Excited about a new project w/ Prof. @chrishwiggins.bsky.social of @datascicolumbia.bsky.social on "tech bono" - the commitments we have in law to service learning/ professional volunteerism called “pro bono" mapped to tech+data science. More: buff.ly/hGPZy5I #techbono @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

Tech Bono

In law, pro bono service is institutionalized: embedded in legal education, supported by firms, coordinated by dedicated staff, and engrained in the culture. In tech and data science, skills-based “tech for good”—what I call tech bono—remains largely ad hoc, driven by individual initiative rather than durable institutional pathways. Explore how we're working to change that culture in this article.

buff.ly

Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in the shape of a camel? Polonius: You're absolutely right! 'tis like a. camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: Perfect! It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: You're totally right - Very like a whale.

Thanks, Don Green, for inviting me to share "Persuasion at Scale: ML, Causality & Information," a course retrospective @ Columbia's DSI. @eunjikim.bsky.social & I covered the power & limits of causal inference & AI: from RCTs to LLMs talk: bit.ly/PScaleTalk20... class: lnkd.in/etbR2Dqc

New from Gerd Gigerenzer ```The rationality wars: a personal reflection``` 2024-11-22 (he posted on LinkedIn. Hopefully, we can get him to join Bluesky) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

software engineering / computer science students! now is a great time to apply for one of the best tech fellowships in the country - hackNY is open for applications!! hackny.org/fellows-prog...

hackNY

The hackNY Fellows Program is a Summer-long coliving experience for full time higher ed (college or graduate school) tech interns.

hackny.org

this 1st iteration of CU's new "AI in Context" course is not online, but sharing the 1st of my 4 lectures on history of (real/artificial) intelligence w/ links to Python/Colab. what should I cover in the remaining 3 lectures? PDF: lnkd.in/eRAVfKuF (x-post LinkedIn: bit.ly/4cVlEOx )

chris wiggins on LinkedIn: Although this first iteration of Columbia University's new "AI in Context"…

Although this first iteration of Columbia University's new "AI in Context" course is not online, I thought I'd share the PDF of the first of my 4 lectures on…

linkedin.com

✨ 📚 I'm Honored to join Prof Ingrid Daubechies, long a hero of mine, in conversation about our book "How Data Happened" tonight online, hosted by MoMath, NYC! 📚 ✨ 📆 Tuesday, January 16 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm ET momath.org/volumes/

happy giving tuesday! Please consider sharing this note from Andrea Dean, class of 2017 hackNY Fellow and hackNY.org board member: www.linkedin.com/posts/wiggin...

My thanks to Holly Krambeck for inviting me to keynote at the World Bank’s Data Partnership Day (and sending this picture!), discussing data, policy, and 'How Data Happened' ( https://bit.ly/hdh-book ), w/ Hal Varian of Google & Karin Kimbrough of LinkedIn

🔥 "I invented the term artificial intelligence…when we were trying to get money" - John McCarthy 🚀 @engadget.bsky.social new post ft. Chapter 7 of "How Data Happened" 📘👉 https://lnkd.in/eTjn-yWa Book 📚: https://lnkd.in/e_rErZH2 Watch 1973's Lighthill Debate on AI 🎥: https://lnkd.in/e55PfAh7

Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence' | Engadget

In their new book, professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones examine how data acts as the lifeblood of modern society, shaping everything from our political views and social mores to our military responses and economic activities..

lnkd.in