Benjamin Riley
Founder of Cognitive Resonance, a new venture dedicated to helping people understand human cognition and generative AI. Advocate for humans.
Starter Packs
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Scientists of the Mind
An interdisciplinary starter pack of practicing scientists who've influenced my thinking about thinking (human and otherwise). It's not meant to be comprehensive, and I'm always seeking to expand and diversify my own cognition.
Critical AI Substackers
A collection of people on here who often write insightful and critical commentary on AI via their Substacks. Please suggest others to add (including yourself), particularly as we need more diverse voices in this space. This is my first starter pack, so please be kind.
@benkreiter.com
I'm a Bible teacher who is pretty interested these days in the moral dimension of technology. In my feed I'll talk a lot about education, technology and scripture, and a little about other things.
@meganfigueroa.bsky.social
Chicana. Child language development expert. 🧪 Research Scientist👩🏽🔬First Gen. Linguist. Writer. Podcaster. she/her. The Vocal Fries 🍟 co-host. Tucson, AZ
@krismicinski.bsky.social
kmicinski.com Interested in automated reasoning, static analysis, and logic programming and literally nothing else.
@shriram.bsky.social
Brown Computer Science / Brown University || BootstrapWorld || Pyret || Racket I'm unreasonably fascinated by, delighted by, and excited about #compsci #education #cycling #cricket and the general human experience.
@bretthmeyer.bsky.social
We live because everything else does. —Richard Wagamese He/him, Professor of ECE, researching hardware-software co-design of machine learning systems; 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦! Views expressed are my own. https://rssl.ece.mcgill.ca/
@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social
Anti-cynic. Towards a weirder future. Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, transportation systems, the works. Asst. Prof at NYU https://emerge-lab.github.io https://www.admonymous.co/eugenevinitsky
@jbj.bsky.social
Teaching and learning with technology. Currently: Northeastern U. Previously Woolf, Trinity, CCSU, ProfHacker edtech / digital humanities / LFC / &c
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy
@rweingarten.bsky.social
AFT President. Teacher. Unionist. Fighting for a better life for children, families & communities through educ & eco opportunity, fairness & freedom & democracy Wife of Sharon Kleinbaum.
@paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com
Liberal in the Smith-Douglass-Sen-Anderson tradition. Writer/editor for Liberal Currents. "Wokest Ayn Rand fan you will ever meet." Star Wars and Wheel of Time fan. He/him.
@amowreader.com
journo second, dog lover first Student Success Reporter for Inside Higher Ed
@jenniferwalshe.bsky.social
Composer, vocalist, improviser, interested in Mars, noise, radio, AI, on the run from Avant Gardaí for fictional histories of art & music, professor of composition at the University of Oxford views my own 🚀☄️🤖📡📻 www.milker.org www.aisteach.org
@keyachatterjee.bsky.social
Mom, Climate and Democracy Activist, Fmr ANC 6A01, #FreeDC. Author of THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE RATED G-- coming out October 2025-- It's speculative cli-fi-- a spicy romp through fascism that ends with a successful general strike!
@fieldsmeyer.com
Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School | Fmr: Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House | Work on civil rights, democracy, tech, and political power Writing: amifieldsmeyer.substack.com Get in touch: fieldsmeyer.com
@juliaangwin.com
Investigative journalist. New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer. Founder, Proof News, The Markup. Priors: ProPublica, WSJ. Fellow at Harvard Shorenstein Center. Signal: Julia.368 Sign up for my newsletter: https://buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin
@joshbraun.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UMass Amherst studying the civic impacts of media distribution. I work in our Journalism Department and also co-edit the Distribution Matters series for The MIT Press. Opinions mine. Mastodon: @josh@sciences.social
@waywardwillow.bsky.social
wayward xennial. resolute leftist. revolutionary optimist. organizer & rabble rouser. world famous shower singer. web comics. memes. header by _babyfrog
@david-crawford.bsky.social
“Data informs. Logic guides. Decisions follow.” Optimizing and/or exploring. New York, New England, Montreal.
