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The MachinistAI Hype Enters Its Geopolitics Era w/ Timnit Gebru Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: AI Hype Enters Its Geopolitics Era w/ Timnit GebruPub date: 2025-03-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationParis Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss where the AI industry stands in 2025 as AI increasingly becomes a geopolitical football even as the big promises made by AI companies fail to materialize.Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute.Tech Won’t Save...2025-03-2455 min
The Nation PodcastsAI Hype Enters Its Geopolitics Era w/ Timnit Gebru | Tech Won't Save UsParis Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss where the AI industry stands in 2025 as AI increasingly becomes a geopolitical football even as the big promises made by AI companies fail to materialize.Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2025-03-1355 min
Tech Won't Save UsAI Hype Enters Its Geopolitics Era w/ Timnit GebruParis Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss where the AI industry stands in 2025 as AI increasingly becomes a geopolitical football even as the big promises made by AI companies fail to materialize.Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is...2025-03-1355 min
AI Innovations UnleashedAI: A Legacy of Innovation – Black Voices Shaping the Future - Episode 2On this episode of AI Innovations Unleashed, we celebrate the remarkable contributions of two African American pioneers in AI: Dr. Mark Dean and Dr. Timnit Gebru. Dr. Dean's work on high-speed processors and computer architecture laid the foundation for modern AI, while Dr. Gebru's research on algorithmic bias and facial recognition technology is pushing the boundaries of ethical AI. Join us as we explore their inspiring journeys and discuss the future of artificial intelligence. References (General and Contextual)Gebru, T., Krause, B., Denton, E., & Morgansen, K. (2018). Fairness in machine learning. Proceedings of...2025-02-1110 min
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Episode 30: Marc's Miserable Manifesto, April 1 2024Dr. Timnit Gebru guest-hosts with Alex in a deep dive into Marc Andreessen's 2023 manifesto, which argues, loftily, in favor of maximizing the use of 'AI' in all possible spheres of life.Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR). Prior to that she was fired by Google, where she was serving as co-lead of the Ethical AI research team, in December 2020 for raising issues of discrimination in the workplace. Timnit also co-founded Black in AI, a nonprofit that works to increase the presence, inclusion, visibility and health of Black...2024-04-191h 00
Reimagining the InternetRewind: Timnit Gebru Looks at Corporate AI and Sees a Lot of Bad ScienceRerun of episode 85 from August, 16 2023 Timnit Gebru is not just a pioneering critic of dangerous AI datasets who calls bullshit on bad science pushed by the likes of OpenAI, or a tireless champion of racial, gender, and climate justice in computing. She’s also someone who wants to build something different. This week […]2024-02-2140 minThe MachinistAI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems w/ Timnit Gebru Podcast: Tech Won't Save Us (LS 57 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: AI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems w/ Timnit GebruPub date: 2024-01-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationParis Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the past year in AI hype, how AI companies have shaped regulation, and tech’s relationship to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute. Tech Won’t Save Us offers...2024-01-311h 01
The Nation PodcastsA.I. Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems, w/ Timnit Gebru | Tech Won't Save UsOn this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the past year in AI hype, how AI companies have shaped regulation, and tech’s relationship to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2024-01-181h 01Tech Won't Save UsAI Hype Distracted Us From Real Problems w/ Timnit GebruParis Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the past year in AI hype, how AI companies have shaped regulation, and tech’s relationship to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon. The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry. 2024-01-181h 01
PodQueuePalo Alto: The Grit Beneath Tech’s GlitterJoin us for a conversation on the seedy underside to Tech’s past, present, and future.
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If the industry’s most credulous boosters are to be taken at their word, the contemporary tech industry is an economic freight train driven by big-brained disrupters who are charting a path toward a future of mutual prosperity, boundless leisure, and unfettered innovation. But in recent years some of the luster has come off of Tech’s carefully crafted reputation—thanks to stories of self-combusting cars, high-profile fraud convictions, and other headline grabbing fiascos. Just how much bluff and bluster, not to mention skeletons, lay buried beneath Silicon Valley’s idyllic hills? And what does a future without cheap credit and great...2023-12-221h 27
Haymarket Books LivePalo Alto: The Grit Beneath Tech’s GlitterJoin us for a conversation on the seedy underside to Tech’s past, present, and future. This event took place on May 30, 2023.
If the industry’s most credulous boosters are to be taken at their word, the contemporary tech industry is an economic freight train driven by big-brained disrupters who are charting a path toward a future of mutual prosperity, boundless leisure, and unfettered innovation. But in recent years some of the luster has come off of Tech’s carefully crafted reputation—thanks to stories of self-combusting cars, high-profile fraud convictions, and other headline grabbing fiascos. Just how much bluff and blus...2023-12-221h 28
Content + AIContent + AI Introduction – Episode 0Update 11 November 2023: I've talked with a lot of people, both interviews for the podcast and informational chats, over the past few weeks and have made some interesting discoveries. So, in addition to helping us all understand AI and how to use it in our work, I'm adding to this podcast's scope coverage of people working in content roles on AI products. Like any other software, AI products need content strategy, content design, UX writing, technical documentation, etc., and we'll hear from those folks soon.
Here's the video version of this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qAfH0_0h5I
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Technically OptimisticTimnit Gebru is asking different questions about AI
Timnit Gebru is a co-author of one of the most influential research papers on AI from this decade, which coined the term “stochastic parrots” to describe large language models. Following her very public departure from Google in 2020, Gebru founded the Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute, an organization that describes itself as doing independent, community-rooted work, free from the pervasive influence of Big Tech. She’s now DAIR’s executive director. And recently, she was selected as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI — like several other guests you hear from in season one of this show.
Gebru sat...2023-09-1542 min
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and DemocracyA.I. is a big tech airplane with a 10% chance of crashing, should society fly it? ChatGPT was only the starter pistol but it has shown the sloppiness of these companies and the need for regulate artificial intelligence for the public good.Air Date 8/20/2023 Big tech is currently scrambling to bring untested A.I. products to market, over-promising, under-delivering, and working hard obscure and ignore any possible downsides for society. Big tech needs A.I. regulation now before we all suffer the easily foreseeable consequences as well as some unforeseeable ones. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Clips and Shows + No Ads!) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES 2023-08-201h 04Reimagining the Internet85. Timnit Gebru Looks at Corporate AI and Sees a Lot of Bad ScienceTimnit Gebru is not just a pioneering critic of dangerous AI datasets who calls bullshit on bad science pushed by the likes of OpenAI, or a tireless champion of racial, gender, and climate justice in computing. She’s also someone who wants to build something different. This week on Reimagining, we talk to the thrilling, funny […]2023-08-1640 min
The Institute of Black Imagination.Summer School - Timnit Gebru: Asylum From A.I.Today’s Summer School episode from the IBI Archive is episode 39 with Timnit Gebru an artificial intelligence researcher. Timnit advocates for fair and just use of the technology we use everyday. A former employee of Google, Timnit consistently calls in and calls out a Big Tech industry that leverages power, capital, and bias in favor of, well, themselves and their wallets. From language to surveillance- Timnit knows the potential harms of artificial intelligence know no bounds.In a time when we’re at war, today’s episode calls into question for whom we are fighting? Whose wars are wor...2023-07-301h 33
Dave Troy PresentsUnderstanding TESCREAL with Dr. Timnit Gebru and Émile TorresEveryone's talking about AI, how it will change the world, and even suggesting it might end humanity as we know it. Dave is joined by Dr. Timnit Gebru and Émile Torres, two prominent critics of AI doomerism, to cut through the noise, and look at where these ideas really came from, and offer suggestions on how we might look at these problems differently. And they also offer a picture of the darker side of these ideas and how they connect to Eugenics and other ideologies historically.
