more contagious strain spreading—“razor blade throat” is one symptom. But, most spread is SYMPTOMLESS. You DON’T KNOW you’re spreading it.
More spread, more mutations & variants—>more disabled & dead.
Put a mask on in public. We keep us safe.
There’s a new, more contagious strain spreading—“razor blade throat” is one symptom. But, most spread is SYMPTOMLESS. You DON’T KNOW you’re spreading it.
More spread, more mutations & variants—>more disabled & dead.
Put a mask on in public. We keep us safe.
June 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I catch blocks if I talk about C19 but:
There’s a new, more contagious strain spreading—“razor blade throat” is one symptom. But, most spread is SYMPTOMLESS. You DON’T KNOW you’re spreading it.
More spread, more mutations & variants—>more disabled & dead.
Put a mask on in public. We keep us safe.
There’s a new, more contagious strain spreading—“razor blade throat” is one symptom. But, most spread is SYMPTOMLESS. You DON’T KNOW you’re spreading it.
More spread, more mutations & variants—>more disabled & dead.
Put a mask on in public. We keep us safe.
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Few tech critiques have aged as well as Phil Agre saying "Oh come on. Face recognition will work well enough to be dangerous, and poorly enough to be dangerous as well." Obviously lands well beyond face rec.
June 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Few tech critiques have aged as well as Phil Agre saying "Oh come on. Face recognition will work well enough to be dangerous, and poorly enough to be dangerous as well." Obviously lands well beyond face rec.
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The reason you're having trouble concentrating if you are here in the US is because we're basically being chased around by serial killers and being asked to disregard the fact.
May 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The reason you're having trouble concentrating if you are here in the US is because we're basically being chased around by serial killers and being asked to disregard the fact.
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40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
MOVE bombing 40 years later: A day of reflection and remembrance
Forty years ago today, city officials made the unconscionable decision to bomb its own people.
www.phillytrib.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
40 years ago on this date, police dropped a bomb on a West Philadelphia neighborhood
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So, you might be wondering: does it matter if Covid shots are recommended? Yes, yes it does.
1. Insurance won't cover them if they're not recommended. That's a HUGE challenge for a lot of people.
2. If more people skip the shots, manufacturers will make fewer doses, making them harder to find.
1. Insurance won't cover them if they're not recommended. That's a HUGE challenge for a lot of people.
2. If more people skip the shots, manufacturers will make fewer doses, making them harder to find.
Exclusive | HHS to Stop Recommending Routine Covid Shots for Children, Pregnant Women
CDC currently recommends that everyone six months and older receive the vaccines
www.wsj.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
So, you might be wondering: does it matter if Covid shots are recommended? Yes, yes it does.
1. Insurance won't cover them if they're not recommended. That's a HUGE challenge for a lot of people.
2. If more people skip the shots, manufacturers will make fewer doses, making them harder to find.
1. Insurance won't cover them if they're not recommended. That's a HUGE challenge for a lot of people.
2. If more people skip the shots, manufacturers will make fewer doses, making them harder to find.
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate + the # of letters in your first name.
pope dosa viii
pope dosa viii
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate + the # of letters in your first name.
Pope Doro Wat VI
Pope Doro Wat VI
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate + the # of letters in your first name.
Pope Carne Molida Quesadilla VI
Pope Carne Molida Quesadilla VI
May 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Your Pope name is the last thing you ate + the # of letters in your first name.
pope dosa viii
pope dosa viii
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Highly recommend following the work of the Southern Environmental Law Center who have tracking this and other polluting data center projects in the South
www.selc.org/topic/data-c...
www.selc.org/topic/data-c...
May 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Highly recommend following the work of the Southern Environmental Law Center who have tracking this and other polluting data center projects in the South
www.selc.org/topic/data-c...
www.selc.org/topic/data-c...
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I don't think "comfortable dealing with uncertainty" should mean "We build random shit because we didn't talk to the person who asked us to build the thing about what they want."
May 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I don't think "comfortable dealing with uncertainty" should mean "We build random shit because we didn't talk to the person who asked us to build the thing about what they want."
Personalization is political. Very excited to share a piece I co-authored with @mbogen.bsky.social as a Google Public Policy Fellow @cendemtech.bsky.social!
cdt.org/insights/its...
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It’s (Getting) Personal: How Advanced AI Systems Are Personalized
This brief was co-authored by Princess Sampson. Generative artificial intelligence has reshaped the landscape of consumer technology and injected new dimensions into familiar technical tools. Search e...
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May 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Personalization is political. Very excited to share a piece I co-authored with @mbogen.bsky.social as a Google Public Policy Fellow @cendemtech.bsky.social!
cdt.org/insights/its...
cdt.org/insights/its...