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We support & encourage responsible use of digital data & tech in monitoring, evaluation, research & learning (MERL). See https://merltech.org. Posts by Linda Raftree (@meowtree at mastodon.social)
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MERLTechMar 26, 2023
Report back from our second meeting Natural Language Processing Community of Practice meeting... https://merltech.org/exploring-the-opportunities-and-risks-of-chatgpt-highlights-from-the-merl-tech-natural-language-processing-nlp-cop-meeting/ #MERLTech #NLPCOP
Exploring the opportunities and risks of ChatGPT: Highlights from the MERL Tech Natural Language Processing (NLP-COP) Meeting - MERL Tech

On March 8 we had our second meeting of the Natural Language Processing Community of Practice (NLP-COP) where  we explored the opportunities and risks of ChatGPT and similar AI language models. 

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MERLTechFeb 11, 2023
Amos DoornbosFeb 11, 2023

Rapid Shut Down – The First Step is Often the Hardest

https://thisisamos.com/2023/02/10/rapid-shut-down-the-first-step-is-often-the-hardest/

#ict4d #dataresponsibility #datamanagement

Rapid Shut Down - The First Step is Often the Hardest - This Is Amos

Step one in preparedness is knowing where your data is, but like many first steps, it is the hardest. It may seem simple, but it's not.

This Is Amos
MERLTechJan 21, 2023
Report back from the first Natural Language Processing (NLP) and MERL Working Group. (Info about how to join is found in the post.) https://merltech.org/natural-language-processing-working-group-kicks-off/ #MERLTech #NLPWG
NLP Working Group Kicks Off

On January 19th we kicked off the first meeting of the Natural Language Processing Working Group (NLPWG) (formerly the Text Analytics Working Group).

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MERLTechJan 10, 2023
We're starting up a Text Analytics Working Group (TAWG) under the MERL Tech umbrella. Read more and register for our first meeting here: https://merltech.org/join-the-text-analytics-working-group/ #MERLTech #NLP #MachineLearning
Join the Text Analytics Working Group! - MERL Tech

To increase the knowledge, skills, and influence of MERL practitioners in the area of NLP, MERL Tech is kicking off a Text Analytics Working Group. Our first meeting will be on January 19, 2023 at 8am ET time/1pm UK/4pm Nairobi time.

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MERLTechNov 26, 2022
meowtreeNov 26, 2022
Ada Lovelace Institute report on "Rethinking #data and rebalancing #digital power" https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ada-Lovelace-Institute-Rethinking-data-and-rebalancing-digital-power-FINAL.pdf and December 6 event @ 2pm GMT, which should be interesting https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/event/rethinking-data-and-rebalancing-power/
MERLTechNov 21, 2022
We hosted 11 pre-conference virtual workshops at the South African M&E Association conference in September. Recordings are now available here. https://merltech.org/now-available-merl-tech-workshop-recordings-from-samea-conference/
Now available: MERL Tech workshop recordings from SAMEA Conference - MERL Tech

MERL Tech and Data Innovators had the pleasure of hosting the Tech Enabled MERL strand at SAMEA’s 2022 conference. This included eleven pre-conference virtual workshops on September 19 and 20. In case you missed them, you can catch up here!

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