Timnit Gebru
@timnitgebru.bsky.social
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Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social.
Author: The View from Somewhere, a memoir & manifesto arguing for a technological future that serves our communities (to be published by One Signal / Atria
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social.
Author: The View from Somewhere, a memoir & manifesto arguing for a technological future that serves our communities (to be published by One Signal / Atria
I'm going to be hosting part of this in person event in San Francisco along with @alexhanna.bsky.social.
The event is organized by an organization near and dear to both of us, called Respond Crisis Translation, doing front line work which is even more important right now.
RSVP at bit.ly/rct-rsvp
The event is organized by an organization near and dear to both of us, called Respond Crisis Translation, doing front line work which is even more important right now.
RSVP at bit.ly/rct-rsvp
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I'm going to be hosting part of this in person event in San Francisco along with @alexhanna.bsky.social.
The event is organized by an organization near and dear to both of us, called Respond Crisis Translation, doing front line work which is even more important right now.
RSVP at bit.ly/rct-rsvp
The event is organized by an organization near and dear to both of us, called Respond Crisis Translation, doing front line work which is even more important right now.
RSVP at bit.ly/rct-rsvp
Translation: After we built an addictive tool based on stolen data, exploited labor and plundering the environment, which pushes kids to commit suicides, we were like, why not cash in on "erotica"? After all, this is what building so-called AGI that "benefits humanity" looks like.
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Translation: After we built an addictive tool based on stolen data, exploited labor and plundering the environment, which pushes kids to commit suicides, we were like, why not cash in on "erotica"? After all, this is what building so-called AGI that "benefits humanity" looks like.
What's the latest excuse for bothsidesing colonization and apartheid culminating in a livestreamed genocide?
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What's the latest excuse for bothsidesing colonization and apartheid culminating in a livestreamed genocide?
A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.
Bonus: Woman on the flyer you see there was harassing journalists saying anything on #TigrayGenocide, & even added me in the mix. I sent some of those references to Maxine Waters in a letter after she had the audacity to be hired as her comms lead.
September 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Bonus: Woman on the flyer you see there was harassing journalists saying anything on #TigrayGenocide, & even added me in the mix. I sent some of those references to Maxine Waters in a letter after she had the audacity to be hired as her comms lead.
The People's Forum (TPF), along with BreakThrough News, which I was also told was the streaming partner of this conference, co-organized an event with this flyer, cosponsored by ANSWER coalition, another genocidal org that gives on giving, and the fake, New Africa Institute.
September 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The People's Forum (TPF), along with BreakThrough News, which I was also told was the streaming partner of this conference, co-organized an event with this flyer, cosponsored by ANSWER coalition, another genocidal org that gives on giving, and the fake, New Africa Institute.
So, to recap, a few days ago, I saw someone I respect heavily promoting this conference, "The People's Conference for Palestine" and someone else I respect sending me a screenshot of a number of genocidal being listed as co-organizers & collaborators.
Lets learn more about them🧵
Lets learn more about them🧵
September 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So, to recap, a few days ago, I saw someone I respect heavily promoting this conference, "The People's Conference for Palestine" and someone else I respect sending me a screenshot of a number of genocidal being listed as co-organizers & collaborators.
Lets learn more about them🧵
Lets learn more about them🧵
Continuing on these genocidal organizations trading on Palestine while aiding other genocides, I see ANSWER coalition is in the mix. Another organizer of People's Conference for Palestine. Isn't this great! I also see the so-called "The People's Forum," with the usual suspects, Breakthrough News. 🧵
September 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Continuing on these genocidal organizations trading on Palestine while aiding other genocides, I see ANSWER coalition is in the mix. Another organizer of People's Conference for Palestine. Isn't this great! I also see the so-called "The People's Forum," with the usual suspects, Breakthrough News. 🧵
As an aside, y’all don’t wanna look at some of the other names on the list, we’re not celebrating that. But we’re also celebrating our dear friends @karenhao.bsky.social and @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social for being recognized for their tireless works. Congratulations to all.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
As an aside, y’all don’t wanna look at some of the other names on the list, we’re not celebrating that. But we’re also celebrating our dear friends @karenhao.bsky.social and @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social for being recognized for their tireless works. Congratulations to all.
