Julia Geist

insatiably curious | software dev | social and civil impact | currently @InternetArchive & @hiphopeducation | previous @Adobe @PlanGrid @GirlsWhoCode

[Julia Geist @JuliaGeist]

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[Julia Geist @JuliaGeist]

How machines make decisions is a human rights issue, read the write-up of a talk I gave at the Code for America Summit a few weeks ago here: https://t.co/SxvVqNtLCi #cfasummit #cfasummit2019 #cfa

[Julia Geist @JuliaGeist]

This @StackOverflow layout just threw me back to when I would change my @MySpace profile (almost) everyday, which was my first interaction with code.

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

Let's say you wanted to train a facial recognition algorithm on aging. What would do? Maybe start a meme like #10yearchallenge https://t.co/usFLAtMnAt

[Julia Geist @JuliaGeist]

@mspigot1 @WisdomOfTheNugg I think it’s the opposite. Conclusions are a type of confusion (human knowledge is limited). If you are aware of your confusion, then you can make significant progress towards knowing more.

[Julia Geist @JuliaGeist]

"At its foundation, physics is a dialogue with nature, not a monologue as some theorists would prefer to believe"

[Jeremy McLellan @JeremyMcLellan]

If you’re a cop with years of training, you can freak out, shoot someone, and blame it on “fearing for your life.”

But if you’re not a cop, you must remain calm while a cop points a gun at you, screams orders, and if you make a wrong move, you’re dead.

How is that fair?

[BLM Louisville @BLMLouisville]

Whole ass thread!!! Today is so heavy https://t.co/FdxUCHLfaX

[Wisdom of the Nugget Bot @WisdomOfTheNugg]

A person's a person, no matter what your body can do. Confusion is better than stupid conclusions.

[Dylan Curran @iamdylancurran]

Want to freak yourself out? I'm gonna show just how much of your information the likes of Facebook and Google store about you without you even realising it

[Wisdom of the Nugget Bot @WisdomOfTheNugg]

Disbelievers believe negatively. Doubt is good – it is conditional, it is what gets you started.

[Wisdom of the Nugget Bot @WisdomOfTheNugg]

Self-audit is self-transformation. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. Life is like riding a bicycle.

[Wisdom of the Nugget Bot @WisdomOfTheNugg]

You can learn to make it wonderful. The question is a doorway to the world.

[Julia Geist @JuliaGeist]

@exploratorium Also look at @DoYewno Discover! https://t.co/55bIcm9viV

[Wisdom of the Nugget Bot @WisdomOfTheNugg]

Humans have the potential to become. The only lasting solution is individual transformation.

[Wisdom of the Nugget Bot @WisdomOfTheNugg]

You are worth the investment in yourself. It is an endless possibility.

[Julia Geist @JuliaGeist]

Thread. Read the whole thread https://t.co/jmjSiTlg6v

[François Chollet @fchollet]

The problem with Facebook is not *just* the loss of your privacy and the fact that it can be used as a totalitarian panopticon. The more worrying issue, in my opinion, is its use of digital information consumption as a psychological control vector. Time for a thread

[François Chollet @fchollet]

We’re looking at a powerful entity that builds fine-grained psychological profiles of over two billion humans, that runs large-scale behavior manipulation experiments, and that aims at developing the best AI technology the world has ever seen. Personally, it really scares me