OpinionDecember 9, 2024
AI Will Turn Our Lives into The Truman Show
Large language models can create muddled, misinformed multiverses
Stories by C. Brandon Ogbunu
C. Brandon Ogbunu is an assistant professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University and an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. In addition to his work on disease evolution and epidemiology, he has published articles at the intersection of science, technology and culture in various venues. These include several that explore data ethics, algorithmic bias and misinformation.
OpinionJuly 29, 2024
Social Media Is Junk Food for Information Foragers
Social media exploits our evolved need for information, feeding us fluff and outright misinformation. A new science of human collective behavior can help us retake control
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Nobel Prize Debate Misses the Mark on the Real Culprits Ignoring Scientific Merit
The furor over a Nobel Prize winner’s derailed career lets scientists off the hook for their own responsibilities to fix a broken academic reward system
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The Human Genome and the Making of a Skeptical Biologist
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For Scientific Institutions, Racial Reconciliation Requires Reparations
Antiracism in science must be about much more than challenging the bigoted graybeards of our past