Matt Shu

I have taken Caliban’s advice and made a personal website.

Most of this (rather abstract) mangrove maps my work at the intersection of social science and technology. The rest is just what I like doing with other people.
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Explore Matt’s work and interests

Items are arranged from current work near the top to older work below. A card opens a specific work directly when one exists. Its circular context knot opens a summary and related items on the same root.

Rich as I Could BeDolly Parton and My Mama’s CookingDate: now. Type: blog post. Topics: community, class & inequality.
AI-generated histories and political opinionPNAS NexusFactual AI histories still shifted readers’ politicsDate: 2026. Type: paper. Topics: class & inequality, machine learning & NLP.
Generating the PastSSCRAI summaries improved factual knowledge recallDate: 2025. Type: paper. Topics: education, class & inequality, machine learning & NLP.
KAR³LEMNLPBERT-powered flashcards improved learning efficiencyDate: 2024. Type: paper, app. Topics: education, machine learning & NLP.
Education + NLPDate: 2021. Type: blog post. Topics: education, machine learning & NLP.