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
beli power user ism
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
beli power user ism
"what demon in marketing is behind this?"
what a truly evergreen question 😭😭😭
what a truly evergreen question 😭😭😭
July 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"what demon in marketing is behind this?"
what a truly evergreen question 😭😭😭
what a truly evergreen question 😭😭😭
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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.
graphic design is our passion 🎨✨
June 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
graphic design is our passion 🎨✨
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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.
"better" *non-subaltern...
June 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"better" *non-subaltern...
like okay hierarchy of knowledge go and give us even more nothing!
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
like okay hierarchy of knowledge go and give us even more nothing!