Tim King

While I might be the first to connect my love of poker with AI, I’m certainly not the first to connect the dots about AI’s impact on Black communities. Big shout-out to organizations and people like @black_in_ai, @AJLUnited, @CummingsRenee, and others who are doing this important work. In my latest essay for @ChiDefender (chicagodefender.com/responsi…), I add my perspective to the conversation about why responsible AI development requires Black people to have a seat at the table. If we're going to do AI right, maybe AI should also mean ALL-IN: all-in on safety, opportunity, equity and inclusion. #ArtificialIntelligence #ResponsibleAI #BlackInAI #AIEquity #TechEquity

No more @ChicagoBears games…for now. But this season was still a win for #Chicago. I explain why in the @ChicagoTribune. #BearDown 🐻⬇️ chicagotribune.com/2026/01/2…

After this travesty of a music video dropped forty years ago, the @ChicagoBears shut out the Rams 24–0 at @SoldierField. Let’s Ram It like that again, Chicago!!🐻⬇️ #BearDown

A Letter to Rafael Wordlaw, My Murdered Former Student Dear Mr. Wordlaw, You did good. We must do better. A key tenet of the Urban Prep Creed is “We have a responsibility to our family, community, and world.” I remember when you first walked through the doors of Urban Prep in 2006; your dedication, commitment, and focus were evident. From graduating high school, to earning a college degree, to working at Urban Prep, to becoming a Deputy Sheriff, you understood the assignment and the part you had to play in its completion. As a city, we should have done more to keep you, and your twenty-one Urban Prep brothers who’ve lost their lives to gun violence, from harm. As a city, we should elect leaders who—like you—protect life, enforce laws to keep guns and criminals off the street, help people in crisis, and ensure that neighborhoods are safe. As a city, we should not tolerate even a single incident of gun violence, let alone the more than 1,800 shootings that have occurred in Chicago so far this year. Your life was taken by the sixty-nine shots fired at you, but the good you’ve done and the lives you’ve changed endure. Your spirit is bulletproof. In your honor, I recommit to fighting for the changes needed to prevent such senseless acts. I hope others will join me. We owe at least that much to you and to all those whose lives have been destroyed by violence. Thank you for giving us so much of you for 31 brief years. You deserved more time with us and more from us. You did good. And because of that, we will do better. Rest in Peace. We Believe, Mr. King

I wonder what “intend” means in this context. CPS has already closed, undermined and/or under-resourced schools. Just ask @UrbanPrep. Will these adverse actions stop? We need more than “does not intend.” The road to hell is paved with good intentions. chicagotribune.com/2024/05/2…

There is nothing more inspiring than @UrbanPrep students cheering as they carry a classmate to the stage to receive his red and gold striped tie for being admitted to college. This young man has received twenty admissions thus far and has over a million dollars in scholarship offers!!! This is what happens when We Believe. 💪🏽 👊🏽 💯 #BlackBoyJoy #Excellence #WeBelieve #100Percent – at Chicago, IL

Sooo, I went to a Chgo Catholic Charities location @CCofChicago with a couple bags of clean, gently used shirts, pants, jackets, shoes, etc. I was told: “We’re not accepting clothing donations. We have too many clothes.” This response in the middle of a migrant crisis, not to mention other folks in need this winter? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!!

You know that thing when you’re reading a book and come across a line that just takes your breath away?“The Will of the Many” by @IslingtonJames has that thing. And has officially given me my fav quote of 2024. #TheWillOfTheMany

#FoundersDay #AlphaPhiAlpha #OhSix #NoBackwardSteps #Alpha #IceCold

Remember, they are always with you. 💪🏽 ❤️

Hard to argue with Finland and the U.N. when it comes to education.

I’ve kept relatively quiet about CPS’ vicious & unfounded attacks on @UrbanPrep and me. Now that the new school year has begun, I can share my side of the story…and the truth. “When the School Bully Is the School District”: bit.ly/tk-oped. #WeBelieve

Just finished an interview with the amazing @HermeneNdigo and this happened: “Mr King, I graduated from @UrbanPrep. I just want to let you know that Urban Prep saved my life. You made me believe. Thank you.” Me: “I’m not crying, you’re crying!!” #WeBelieve #100PercentIrreplaceable