Writing
Dysfunctional Programming
Dysfunctional Programming is my substack. I am still in the process of defining what this is for, but it seems to be converging towards being a place for long-read essays I’d like to reach a slightly wider audience than this website.
Published Writing
Various pieces of writing I’ve produced or contributed to beyond my research, writing on this website, or substack.
Patterns, Not People: Personality Structures in LLM-powered Persona Agents, CeTAS Expert Analysis
Mercer, S. Martin, D. and Swatton, P. (2025)
Public Opinion and the Survey Response, Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy
Swatton, P. (2025)
What are deepfakes and how can we detect them?: The science behind the tech that's transforming the online world, Alan Turing Institute
Swatton, P., and Leblanc, M. (2024)