@meganakpeters.bsky.social
assoc prof, uc irvine cogsci & LPS: perception+metacognition+phenomenology, fMRI+models+ML+AI meta-science, global education, phil sci prez+co-founder, neuromatch.io fellow, CIFAR brain mind & consciousness meganakpeters.org she/her 💖💜💙 views mine
@elizabethunseelie.bsky.social
I’m a Radio Producer working on BBC World Book Club, as well as documentaries on everything from ghost stories, to medical scandals, forensic science and how tech impacts all our lives. I am also an unashamed geek, and amateur photographer.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@annejonas.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ UM-Flint CIT. Studying digital technologies, schools, community, and power through qualitative and design-based research methods. Previously at MSU, UC Berkeley, Barnard, and Brown. she/her 🏳️🌈
@hhliu.bsky.social
scientist, educator, thinker, human linktr.ee/hhliu matsci math ai edu rice | mit | harvard 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇭🇰 💜🤍💚
@wolvendamien.bsky.social
Read threads Asst. Professor of Philosophy & Data Sci. Degrees in: Science, Technology, & Society; Philosophy; Religious Studies Working on: Algorithms, "AI," Human Knowledge & Values, Marginalized Lived Experiences, Occult Beliefs, Pop Culture He/Him/His
@critikid.bsky.social
Founder of Critikid.com, a critical thinking site for kids and teens. Posting about: - Science, data, and media literacy - Clear communication - Logic, puzzles, and paradoxes
@ngamita.bsky.social
researcher studying influence ops & surveillance; open source, human rights, privacy & pro-democracy tech. lead: @thraets.org advisor: digitaldemocracyinitiative.net
@aaup.bsky.social
The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good. aaup.org
@getmel.bsky.social
Pro-democracy, technology, teamwork, science, reading I understand cats pretty well
@dylanfreedman.nytimes.com
A.I. @nytimes.com My work: https://www.nytimes.com/by/dylan-freedman Contact: dylan.freedman@nytimes.com, dylanfreedman.39 (Signal) 🏃🏻 🎹
@michelskm.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, mom, environmental health advocate. Standing up for Science, free speech and those who can't speak up for themselves. Be seen, be heard , pull together, persist.
@brbackes.bsky.social
Principal Economist, American Institutes for Research (AIR) and CALDER https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wgy9ucYAAAAJ
@marylia.bsky.social
Hopepunk Professor at CSCC Sociology of Law/Criminology/Criminal Justice AI Faculty Fellow https://linktr.ee/maryliareiter
@chionwurah.bsky.social
Labour Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West. Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
@smusab.bsky.social
Currently a postdoc at Yale where I work on ethics & social agency related to Social/Relational AI systems. www.syedmusab.com
@marielgoddu.bsky.social
[philosophy of] Learning, evolution, & development. It‘s not a point of view, it’s a point of *do*. Cognition is like digestion. Plant I > AI. Philosophy [2nd] PhD @Stanford™️ Proud ex-cog dev psychologist 👶✊ Big Footnote Energy
@kathrynhulick.substack.com
Science journalist and author of THE UFO FILES (Quarto, 2025). I talk about AI, fascinating research, and walks in the woods. Anything that makes me say “wow!” She/her
@chenoweth.bsky.social
Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
@jonmason.bsky.social
Academic at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory of Australia. Research interests spanning most things involving digital technology and education #sensemaking #wisdom #AIED #SOTL #inquiry #intercultural #learning #COIL #SDGs #OER #standards
@scribnerumcp.bsky.social
History and Philosophy of Education at UMD. Author of A IS FOR ARSON (2023); SPARE THE ROD (2021); and THE FIGHT FOR LOCAL CONTROL (2016). Art lover. Romantic.
@robareowl.bsky.social
Scientist and writer, parent of twins, Sherlockian. PhD, Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience, CUNY Graduate Center, 2010. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1935/
@kalanitgs.bsky.social
Professor, Stanford Vision Neuroscientist Interested on how the interplay between brain function, structure & computations enables visual perception; and also what are we born with and what develops.
@nbedera.bsky.social
Sociologist studying how our social structures make sexual violence more likely to occur. Author of ON THE WRONG SIDE. Co-founder of Beyond Compliance Consulting. PhD UMich.