Irene Zhang

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Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. OS hacker. Cat wrangler. Shoe lover.
Websitehttps://irenezhang.net/
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It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/
How did we end up threatening our kids’ lives with AI?

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Anil Dash

"... and so by telling them that CatGPT is advanced enough to eat their faces and that we're the only ones capable of preventing face doom, we've been able to keep them from realizing that we're actively eating their faces ..."

photo credit: Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

I must return to my home planet, my species needs me.

First time entering the U.S. as a permanent resident.

It took 30 seconds, literally. (With global entry)

Back when I was a tourist I also had easy entry with global entry but entering on a work visa the first time required standing in line ‘for inspection’

To Do List:
✅ Get bread

A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND

TIL The most successful Nazi Interrogator of allied POWS during WWII, Hanns Scharff, created the mosaics for Cinderella's Castle at Disney World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Scharff#Mosaic_creation
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1t0el5a/til_the_most_successful_nazi_interrogator_of/

Hanns Scharff - Wikipedia

I just read NIH's official scientific strategy (as of last year) and now I am really pissed off.

It talks a lot about "gold-standard science" but really means "ideological tests".

NIH will no longer fund anything that treats systemic racism or health disparities for minorities as legitimate research topics. And the only acceptable topic on transgender health is the "harms" of treatments.

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/nih-director/statements/advancing-nihs-mission-through-unified-strategy#our-priorities

Advancing NIH’s Mission Through a Unified Strategy

NIH is moving toward a unified strategy that aligns our priorities and funding approaches to fulfill this commitment.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
To make it easier esp. for junior folks (students, postdocs, jr faculty) to talk to me, I'm trying a new thing: open office hours at conferences! Come find me at PLDI 2026, using the public calendar linked to the page below. Please feel free to reshare!
https://cs.brown.edu/people/sk/Contact/Calendar/