Mila’s work embodies what I hoped DAIR would be, that we wouldn’t only complain about what's wrong but also do things we think should be done. Mila doesn’t like attention 😊 But she deserves every ounce of recognition because she has spent years ensuring that others are recognized rather than her.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Mila’s work embodies what I hoped DAIR would be, that we wouldn’t only complain about what's wrong but also do things we think should be done. Mila doesn’t like attention 😊 But she deserves every ounce of recognition because she has spent years ensuring that others are recognized rather than her.
I thought the project was cool when Mila told me about the idea, but I didn’t understand how expansive it was going to be until I saw elements of the repository at data-workers.org. Just look at the diversity and quality of outputs: depth reports, animated shorts, documentaries, podcasts and more.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I thought the project was cool when Mila told me about the idea, but I didn’t understand how expansive it was going to be until I saw elements of the repository at data-workers.org. Just look at the diversity and quality of outputs: depth reports, animated shorts, documentaries, podcasts and more.
It starts: “Our research centers lived experiences from communities which are not typically represented in AI research. We strongly believe in a bottom-up approach, supporting & prioritizing research & researchers that emerge from the communities that we center in our work and their specific needs.”
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It starts: “Our research centers lived experiences from communities which are not typically represented in AI research. We strongly believe in a bottom-up approach, supporting & prioritizing research & researchers that emerge from the communities that we center in our work and their specific needs.”
The first and most important principle is “Reducing the distance between researchers and community collaborators.” We didn’t want to reproduce the “parachute” research we have both been victims and perpetrators of in academia.
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The first and most important principle is “Reducing the distance between researchers and community collaborators.” We didn’t want to reproduce the “parachute” research we have both been victims and perpetrators of in academia.
🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Friends, I’m going to take ask a minute of your time to celebrate @milamiceli.bsky.social who I met through @alexhanna.bsky.social in 2022, just a couple of months after we launched @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🧵
After seeing an account spreading #TigrayGenocide denial on this here commenting on this thread, I created a list called #TigrayGenocide deniers & @bsky.app hid it saying it violates their "guidelines".
Genociders pass the guidelines but raising awareness about violent event denial violates them?
Genociders pass the guidelines but raising awareness about violent event denial violates them?
August 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
After seeing an account spreading #TigrayGenocide denial on this here commenting on this thread, I created a list called #TigrayGenocide deniers & @bsky.app hid it saying it violates their "guidelines".
Genociders pass the guidelines but raising awareness about violent event denial violates them?
Genociders pass the guidelines but raising awareness about violent event denial violates them?
Reminder of what your favorite now so-called tech critic who was in the "singularity summit" mix for years, and was defending his advisor, race scientist Steven Pinker, was saying to me when I raised these issues.
First, he said I "can't call everything I disagree with eugenics."
First, he said I "can't call everything I disagree with eugenics."
July 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reminder of what your favorite now so-called tech critic who was in the "singularity summit" mix for years, and was defending his advisor, race scientist Steven Pinker, was saying to me when I raised these issues.
First, he said I "can't call everything I disagree with eugenics."
First, he said I "can't call everything I disagree with eugenics."
