I am a Research Scientist at Meta FAIR (NYC) in the AI & Society group. My research focuses on pluralistic alignment and collective governance of AI systems. I received my BS and PhD in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from UC Berkeley where I was advised by Anca Dragan and Moritz Hardt. I prefer they/them pronouns.

Selected Publications

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Cultivating Pluralism In Algorithmic Monoculture: The Community Alignment Dataset
Lily Hong Zhang*, Smitha Milli*, Karen Jusko, Jonathan Smith, Brandon Amos, Wassim (Wes) Bouaziz, Manon Revel, Jack Kussman, Lisa Titus, Bhaktipriya Radharapu, Jane Yu, Vidya Sarma, Kris Rose, Maximilian Nickel. 2025.
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Representative Ranking for Deliberation in the Public Sphere
Manon Revel*, Smitha Milli*, Tyler Lu, Jamelle Watson-Daniels, Maximilian Nickel. ICML 2025.
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Engagement, User Satisfaction, and the Amplification of Divisive Content on Social Media
Smitha Milli, Micah Carroll, Yike Wang, Sashrika Pandey, Sebastian Zhao, Anca Dragan. PNAS Nexus 2025.
[paper] [pre-registration] [code & data]