JOPRO

Open strands on Human-AI relationships

A working log of open threads on human-AI relationships, drawn from across the JOPRO community, including Modernizing Mental Health, the Cognition…

Aug 17 • Jennifer Jiang, Jes Parent, Avery Lim, Violet Gordon, Alicia Ouyang, and Molly Ann Kluck

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June 2026

Reconvening The Cognition Futures Reading Group

After a yearlong hiatus, one of JOPRO + OREL’s longest-running discussion groups returns to investigate where studies of the mind and cognition can go…

Jun 5 • JOPRO, Jes Parent, Bradly Alicea, Avery Lim, and Morgan Hough

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May 2026

Every Good Regulator Theorem and World Models, in Royal Society Philosophical Transactions A

New article in the May 2026 Special Issue of Philosophical Transactions A on cybernetics and world models in natural & artificial intelligence.

May 21 • JOPRO, Bradly Alicea, and Jes Parent

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April 2026

Announcing 2026 JOPRO Summer Internships

Opportunities from JOPRO, Orthogonal Research and Education Lab, and our partners and networks are now live on opportunities.jopro.org

Apr 29 • JOPRO

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Building an Ethical Policy Analyzer: What ESG Reports Reveal and Conceal

Arnav Satish, Sophomore in Computer Engineering at UC Davis, recaps his work on a Data x Direction Undergraduate Internship Project

Apr 29 • Arnav Satish and Jes Parent

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Community News: Spring Events & Opportunities

UC Launch updates, NYCWiC Social in Albany, Imagination in Action, TEDx MIT, and more

Apr 10 • JOPRO

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Whose Reflection Is It? Agency, Meaning, and the AI Systems Mediating Our Inner Lives

The DigiNEST program blog opens with a question: what happens to human agency when machines mediate our narratives?

Apr 2 • Jes Parent, Cat Chang, Molly Ann Kluck, and Avery Lim

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February 2026

February 2026 Update

Internal project progress, community highlights, and opportunities ahead

Feb 21 • JOPRO and Jes Parent

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Governable Spacemakers Fellowship: Presenting the Small Hassles Court Minigame

Metagov fellows build a space for exploring how self-governance online can be frame as conflict mediation

Published on Metagov News • Feb 7

January 2026

2025: Year in Review

Supporting researchers, cultivating ecosystems, and clarifying the upstream work this moment demands

Jan 23 • Jes Parent and JOPRO

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Algorithms and Access: Reflections on FAccT 2025 and Inclusive AI

Tlamelo Makati reports from Athens, exploring ethical design, participatory research, and what it means to shape AI with care.

Published on Data x Direction • Jan 22

November 2025

Mid-November Events & Opportunities List

A newsletter full of happenings during the month of November: Virtual, Boston/Cambridge, and San Francisco | Data x Direction, FHTT, and beyond!

Nov 12, 2025 • JOPRO and Jes Parent

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