Dr. Gebru came to prominence in 2020 after she was fired from G...2023-06-141h 35
UNMUTE IT#33 Blind Date: Timnit GebruEin Neues Podcast Format: BLIND DATES! Dodo bringt Elton heute ein geheimes Thema mit, beim nächsten mal passiert das ganze anders herum. In dieser Runde stellt Dodo die inspirierende Frau Timnit Gebru vor: Wir beleuchten ihre beeindruckende Geschichte und ihren Einsatz für ethische KI-Entwicklung sowie ihre Bemühungen, das Feld der künstlichen Intelligenz diverser und inklusiver zu gestalten.
Wir sprechen über ihre Zeit bei Google und warum sie dort nun nicht mehr arbeitet und wir sprechen viel über bias in large language Modellen.2023-06-0127 min
Digital AlchemyDigital Alchemy - Timnit Gebru, Interdisciplinary, and Distributed AI ResearchIn this episode, Moya Bailey speaks with Timnit Gebru about how her personal life, being born and raised in Ethiopia, and her professional life, most recently working at Google, has prepared her for her most recent efforts as Founder of the Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute. She describes DAIR’s goals to build a distributed, interdisciplinary and diverse coalition to collectively identity and combat algorithmic bias against marginalized communities.Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingMoya Bailey Timnit GebruSponsors2023-05-2615 min
For The Worldbuilders013. Suprise! They're Late: Black Feminism and The Whitewashing of AI EthicsTimnit Gebru is fired and Geoffrey Hinton left. Read Timnit's story here and read Geoffrey's story here then reflect on the contrast.
I also invite you to read the Seeda School newsletter referenced in this podcast, Surprise! They're Late: No surprise, black feminism is right on time.
Due to the commitment to care rooted in the research of Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Dr. Safiya Noble, Timnit Gebru, and many, many others, powerful white men like Eric get to perform “thought leadership” in a cultural and media landscape where concern around AI and algorithmic bias is normalized than...2023-05-1929 min
Factually! with Adam ConoverA.I. and Stochastic Parrots with Emily Bender and Timnit GebruSo-called “artificial intelligence” is one of the most divisive topics of the year, with even those who understand it in total disagreement about its potential impacts. This week, A.I. reseachers and authors of the famous paper “On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots”, Emily Bender and Timnit Gebru, join Adam to discuss what everyone gets wrong about A.I.
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DAIR EventsStochastic Parrots Day: A Retrospective With 'Stochastic Parrots' AuthorsFor Stochastic Parrots Day 2023, Angelina McMillan-Taylor, Timnit Gebru, and Emily M. Bender discuss their 2021 paper, 'On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?' With moderation by Margaret Mitchell.
Angelina McMillan-Major is a computational linguist working on her PhD at the University of Washington, with her dissertation focusing on collaboratively planning language datasets with language communities.
Dr. Emily M. Bender is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Washington, the faculty director of the CLMS program and the director of the Computational Linguistics Laboratory.
Dr...2023-04-0500 min
I Am AmericaEpisode 9: Ethics in AI with Timnit Gebru, PhDA computer scientist advocates for a more expansive and humane approach to AI. To learn more about Timnit Gebru's work, visit https://www.dair-institute.org/. A transcript of Episode 9 can be found here. Produced by Dear Media and Joy Mill Entertainment. A word from our sponsors: Pair Eyewear: Get glasses that stay as fresh as your unique style with Pair. Go to paireyewear.com/AMERICA for 15% off your first purchase. Babbel: Learn a new language with Babbel and get up to 55% off your subscription when you go...2023-03-2836 min
SKY IS BLACK#45 - Timnit GebruThey're back! BC and Anton welcome Timnit Gebru, founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute, for a discussion about chatGPT, her childhood in Addis Ababa, and a growing evil lurking within some corners of the A.I. ecosystem.2023-02-171h 11DAIR EventsDAIR's First Anniversary - Q&A with Meron EstefanosDAIR Executive Director Timnit Gebru holds a conversation with Research Fellow Meron Estefanos, in which they talked about Meron’s activism as a refugee advocate who has rescued more than 16,000 victims of trafficking. Meron discusses the extent to which she has faced transnational repression in the course of her work, and how calls to attack her on social media result in violence: for example, after calls to injure her circulated on Facebook and Twitter, she was attacked eight times in a single evening. Timnit concludes with a discussion of how refugees are the first to experience the harms of ex...2023-02-1700 min
Audio Articles from The Stanford Daily‘Utopia for Whom’: Timnit Gebru on the dangers of Artificial General IntelligenceRead the article here: https://stanforddaily.com/2023/02/15/utopia-for-whom-timnit-gebru-on-the-dangers-of-artificial-general-intelligence2023-02-1600 min
The Swyx Mixtape[AI] Timnit Gebru, Margaret Mitchell and the Stochastic Parrots paper - Emily Benderfrom https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/gradient-dissent/emily-m-bender-language-aVzCO4T2gGs/further readinghttps://www.theverge.com/22309962/timnit-gebru-google-harassment-campaign-jeff-deanhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1f2kYWDXwhzYnq8ebVtuk9CqQqz7ScqxhSIxeYGrWjK0/edit2023-01-2810 minTech Won't Save UsDon’t Fall for the AI Hype w/ Timnit GebruParis Marx is joined by Timnit Gebru to discuss the misleading framings of artificial intelligence, her experience of getting fired by Google in a very public way, and why we need to avoid getting distracted by all the hype around ChatGPT and AI image tools.Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute and former co-lead of the Ethical AI research team at Google. You can follow her on Twitter at @timnitGebru.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with th...2023-01-191h 03
Demos Helsinki PodcastIs ethical AI possible? Podcast: The Gray Area with Sean Illing (LS 74 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Is ethical AI possible?Pub date: 2023-01-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSean Illing talks with Timnit Gebru, the founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute. She studies the ethics of artificial intelligence and is an outspoken critic of companies developing new AI systems. Sean and Timnit discuss the power dynamics in the world of AI, the discriminatory outcomes that these technologies can cause, and the need for accountability and tra...2023-01-1847 min
Boardroom BanterEP #49: Navigating The A.I Landscape; Uncovering Bias & Building For Equity w/ Timnit Gebru- Executive Director, The Distributed A.I Research Institute (DAIR)In a world where the tech we build looks more and more like us, our biases and flaws as humans are often subtly amplified within the platforms we build.
Timnit Gebru joins us in the boardroom from the forefront of the fight against technology bias as the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR). Timnit unpacks her fascinating journey as a migrant from Eritrea in her early days, to becoming a renowned Ph.D. holder from Stanford University.
