Timnit Gebru

1983– · computer scientist, specialising in AI ethics

Topics: learning, life, artificial intelligence

• What I’ve realized is that we can talk about the ethics and fairness of AI all we want, but if our institutions don’t allow for this kind of work to take place, then it won’t.

  — Timnit Gebru

• We aim to expose the harms of the current AI system, serving as an early warning system to stop their spread.

  — Timnit Gebru

• We focus on where AI tools are being experimented with before they get to the rest of the society and uncover what happens to the people.

  — Timnit Gebru

• The primary motivation with all of these AI technologies is either to have more warfare or to have more profit.

  — Timnit Gebru

• Even at places like Stanford, we have too much concentrated power that is impacting the world, and yet the world has no opportunity to affect how technology is being developed.

  — Timnit Gebru

• I want a different kind of root motivation for technology that puts human welfare first.

  — Timnit Gebru