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Timnit Gebru

Founder, Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

AI researcher and prominent voice on AI ethics, bias, and the risks of concentrated corporate control over AI development. Coach's note: Pairs well with the DAIR entry in the library — independent research, not corporate PR.

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"Deep Unlearning": Timnit Gebru on AI Hype, Ethics & Algorithmic Racial Bias

Her own account of being forced out of Google, and why she says the bias sits in the training data.

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Key arguments & positions

  • Co-authored "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots," arguing large language models can encode bias and the illusion of understanding without real comprehension.
  • Argues AI-ethics discourse is too often dominated by speculative existential-risk narratives that distract from documented present-day harms.

Accomplishments

  • Co-authored "Gender Shades" (2018) and "Stochastic Parrots" (2021).
  • Co-founded Black in AI.
  • Founded the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) in 2021 after her 2020 departure from Google.
  • Time100 (2022) and BBC 100 Women (2023).

Papers & key writings

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Timeline

  1. 2018Co-writes Gender Shades with Joy Buolamwini.
  2. 2020Leaves Google in a disputed exit over the Stochastic Parrots paper.
  3. 2021Publishes "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots".
  4. 2021Founds the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).

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Timnit Gebru

Founder, Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR). AI researcher and prominent voice on AI ethics, bias, and the risks of concentrated corporate control over AI development.

In plain terms: This LinkedIn profile belongs to Dr. Timnit Gebru, an artificial intelligence researcher and founder of the Distributed AI Research Institute. You can follow her page to read updates and commentary on technology ethics, bias, and research.

Why I recommend it: Pairs well with the DAIR entry in the library — independent research, not corporate PR.

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