https://nsanders.me/Nathan E. SandersApplied statistician, data scientist, astrophysicist, science communicator 2026-09-04T01:38:18+00:00 Nathan E. Sanders https://nsanders.me/ Jekyll © 2026 Nathan E. Sanders /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png AI is hurting US politics. Here's how candidates could use it for good2026-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 2026-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/ai-politics-voters/ Nathan E. Sanders An article for The Guardian on how candidates could use AI-powered broad listening tools to engage voters, drawing on examples from Japan and Scotland. Rewiring Democracy Now: Citizen Science Leads to Civic AI in Scotland2026-08-22T00:00:00+00:00 2026-08-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/rewiring-democracy-citizen-science/ Nathan E. Sanders An article for The Renovator about how the citizen science movement inspired a Scottish government-backed civic AI deliberation platform. If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/nationalize-openai-anthropic/ Nathan E. Sanders An article for The Guardian arguing the US should nationalize OpenAI and Anthropic as public AI labs if markets reject them. Separating AI's Technological Problems From its Capitalism Problems2026-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 2026-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/ai-technological-vs-capitalism-problems/ Nathan E. Sanders An article for Tech Policy Press distinguishing AI's technical shortcomings from the economic and corporate power problems that AI is amplifying. The fight against AI datacenters is important – but it’s just a starting point2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://nsanders.me/posts/ai-datacenters-starting-point/ Nathan E. Sanders An article for The Guardian arguing that opposing AI datacenters is only a starting point for confronting AI companies' concentration of wealth and power.