In this episode, we speak about the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence...2023-01-101h 25
The Gray Area with Sean IllingIs ethical AI possible?Sean Illing talks with Timnit Gebru, the founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute. She studies the ethics of artificial intelligence and is an outspoken critic of companies developing new AI systems. Sean and Timnit discuss the power dynamics in the world of AI, the discriminatory outcomes that these technologies can cause, and the need for accountability and transparency in the field.Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray AreaGuest: Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru), founder, Distributed AI Research InstituteReferences:
“The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence" by Adrienne Williams, Mil...2023-01-0947 min
Science FrictionAI ethics leader Timnit Gebru is changing it up after Google fired her (REPEAT)Leading computer scientist and co-founder of Black in A.I, Dr Timnit Gebru, was hired by Google to co-lead its Ethical AI team with another tech industry trailblazer Dr Margaret Mitchell.The team investigated the ethics of artificial intelligence to understand and prevent its potential harms.Timnit was the first Black woman the company had employed in a research scientist role.Then Google terminated her contract sparking an international outcry.Some 7000 industry colleagues and others, including thousands within Google itself, signed a petition protesting her departure.Then Dr Margaret...2023-01-0830 min
Distributed AI Research InstituteQ&A with Meron EstefanosDAIR Executive Director Timnit Gebru holds a conversation with Research Fellow Meron Estefanos, in which they talked about Meron’s activism as a refugee advocate who has rescued more than 16,000 victims of trafficking. Meron discusses the extent to which she has faced transnational repression in the course of her work, and how calls to attack her on social media result in violence: for example, after calls to injure her circulated on Facebook and Twitter, she was attacked eight times in a single evening. Timnit concludes with a discussion of how refugees are the first to experience the harms of ex...2022-12-2100 min
KQED's ForumThe Fight for “Ethical AI” and the Hidden Laborers Behind Artificial IntelligenceTerms such as artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning bring to mind computers processing loads of data into uses for the real world. But the authors of a recent essay published in the magazine Noema say the truth is much uglier, and often ignored. “Far from the sophisticated, sentient machines portrayed in media and pop culture, so-called AI systems are fueled by millions of underpaid workers around the world, performing repetitive tasks under precarious labor conditions,” they write in the essay, “The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence.” One of the authors, Timnit Gebru, lost her job at Google for raisin...2022-10-3155 min
El Opio[S10E17] Inteligencia Artificial, sesgos y errorLa inteligencia artificial es algo ubicuo en nuestras vidas y a ella se encomiendan cada vez más tareas, algunas de las que somos conscientes y otras de las que no, y se lo hace partiendo de la premisa de que, al no estar sujeta a problemas de criterio humano sino solamente a un análisis sistemático de la realidad, esta no se equivocaría. Sin embargo, la inteligencia artificial está sujeta a muchísimas fuentes de error de distintos tipos, y dedicamos nuestro programa a comentar algunos de estos.El primer gran grupo de problemas son los relaci...2022-09-131h 47
El OpioEl Opio de las Masas [S10E17] Inteligencia Artificial, sesgos y errorLa inteligencia artificial es algo ubicuo en nuestras vidas y a ella se encomiendan cada vez más tareas, algunas de las que somos conscientes y otras de las que no, y se lo hace partiendo de la premisa de que, al no estar sujeta a problemas de criterio humano sino solamente a un análisis sistemático de la realidad, esta no se equivocaría. Sin embargo, la inteligencia artificial está sujeta a muchísimas fuentes de error de distintos tipos, y dedicamos nuestro programa a comentar algunos de estos.
El primer gran grupo de problemas son los re...2022-09-1200 min
Cold CallA Lesson from Google: Can AI Bias be Monitored Internally?Dr. Timnit Gebru was the co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI research team – until she raised concerns about bias in the company’s large language models and was forced out in 2020.
Her departure sent shockwaves through the AI and tech community and raised fundamental questions about how companies safeguard against bias in their own AI. Should in-house ethics research continue to be led by researchers who best understand the technology, or must ethics and bias be monitored by more objective researchers who aren’t employed by companies?
Harvard Business School professor Tsedal Neeley discusses how companie...2022-08-0925 min
Talk to Al JazeeraTimnit Gebru: Is AI racist and antidemocratic? | Talk to Al JazeeraArtificial intelligence has become an essential part of our life, though some say there is another more sinister side to it.Computer scientist Timnit Gebru has been one of the most critical voices against the unethical use of AI.Considered one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by Time magazine, Google asked Gebru to co-lead its unit focused on ethical artificial intelligence.But the tech giant fired her after she criticised the company’s lucrative AI work.Who is behind AI technology? Whose interests does it serve? And how democratic is its us...2022-08-0525 min
Berkeley TalksTimnit Gebru on how change happens through collective actionIn a special episode, Timnit Gebru, founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute and one of the most prominent researchers working in the field of ethics in artificial intelligence, gives the keynote address to the UC Berkeley School of Information graduating class on May 16. In the speech, Gebru touches on collective action, interconnectedness and the loneliness that may accompany standing on “the right side of history.”Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News.Follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts.Photo by Noah Berge...2022-05-3119 min
MUSIC REACTIONS AND COMMENTS1,200+ Google employees and 1,500+ academic, industry, and civil supporters have signed a petition condemning the termination of AI scientist Timnit Gebru (Julia Carrie Wong/The Guardian)This episode is also available as a blog post: https://feedssoundcloudcomuserssoundcloudusers.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/1200-google-employees-and-1500-academic-industry-and-civil-supporters-have-signed-a-petition-condemning-the-termination-of-ai-scientist-timnit-gebru-julia-carrie-wong-the-guardian/2022-05-2800 min
Haymarket Books LiveTransformative Justice and Knowledge Production in TechJoin contributors to the special edition of Logic Magazine, Beacons, for a discussion on Transformative Justice and Knowledge Production in Tech
Techno-capitalism is re-negotiating the social contract but knowledge about technologies is too often sequestered behind the lock doors of industry. Black women researchers like Dr. Timnit Gebru who raised alarm about the racial and ecological implications of emergent technologies are systematically silenced and forced out. Additionally, corporate capture of academic departments has even further limited the space to do critical research.
Given these obstacles, how can researchers both inside and outside of tech companies do the difficult work of...2022-04-291h 32
The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)Daring to DAIR: Distributed AI Research with Timnit GebruToday we’re joined by friend of the show Timnit Gebru, the founder and executive director of DAIR, the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute. In our conversation with Timnit, we discuss her journey to create DAIR, their goals and some of the challenges shes faced along the way. We start is the obvious place, Timnit being “resignated” from Google after writing and publishing a paper detailing the dangers of large language models, the fallout from that paper and her firing, and the eventual founding of DAIR. We discuss the importance of the “distributed” nature of the institute, how they’re going abo...2022-04-1851 min
Science FrictionAI ethics leader Timnit Gebru is changing it up after Google fired herTimnit Gebru was fired by Google in a cloud of controversy, now she's making waves beyond Big Tech's pervasive influence2022-04-1730 min
AI Ethics Diaries: Keeping it RealTimnit Gebru on Holding Big Tech AccountableIn this episode, we’re joined by ethicist and independent scholar, Timnit Gebru as she shares her insights on the importance of holding large technology companies accountable and dives into why and how she founded an independent research Institute, who is involved, and what they’re aiming to accomplish.
Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR). She was formerly co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team and also co-founded Black in AI, a nonprofit that works to increase the presence, inclusion, visibility, and health of Black people in the field...2022-04-1222 min
Pointer[94]: Anche Le AI Hanno Dei Pregiudizi Con Marta Marchiori Manerba👩💻 Gli attuali modelli di Machine Learning possono avere dei bias che rischiano di discriminare alcune fasce di popolazione. Per ridurre rischi di questo tipo sono in corso diverse ricerche, proprio di questo ci parla la nostra ospite Marta Marchiori Manerba, PhD student presso l'Università di Pisa. 🤖 Gli algoritmi con bias sono più reali e diffusi di quanto si possa pensare. Anche Google in un passato non troppo remoto ha dovuto affrontare problemi inerenti a questo argomento: la storia di Timnit Gebru è in questo senso emblematica. 📣 Fortunatamente ci sono in atto studi per cercare di ridurre al minimo eventuali discriminazioni create da questi algorit...2022-03-3032 min
The Institute of Black Imagination.E39. Timnit Gebru: Asylum From A.I.Show Notes Timnit Gebru is an artificial intelligence researcher. Timnit advocates for fair and just use of the technology we use everyday. A former employee of Google, Timnit consistently calls in and calls out a Big Tech industry that leverages power, capital, and bias in favor of, well, themselves and their wallets. From language to surveillance- Timnit knows the potential harms of artificial intelligence know no bounds.In a time when we’re at war, today’s episode calls into question for whom we are fighting? Whose wars are worthy of discussion and what harms are so...2022-03-131h 33
DaSou – Im Einsatz für deine DatensouveränitätFolge I0I0I*: Feminist data protection mit Dr. Felix Bieker*das ist „Binärisch“ und bedeutet:…21
Spielt es für die künstliche Intelligenz einer Gesichtserkennung eine Rolle, welche Hautfarbe das Gesicht hat? Wir sind uns einig, dass das nicht so sein darf. Warum es leider doch so ist, darüber sprechen wir in dieser Folge mit Dr. Felix Bieker. Er ist juristischer Mitarbeiter im Projektreferat des Unabhängigen Landeszentrums für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein (ULD). Mit uns spricht er darüber, ob der Fortschritt in der Technik Diskriminierungen fördert oder hemmt, warum die DSGVO vor Diskriminierung schützt und warum insbesondere Frauen von Diskriminierung betroffen sind. Wir sprechen übe...2022-02-1726 min
Art of PowerHow Big Tech silences dissent: Timnit Gebru’s insider accountGoogle hired computer scientist Timnit Gebru to sniff out bias and other unethical practices in the company’s sprawling artificial intelligence work. After she drafted a paper that did just that, she says, the company moved to fire her.
In this episode of Art of Power, Gebru walks host Aarti Shahani through the twists and turns of life that led her to Silicon Valley. A refugee from Ethiopia, she migrated to Massachusetts as a teen, and then headed to Stanford University (though her college guidance counselor didn’t think she was Stanford material).
Gebru became a different kind of tech unic...2022-02-1046 min
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Last Week in AIAI for Mathematicians, Timnit Gebru‘s New Research Center, No Ban on Killer Robots, Vertigo AIOur 80th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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(01:10) Procedural storytelling is exploding the possibilities of video game narratives
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(11:06) Yale researchers combat biases in machine learning algorithms
(13:40) Ex-Googler Timnit Gebru Starts Her...2021-12-1025 min
DevNewsS6:E6 - TikTok’s Algorithm, JetBrain’s Fleet IDE, Timnit Gebru’s New Research Institution, and MoreIn this episode, we talk about Timnit Gebru’s new research institute, researcher’s contentious relationship with Facebook, and a company that has been secretly helping governments track people’s mobile phones. Then we chat with Dennis Ushakov, Fleet Developer at JetBrains, about Fleet, the company’s new IDE. Finally, we speak with Julian McAuley, computer science professor at the University of California San Diego, about an internal TikTok document the New York Times obtained titled, TikTok Algo 101.
Show Notes DevDiscuss (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) Avalanche (sponsor) Cyberpunk 2077, Timnit Gebru’s Firing, GitHub’s ‘State of the Octoverse,’ and Google’s New Chip Distribut...2021-12-0941 min
SoonishGoodbye, GoogleWhat if a technology company becomes so rich, so powerful, so exploitative, and so oblivious that that the harm it's doing begins to outweigh the quality and utility of its products? What if that company happens to run the world's dominant search, advertising, email, web, and mobile platforms? This month's episode of Soonish argues that it's time to rein in Google—and that individual internet users can play a meaningful part by switching to other tools and providers. It's half stem-winder, half how-to, featuring special guest Mark Hurst of the WFMU radio show and podcast Techtonic.* * * B...2021-06-2542 min
Post WaveEpisode 42: Computer Science III (Ethical AI)AGI. Quantum Computing. What would it take for an artificial intelligence to be considered conscious? How can we approach AI development in an ethical way? We discuss the recent firings of Google's heads of Ethical AI research, Timnit Gebru & Margret Mitchel.
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Timnit Gebru interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWqpPsMXVsI
Margret Mitchel interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gh82yynsfQ
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Roger Penrose Quantum Coherence: https://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/roger-penrose-on-why-consciousness-does-not-compute#:~:text=Quantum%20coherence%20...2021-05-1356 min
Trí Tuệ Nhân TạoTimnit Gebru là ai?Timnit Gebru, cựu nhân viên bị Google sa thải cho ta thấy rõ hơn những câu chuyện đằng sau một công ty có tiềm lực nghiên cứu Trí tuệ nhân tạo số một thế giới.2021-05-0103 min
Tech Tho(ugh)tsThe Ethics of AI
[AI Arc] 2/2
We’ve touched on what exactly AI is last episode, that being a bunch of machine learning models slapped into a box labeled Intelligence, Artificial (kidding). So, you could be wondering why we need to worry about ethics and AI- after all, it’s not like Skynet is real or anything. …That being said, AI can be applied to some awful things.
