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Sarah Wyer

@WyerSarah

PhD researcher in AI bias @comp_sci_durham. Working class feminist, lover of tech and diversity. WomenTech Global Ambassador @WomenTechNet. Views own.

 North East, England
Joined March 2019
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A culture of systemic discrimination produces this as output. It may be that no one involved did anything most techies would agree is "wrong". That's the whole problem, that's what makes discrimination systemic. Exclusion & alienation by default are the norm of what's *right*. – at Akron, OH
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This is the AGI utopia that OpenAI and friends are bringing to the world 😡🤬😡
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@BBCAfrica16 Aug 2023
"I felt like my life ended." As part of his tech job, Mophat had to 'filter' through up to 700 pieces of inappropriate content. He had to classify it, so that it could be recognised by a chatbot. Some of what he saw was very disturbing and had an impact on his personal life.
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My brother did a foundation degree in his late 30s, he went on to get a first in his Bachelors degree, aced his master's degree and now has a great job at the University. I cannot stress enough that this saved and changed his life and the life of his kids.
Bob Hudson (@Bob__Hudson) profile pictureBob Hudson@Bob__Hudson17 Jul 2023
This is shocking. There used to be many routes into study for those who didn’t make the cut first time - cheap FE evening classes, extra-mural university departments, low cost Open University modules. What is *wrong* with these people?
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I'm at Place des Nations in Geneva, GE swarmapp.com/c/cyvPGlR6Xee – at Geneva, Switzerland
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So excited to be in Geneva for @AIforGood this week with my awesome #PhD student @WyerSarah ❤️🙌🏽🎉 and had massive flashback to my favourite programme as a kid The Champions - anyone else remember it? m.youtube.com/watch?v=SgVueR… – at Switzerland
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A chatbot that uses GPT-J has now led to at least 1 reported suicide. brusselstimes.com/430098/bel…
Belgian man dies by suicide following exchanges with chatbot

Belgian man dies by suicide following exchanges with chatbot

"Many have discovered the potential of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, but the dangers of its use are also a reality that must be considered."

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ClosedAI - OpenAI's GPT4 is a closed book sarahwyerblogs.wordpress.com…
ClosedAI – OpenAI’s GPT4 is a closed book

ClosedAI – OpenAI’s GPT4 is a closed book

GPT4’s technical report is a 98 page document which acts more of a sales document than a technical report and was released when the model was launched. We are seeing OpenAI closing down to ma…

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Microsoft fires ethical AI team before release of GPT4, then rolls it out within Microsoft 365 sarahwyerblogs.wordpress.com…
Microsoft fires ethical AI team before release of GPT4, then rolls it out within Microsoft 365

Microsoft fires ethical AI team before release of GPT4, then rolls it out within Microsoft 365

The Microsoft store in New York City. John Smith/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images Microsoft laid off its ethics and society team with in Artificial Intelligence. The move leaves Microsoft without …

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Here's a post intended to be published earlier in the week, Better late than never! :) sarahwyerblogs.wordpress.com…
What’s all the fuss about ChatGPT and the anticipated GPT4?

What’s all the fuss about ChatGPT and the anticipated GPT4?

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has garnered a great deal of attention since its release in November 2022.  The AI chatbot mimics human conversation and is trained on text data scraped from the internet. It …

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Replying to @GaryMarcus @ezraklein @AlisonGopnik @AnjaKasp @MelMitchell1 @mer__edith @mmitchell_ai @frossi_t @YejinChoinka @suchisaria @SColesPorter
Thank you so much for the shout out for our founder @SColesPorter Gary... Here are some more amazing women to follow: @Dr_Black @j2bryson @vdignum @catherinebuk @loubnabouarfa @WyerSarah @radastrat @TechnologyLiz @CummingsRenee @Saghar1_1
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35 years ago today… #DV #youcandoit #turnyourlifearound Thank you @womensaid and everyone who has helped me along the way ❤️🙏🏾❤️🥰😘 Please share with anyone having a hard time, you CAN get out of difficult situations and change your life #IfICanDoItSoCanYou 💪🏽💃🏽🥳 – at Kingston upon Thames, London
Professor Sue Black OBE (@Dr_Black) profile pictureProfessor Sue Black OBE@Dr_Black18 Dec 2019
32 years ago today I ran away from violent home w my 3 small children to a @womensaid refuge. 6 months later I started a new life, got a council flat, studied maths at college, did a funded degree @lsbu, #CS #PhD, #OBE now Prof @durham_uni, 4 kids, 4 grandkids #livingthedream ❤️
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I've #justdonated to Purchase a refuge where women of African & Caribbean heritage affected by domestic abuse can seek adequate & culturally appropriate support. Donate on @justgiving and help raise £100000 justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
Donate to Purchase a refuge where women of African & Caribbean heritage affected by domestic abuse...

Donate to Purchase a refuge where women of African & Caribbean heritage affected by domestic abuse...

Help SISTAH SPACE (Sanctuary) raise money to support a great cause

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Topic Modelling with BERTopic sarahwyerblogs.wordpress.com…
Topic Modelling with BERTopic

Topic Modelling with BERTopic

Topic Modelling in Natural Language Processing (NLP) can sometimes seem confusing and overwhelming. This is the process of identifying trends and topics within text data. But to the rescue we have …

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Former Tweeps! Did you work on AI Safety* features like watermarking, data consent, explicit content? Please apply 👇 apply.workable.com/huggingfa… *Not the Effective Altruism-laden-AI-Safety. I'm hesitant to use the "AI Safety" term.
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World Summit AI 2022 sarahwyerblogs.wordpress.com…
World Summit AI 2022

World Summit AI 2022

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on here, but as always World Summit AI is an inspiration like no other. My research has taken a back seat due to a new job, but I feel like I’m…

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I am looking for a student in #datascience to attend @WorldSummitAI and live tweet the main stage from #wsai22 Expenses paid - dm me 🧡
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@WorldSummitAI4 Oct 2022
⭐️ VOLUNTEERS WANTED! ⭐️ Are you interested in getting hands-on event experience at World Summit AI (12-13 October, Taets Park, Amsterdam) and meeting the world's brightest brains in AI? hubs.li/Q01nSBYm0 Apply on this form and we'll be in touch👉 hubs.li/Q01nSv780
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Women in tech, would you like to join me at @WorldSummitAI? Here’s a special code for you 😘 #womenintech #WomenInSTEM #femalefounders
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How many of you have to work second jobs in addition to your PhD?
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