Queer in AI's interview with Vagrant Gautam
‘I think hopeful systems are about involving the community and owning things that we build together, almost like a community garden.’
Behind the mission to preserve Black Twitter: I want for a student, or someone who is just plainly curious, who wants to dig into these histories and this knowledge 50, 75, 100, hell, even five years from now, to be able to access this and say, there is data, there is proof, there’s already a web of knowledge that’s out there about this
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A new paper shines a spotlight on the misuse of intersectionality in 'AI fairness'
The term ‘intersectionality‘ is one of the most misused in sociopolitical sciences thanks to decades of misinterpretation and watering down of its impact. Unfortunately, that has found its way into AI as researchers attempt to improve fairness within the tech. Their intentions may be well-meaning but the impact can be very strong, very harmful, and …
A big shout out to 13 year-old Elijah Muhammad who is the youngest Black person to earn a college degree in Computer Science and Cybersecurity.
Dominic-Madori Davis and Tim De Chant on the lack of Black representation in climate tech
‘The planet will burn if we don’t maximize the talent and genius embedded in the entire human race’
Google I/O 2023 is taking place today. Here are some links to keep updated from Engadget, what’s new in ChromeOS, new in Web, the developer keynote, and the keynote speech (with a sign language version).
An explainer video on sleep crusts
Would you like some sleep with that crust?
Daniel Stenberg tweeted that http://http://http://@http://http://?http://#http:// was a valid URL and plenty of people had comments. If you were ever looking for a tech version of Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, there you have it.
What on Earth is the bootlace worm?
It looks like Venom and I don’t like it but I’m also,,, fascinated???
Robots with googly eyes
Peek-a-bot!
What on Earth is a parclo?
It’s no Spaghetti Junction!
Not all infinities are equal, and some infinities are more bigger than others
An infinite number of men walk into a bar…