Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
@chinasa.bsky.social
AI Researcher, Policy Strategist, & Technorealist. Founder, Technēculturǎ.
Columnist, Science Magazine.
Cornell Computer Science PhD.
TIME100 AI. Forbes Under 30 AI.
Critically examining global equity in AI.
👩🏾💻: www.chinasatokolo.com
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Columnist, Science Magazine.
Cornell Computer Science PhD.
TIME100 AI. Forbes Under 30 AI.
Critically examining global equity in AI.
👩🏾💻: www.chinasatokolo.com
📩: bit.ly/contactCTO
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Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
@chinasa.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hey everyone! I'm Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo, a human-centered AI researcher and tech policy strategist.
I'm dedicated to improving global equity in AI and my work focuses on how to democratize AI research, innovation, and governance.
www.chinasatokolo.com
I'm dedicated to improving global equity in AI and my work focuses on how to democratize AI research, innovation, and governance.
www.chinasatokolo.com
When I search for my name on Google, there's a very interesting set of people that Google claims are also searched for 👀
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
When I search for my name on Google, there's a very interesting set of people that Google claims are also searched for 👀
Finally finished “The Bright Continent” by Dayo Olopade and came across this great quote from Mahmood Mamdani:
"The real custodian of democratic order was never the state but society."
"The real custodian of democratic order was never the state but society."
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Finally finished “The Bright Continent” by Dayo Olopade and came across this great quote from Mahmood Mamdani:
"The real custodian of democratic order was never the state but society."
"The real custodian of democratic order was never the state but society."
Same here 🤝🏾
And this is why I’m registered as an independent.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Same here 🤝🏾
Lina Khan serving as a co-chair for Zohran Mamdani's mayoral transition team is the best thing I've heard all day.
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Lina Khan serving as a co-chair for Zohran Mamdani's mayoral transition team is the best thing I've heard all day.
Reposted by Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
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I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
Reposted by Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
People still matter.
Good morning.
Good morning.
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
People still matter.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Now that I regularly commute to NYC, I’m looking forward to spending more time in the city 🙌🏾
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Now that I regularly commute to NYC, I’m looking forward to spending more time in the city 🙌🏾
Reposted by Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
In 2020, a young socialist organizer & AIAC contributor sat down with us, sharing his vision for a world that empowers working people over the rich and powerful.
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Roti and roses
Will Shoki sits down with Ugandan-born rapper and housing advocate Zohran Mamdani about his bid to represent Queens in the New York State Assembly.
africasacountry.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In 2020, a young socialist organizer & AIAC contributor sat down with us, sharing his vision for a world that empowers working people over the rich and powerful.
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Today, that vision has carried him to City Hall.
Congrats, Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! 🌹 africasacountry.com/2020/01/roti...
Reposted by Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
I.C.E. is targeting Africans and other Black American residents.
FYI
FYI
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I.C.E. is targeting Africans and other Black American residents.
FYI
FYI
Now that I'm a self-employed consultant, I have to go on the marketplace for the first time in my life, and I'm truly not ready.
Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?
$2733.15 a month.
$2733.15 a month.
November 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Now that I'm a self-employed consultant, I have to go on the marketplace for the first time in my life, and I'm truly not ready.
Working at the UN for over a month now has been really interesting cause people really do speak in acronyms the whole time.
I have an entire list for those I need to look up 😭
I have an entire list for those I need to look up 😭
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Working at the UN for over a month now has been really interesting cause people really do speak in acronyms the whole time.
I have an entire list for those I need to look up 😭
I have an entire list for those I need to look up 😭
I’ve joined the newly formed @partnershipai.bsky.social SAIGE Council, a multi-stakeholder community addressing important and challenging questions concerning the future of AI!
As part of this Council, I'll lend my expertise to define and guide PAI’s work.
partnershiponai.org/saige-council/
As part of this Council, I'll lend my expertise to define and guide PAI’s work.
partnershiponai.org/saige-council/
SAIGE Council - Partnership on AI
As a leading forum for addressing the most important and difficult decisions on the future of AI, PAI has launched the SAIGE Council.
partnershiponai.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’ve joined the newly formed @partnershipai.bsky.social SAIGE Council, a multi-stakeholder community addressing important and challenging questions concerning the future of AI!
As part of this Council, I'll lend my expertise to define and guide PAI’s work.
partnershiponai.org/saige-council/
As part of this Council, I'll lend my expertise to define and guide PAI’s work.
partnershiponai.org/saige-council/
Reposted by Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
A very insightful report from the Alphabet Workers Union and TechEquity on the experiences of North American data workers.
"...the poor working conditions seen in the Global South are also widespread in data work in the U.S."
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
"...the poor working conditions seen in the Global South are also widespread in data work in the U.S."
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
Ghost Workers in the AI Machine:
U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech’s Exploitation
cwa-union.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A very insightful report from the Alphabet Workers Union and TechEquity on the experiences of North American data workers.
"...the poor working conditions seen in the Global South are also widespread in data work in the U.S."