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On LAWs (Lethal Autonomous Weapons):
Humans Rights Watch, 20 February 2020, “The Need for and Elements of a New Treaty on Fully Autonomous Weapons“Open Letter on Autonomous Weapons, Future of Life Insti...2021-03-1223 min
The Times Tech PodcastTimnit Gebru: "Google's ethical AI fig leaves"The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Timnit Gebru, former co-head of Google’s ethical AI research team, to talk about how she arrived at Google (3:30), starting Black in AI (5:30), why diversity matters (8:40), her work at Google (12:30), gender shades research (15:50), the paper that got her booted from Google (19:10), large language models (20:50), what her paper addressed (27:30), why AI matters (30:15), the danger of undermining independent research (33:15), her co-founder getting fired (35:40), getting harassed online (37:20), and the tension between corporations and academia (39:00). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-1242 min
Double ShelixCounting the Women in STEM with Claudine Schmuck, Gender ScanHow many women are working in STEM careers? What are the major hurdles to achieving gender equality? Claudine Schmuck founded Gender Scan to find out. While the project originates in France, Gender Scan is expanding to collect data from across the globe. In today’s episode, Kayla and Sally discuss the launch of the 2021 Gender Scan survey and how data collection is critical to supporting women in STEM.Show notes:Gender Scan Survey (scroll down and look left for the survey link)https://www.genderscan.org/ -Be sure to answer “Double Shelix” when asked “Are you...2021-03-1139 min
Haymarket Books LiveThe Fight For the Future Organizing In and Around the Tech Industry (1-22-21)Join Timnit Gebru, and other important scholars and activists for a discussion of how we resist the corporate power of the tech monopolies.
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Big Tech touches nearly every part of our lives. From vacuuming massive amounts of information about our movements and collecting images of our faces, to dictating where gigwork drivers should go and pushing warehouse workers to fulfill orders, big tech is pervasive in its reach and pernicious in its effect. But workers, organizers, and scholars are pushing back. We are forming unions and organizing collectives with their colleagues. We are sounding the alarm on the ways these technologies exacerbate structur...2021-03-051h 33
Think CivicVinesh Kannan: On Google's Mistreatment of Dr. Timnit Gebru and April CurleyIn part one of our two-part series, Vinesh Kannan discusses his resignation from Google due to the company's mistreatment of Dr. Timnit Gebru, an ethics artificial intelligence researcher, and April Curley, a diversity recruiter. Vinesh and Ajay compare and contrast their experiences at Google and Facebook, describe how both companies suppress dissent within their ranks, and how civic technologists can learn from their experiences. Evan announces CivTech Talk’s partnership with Impactful. If you’re interested in diving deeper into public interest tech, make sure to visit our friends over at Impactful at weareimpactful.org.2021-02-2655 min
I.A. Café - Enquête au cœur de la recherche sur l’intelligence artificielleÉpisode 10 - Actualités: Clearview AI, Gebru, DEDA.Cet épisode est presque en direct. Nous souhaitions publier, de temps à autre, des épisodes de type actualité. La formule est connue. On regarde un peu ce qui se dit, ce qu’on lit, ce qui se passe dans le monde de l’AI. On vous en fait un résumé. On en discute un peu. Dans cet épisode:Ève explore l’affaire Clearview AI. Un rapport conjoint des commissaires à la protection de la vie privée du Canada et des commissaires de trois provinces a en effet conclu que la société technologique américaine Clearview AI...2021-02-251h 04
You Might Also LikeThe Firing of Timnit Gebru: Representation in AIThe firing of Timnit Gebru caused a stir at Google and the tech community at large. How do we create ethical artificial intelligence? How do we make sure that the products we build reflect and serve the entirety of humankind and not just a select group of well connected, well-off white people? That's a difficult issue to solve, but we do know is how you don't do that, by firing one of the few people of color working in AI ethics. Happy Black History Month, ya'll.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/youmightalsolike/support2021-02-1632 minDevNewsS3:E5 - Developers' Place Within Clubhouse, Margaret Mitchell’s letter to Google, Apple’s App Tracking Transparency, and Tracking Capitol RiotersIn this episode, we talk about Google AI Researcher Margaret Mitchell’s letter to the company about the firing of former AI Researcher, Timnit Gebru, Apple’s App Tracking Transparency, and smartphone data that was given to The New York Times that was used to track Capitol rioters. Then we chat with Casey Lau, co-host of RISE, one of the Web Summit conferences, and host of the RISE Offstage podcast, to talk about how Clubhouse will impact the future of tech conferences, and what developers' place is within the Clubhouse ecosystem.
Show Notes DevDiscuss (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) Avalanche (sponsor) On the...2021-02-1147 min
MaterialA Rollercoaster of EmotionsFlo's Chromecast with Google TV gets stuck in a boot loop, and Andy wonders whether his investment in a Stadia controller will ever pay off. Then, why two Google engineers resigned over the firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru.
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Post Apocalipsis NauPost Apocalipsis Nau #48 Timnit Gebru, escrapear los BOE, Yoda de ketamina y Sea ShantiesEpisodio cuadragésimo octavo de Post apocalipsis Nau. Emitido en directo desde el búnker helado de Radio Vallekas el jueves 14 de enero de 21 a 22.
Comenzamos con el Feeds N Chips robando las noticias del mundo tecnológico de aquí y de allá sin citar una sola fuente y con mucho cachondeo.
Ana Valdivia, nueva tripulante del programa, nos trae la vida y obra de Timnit Gebru, científica computacional etíope, recientemente despedida por Google de su puesto como líder del Equipo de Inteligencia Artificial Ética por sus críticas hacia la compañía.
Viene otro viejo amigo del programa...2021-01-231h 09I.A. Café - Enquête au cœur de la recherche sur l’intelligence artificielleÉpisode 7 - Le Bye Bye d'Element AI - Nos prix Lovelace et IArk (partie 2)Deuxième partie de nos prix Lovelace et IArk.Rappelons le concept. Une fois par trimestre, peut-être deux, on enregistre un épisode dans lequel nous ferons une forme de revue de l’actualité. Et nous donnerons des prix: les prix lovelace et les prix IArk. Les prix Lovelace. On choisit nos meilleurs (articles scientifiques, évènements, congrès, prouesses techniques) du trimestre. Et les plus dignes et méritants recevront nos prix Lovelace.La contrepartie: nos prix IArk. Inspiré d'un jeu de mots dégoutant, ce sont des articles scientifiques, événements, con...2021-01-1449 min
Stuff Mom Never Told YouWhat Happened with the Google Ousting of Timnit Gebru?Bridget drops by to share the story of Timnit Gebru, her ousting from Google, biases in tech, and why it's bad for all of us. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2020-12-3043 min
World Politics ReviewA Scandal at Google and the Future of AIEarlier this month, Timnit Gebru, the co-leader of a team of researchers at Google specializing in the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, was unceremoniously ousted from her position. Some of the circumstances that led to her departure are disputed, but Gebru—a Black woman in a field that is overwhelmingly white and male—claims she was forced out for drawing unwelcome attention to the lack of diversity in Google’s workforce. She also claims she was “silenced” for her refusal to retract a paper that she had co-authored on ethical problems associated with certain types of AI models that are centr...2020-12-2340 min
The Other Side Of The FirewallDo you stand with Dr. Gebru?Happy Holidays, everyone! In this episode Ryan, Shannon, and LeVon discuss; Google’s firing of Dr. Timnit Gebru, former Cisco Engineer, Mr. Ramesh’s punishment, the FireEye breach, and Cloudflare and Apple's new DNS protocol. The crew also waxes nostalgic about topics such as Net Zero, Netflix discs and the Sega Dreamcast. Please enjoy this jam packed show and leave us your questions, comments, and concerns via the Patreon, Instagram, FB, Twitter and email. Remember you can also leave us voice messages that we can listen to and answer on the show. Thanks!
