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Karen Hao

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Tech reporter, data scientist, and application engineer. Worked at Quartz, a tech reporter and data scientist, and was an application engineer at the first startup to spin out of Go... Show More

Tech reporter, data scientist, and application engineer. Worked at Quartz, a tech reporter and data scientist, and was an application engineer at the first startup to spin out of Google X. Published writing in Mother Jones, Sierra Magazine, The New Republic, and other publications.

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Karen Hao @_KarenHao · Mar 4, 2023
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Really important piece -and would love to see the paper when it’s out!!

Article Nov 30, 2022
Effective Altruism Is Pushing a Dangerous Brand of ‘AI Safety’
by Timnit Gebru
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Karen Hao @_KarenHao · Feb 28, 2023
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The rush to deploy ChatGPT in search is one giant global experiment, where we have no idea how it'll affect us in the end. Is this the cost of innovation, or is this a trap we've fallen for before? A must read from @mims with a small assist from me.

Article Feb 25, 2023
For Chat-Based AI, We Are All Once Again Tech Companies’ Guinea Pigs
by Christopher Mims
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Karen Hao @_KarenHao · Dec 17, 2022
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Really great analysis of why TikTok feels different from other platforms and in line with what I’ve heard from company engineers. It’s not the recommendation system but rather the design of the user experience.

Article Dec 15, 2022
TikTok’s Secret Sauce
by Arvind Narayanan
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Karen Hao @_KarenHao · Oct 12, 2022
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Love this story not just for its feel-good vibes but for its reminder that, in an increasingly fractured world, people are still finding ways to come together across borders to create beautiful human moments.

Article Oct 11, 2022
LGBT Couples From China Say ‘I Do’ in Utah Over Zoom
by Shen Lu @shenlu@alive.bar
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Karen Hao @_KarenHao · Oct 12, 2022
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When Utah started conducting virtual wedding ceremonies during the pandemic, it intended them for homebound couples locally. But they quickly became popular among an unexpected contingent: same-sex couples in China. Incredible story from @shenlulushen.

Article Oct 11, 2022
LGBT Couples From China Say ‘I Do’ in Utah Over Zoom
by Shen Lu @shenlu@alive.bar
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Karen Hao @_KarenHao · Jun 24, 2022
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I was citing the brilliant work of @tetisheri!

Article Jul 4, 2021
Interrupting invisibility in a global worldACM Interactions
by Noopur Raval
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Karen Hao @_KarenHao · Apr 27, 2022
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Now some resources for those interested in diving more into AI Colonialism: 1/ This paper from @shakir_za, @wsisaac, & @png_marie on "Decolonial AI," which argues that decolonial theory can help us predict & correct for AI's consequences. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-020-00405-8

Paper Jul 12, 2020
Decolonial AI: Decolonial Theory as Sociotechnical Foresight in Artificial Intelligence
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