“The Women Changing The Face Of AI”
“The idea was born in a hotel room. In 2005, Hanna Wallach, a machine-learning researcher, found herself bunking with colleagues to attend the Neural Information Systems Processing (NIPS) conference.”
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
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Aug
“Many TV executives love talking about diversity. Doing something about it, not so much.”
“Almost every network executive introducing their fall TV schedule at the 2016 Television Critics Association summer press tour was quick to tout the diversity of their programming lineup, or to reassure the assembled critics that they take diversity seriously, they know they can do better with di”
Read: Many TV executives love talking about diversity. Doing something about it, not so much.
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Aug
“The head of Google’s Brain team is more worried about the lack of diversity in artificial intelligence than an AI apocalypse”
“As some would have it, robots are poised to take over the world in about 3 … 2 … 1 … But one machine-learning expert — who is, after all, in a position to know — thinks that’s not the biggest issue facing artificial intelligence. In fact, it’s not an issue at all.”
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Aug
“Spaces: What A Neural Network Thinks About Your Neighborhood–And Why It Matters”
“We hold certain truths about cities to be self-evident.”
Read: Spaces: What A Neural Network Thinks About Your Neighborhood–And Why It Matters
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Aug
“‘We need to do better’: CBS responds to TV critics about fall shows only led by white men”
“When CBS announced its 2016 fall TV schedule a few months ago, the lack of diversity was glaringly obvious: All six new shows are led by white male actors.”
Read: ‘We need to do better’: CBS responds to TV critics about fall shows only led by white men
11
Aug
“I’m deleting Snapchat, and you should too”
“Snapchat is the prime example of what happens when you don’t have enough people of color building a product. Yesterday, in the Audacity of Whiteness: Snapchat released a blatantly racist yellowface filter, which excessively slants your eyes, rounds cheeks, and adds buckteeth for good measure.”
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Aug
“Snapchat Doesn’t Think Its ‘Yellowface’ Filter Is Racist”
“We can all agree that Snapchat filters have four primary objectives: to make you look hotter, uglier, fun, or weird as shit. But you know what they shouldn’t do? Paint you as a racist caricature ripped straight out of World War II propaganda. Apparently, Snapchat hasn’t gotten that memo.”
Read: Snapchat Doesn’t Think Its ‘Yellowface’ Filter Is Racist
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Aug
“Snapchat Doesn’t Think Its ‘Yellowface’ Filter Is Racist”
“We can all agree that Snapchat filters have four primary objectives: to make you look hotter, uglier, fun, or weird as shit. But you know what they shouldn’t do? Paint you as a racist caricature ripped straight out of World War II propaganda. Apparently, Snapchat hasn’t gotten that memo.”
Read: Snapchat Doesn’t Think Its ‘Yellowface’ Filter Is Racist
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Aug
“Journalism’s lack of diversity threatens its long-term future”
“The barriers faced by those from poorer backgrounds or minorities are getting higher – how can newspapers expect to stay relevant? At least the public agree on one thing in such divisive times: journalists, or the supposedly homogeneous “media”, are to blame for just about everything.”
Read: Journalism’s lack of diversity threatens its long-term future
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Aug
“Stay Woke—With Help From A Bot”
“For DeRay Mckesson and his fellow Black Lives Matter activists, Twitter is a double-edged sword. The social media platform has made it easy for Mckesson to post messages, amass a dedicated digital following (half a million strong, and growing), and influence real-world events.”