Moreover, in elite higher ed, student unions may be the first (and hopefully not only) experience the children of capitalists have to learn about labor rights. Student unions are important pedagogical praxis.
September 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Moreover, in elite higher ed, student unions may be the first (and hopefully not only) experience the children of capitalists have to learn about labor rights. Student unions are important pedagogical praxis.
But differential performance by skin color is not something @flysfo.bsky.social should tolerate, and is one more reason to keep automatic face recognition out of public services...
August 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
But differential performance by skin color is not something @flysfo.bsky.social should tolerate, and is one more reason to keep automatic face recognition out of public services...
To be fair, I'm not sure if this is bad or good- not being recognized may be a protective factor, especially under our current federal administration. See great work from @stanfordnlp.bsky.social researchers about
#AI surveillance systems www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#AI surveillance systems www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology - Nature
An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.
www.nature.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
To be fair, I'm not sure if this is bad or good- not being recognized may be a protective factor, especially under our current federal administration. See great work from @stanfordnlp.bsky.social researchers about
#AI surveillance systems www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#AI surveillance systems www.nature.com/articles/s41...
So why is #TSA @flysfo.bsky.social using software that works differentially based on skin color? If the feds won't deal with it, can California's gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social pursue this as a civil rights issue?
August 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
So why is #TSA @flysfo.bsky.social using software that works differentially based on skin color? If the feds won't deal with it, can California's gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social pursue this as a civil rights issue?
When it was my turn I asked the agents if they saw that software worked better on some people rather than others.
Two agents told me it tends not to work on dark skin.
Now, the failure of facial recognition on dark skin has been a known problem for YEARS as documented by @poetofcode.bsky.social.
Two agents told me it tends not to work on dark skin.
Now, the failure of facial recognition on dark skin has been a known problem for YEARS as documented by @poetofcode.bsky.social.
August 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
When it was my turn I asked the agents if they saw that software worked better on some people rather than others.
Two agents told me it tends not to work on dark skin.
Now, the failure of facial recognition on dark skin has been a known problem for YEARS as documented by @poetofcode.bsky.social.
Two agents told me it tends not to work on dark skin.
Now, the failure of facial recognition on dark skin has been a known problem for YEARS as documented by @poetofcode.bsky.social.
Du Bois Data Portraits? www.smithsonianmag.com/history/firs...
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Visionary Infographics Come Together for the First Time in Full Color
His pioneering team of black sociologists created data visualizations that explained institutionalized racism to the world
www.smithsonianmag.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Du Bois Data Portraits? www.smithsonianmag.com/history/firs...
We wrote about this at the grad/faculty level in scientific publishing. As a raciolinguistic perspective would suggest, academics find new ways to racialize language even after people use AI to "sound" like "native speakers" dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
“You Cannot Sound Like GPT
dl.acm.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We wrote about this at the grad/faculty level in scientific publishing. As a raciolinguistic perspective would suggest, academics find new ways to racialize language even after people use AI to "sound" like "native speakers" dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Thanks to @stanfordhai.bsky.social for supporting this project!
May 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Thanks to @stanfordhai.bsky.social for supporting this project!
Our findings offer insight into the role of #ChatGPT in the reproduction of language ideologies which conflate producers of “good English" with producers of “good research." Future work should look into this effect in other writing scenarios, such as #education and #work.
May 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Our findings offer insight into the role of #ChatGPT in the reproduction of language ideologies which conflate producers of “good English" with producers of “good research." Future work should look into this effect in other writing scenarios, such as #education and #work.
Authors, aware of this development, described removing ChatGPTisms and other clues which could expose their “non-native” status to reviewers.
May 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Authors, aware of this development, described removing ChatGPTisms and other clues which could expose their “non-native” status to reviewers.
Though ChatGPT may mask some signs of language background, reviewers explain that they now use ChatGPT “style” and non-linguistic features as indicators of author demographics.
May 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Though ChatGPT may mask some signs of language background, reviewers explain that they now use ChatGPT “style” and non-linguistic features as indicators of author demographics.