About this episode
Dr. Timnit Gebru discusses AI ethics and alternative futures for AI in conversation with Stephanie Abdalla.
In this month's episode, in conversation with MEDLab fellow Stephanie Abdalla, Dr. Gebru discusses AI ethics research, the history of the AGI movement, and movements of resistance that can lead us to alternative AI futures. Dr. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR for short), an independent organization of academics, activists, and engineers who believe in technology that benefits everyone. Dr. Gebru is also the co-founder of Black in AI, a nonprofit that works to increase the presence, inclusion, visibility, and health of Black people in the field of AI, and is on the board of AddisCoder, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching algorithms and computer programming to Ethiopian and Jamaican high school students. She has received a number of accolades, including being named one of Nature’s Ten people who helped shape science and one of TIME 100’s most influential people.
People in this episode
Host: Stephanie Abdalla
Guest: Dr. Timnit Gebru
Topics covered
- AI ethics
- community impact
- AGI movement
- technology for good
- inclusion in AI
Keywords
- AI ethics
- AGI
- community
- inclusion
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Distributed AI Research Institute, Black in AI, AddisCoder, Nature, TIME
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