Saiph Savage

@saiphcita
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💼Assistant Prof. at Northeastern in Khoury College of Computer Sciences.
🔬 Director Civic AI Lab
🔭 Research: HCI, Gig Work, Future of Work, Crowdsourcing, Disinfo.
👷‍♀️Former Tech Worker
👩‍🎓UNAM +UCSB alumni

I met with US Senator Ed Markey. I am grateful & proud he cited my research on the invisible labor powering AI.

My research creates new tools to measure how workers fuel AI platforms under precarious, unseen conditions.

See:
🏦https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-markey-rep-jayapal-lead-colleagues-in-demanding-answers-from-ai-companies-on-use-of-underpaid-overworked-data-workers

🧪https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.00169

🚨 Job Alert: IPIE is hiring a Consulting Scientist (AI & Economic Inclusion)!

Join us to shape global policy on AI + inequality.

Remote, part-time, starting July 2025:
🌟https://www.ipie.info/careers/consulting-scientist-ai-and-economic-inclusion

#AI #Policy #EconomicInclusion #ResearchJobs #TechForGood

Excited to host Prof. Steven Dow from UC San Diego for a talk on Human-AI collaboration and collective creativity! 🌍💡

📅 April 22 | 🕔 5:00 PM |

✨Join us with Boston CHI to explore how AI can empower communities to solve complex problems together.

cc:@stevendow

Had a lovely lab celebration for our new CHI research on generative AI & labor with visually impaired software developers 🎉👩🏽‍💻🧑🏾‍💻

We also celebrated the amazing new PhD students joining the lab — excited for what’s ahead! 🚀✨

📌See our paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.16491
#chi2025

I was on the Deutsche Welle talking at UNAM about human-centered AI in Latin America — and why we must build:

☑️AI powered tech grounded in our cultures & communities

☑️AI for the workplace that empowers workers across the region

📺See video: https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/why-latin-america-needs-its-own-ai-systems/vi-AA1BIgoW?ocid=hpmsn

MSN

🚨 New CHI'25 paper alert!

"The Impact of Generative AI Coding Assistants on Developers Who Are Visually Impaired"

📄We study how GitHub Copilot both helps & overwhelms low-vision developers, prompting some to take "AI timeouts."

🔴See: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.16491

#chi2025

🚀 Just launched a mini-course on starting in gig work with Generative AI!

I teach you how to use AI to find the best gigs based on your skillset and cultural background—so you can maximize your earnings & work smarter.

🔵Check it out:
https://youtu.be/o2J_sRkdvIY💡🔥
#GigWork #AI

🚀 Become a Successful Freelancer with Generative AI! (Step-by-Step Guide)

YouTube

🚀 Exciting mini course alert!

My research lab with UNAM hosted a hands-on session for civic institutions, teaching them how to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of survey data using:
✅ Generative AI
✅ Social theories
✅HCD

🤖📊Slides:
https://tinyurl.com/2xzvxydw

AI for Surveys

AI for Survey Data Analysis Saiph Savage, Jesse Nava, David Lopez

Google Docs

The Human-Centered Explainable AI (HCXAI) workshop will be returning to CHI for the FIFTH time in a row. Check out last year's program and consider joining us in Yokohama, Japan in 2025! https://hcxai.jimdosite.com

cc: @upol @saiphcita

https://bsky.app/profile/upolehsan.bsky.social/post/3lcdrcr6wds2e

#AI #HCI #ExplainableAI

¡Felicitaciones al Dr. @saiphcita de Northeastern por aparecer en la portada de WIRED esta semana!

https://es.wired.com/articulos/saiph-savage-por-una-ia-para-empoderar-a-las-mujeres-y-los-trabajadores

Saiph Savage, la ingeniera que quiere democratizar la IA para las mujeres y los trabajadores

Saiph Savage desempeña un papel crucial en la definición del futuro de la IA en el ámbito laboral, especialmente para las mujeres y las comunidades rurales de América Latina.

WIRED