In my other class, I taught number systems as a cultural artifact. This week was *all* socially embedded CS.

we need to shift from talking about how amazing the current state-of-the-art generative models are to how these models steal from artists and what mechanisms for accountability should be put in place

so, better here is.... more exploitive?

Then why did you invite him to give a lecture this thursday??? 🐍🐍🐍 Entire fields of AI experts and you choose a mysognist to amplify? Also his book is obsolete, "Master Algorithm" was always cringe, and he hasn't published anything relevant in years cs.washington.edu/events/colloqu…

How to make six figures a day in grad school:

Talking about "decolonial XXX" in the diaspora while supporting fascism at home, the cognitive dissonance.

The National Labor Relations Board—the sole federal agency tasked with enforcing private-sector employees' rights to organize and collectively bargain—is in a crisis. After years of inattention by Congress, the agency no longer has the resources to adequately enforce its mission.

If legacy admits are deemed Constitutional at universities, then admits based on being a descendant of slavery should be as well. Especially at universities such as UNC and Harvard that were financed by slave money and that prohibited descendants from enrolling.

Most brain-imaging studies make 3 questionable assumptions: mental events are localizable, map uniquely to dedicated #brain circuitry, & are independent of larger context. These 19th-century views need an update. New #OpenAccess paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 1/ cell.com/trends/cogniti…

We love our instructors! Dr. Sarah M Brown is teaching a The Carpentries (at @[email protected]) style Python workshop at #NSBE49 💙