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Charlton McIlwain

@cmcilwain.bsky.social

Higher Ed Leader. BBQ junkie. Author. NYU Professor. CR+DS. Board Pres.@ Data & Society. Race+Tech.

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Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

Charlton McIlwain makes such a poignant point at #FAccT2026: what has the decades of work that has measured, documented, & evaluated the failure and bias of AI systems done? we have known the negative impact for decades yet very little has changed

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Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just a heads-up that our X account — where we haven't posted since November of last year — appears to have been hacked, this after two of our posts were falsely flagged as a "policy violation." Good times over there! Please note that here and LinkedIn are the only platforms we're active on.

Charlton McIlwain@cmcilwain.bsky.social · 2y ago

These cuts & cap on indirects use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, painting all universities with a broad brush when they differ in terms of endowments, the real uses and necessity of indirects to do the actual research, and impact this move will have. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

washingtonpost.com

Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

We’re among the organizations urging an immediate halt to the Department of Homeland Security's use of non-compliant AI systems, which could be used to facilitate civil rights violations, mass detentions, and deportations under the incoming administration. abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...

Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump's promised crackdown on immigration

President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them...

abcnews.go.com

Charlton McIlwain@cmcilwain.bsky.social · 2y ago

This CNN interview with Clear CEO ask all the WRONG questions about current and developing biometric “identity verification”/surveillance tech… Surely we should be conncerned with more than just the airport lines getting longer, yes? @CNN Clear p.1

Charlton McIlwain@cmcilwain.bsky.social · 2y ago

In my book, Black Software, I sat something like “Can our technological tools ever outrun white supremacy?” The Q remains rhetorical. Schmidt says AI will shape Identity, but history show he has it backwards. www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt...

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI will 'shape' identity and that 'normal people' are not ready for it

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in the future AI could be a child's best friend, shaping their identity and worldview.

businessinsider.com

Charlton McIlwain@cmcilwain.bsky.social · 2y ago

For the old folks out there or people who know - is it just me or was there a time in the 80s/90s when we didnt really recycle but were taught when we did sort recycling, egg crates went in with the plastics and not the paper??? Trying to explain to my wife why I STILL reflexively do this. any help?

Charlton McIlwain@cmcilwain.bsky.social · 2y ago

election coming back to bite me in the butt again. My last Instacart order was dor materials to make signs for the PA polling place I observed on election day. Nice 60 degree day today. Planned to smoke three racks of St. Louis Ribs and some dino beef ribs. But my order went to that PA polling spot!

Image of instacart order showing the wrong location where my order for bbq meats was delivered to. Receipts has personal information scribbled out.
Charlton McIlwain@cmcilwain.bsky.social · 2y ago

BBQ has a long, storied history intimately entertwined with American (race) politics - depending on time and circumstance, an expression of both pain and joy. Gonna spend my time here for the next little while….

Large cinderblock smoker lined with two rows of briskets and one in the center, all about halfway through their cook.Large cinder block smoker filled with various meats - 4 briskets wrapped in butcher paper, two racks of ribs wrapped in foil and a rown of 10 half chickens in two rows side-by-side.Large hand (mine) wearing a black nitrile glove holding a rack of ribs with a dark reddish black bark.Rack of ribs, sliced and lined in a row on a light brown cutting board, with a long slicing knife lying next to it.