Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)This is today!
Ready for some more Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000? We are!
Next up on the live stream:
@brianmerchant joins me and @alex to discuss the business model of “AGI”
Monday, December 2nd, noon Pacific
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute
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Timnit Gebru (she/her).Job opening at @datasociety "Researcher - Labor, Race, and Tech Project, Labor Futures Initiative"
Apply by April 30
https://boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyresearchinstitute/jobs/7304993002
Peter GleickYesterday, a major new study was released showing massive numbers of micro/nano plastic particles in bottled water. Here's that study:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2300582121
Today, bottled water lobbyists released a predictable, biased, response:
1. Stop picking on bottled water, plastic particles could be everywhere;
2. Maybe they're not sooo bad for human health, we don't know.
3. The methods used are new, so who really knows if the results are valid.
4. Keep drinking bottled water.
DgarThe adjective for metal is metallic.
Not so for iron, which is ironic.
Black IntellectSNAP recipients are denied hot food. These Penn grads found a hack with a new kind of corner store. https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/the-community-grocer-cobbs-creek-food-20230925.html
Hadas Weissthe routledge handbook of useful intros & ref lists
Eugen RochkoIf you'd like your (public) posts to appear in search results on Mastodon, remember that you need to opt-in. Edit Profile → Privacy and Reach → Include public posts in search results. 14K people have opted-in so far!
Philip N Cohen% with BA or higher education, US age 25-29: by race/ethnicity and birth year. Women's advantage appears first for African Americans (born 1950s), then Whites and Hispanics (born 1960s).
#nowyouknow #education #inequality
#nowyouknow #education #inequality
