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Mia Shah-Dand

Mia Shah-Dand’s Race To Bridge The AI Gender Gap For A Human-Centred World

I first met Mia Shah-Dand, Founder of Women in AI Ethics (WAIE), in 2018. I was delving deeper into data privacy and on Twitter (at the time) she was addressing the failings of big tech as this AI hype cycle became more pronounced. The race to move fast and break things was emblematic of AI and the…Read more Mia Shah-Dand’s Race To Bridge The AI Gender Gap For A Human-Centred World

Sam Altman’s Reinstatement as OpenAI CEO: Microsoft’s Unyielding Support

Within a tumultuous week of November 21 for OpenAI — a series of uncontrolled outcomes, each with its own significance — one would not have predicted the aftermath that was to be the reinstatement of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI, with a new board in tow — all in five days. While it’s still unclear the official grounds…Read more Sam Altman’s Reinstatement as OpenAI CEO: Microsoft’s Unyielding Support

FISA Section 702 Reauthorization: Impact on Civil Liberties and Privacy Rights

It’s official: the executive branch has signed into law the bill that reauthorizes the warrantless surveillance power of the government, gravely impacting the civil liberties of every American citizen. I watched the events unfold as the House ultimately rejected the amendment known as The Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (H.R. 7888)-which would have added provisions to include stricter rules…Read more FISA Section 702 Reauthorization: Impact on Civil Liberties and Privacy Rights

Tech’s Inevitable Journey Towards Human-Centered Design

This is my journey to responsible tech. It's how my career evolved to get me to where I am today. Enjoy! Technology is moving at a speed where business is struggling to keep pace. It is obsoleting established norms in the process. The imminence of AI is creating an urgency to create policy to mitigate…Read more Tech’s Inevitable Journey Towards Human-Centered Design

Understanding JavaScript and AJAX: Implications for Privacy and Data Collection

I never thought I could write this article, mainly because I don’t have the technical chops to build credibility for this work. But in recent weeks I have come to understand that as a marketer and someone who is attuned to data privacy, and more particularly, the resulting harms, I needed to go deeper than…Read more Understanding JavaScript and AJAX: Implications for Privacy and Data Collection

Karen Hao Empowers Journalists To Unravel AI’s Complexities And Impacts

I awoke at the early hours of 4:00 am EDT to attend the first, in the series of online courses for AI Spotlight series which was hosted by Karen Hao, contributor for The Atlantic, and former foreign correspondent at The Wall Street Journal. Hao is known for her tremendous writing on AI, most notably, Artificial Intelligence is Creating a New…Read more Karen Hao Empowers Journalists To Unravel AI’s Complexities And Impacts

Kimera Seeks to Transform Humanity’s Path through AGI and Cryptocurrency

I met with Mounir Shita in 2016. This post originally published in 2018. Mounir was ahead of his time in conceptualizing the path towards thinking machines. The fears in outlines here is prescient in the times we currently live. This is Part I of a two-part series of my interview with Kimera Systems, an Artificial…Read more Kimera Seeks to Transform Humanity’s Path through AGI and Cryptocurrency