In the photo, head TA Zaria Chen Shui and I were trying to make a heart but I was additionally trying (and failing) to make a JC sign with my fingers 😂
Every time someone talks about "AI" in K-12 education, I think about what it takes to run programs like AddisCoder and JamCoders. 🧵
Every time someone talks about "AI" in K-12 education, I think about what it takes to run programs like AddisCoder and JamCoders. 🧵
July 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In the photo, head TA Zaria Chen Shui and I were trying to make a heart but I was additionally trying (and failing) to make a JC sign with my fingers 😂
Every time someone talks about "AI" in K-12 education, I think about what it takes to run programs like AddisCoder and JamCoders. 🧵
Every time someone talks about "AI" in K-12 education, I think about what it takes to run programs like AddisCoder and JamCoders. 🧵
I'm thinking about spending some time to write explainers on some topics that people have asked me about. Some would include synthesizing other people's work, some would include our own work etc. Any other topics you'd like to add to the mix?
May 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I'm thinking about spending some time to write explainers on some topics that people have asked me about. Some would include synthesizing other people's work, some would include our own work etc. Any other topics you'd like to add to the mix?
Here's what Sam Altman said about what will also happen "before the decade is out."
Y'all would rather handover resources to egotistical quacks than do anything that "actually" ends disease, poverty or brings peace to the world.
Y'all would rather handover resources to egotistical quacks than do anything that "actually" ends disease, poverty or brings peace to the world.
April 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Here's what Sam Altman said about what will also happen "before the decade is out."
Y'all would rather handover resources to egotistical quacks than do anything that "actually" ends disease, poverty or brings peace to the world.
Y'all would rather handover resources to egotistical quacks than do anything that "actually" ends disease, poverty or brings peace to the world.
Addis Standard is one of the few, if not the only, Ethiopian news outlets that always holds the government accountable. They did this through imprisonments, raids, and more.
And on April 17 federal police raided them, harassed their staff, and confiscated their devices. Their statement👇🏼
And on April 17 federal police raided them, harassed their staff, and confiscated their devices. Their statement👇🏼
April 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Addis Standard is one of the few, if not the only, Ethiopian news outlets that always holds the government accountable. They did this through imprisonments, raids, and more.
And on April 17 federal police raided them, harassed their staff, and confiscated their devices. Their statement👇🏼
And on April 17 federal police raided them, harassed their staff, and confiscated their devices. Their statement👇🏼
I will never forget the genocidal mania among the Ethiopian intelligentsia. It was a popular genocide, with your “progressive” diaspora falling over themselves to deny and justify it. The least we can do is raise awareness about what has happened and what is about to happen.
April 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I will never forget the genocidal mania among the Ethiopian intelligentsia. It was a popular genocide, with your “progressive” diaspora falling over themselves to deny and justify it. The least we can do is raise awareness about what has happened and what is about to happen.
The VP who sent an “anonymous” letter to HR telling me to retract my paper & setting the stage for my firing commented that plenty of work was being done in that arena. But contrary to his claims & Yann LeCun’s lies saying that “95% of hate speech on Facebook is removed by ‘AI’,”
April 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The VP who sent an “anonymous” letter to HR telling me to retract my paper & setting the stage for my firing commented that plenty of work was being done in that arena. But contrary to his claims & Yann LeCun’s lies saying that “95% of hate speech on Facebook is removed by ‘AI’,”
🔇🔇🔇 Join us next Friday April 11 for a hopeful virtual event & creative workshop to get us to think about our possible technological futures.
✴️ Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese...
⏰ Friday April 11: 9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT
✴️ Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese...
⏰ Friday April 11: 9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT
April 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🔇🔇🔇 Join us next Friday April 11 for a hopeful virtual event & creative workshop to get us to think about our possible technological futures.
✴️ Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese...
⏰ Friday April 11: 9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT
✴️ Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/dair-prese...
⏰ Friday April 11: 9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT
Lets replace search with "AI" then! Totally logical if you ask me. Even more worth it when you know they're exponentially overtaking the airline industry in their carbon footprint.
Study: www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Study: www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
March 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Lets replace search with "AI" then! Totally logical if you ask me. Even more worth it when you know they're exponentially overtaking the airline industry in their carbon footprint.
Study: www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Study: www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...