AI culture/counterculture, human rights, tech & society. Journalist, essayist, Pulitzer Center Grantee & Advisor. Work @The_Rumpus @washingtonpost @SunSentinel
Joined June 2018
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This gets to the heart and soul of loss. Well shown @JodyKeisner
Confused by AI? Ways to search for answers!
There are many ways you could cut into covering AI.
For starters, take a look at some of the tips shared by @_KarenHao and @JoCavanaughSim1 in conversation with @GinaSKChua.
10 takeaways 👉 bit.ly/44hHZlg
Full webinar 👉 bit.ly/3tlbO3D
AI bias in housing, welfare, nabe surveillance, & hiring? Check out @pulitzercenter AI Accountability Network projects & call for fellowship applications. Scroll down page for info & view informative & inspiring webinar! Deadline July 1 @MarinaWalkerG
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AI in the news, yet what's the impact? Journalists w/ investigative project ideas: Seek a Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Network fellowship. Just a few weeks left @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275 pulitzercenter.org/blog/open… & Webinar recording pulitzercenter.org/blog/open…
And FAQ Webinar recording here! pulitzercenter.org/grants-fe…
Are we crossing the Turing Test Threshold? *Feels* like AI chatbot 'intelligence' capabilities are human, at least to a real human. With "emotional" foibles. Mostly parroting & patterns, so not there. Yet? Spooky entanglement convos popping up all over axios.com/2023/02/16/bing-ar…
@MarinaWalkerG And more here, including "combative" responses that seem less 'what-word-likely-follows-another" style, than Bing's AI chatbot being outright offended stratechery.com/2023/from-bi…
Recently attended amazing @commonmag online craft class by author, journalist, Guggenheim Fellow @AnnaBadkhen. Inspiring note, paraphrased: 'When I sit down & start writing I want to do something to shift, to disturb, to illuminate, to bridge.' That's the higher goal & calling!
Thank you @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer for your support for this project. AI Accountability is essential in an era where artificial intelligence is increasingly everywhere.
Grantee @JoCavanaughSim1 reported that police agencies in South Florida misused AI facial recognition, disproportionately targeting Black people.
The story for @SunSentinel led to changes in Florida's police use of this technology.
Be part of the change. bit.ly/PulitzerCimpact
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Florida policy on police use of facial recognition technology is requiring civil rights protections for the first time, following Pulitzer Center reporting on the scans on Black Lives Matter protesters.
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ALT [our ripple effect] Florida policy on police use of facial recognition technology is requiring civil rights protections for the first time, following Pulitzer Center reporting on the scans on Black Lives Matter protesters. Help us hold those in power accountable.
Public records & public input. Investigating AI merges in-depth journalism, data analyses, interviews & narrative to spur change: civil rights protections in police agencies' facial recognition use for first time @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer
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Thank you @pulitzercenter for your support for this police facial recognition analysis project. Much was discovered by scouring public records & interviewing protesters & others most affected on-the-ground. Insights can apply elsewhere @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer @SunSentinel
The report by grantee @JoCavanaughSim1 for @SunSentinel found that police agencies in South Florida widely misused AI facial recognition technology predominantly on Black people, at rates that exceed the region’s Black population and rates of arrest. pulitzercenter.org/stories/s…
Thank you @danabanker for your incredible leadership and guidance on this project @pulitzercenter
Florida police must now adopt policies to access massive facial recognition database. Some rules offer civil rights & First Amendment protections for 1st time after @pulitzercenter @SunSentinel AI project. TY @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer @danabanker & others pulitzercenter.org/blog/mass…
Tech companies claims often outstrip realities, yet unproven digital 'solutions' are adopted widely, despite harms to real people. Here, amazing investigation by @ArijitDSen @dallasnews with support from @pulitzercenter & the AI Accountability Network @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275
Social Sentinel, now Navigate360 Detect, says its AI helps prevent student suicides and school shootings. The software flagged a tweet where Robbie Robinson, then a student at @ASU, about buying a gun. He was arrested. No gun was ever found.
📹✍️: @DKproduxion
✍️: @ArijitDSen
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How India's gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating their lives, are using Telegram to exchange cheap hacks on how to game the platforms to their advantage (@varshaabansal / Rest of World)
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Srikanth is back in his village for more than a year now. He wants to drive for Uber again but can't.
More details in my article published with @techreview as part @pulitzercenter's AI Accountability Fellowship.
Thank you @MarinaWalkerG & @bboying1275
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In-depth revelatory article by @VarshaaBansal in @techreview Facial recognition impairing livelihoods of Uber drivers & gig workers in India. Widespread, increasingly worldwide tech impact, support via @pulitzercenter & AI Accountability Network @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275 @kem
NEW: In June I travelled to Cherlaitikayala village in Telangana to investigate a case of Uber locking a driver out of his account due to facial recognition issues.
I also surveyed 150 Uber drivers of which nearly 50% said they faced something similar.
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NEW: In June I travelled to Cherlaitikayala village in Telangana to investigate a case of Uber locking a driver out of his account due to facial recognition issues.
I also surveyed 150 Uber drivers of which nearly 50% said they faced something similar.
technologyreview.com/2022/12…
When Uber digital redtape threatens livelihoods, gig workers in India fight back w/ intel & hacks. See groundbreaking story by @VarshaaBansal, @pulitzercenter AI fellow investigating black-box algorithms @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275 @restofworld @kemsawyer
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