Digital Alchemy - Timnit Gebru, Interdisciplinary, and Distributed AI Research
In 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.
Featuring
Moya Bailey
Timnit Gebru
Sponsor:
More from our guests:
Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies
Northwestern University
Digital Alchemist, Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network
Board President, Allied Media Projects
Twitter: @moyazb
Timnit Gebru
Founder & Executive Director | The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
Cofounder, Black In AI
Twitter: @TimnitGebru
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Copy and Audio Editor:
Dominic Bonelli
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown
