frolicking in the outdoors
Last edited: August 8, 2026Olympic NP
Hong Kong
Banff NP
Pinnacles NP
Yosemite NP
Singapore
NYC
Shanghai
Grand Canyon NP
Houjun's Academic Home Page
Last edited: July 7, 2026👋 Howdy, I'm Houjun Liu!
I’m a third-year coterminal MSCS and BSCS student in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, grateful to be advised by Prof. Mykel Kochenderfer. In the course of my research, I have also had the fortunate opportunity to work with Stanford NLP under Prof. Chris Manning, CMU TalkBank under Prof. Brian MacWhinney, and Prof. Xin Liu at UC Davis Engineering. I am affiliated with the Stanford NLP Group and Stanford Intelligent Systems Lab. I’m visiting Microsoft Research Frontiers as a research intern.
ICLR2026 Rishi: Public Impact
Last edited: July 7, 2026AI Safety as a Public Engagement
To what extend should we be making AI Safety as a public problem.
One-Liner
Novelty
Motivation
Notable Methods
Key Figs
- Public generally more pessimistic about AI
- Rates of adverse impact by AI decisions is reasonably low
New Concepts
Data Partnerships
Try to find independent sources of data, with contracts for how the data must be used.
Impact Horizons
Some random Instagram influencer had more accesses than our usual methods of scientific communication.