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KathyReid

@KathyReid@aus.social

Doing a #PhD https://aus.social/@anucybernetics in #opensource #voice and #data #bias #FairML. Into #linux, #IoT. Built @SenseBreast. She/her pronouns. Ex @mycroft_ai https://fosstodon.org/@linuxaustralia @deakin @mozilla
Living in Australia on Waddawurrung land but with connections in #Northumberland
#MastoAdmin for fediverse.au

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In another insightful use of metaphor, this time frames as a management consultant - and unpacks the consequences of doing so.

Hat tip to @kobotic for the link.

https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey

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"Private companies are preying on school districts’ worst fears and proposing the use of technology that’s not going to work ... and may cause many more problems than it seeks to solve.”

The main problem with so many new technologies for schools is they just don't work as claimed, and they cost millions, and thousands more to remove too. https://theintercept.com/2023/05/07/ai-gun-weapons-detection-schools-evolv/

KathyReid,
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@BenPatrickWill Turnitin in a nutshell

s_palm, to random
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Discovered that Teams can't include a 5 second video inline in a chat. It saves it wherever, embeds a link and makes the viewer authenticate and then launch a video player. Cannot believe that Teams is still passed off as a finished product that people have to pay for.

KathyReid,
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@s_palm 💯

KathyReid, to internet
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"Somehow, I have been instrumentalized by the internet, which operates me through my phone. It often feels like the internet is reading my mind."

A beautifully-written piece by that traces the not-quite-serendipity of connection through the internet, and shows how the internet mediates our relationships - to each other, and with the internet itself.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/04/phone-listening-recording-loneliness-online-dating.html

KathyReid,
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More Merritt Tierce here:
https://www.merritttierce.com/

KathyReid, (edited ) to random
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Today in , here are all the trackers that blocked on the Coles Group online shopping website 😯 (big ups, @eff)

What have you found during ?

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Privacy Badger blocked 16 potential trackers on www.coles.com.au:

adobetarget.data.adobedc.net
js.adsrvr.org
api.bazaarvoice.com
apps.bazaarvoice.com
network-a.bazaarvoice.com
bat.bing.com
dpm.demdex.net
ad.doubleclick.net
connect.facebook.net
www.googletagmanager.com
nebula-cdn.kampyle.com
adobedc.net.ssl.sc.omtrdc.net
c.oracleinfinity.io
apps.rokt.com
o1058658.ingest.sentr.io
dc.services.visualstudio.com

KathyReid,
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@Margaritak @luciedigitalni @eff IKR??!!

KathyReid,
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@luciedigitalni @eff how good is it?!

KathyReid,
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@adamsteer @eff absolutely! And we can't tell how it gets aggregated downstream

KathyReid, (edited ) to random
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Distinguished Professor @feraldata, Director of 's School of , is delivering the 2023 on Monday 8 May 1800 AEST GMT +1000 at the National Library of Australia in and online.

Sold out in person but livestream deets here 👇

https://www.nla.gov.au/whats-on/events/2023-ann-moyal-lecture-professor-genevieve-bell

Dr Ann Moyal AM FAHA (1926–2019) was a Petherick reader, a Harold White Fellow and an established historian of science and technology. As a champion of independence in research and scholarly pursuits, she established the Independent Scholars Association of Australia in 1995 during the ‘Against the Grain’ conference, held at the Library.

MarkTurnerNC, to random

I think it's time we replace some CEOs with AI. None of them provide value. https://boingboing.net/2023/05/04/ibm-boasts-it-will-replace-thousands-of-workers-with-ai.html

KathyReid,
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@MarkTurnerNC we haven't trained an AI to burn $44 billion yet

lornajane, to random

You know you’re in the right conference talk when the speaker has a “docs or it didn’t happen” sticker on her laptop

KathyReid,
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@lornajane cc @kattekrab

KathyReid, to random
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I'm reading Gordon Pask's 1975 work on , and , and the academic language is so difficult to parse.

In the intervening years, language has become simplified, more tractable, and approachable.

It's ironic that a work so focused on communication and the transmission of ideas and knowledge is itself challenging to absorb.

Language can be a barrier; a tool for hoarding knowledge rather than sharing it...

mpesce, to random
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A singularly important moment in our recent history.

KathyReid,
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@mpesce you know they're looking for an ED

evan, to random
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Does anyone know of any work in in or that uses as a structured modelling language?

KathyReid,
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@wynch @evan I don't sorry but this sounds super interesting

KathyReid,
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@evan @wynch if anyone knows this it would be @jofish - tagging him

KathyReid, (edited ) to random
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ICYMI: Do you work with #voice or #speech #data?

You might be a #linguist, or an #ML #engineer, doing things like data specifications, filtering or pre-processing or training #ASR, #STT or #TTS models, or you might work in #fairness or #bias evaluation.

If so, I’d love your help to understand current #dataset #documentation practices, and what we can do to make them better as part of my #PhD #research 🤓 ⌨️ 🎤

The #survey takes 10-20 minutes to complete, and you can opt in to win one of 3 gift cards valued at $AUD 50 each.

Research Protocol 2021/427 approved by #ANU Human Research Ethics Committee

https://anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cSFODa5osYtm96e

rcourt, to space
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Freelance journalists: I'm building up MIT Technology Review's
coverage of physical technology: , , , , , , , a little bit of , etc. Reach out to say hello! Or send me a pitch (https://lnkd.in/ghW8vbiT).

KathyReid,
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@rcourt cc @profElanor

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    KathyReid,
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    @phire 😑

    KathyReid, to random
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    Do you work with or ? You might contribute data, write data specifications for collection, perform filtering or pre-processing, train or models, or design or perform evaluations on speech models.

    If so, I’d love your help to understand current practices, and what we can do to make them better as part of my

    The takes 10-20 minutes to complete, and you can opt in to win one of 3 gift cards valued at $AUD 50 each

    Research Protocol 2021/427 approved by Human Research Ethics Committee

    https://anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cSFODa5osYtm96e

    KathyReid, to random
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    @lornajane Lorna!!11!!

    KathyReid,
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    @lornajane so good to see you here, and hope the new role is going well

    KathyReid, to random
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    Do you work with or ? You might contribute data, write data specifications for collection, perform filtering or pre-processing, train or models, or design or perform evaluations on speech models.

    If so, I’d love your help to understand current practices, and what we can do to make them better as part of my

    The takes 10-20 minutes to complete, and you can opt in to win one of 3 gift cards valued at $AUD 50 each.

    Research Protocol 2021/427 approved by Human Research Ethics Committee

    https://anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cSFODa5osYtm96e

    KathyReid,
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    @perkinsy thank you so much!

    KathyReid,
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    @drbuttocks @superlinguo thank you so much for the recommendation!

    KathyReid,
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    @smore Thank you so much for this tip - confirming I posted on the Hugging Face forum:

    https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/help-me-with-my-phd-research-on-voice-dataset-documentation-by-completing-this-survey/37751

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