Amanda Muyskens Amanda Muyskens

SIAM UQ

Mandy has just returned from a research conference and gives some details about how it went.

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AJ Sandhu AJ Sandhu

REAL Ratings in the Real World

Looking for more info on the REAL rating? This article explains some of what you may be wondering about. It also takes you through some examples you can use to understand the system.

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AJ Sandhu AJ Sandhu

AI | Art | Intent

Anyway, the long and the short of it is this: humans can do one very important thing that AI can’t. And that is acting with intent.
Every word in this summary was chosen to convey a specific message; should that message fall flat, I’d have to explain myself and do better the next time. AI can’t offer an explanation, it’s just a fancy rock doing madlibs. What it can be is a useful tool and it is changing human creativity. For better or for worse is yet to be determined.

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Imene Goumiri Imene Goumiri

How effective are different parts of California at addressing homelessness?

It started when we partnered with the California Elder Justice Coalition, or CEJC, a nonprofit organization already advocating justice for the unhoused elderly. California only has 12% of the total US population, but 24% of the unhoused population. It is hard to know what to advocate for without knowing which programs are the most effective or even if they were making any changes at all! We set off to answer questions like: Where is the unhoused population larger or smaller than expected? Luckily the evidence is public data, we just needed to build the models to help interpret it.

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AJ Sandhu AJ Sandhu

Demystifying AI Usage

Have you heard about the AI usage rating system that our team has been working on? What if there was a way to tag things online with a rating on the level of AI used to create it?

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AJ Sandhu AJ Sandhu

On the Right Track: A Full STEAM Ahead Retrospective

Behind the Boiler: A ST(R)EAMing success? We sat down and broke down the good, the bad, and the ugly for our very first flagship fundraiser. Read about what we learned, and what we’re planning on changing for the future

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AJ Sandhu AJ Sandhu

Rumination 2025: Year One

Not your average nonprofit: A series of ruminations from the Real good team about their experiences in the first year of a brand new type of nonprofit. Mixing AJ’s perspective with input from the full team in a round table. READ ALL ABOUT IT!

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AJ Sandhu AJ Sandhu

New Year, New Real Good Resolutions!

Even nonprofits can have Resolutions! We have (at least) 4 of them! All of them are ambitious, but we’re so ready for 2026 you don’t even know dudes. Check them out.

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