Nathan E. Sanders

https://nsanders.me/Nathan E. SandersApplied statistician, data scientist, astrophysicist, science communicator 2026-06-08T11:37:02+00:00 Nathan E. Sanders https://nsanders.me/ Jekyll © 2026 Nathan E. Sanders /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png Bernie Sanders’ AI sovereign wealth fund plan is good. But we think this is better2026-06-08T00:00:00+00:00 2026-06-08T00:00:00+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/bernie-sanders-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund/ Nathan E. Sanders

An article for The Guardian proposing an alternative to the AI Sovereign Wealth Fund plan introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Rewiring Democracy: AI & the Struggle for Open Knowledge in Brazil2026-05-03T00:00:00+00:00 2026-05-03T19:14:58+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/rewiring-democracy-ai-and-the-struggle-for-open-knowledge-in-brazil/ Nathan E. Sanders

An article for The Renovator about Open Knowledge Brasil and the sustainability of open source civic technology.

As the US midterms approach, AI is going to emerge as a key issue concerning voters2026-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 2026-04-11T18:06:24+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/as-the-us-midterms-approach-ai/ Nathan E. Sanders

An article for The Guardian about the role of AI and recent Trump administration regulatory actions in the 2026 US midterms.

Japan's Team Mirai Uses Tech to Bolster Democracy, Not Undermine It2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 2026-04-24T23:15:54+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/japans-team-mirai-uses-tech/ Nathan E. Sanders

An article for Tech Policy Press reporting on Team Mirai's gains in the Japanes election and the future of AI in politics.

Characterizing the ability of LLMs to recapitulate Americans’ distributional responses to public opinion polling questions across political issues2026-03-08T00:00:00+00:00 2026-04-11T18:07:32+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/characterizing-the-ability-of-llms-to-recapitulate-americans/ Nathan E. Sanders

A quantitative analysis of the capability of a foundation model (GPT-4o-mini) to predict demographic distributions of American public opinion on political issues.