proofsandprompts.comPublicationTechnology & Ethics
A communal blog where working mathematicians — professors, PhD students, sceptics and enthusiasts alike — write about what AI is doing to their field: authorship, what counts as understanding, where papers will go, and whether the job changes. Recent pieces include Martin Hairer on why he joined the AGMAI advisory group and Jonny Evans on the choices ahead. Submissions are open to anyone in the field, any length.
Why I recommend it: Free to read and free to write for. Worth reading even if you never touch mathematics: it is one of the few places where a whole profession is arguing in public about what AI does to its craft, in its own words rather than a journalist's. These are individual opinions, not findings — the value is the range of them, and the disagreement is the point.
#academic#ai-and-work#ai-literacy
proofsandprompts.comAdded Sep 23, 20262 opens 
agmai.orgDirectoryTechnology & Ethics
An independent group of nine mathematicians — including Timothy Gowers, Martin Hairer, Edward Witten, Ravi Vakil and Melanie Matchett Wood — formed to advise AI companies on how mathematical results produced by AI models should be presented and released. The site states its purpose, its members, and its current task: advising OpenAI on how to release a large batch of mathematical results the company says its internal model produced. There is an open form for anyone in the mathematical community to send input.
Why I recommend it: Free, and short enough to read in five minutes — a good example of what independent oversight looks like when it is written down. Read their own two caveats rather than mine: members take no payment and the group is independent of any AI company, but they also say plainly that they hold no decision-making power, so the companies remain free to ignore them. The group formed after OpenAI approached some members about an in-house advisory board and they chose to sit outside it instead.
#academic#accountability#ai ethics
agmai.orgAdded Sep 23, 20260 opens 
roar.eprints.orgDirectoryTechnology & Ethics
A directory of open-access research repositories worldwide, browsable by country, year, repository type and software. It tells you where universities and institutions publish their own researchers' papers for free.
Why I recommend it: This is a map of where to look, not a search engine for papers. When a paper you want is paywalled, find the author's university repository here and check for the free accepted version.
#open-access#research#repositories
roar.eprints.orgAdded Sep 22, 20260 opens 
mitpress.mit.eduLibraryTechnology & Ethics
MIT Press's open-access programme: hundreds of scholarly books and journal articles you can read and download in full for free, legally, including work on computing, AI, economics and design.
Why I recommend it: Before you buy an academic book or hit a paywalled paper, check here and on the author's own page. Not the whole catalog is open, only the titles funded for it, so search the specific book rather than assuming.
#open-access#research#books
mitpress.mit.eduAdded Sep 22, 20260 opens 
Émile P. TorresWebsiteTechnology & Ethics
The academic and popular-writing home page of philosopher Émile P. Torres, covering existential risk, the history of human-extinction thought, and critical work on TESCREAL ideologies in Silicon Valley.
#academic#ai ethics#AI ethics
Émile P. TorresAdded Sep 18, 20260 opens 
CSER - Centre for the Study of Existential RiskOrganizationTechnology & Ethics
Cambridge research centre studying risks that could threaten humanity's long-term future, with open papers, seminars and policy submissions.
From the site: We study existential and global catastrophic risks & foster a worldwide community of academics, technologists and policy-makers working to mitigate these risks.
Why I recommend it: Academic and careful. Their reading lists and seminar recordings are the fastest way into the field's actual literature.
#academic#ai ethics#ai-safety
CSER - Centre for the Study of Existential RiskAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
papers.ssrn.comWebsiteTechnology & Ethics
SSRN's browsable index of working-paper series across economics, law, management and technology — most papers are free to download.
Why I recommend it: A good way to read serious research on labor markets, hiring and AI before it hits paywalled journals.
#academic#ai#economics
papers.ssrn.comAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
alignmentforum.orgCommunityTechnology & Ethics
A community blog where researchers publish and debate technical AI alignment work, free and open to read.
From the site: A community blog devoted to technical AI alignment research
Why I recommend it: Dense reading, but this is where a lot of safety research is argued out in public before it reaches papers.
#academic#ai#ai ethics
alignmentforum.orgAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
Clay Mathematics InstituteOrganizationTechnology & Ethics
The institute behind the Millennium Prize Problems, with free lecture videos, published proofs, historical mathematics archives and details of its research programmes.
Why I recommend it: Free access to serious mathematics — the lecture library alone is worth bookmarking if you are studying or teaching math.
#mathematics#research#open-access
Clay Mathematics InstituteAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
firstmonday.orgWebsiteTechnology & Ethics
A long-running peer-reviewed, fully open-access journal on the internet and society — platform power, digital labour, privacy, AI governance and online community research.
From the site: First Monday is one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet.
Why I recommend it: Free peer-reviewed research with no paywall — a good citation source when you need something stronger than a blog post.
#academic#ai ethics#ai-ethics
firstmonday.orgAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
faculty.wharton.upenn.eduDocumentTechnology & Ethics
A free academic paper examining whether effective altruism's focus on individual giving overlooks institutional and political change as the larger lever.
Why I recommend it: Useful counterweight if you have read the pro-EA material — it argues the case from inside academic philosophy rather than online debate.
#academic#ai ethics#ai-safety
faculty.wharton.upenn.eduAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
zenodo.orgWebsiteTechnology & Ethics
A free, CERN-operated repository where researchers publish papers, datasets, code and reports with permanent DOIs — open access, no subscription.
Why I recommend it: If a paper is paywalled elsewhere, search here first; you can also publish your own work and get a citable DOI for free.
#open-access#research#datasets
zenodo.orgAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
turing.ac.ukResearch commentary from the UK's national institute for data science and AI, covering AI safety, public-sector deployment, health data and the social impact of automated systems.
Why I recommend it: Solid, evidence-based writing on AI policy — a useful counterweight to vendor blogs.
#academic#ai#ai ethics
turing.ac.ukAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
cra.orgDocumentTechnology & Ethics
Free reports from the Computing Research Association on evaluating computing researchers, undergraduate AI education, hiring and tenure practices, and building research capacity.
Why I recommend it: Useful if you are heading into academia or research hiring — it spells out how committees are told to evaluate people.
#academic#ai#ai-education
cra.orgAdded Sep 17, 20260 opens 
edworkingpapers.comWebsiteCareer & Professional Optimization
Free open-access working-paper series from the Annenberg Institute at Brown University with Stanford's SCALE Initiative — early education research with strong policy implications, downloadable before journal publication.
Why I recommend it: If you work in education or workforce programs, citing a current working paper makes a proposal much harder to dismiss.
#academic#data-skills#education-research
edworkingpapers.comAdded Sep 16, 20260 opens 
bohrium.comAI ToolAI & Assistive Tools
An AI research platform for finding papers, verifying citations, reviewing literature, managing knowledge, and creating scientific figures.
Why I recommend it: For anyone doing deep research, Bohrium helps cut through the paper flood and verify claims before you cite them. I recommend it to clients writing thought-leadership content.
#academic#ai#ai-tool
bohrium.comAdded Sep 9, 20260 opens 
Office of Career Strategy - Yale UniversityYale's guidance on specialized resume formats — federal, academic CV, consulting, tech, and nonprofit — and when each format is expected.
In plain terms: This guide explains how to format resumes for federal government positions, specific industries, and international jobs. You can use it to learn about the federal resume builder and find country-specific application advice.
From the site: Formats for federal government, academic, consulting, and other specialized resumes, including guidance on the USAJOBS resume builder.
Why I recommend it: Different sectors expect different formats. Match the format before you polish the words.
#academic#career#consulting
Office of Career Strategy - Yale UniversityAdded Aug 29, 20260 opens 