Reading about #mansplaining, I am reminded of that one time I was introduced to a tech transfer manager as a tenured member of a machine learning team. The guy then proceeded to explain machine learning to me. This was at a lunch, and half the people at the table stopped eating with their mouth half open.

And now I remember another one.

I was giving an intro to machine learning to an audience of biomedical researchers. One man had the following question: "I am wondering why you're calling it machine *learning*, when it obviously ought to be machine *teaching*. Maybe you've been confused translating from the French 'apprendre', as it can have both meanings? Have you checked the translation?" Yes, it had been said when I was introduced that I did my PhD in the US and that I was a machine learning expert. And then I shared that story on Twitter, and a man who was *not* a fluent French speaker told me that my story was probably wrong, because "apprendre" only means "to learn" and never "to teach".

The horror of Age Verification is
arriving in Canada 🚨🇨🇦

Contact your federal MP and the office of the Prime Minister this week to tell them you strongly oppose the privacy-destroying and inefficient measure.

The time to push back is NOW: https://globalnews.ca/news/11797286/liberal-party-adopts-motion-social-media-ban-kids/

'Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that the idea “merits an open and considered debate in Canada,” although he does not have a settled view on it yet and said there were good points on both sides.'

Share educational resources with them on the dangers of Age Verification: https://www.eff.org/age

We do NOT want this nightmare in Canada. Fight back for your privacy rights! ✊🔒

#AgeVerification #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Canada #CanPoli #CndPol