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Blocked and ReportedEpisode 43: On Mental Health, Youth Gender Dysphoria, And Our Own (Arguable) FallibilityIn a true sign that anything is possible in this crazy universe of ours, the hosts note that there were some errors in the previous episode and explain exactly what they were (to see them explained in written form, check out that episode's show notes). Then they discuss some mental-health-talk from Jesse that rubbed one reader the wrong way and continue on to the show's main event: a major court decision on youth gender dysphoria in England and an incredibly shoddy article in Foreign Policy about it.(Corrections 10:10 pm 12/18/2020: In the course of correcting last week's episode...2020-12-191h 00I.A. Café - Enquête au cœur de la recherche sur l’intelligence artificielleÉpisode 6 - Le Noël de Timnit Gebru - Nos prix Lovelace et IArk (partie 1)Le concept:Une fois par trimestre, peut-être deux, on enregistre un épisode dans lequel nous ferons une forme de revue de l’actualité. Et nous donnerons des prix: les prix lovelace et les prix IArk. Le concept est simple. On choisit nos meilleurs (articles scientifiques, évènements, congrès, prouesses techniques) du trimestre. Et les plus dignes et méritants recevront nos prix Lovelace (évidemment en l'honneur d'Ada Lovelace).La contrepartie, ce sera nos prix IArk. Inspiré d'un jeu de mots dégoutant, ce sera nos prix citrons, nos navets et nanars, nos p...2020-12-181h 02
CANADALANDShort Cuts #290 - Justice Is Served, Portions Are SmallThey're lobster criminals, not lobster vigilantes. Does the CBC's President live in Brooklyn or just sleep there in a house she owns? And Brayden Bushby's verdict offers a moment to reflect on who deserves humanity. Former CAJ President Karyn Pugliese co-hosts.References:Here's MIT Technology Review's story on biased algorithms and Timnit Gebru getting fired: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/16/1014634/google-ai-ethics-lead-timnit-gebru-tells-story/Here's our story on the President of the CBC living in Brooklyn: https://www.canadaland.com/the-president-of-the-cbc-lives-in-brooklyn/This episode is sponsored by 18.8 , the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Wizard Pins, a...2020-12-1737 min
MIT Technology Review NarratedIn Machines We Trust: Timnit Gebru Tells Her StoryTwo weeks after her forced exit, the AI ethics researcher reflects on her time at Google, how to increase corporate accountability, and the state of the AI field.We meet: Dr. Timnit GebruFind more reporting: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/16/1014634/google-ai-ethics-lead-timnit-gebru-tells-story/https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/Google's email to employees: https://twitter.com/JeffDean/status/1334953632719011840Gebru's email to the listserv Google Brain Women and Allies:https://www.platformer.news...2020-12-1621 min
What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the futureWas This Google Ethicist Fired for Doing Her Job?Recently, one of the world’s leading AI ethics researchers, Timnit Gebru, left Google. Google says she resigned. Timnit says she was fired. In the days since, Timnit’s departure has turned into a public relations crisis for the search giant, prompting its CEO to issue a public apology. What happened behind the scenes at Google that led to Timnit’s dismissal? Guest: Timnit Gebru, AI ethics researcher, and the co-founder of Black in AI. HostLizzie O’Leary Le...2020-12-1524 min
CodeKlets[S1E15] Rogier Lommers en Kevin van den Broek over werken bij Bol.comShownotes
We worden door Rogier Lommers en Kevin van den Broek meegenomen in hun werkzaamheden bij Bol.com. We hebben het o.a. over de tech stack van Bol.com, hoe teams zijn georganiseerd, en een "plaatjes machine".
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JUST THINKING OUT LOUDGoogle AI Bias, Timnit Gebru, and the Perils of Diversity, Equity and InclusionGoogle recently made the usual diversity, equity, and inclusion headlines, this time with the focus being on bias in artificial intelligence (AI) and the unfolding drama concerning the firing of a lead ethics researcher, Timnit Gebru.
I break this story down to the best of my ability and give my opinion on what is occurring at Google and beyond.
Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory.
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Video on the black and female talent pool for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...2020-12-1300 minJUST THINKING OUT LOUDGoogle AI Bias, Timnit Gebru, and the Perils of Diversity, Equity and InclusionGoogle recently made the usual diversity, equity, and inclusion headlines, this time with the focus being on bias in artificial intelligence (AI) and the unfolding drama concerning the firing of a lead ethics researcher, Timnit Gebru.
I break this story down to the best of my ability and give my opinion on what is occurring at Google and beyond.
Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory.
#DEI #believeblackwomen #jtol
Video on the black and female talent pool for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...2020-12-1300 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 42: What In The Everloving Name Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Is Going On At Google? (with Jon Stokes)A major blowup at at Google led to the firing or resignation (depending on who you ask) of Timnit Gebru and accusations that the company's social-justice efforts are performative at best. But behind the scenes, some Googlers are telling a different, slightly more complicated story. Who's right? Katie and Jesse bring on Jon Stokes, an Ars Technica founder who is much better connected in the tech world than they are, to help explain this tangled controversy. (Correction: In the original version of this episode we posted for our patrons, our guest, Jon Stokes, wrongly described Timnit Gebru's a...2020-12-121h 01
Message à caractère informatique#25 - Pulsar Da Viken
Toutes les notes sont disponibles sur https://www.clever-cloud.com/fr/podcast/episode25
Avec par ordre d’apparition : @ldoguin @blackyoup @zepag @GwinizDu
Salesforces achète Slack https://slack.com/intl/en-fr/blog/news/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-slack
Timnit Gebru a été démissionné par Google
https://twitter.com/timnitGebru/status/1336758639785365506
https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/ethique-pourquoi-le-licenciement-de-timnit-gebru-par-google-fait-polemique
AWS announces Babelfish: open source Postgres with SQL Server compatibility https://www.ongres.com/blog/aws_announces_open_source_postgres_with_sql_server_compatibility/
Le papier aurora https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/files/p1041-v...2020-12-111h 32
Tech2Takeep46: 2020 Top Tech Stories Part 1Michael and Johnny look at the top Tech stories of 2020 from 10 to 6. From new Tech IPOs and trillion-dollar companies to the massive number of tech layoffs, 2020 has been full of both the highest of highs and lowest of lows.
In the News of the Week, Slack is being acquired by Salesforce, AWS had kicked off its annual conference, Re:Invent which will be a 3-week virtual conference this year; and finally, Google has another unhappy former employee with AI Ethics leader, Timnit Gebru leaving after being told to retract a paper from an upcoming conference.
...2020-12-1140 minMaterialA SummaryFlo is back from taking her Project Baseline COVID test, and she'll tell us all about it. Then, it's all about Dr. Timnit Gebru. We'll tell you who she is, why she was fired from Google Brain, and what's transpired in the days since. We'll also talk about why you want ethics in artificial intelligence and what Google's losing with her sudden departure. And don't worry, we'll cleanse the palate with a cute Christmas critter from Down Under.