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
"...the poor working conditions seen in the Global South are also widespread in data work in the U.S."
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
Earlier this year, I was very flattered to find out that I have a Wikipedia page! Although it’s a bit outdated due to a recent career change, I’m very grateful to be represented in the world’s largest online encyclopedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinasa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinasa...
![Screenshot of wikipedia page that reads:
Chinasa T. Okolo
Born Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Known for Artificial Intelligence
Academic background
Education Cornell University
Pomona College
Thesis AI Explainability in the Global South: Towards an Inclusive Praxis for Emerging Technology Users (2023)
Academic work
Institutions Brookings Institution
Website chinasatokolo.github.io
Chinasa T. Okolo is a researcher at The Brookings Institution. She works on governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Early life
Okolo’s parents immigrated to the US from Nigeria. She was born and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Okolo explained that her research interest are influenced by her awareness of structural racism. She has a twin brother.[1]
Education and training
Okolo completed her bachelor's degree at the Pomona College in California and her master's degree in computer science and Ph.D. in computer science from Cornell University.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n4m4v4ktp6o5fedlgchuqs3x/bafkreifzyjtzjcwuqu25yvxoo6eketwlf6rvfcmuqqbfo567jylm5tifya@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Earlier this year, I was very flattered to find out that I have a Wikipedia page! Although it’s a bit outdated due to a recent career change, I’m very grateful to be represented in the world’s largest online encyclopedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinasa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinasa...
“An Afrofuturist approach to the governance of AI technologies will lead to the adoption of practices that privilege equity by design to address the issues of exploitation and inequality arising from the AI revolution.”
www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-l...
www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-l...
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“An Afrofuturist approach to the governance of AI technologies will lead to the adoption of practices that privilege equity by design to address the issues of exploitation and inequality arising from the AI revolution.”
www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-l...
www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-l...
“Adjacency to power is often times more important to people than freedom.“
— Dr. Roxane Gay
— Dr. Roxane Gay
October 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“Adjacency to power is often times more important to people than freedom.“
— Dr. Roxane Gay
— Dr. Roxane Gay
"A.I. is 'being turned into a new kind of fetishism,' said Rodrigo Cavieres, a member of the Socio-Environmental Community Movement for Water and Land...'Data centers are being given priority over the population.' "
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"A.I. is 'being turned into a new kind of fetishism,' said Rodrigo Cavieres, a member of the Socio-Environmental Community Movement for Water and Land...'Data centers are being given priority over the population.' "
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
Thank you to everyone who attended the "Meeting Global AI Aspirations" panel at Brookings earlier this week, as part of "The American AI Stack and the World" event.
Please find the full replay of the event on YouTube; the panel starts at 3:50:00.
www.youtube.com/live/eO-sal9...
Please find the full replay of the event on YouTube; the panel starts at 3:50:00.
www.youtube.com/live/eO-sal9...
The American AI stack and the world
YouTube video by Brookings Institution
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended the "Meeting Global AI Aspirations" panel at Brookings earlier this week, as part of "The American AI Stack and the World" event.
Please find the full replay of the event on YouTube; the panel starts at 3:50:00.
www.youtube.com/live/eO-sal9...
Please find the full replay of the event on YouTube; the panel starts at 3:50:00.
www.youtube.com/live/eO-sal9...
Very important article from the University of California celebrating its recent Nobel laureates and highlighting the role of federal funding in supporting Nobel-winning research.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-wins...
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-wins...
UC wins 5 Nobel Prizes in 3 days — and sets a new world record
These discoveries span decades and disciplines, but they all have one important thing in common: They’ve all relied on competitive funding from the federal government.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
October 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Very important article from the University of California celebrating its recent Nobel laureates and highlighting the role of federal funding in supporting Nobel-winning research.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-wins...
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-wins...
One of my pet peeves is when people address emails to me as “Hi there”…who is there?
a woman is standing in front of a group of people and says who 's that ?
Alt: a woman is standing in front of a group of people and says who 's that ?
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
One of my pet peeves is when people address emails to me as “Hi there”…who is there?
Reposted by Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo
obama ramped up the use of drone strikes (10x more than bush!) and deported a record number of immigrants. he helped maintain and expand the systems trump is now using to do his crimes
I miss the times when the worst thing a President did was wear a tan suit
October 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
obama ramped up the use of drone strikes (10x more than bush!) and deported a record number of immigrants. he helped maintain and expand the systems trump is now using to do his crimes
I love when conferences in my field(s) occur because I get a flood of Google Scholar notifications about citations to my work and lots of interesting papers to check out 😁
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I love when conferences in my field(s) occur because I get a flood of Google Scholar notifications about citations to my work and lots of interesting papers to check out 😁
Did a quick search, and Google's AI Overview algorithm claims that Benin is in the Americas 🤦🏾♀️
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Did a quick search, and Google's AI Overview algorithm claims that Benin is in the Americas 🤦🏾♀️