Ziv Epstein

Researcher
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From attention economies to intention ecologies

Ziv Epstein is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. In his research, he seeks to bring seeks to bring a (more-than-)human-centered approach to the design of sociotechnical systems. In particular, he translates insights from design and the social sciences into the development of social media platforms and AI systems. Ziv has published papers in venues such as the general interest journals Nature, Science and PNAS , as well as top-tier computer science proceedings such as CHI and CSCW. His work has also received widespread media attention in outlets like the New York Times, Scientific American, and NPR. He is also a practicing multimedia artist whose work has been featured in places like Ars Electronica, the MIT Museum, and Burning Man.