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Links...2020-12-111h 10DevNewsS2:E7 - Cyberpunk 2077, Timnit Gebru’s Firing, GitHub’s ‘State of the Octoverse,’ and Google’s New ChipIn this episode, we talk about Google’s move to put their own chips in Pixels and Chromebooks, and notable items in GitHub’s “State of the Octoverse.” Then we speak with Nathan Grayson, senior reporter at Kotaku and co-host of Kotaku’s Splitscreen, about crunch culture in game development and the differences between a company like Supergiant Games and CD Projekt Red, the maker of the newly released and highly anticipated RPG, Cyberpunk 2077. Finally, we chat with Julien Cornebise, an honorary associate professor at University College London and a former researcher with DeepMind, Google’s A.I. lab, about Google’s fir...2020-12-1047 min
TechishBlack Women Raising Millions, Google “Firing” Timnit Gebru, Calm vs Headspace & Letitia WrightTechish is back with a brand new episode! Abadesi and Michael discuss how Black women are raising millions with VC funding. They also break down:The fallout from Google’s ’firing’ of Dr. Timnit GebruHeadspace vs Calm Can newly acquired Slack compete with Microsoft? Did Letitia Wright’s comments get her cancelled? The power of NetflixSponsors:Gruntwork is hiring: www.pocitjobs.com/job/47392Olark is hiring: www.pocitjobs.com/job/48462-------------------------------------------www.pocitjobs.com for roles for POC in techwww.hustlecrew.co for talks and training to make your company more inclusive-------------------------------------------Extra Reading:https://fortune.com/2020/12/02/black-women-female-founders-venture-capital-funding-vc-2020-project-diane/https://www.theguard...2020-12-0936 min
Recode DailyWhy star AI researcher Timnit Gebru left GoogleLast week Google allegedly pushed out one of their high-profile employees, an AI ethics researcher named Timnit Gebru. Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary explains what we know about the controversy and why it’s causing concern within the tech community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2020-12-0908 min
UnSiloed by Black//Brown#17 | High AI, low IQ TDR Episode 17: “High AI, low IQ”
· In our Deep Dive: Does how we design language for our technology industry have a distinct diversity problem, or are the systems themselves flawed in deeper more terrifying ways.
· And in “Courage or Cringe”: Matthew McConaughey, The San Diego School District & Facebook Hate Speech Rules
· Has Hollywood moved from liberal to illiberal, and what does that even mean?
· Should schools remove consequences and penalties for historically marginalized groups.
· Should enforcement of hate speech be uniformly enforced across groups?
Deep Dive: Google AI Leader making waves
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294...2020-12-091h 28
Le rendez-vous TechLe RDV Tech 380 – Le ciné à la maison – Films Warner sur HBO, Timnit Gebru, Autoplay, Galaxy NoteAu programme :Warner Brothers a annoncé que tous ses films sortiront sur HBO MaxGoogle “renvoie” la chercheuse Timnit Gebru pour des raisons obscuresCédric O pourrait être d’accord pour interdire l’autoplay des vidéosSamsung pourrait oublier son Note en 2021Elon Musk veut envoyer des gens sur MarsConcours de la pire photo de 2020Bouygues vous intive à “donner 1 Go”Et encore plein de news diverses !Liens :🗨 Rejoindre le Discord.📰 S’inscrire à la newsletter.🎥 Abonnez-vous à ma chaîne Youtube😎 Soutenir sur Patreon.Commentaires et plus sur frenchspin.fr (page de l'épisode).Infos :Animé par Patrick Bej...2020-12-081h 18
Zurück zur Zukunft - Tech-News und Business Models#98 | AI: Bio, Finance & Ethik; Innovation vs. Distribution; Stripe-Treasury; Logistik; Kinos- Deepmind: Biologie-Durchbruch durch AI
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/30/1012712/deepmind-protein-folding-ai-solved-biology-science-drugs-disease/#Echobox=1606755411
https://hbr.org/podcast/2020/10/deepminds-journey-from-games-to-fundamental-science
- Google: AI-Ethik von Large Language Models - und Entlassung von Forscherin
https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/04/ai-weekly-in-firing-timnit-gebru-google-puts-commercial-interests-ahead-of-ethics/
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/
- AI-Trading: Optimierung von Finanzberichten für Algorithmen
https://www.nber.org/digest-202012/corporate-reporting-era-artificial-intelligence
- Übernahme von Slack durch Salesforce: Nun für fast $28 Milliarden bestätigt
https://www.platformer.news/p/how-microsoft-crushed-slack
- Facebook kauft Kustomer: CRM für SMEs
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/facebook-acquires-kustomer-a-crm-start-up.html
- SoftBank: $690 Millionen Investment in CRM-Startup Sinch
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Tech PafGoogle remercie la chercheuse Timnit Gebru, spécialiste dans l’IA éthiqueGoogle est-elle (toujours) l’entreprise la plus cool du monde ? Réponse dans cette chronique, au travers de l’histoire de Timnit Gebru, spécialiste des questions d’éthique dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle, qui a été remerciée : Marie Misset explique pourquoi.Photo : © Kimberly White / Getty Images2020-12-0702 minTech PafGoogle remercie la chercheuse Timnit Gebru, spécialiste dans l’IA éthiqueGoogle est-elle (toujours) l’entreprise la plus cool du monde ? Réponse dans cette chronique, au travers de l’histoire de Timnit Gebru, spécialiste des questions d’éthique dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle, qui a été remerciée : Marie Misset explique pourquoi.Photo : © Kimberly White / Getty Images2020-12-0702 min
双重意识 Double Consciousness07. 人工智能的未来 —— 由海量数据构建的理想社会生活？本期节目的嘉宾是我们的朋友Tom。Tom现在在一所北美大学读计算机科学博士，本科学习数学和哲学双专业。他的研究领域是机器学习，也对科技哲学感兴趣。人工智能和机器学习算法已经从方方面面深刻地影响着我们的生活。在这些算法快速发展的过程中，需要我们思考的问题也不断浮现：我们希望这些算法在何种程度参与、塑造我们的个人、社会、政治和经济生活？我们作为由算法开发的产品的使用者，也常常是训练、开发这些算法所需要的数据的生产者。但我们拥有我们所生产的（即使是个人隐私的）数据吗？是用户还是平台获得对这些数据的所有权和处置权？这些数据的所有权又将如何影响人工智能的发展，进而如何影响我们未来的社会生活？作为机器学习领域中的研究者，Tom有一些关于数据所有权的思考，和一些关于人工智能未来将如何参与社会生活的个人理想，希望通过这期节目和更多的不同经历、关注角度的朋友们讨论。从Tom的研究开始，我们在这期节目中和他聊到了隐私权、数据与社会正义的关系、推荐系统等话题。本期嘉宾Tom内容提要+精彩预告01:23 Tom的研究介绍03:20 Tom的人工智能梦想“希望人工智能能够超脱当前作为统计机器或者统计工具的作用，而是能深刻地参与整个社会的政治和经济生活中去”“希望向大家展示人工智能能够如何影响政治理论和经济理论”05:30 人工智能研发者的偏见是否影响了模型？09:30 人工智能研发者以通用模型为目标进行研究14:20 数据的隐私权如何界定？以社交媒体为例“由有限数据而产生偏见”“隐私权是需要得到社会和他人认可才能成立的权力”“我们如何声明社交媒体中所产生的数据的所有权？”“我们在朋友圈等公共领域所发布的信息应该属于数据生产者，还是属于平台？发布信息之后我们是否具有对于这些信息的永久垄断、处置权？”17:10 隐私权和财产权的类比是否成立？19:40 数据的公平性：数据来源于不公正，也会加剧不公正25:35 隐私数据的出售和买卖“在当前的社会共识中，隐私权是可以被定价和买卖的”“数据隐私是否可以作为商品并且按照市场逻辑被差异化定价？”27:15 社会共识存在吗？如何合理化数据买卖？自由市场的逻辑一定正确吗？31:00 理想与现实的差距：如何用人工智能保证社会正义？33:45 如果数据公有，对机器学习研究会有什么影响？以推荐系统为例，这将会如何影响我们的生活？“我们作为社会中的一份子，应该开放于社会对于我们的影响”“推荐系统会不会不公平地对于不同人群差异对待？”“自由市场的观点：价格歧视和差异化推荐有助于提升社会整体的经济效益和总体福利”39:00 拼多多的例子：我们的生活会变得更好吗？47:00 Tom的理想：推荐系统能够保护人的多样性“推荐系统不一定导致个人观点和消费习惯趋同”“信息茧房并不是一种纯粹负面的存在”50:07 总结参考资料新闻报道“被售楼处人脸识别拍到，买房多花30万？有人被迫戴头盔看房”https://www.sohu.com/a/433496694_161795“We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says”https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/片头片尾音乐《Sunrise at Seaside》by 王乾封面图片来自Samia的blog“BERT Explained: A Complete Guide with Theory and Tutorial”https://towardsml.com/2019/09/17/bert-explained-a-complete-guide-with-theory-and-tutorial/-----------双重意识是一档「让我们认识到那些我们以为此时此刻与我们生活需求没有关联的东西其实和我们紧密相关」的播客节目。你可以在苹果播客, 喜马拉雅，网易云音乐，荔枝fm，小宇宙APP和Spotify搜索"双重意识DoubleConsciousness"找到我们，关注我们并收听我们的节目。欢迎大家在微信后台或是微博(@双重意识DoubleConsciousness)给我们留言、提供反馈意见。2020-12-0651 min
