Niloofar Mireshghallah

Writing

July 2026
Keep Paying the Humans: Notes from an Anti-Debate

Notes from an ICML 2026 anti-debate with Ludwig Schmidt on whether we should keep funding a human research workforce once AI is better at research than we are.

May 2026
A Tiny Experiment on Treating PCOS Through Metabolism, Not Hormones

A year of notes on metabolism, hormones, food noise, and five months on a low-dose GLP-1 — for the women who've been told the only fix is more hormones.

February 2026
From Black and White to Gray: Redefining Privacy for Language

Why privacy is contextual, why scaling won't fix it, and what we've learned from ConfAIde and CIMemories.

January 2026
Why I Joined humans&

And what about CMU?

January 2025
Surviving (and Thriving on) the Academic Job Market

How the year I was on the job market became the year I built the healthiest habits I still keep today.

November 2024
Should I do a postdoc?

What types of postdocs are out there, and advice on how to decide if a postdoc is right for you.

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