Erika Salomon

Social psychologist-turned-data scientist

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

I did the thing and joined the other place https://t.co/uxfxq2zKDL

[Baltimore Chief Data Officer @baltdata]

We've got an opening for a Data Fellow so if you're new to the field or changing careers and want to serve Baltimore this is the job for you!

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

The great thing about changing the icon of the app to X is that I don't recognize it and don't think to open the app. Much less doom scrolling happening now

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

I saw on here a month or so ago someone released a repo where you tell a chatbot to write you a software, it asks you clarifying questions, then it writes the software. Does anyone know the thing I am thinking of?

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

@mwkraus Yessssss!! Welcome to Chicago!

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

I sincerely hope Threads is not the winner of the Twitter replacement race because Meta's products show the worst effects of enshittification over and over. Twitter felt mostly unshittified until the Elmo takeover, and that was a huge part of what made it better

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

@colin_fraser I keep saying so much of the output reads like a college student trying to pad out an essay assignment

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

I assume this has been true for a long time but I almost never use windows so it's new to me

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

Just restarting my windows computer requires me to go through four screens asking me to change settings or sign up/in to additional Microsoft products and services. Good god

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

Oh, cool, FAccT is in Chicago this year! If you'll be in town, let's meet up!

[ACM FAccT @FAccTConference]

This year's conference in Chicago June 12-15 is one of the most exciting editions ever---with a huge array of different disciplines, real-world perspectives, and policy-oriented work that meets the stakes of this present moment. Register now: https://t.co/fcjdfV2GOL

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

A way to celebrate the life of the site we called Twitter

Here are mine

[cowboy postbop @cowboy_postbop]

What's a tweet that's so canonical in your mind you make shorthand reference to it, even if people might not know what you're talking about? (I sometimes just say "uh oh y'all it's gettin' kinda hazy" expecting people to get it)

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

I swear, nearly a quarter of the time, I _think_ I've checked out on Instacart but I realize 2 hours later that I never did because I didn't got through all 4378439247 steps of their checkout process

[Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts @ChiAppleseed]

ShotSpotter (now known as SoundThinking) is audio surveillance technology that alerts police when it detects gunshot sounds. This leads to high-intensity, often violent interactions for residents with police -- while almost never turning up evidence a gun was fired.

[Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith]

Thrilled to see the inextricable human labor of "AI" highlighted more frequently!

I'd change the below slightly to say "a hidden army of contract workers ARE A KEY PART OF AI systems."

There is no separating the labor required to "make AI work" from the systems themselves.

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

How are employment lawyers doing these days?

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

I find Trello's interface overly busy & distracting. Github projects is ok but most tasks I am tracking are not code and creating issues in a repo seems excessive. Asana is nice but missing features (automation & custom fields) in the free product + too expensive for 1 person

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

What software do y'all use for your personal kanban boards?

[Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo]

Can't quite believe I'm writing this: Today, 150 African workers behind ChatGPT, TikTok and Facebook voted to unionize at a landmark meeting in Nairobi.

These AI workers are invisible, underpaid, and the backbone of the tech in all our pockets:

https://t.co/IXK5xqj0fH

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

https://t.co/AA47spo1YL

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

It's nice taking an evening and reading all the tabs I opened with the best of intentions but gave up on or got distracted from or forgot. I get temporarily to be the aspirational version of myself who has leisure time and uses it to indulge my curiosity about the world

[Erika Salomon @ecsalomon]

https://t.co/L8ZYZeFdEK