Humans of AI: Stories, Not StatsTimnit Gebru with Devi ParikhTimnit Gebru co-leads the Ethical AI team at Google. Find out more about her on her homepage.
Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats is an interview series with AI researchers to get to know them better as people. We don't talk about AI or their work or the stats of their life like what college they went to. They share what they think about, what they are insecure about, what they get excited about. They share the stories of their day-to-day life.
Videos of these interviews are available at humanstories.ai.
The host...2020-12-0149 min
The Radical AI PodcastAll Tech is Human Series #6 - Coded Bias, AI, and the Future of Civil Rights with Timnit Gebru, Meredith Broussard, & Shalini KantayyaHow will Artificial Intelligence define the future of Civil Rights?
To celebrate the NYC theater release of the film Coded Bias we present this Livestreamed conversation featuring Shalini Kantayya (director, Coded Bias), Meredith Broussard (Author, Artificial Unintelligence), and Timnit Gebru (Co-Lead, Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team at Google)
This conversation is moderated by All Tech Is Human's David Ryan Polgar. The organizational partner for the event is TheBridge.
The conversation does not stop here! For each of the episodes in our series with All Tech is Human, you can find a detailed “continue the convers...2020-11-181h 08
AI Ethics Diaries: Keeping it RealFireside Chat: Diversity in AI with Dr. Timnit GebruJoin us for a candid conversation with senior research scientist at Google and eminent scholar, Dr.Timnit Gebru on her seminal work in uncovering racial bias in automated facial analysis algorithms and datasets, including the “Gender Shades” project, and get her thoughts on racial power dynamics, what meaningful actions for progress look like, and last but not the least, get the inside scoop on Eritrean and Ethiopian food.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ai-ethics-diaries/message2020-09-3039 minThe Radical AI PodcastConfronting Our Reality: Racial Representation and Systemic Transformation with Dr. Timnit GebruHow do we respond to the racism in the world we have been given? What does it mean to transform technology systems in the spirit of justice and equity? How do we engage with diversity and representation without reducing our efforts to simple branding and lip service?
To answer these questions and more the Radical AI Podcast welcomes one of our heroes Dr. Timnit Gebru to the show.
Dr. Timnit Gebru is a research scientist at Google on the ethical AI team and a co-founder of Black in AI. Timnit previously did...2020-06-031h 17
The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)Trends in Fairness and AI Ethics with Timnit Gebru - #336Today we keep the 2019 AI Rewind series rolling with friend-of-the-show Timnit Gebru, a research scientist on the Ethical AI team at Google. A few weeks ago at NeurIPS, Timnit joined us to discuss the ethics and fairness landscape in 2019. In our conversation, we discuss diversification of NeurIPS, with groups like Black in AI, WiML and others taking huge steps forward, trends in the fairness community, quite a few papers, and much more.2020-01-0649 min
Women in Data Science WorldwideTimnit Gebru | Advocating for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethics in AITimnit recently completed her postdoc in the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) group at Microsoft Research, New York. Prior to that, she was a PhD student at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab, studying computer vision under Fei-Fei Li. She also co-founded Black in AI, an organization that works to increase diversity in the field and to reduce the negative impact of racial bias in training data used for machine learning models.She was born and raised in Ethiopia. As an ethnic Eritrean, she was forced to flee Ethiopia at age 15 because of the war between Eritrea...2019-10-2336 min
Good CodeTimnit Gebru on the limits of Artificial IntelligenceIn this episode, we speak with Timnit Gebru, a research scientist in the Ethical Artificial Intelligence team at Google AI. We talk about algorithmic biases, and Gebru explains why she created the group "Black in AI", to address the lack of diversity in the field. She calls for a standardization of algorithms, and cautions against focusing on making them more fair, without thinking about whether they should exist in the first place.2019-04-2300 min
Google Cloud Platform PodcastMachine Learning Bias and Fairness with Timnit Gebru and Margaret MitchellThis week, we dive into machine learning bias and fairness from a social and technical perspective with machine learning research scientists Timnit Gebru from Microsoft and Margaret Mitchell (aka Meg, aka M.) from Google. They share with Melanie and Mark about ongoing efforts and resources to address bias and fairness including diversifying datasets, applying algorithmic techniques and expanding research team expertise and perspectives. There is not a simple solution to the challenge, and they give insights on what work in the broader community is in progress and where it is going. Timnit Gebru Timnit Gebru...2018-02-1442 min
NVIDIA AI PodcastEp. 44: Forget Polls, Here's What Street View, and AI, Can Tell You About How People Will VoteElection polling is an inexact science. If you've been paying attention to American politics at all over the past year or two, you don't need us to tell you that. But what if instead of asking voters their opinions on the candidates or the issues you took a different approach, one that involves artificial intelligence... and cars. Joining us for this edition of the AI podcast is Timnit Gebru, a post-doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research in New York and a newly minted PhD from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Timnit is co-author of a paper titled "Using Deep learning and...2017-12-2030 min