Hi #AoIR2023 peeps! Our group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge Mass is actively seeking a predoc research assistant and very soon we will be looking for a postdoc and several PhD interns. Several of us will be there - @tarleton@ZoeGlatt and me for example. Please feel welcome to ask us about these opportunities!
Too often we approach issues of equity and inclusion through the lens of harm reduction. That's essential, but it's the minimal bar for acceptable tech, not an end goal.
What would AI that spurs joy from within minoritized communities look like? This exciting new fellowship sponsored by MSR with Edinburgh's BRAID project seeks a creative UK-based scholar to collaborate with me and our team to help us imagine.
I donโt want to get too mystical, but today we ran across a groundhog in a field, which would be pretty normal, but this one was completely white. According to the internet this happens like four times in a century and I am not even making that up.
@andresmh According to a local paper in Pennsylvania a trapper got one in its trap around 2014 and it had been 25ish years since one had last been seen.