Deb Roy

Director, MIT Center for Constructive Communication; Co-Founder, CEO & Chair, Cortico; Professor at MIT

[Deb Roy @dkroy]

MIT announces Center for Constructive Communication!!

We will create new spaces for underheard voices & nuanced perspectives, design communication tools & methods for beneficial impact in collaboration with communities, influencers & organizations.

https://t.co/QMPIBXsjGB

[Hope Schroeder @Schropes]

🗣️ Excited to share our new #ACL2025 Findings paper: “Just Put a Human in the Loop? Investigating LLM-Assisted Annotation for Subjective Tasks” with @jad_kabbara and @dkroy. Arxiv: https://t.co/FeWQLQxt5K
Read about our findings ⤵️

[Deb Roy @dkroy]

A new way to have real conversations https://t.co/0htn0DYJUb

[Cortico @cortico]

⭐️ Our newsletter is here!

Discover our latest powerful partnerships, tech advancements, and inspiring new connections.

Read now!
👉https://t.co/oisv8mjX86

[Deb Roy @dkroy]

My daughter and her friend (whose direct family was impacted by cancer), both in high school, cofounded this online art shop to support cancer research. I hope you can take a look at the beautiful artifacts made by them for a cause important to all of us: https://t.co/nFcVNJTMmn

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

📢 We’re proud to announce our collaboration with @DemocracyNext to prototype and pilot new technologies for a tech-enhanced Citizens Assembly.

🔍 Learn more about Citizens’ Assemblies and about the collaboration on our website: https://t.co/Xr7fk91S7b

[Cortico @cortico]

BIG news!

At Cortico, our mission is to restore trust across communities, divides, and America. Today, we're thrilled to share a remarkable achievement we've been part of, in collaboration with @americanacad 🧵

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

🎧 Need a podcast recommendation? Listen to "On With Kara Swisher" @karaswisher and her podcast episode featuring @alexisohanian and CCC Director @dkroy discussing Big Tech’s Effects on Democracy.

https://t.co/mNK8H20uJ7

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

What would it take for the internet to live up to its early promise of making democratic societies better? @dkroy has been studying the question and innovating for years. Here is his report:

https://t.co/fbwcRtengs

[Evan Smith @evanasmith]

.⁦@karaswisher⁩ ⁦@dkroy⁩ ⁦@alexisohanian⁩ at kickoff of ⁦@UVADemocracy⁩’s Democracy 360 #txlege

[Ars Electronica @ArsElectronica]

This year’s @startseu Conference program brings together many exciting speakers like @_KarenHao, @F_Kaltheuner, @dkroy, @GiadaPistilli and @Bernd_Fesel! Thu 7. Sep 2023 11:00 - 17:00 at POSTCITY conference hall. https://t.co/7h3mJ1sTh5

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

This past Wednesday, MIT CCC RAs Maggie Hughes @_maggatronn , Naana Obeng-Marnu @naana_om, Cassandra Lee @cassandranlee along with audio engineer Spencer Russell were hard at work setting up a demo of “Collective Echos,” at the MIT Media Lab @medialab

[Aspen Ideas @aspenideas]

We caught up with @dkroy about building healthier digital forums, how humans and machines might work best together, and why A.I. is a critical tool for civic engagement.
https://t.co/V2IR8UdIqo

[Deb Roy @dkroy]

MIT Center for Constructive Communication + Cortico  has launched effort to develop trusted spaces for meaningful, nonpolarizing human connection and civic impact w/ $21M in new commitments. Grateful to Project Liberty and others for their support. https://t.co/NvTGTbZH2I

[Eric Chu @its_ericchu]

New paper 📢📰📺📻: “Language models trained on media diets can predict public opinion”

with @jacobandreas, Stephen Ansolabehere, @dkroy

arxiv: https://t.co/ajGoXgc3Mv

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[Deb Roy @dkroy]

My thoughts on the meaning of ChatGPT, LLMs, and generative AI as it relates to @cortico's work on real talk and real listening. https://t.co/CarvBrPgUN

[Deb Roy @dkroy]

I am so excited about the possibilities ahead in deepening our work with @raneyaronson and @frontlinepbs!

[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

We’re delighted to announce @raneyaronson as CCC journalist-in-residence. Raney will continue her leadership roles as editor-in-chief and executive producer of @GBH’s @frontlinepbs. https://t.co/1Qnw2Xxiss 1/4

[GBH @GBH]

Editor-in-Chief and Exec. Producer @raneyaronson of @GBH's @frontlinepbs has been named journalist-in-residence at @CCCatMIT. While continuing on with FRONTLINE, she will help the CCC at MIT team to understand competing and false narratives in the media. https://t.co/iOQUee9kSd

[Raney Aronson-Rath @raneyaronson]

Pleased to announce our new @frontlinepbs partnership with @CCCatMIT. @frontlinepbs began collaborating w/ CCC over 5 years ago, trying to understand how media information bubbles lead to political polarization. I'm thrilled to continue that work w/ @dkroy https://t.co/Nqj31BsOpY

[Deb Roy @dkroy]

Dear Twitter engineers, please check us out!

[Deb Roy @dkroy]

Help us build and scale a new kind of social dialogue network and conversation platform optimized for real talk, real listening & healthy democracy. We are looking for a VP of Engineering, and expect to be seeking help on many other fronts beyond! https://t.co/hVydsM0chw