Knowing things is a solved problem. Getting along is not. Working on AI, media, and inter-group conflict @CHAI_Berkeley. Got here from computational journalism.https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mvek3uw4nk2wThere are concerns in the mathematician’s open letter I share, but on the whole I can’t endorse it. This satirical response kinda sums it up x.com/mbeisen/stat... https://x.com/mbeisen/stat..13 Sep 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvek3uw4nk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mvejogtu322wAn excellent discussion and reading list for how journalism needs to operate to be widely trusted. If you don’t like typical coverage, is your complaint addressed here? https://trustingnews.org/putting-the-next-journalism-into-practice-a-reading-companion-from-trusting-news/13 Sep 2026 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvejogtu322whttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mv6vletlzs2rWhat do you want your feed to do for you? We presented @mysky.social at The Commons SF on Tuesday night and everyone played with our feed settings. But many asked for higher level control: - "a balanced view of topic X" - moods, like "no anxiety-causing content" - a text prompt (this is coming!)10 Sep 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6vletlzs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mtysqmqmys2oPeople mad that CNN called Dolly politically "neutral," saying *obviously* she was progressive, e.g. funding for Moderna COVID vax. I think "neutral" is a fine term for "managed to be respected by all sides in the culture war." Everyone gets to claim her as their own -- that's an achievement.26 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtysqmqmys2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mtcuegfnjk2aOuter Wilds. Completely new narrative form I hadn't considered, in service of an emotional payoff. And there's no "save game" because the state of the game lives entirely inside your head. Wild indeed! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcuegfnjk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mtcubqr5ac2aIt really is a better algorithm -- not just controllable, but actually finds good stuff. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcubqr5ac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mtcpezcpx22aWe built a new social media algorithm from the ground up that gives you full control. And we figured hey, while wer're doing that, let's design it to help people out with their conflicts. https://www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/the-first-social-media-algorithm17 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcpezcpx22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mtcayp2yek2xFinished my NeurIPS position track metareviews. - 6 submitted - 2 bench rejected for LLM use - 3 rejected - 1 accepted17 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcayp2yek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mstnchulms2uGreenEarth is the first feed which gives you full control over the algorithm. Here's our new "post sources" control panel, which lets you adjust the mix of in-network vs. out-of-network posts. Have you tried it yet? go.greenearth.social/r/ptryit11 Aug 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstnchulms2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mstm4otews2uneilknet.bsky.social I think you asked about this? [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstm4otews2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mslj3umfos2jMe: I’m working on AI and human conflict BigLab employee: Cool, like multi-agent games? Me: No, like human conflict BigLab: Cool, so like simulating people’s responses? Me: no, like actual human field experiments 🤷‍♂️08 Aug 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslj3umfos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3msjllsfffk2zFeed controls design question: We have different sources of posts in GreenEarth, such as people you follow, topics you've liked, most popular posts, etc. Do you want to adjust raw percentage from each source -- regardless of quality -- or have the feed adjust proportions based on algo ranking?07 Aug 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjllsfffk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3msjfwkjqu22nThis is an important article about the limits of media criticism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjfwkjqu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3msj5w7dgn22rMy even spicier take is that book publishing and reading is going to continue to decline, full stop. Lots of newer ways to tell long form stories, and lots of more efficient ways to learn deep non-fiction.07 Aug 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj5w7dgn22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3mshe7lqjl227I changed my GreenEarth feed settings, forgot that I did that, then wondered all day why I was seeing crap posts! I've occasionally been told this is a reason the platforms never gave us control. I think we can do better, with a "revert to defaults after X days unless you save" kind of feature.07 Aug 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshe7lqjl227https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanstray.com/post/3msgshgncck2wWe've said many times that the GreenEarth feeds are designed for "constructive" conversation. Here's what that means to us, how we implemented it, and what our fancy future plans are. https://www.greenearth.social/p/what-does-constructive-mean06 Aug 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:qvvxd4csdhymtkfx2o5aagvf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgshgncck2w