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Timnit Gebru challenges AI industry's concentrated power

Original: “Timnit Gebru is challenging an AI industry that concentrates enormous power in the hands of a few while presenting its

AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru is being praised for challenging an artificial intelligence industry that concentrates enormous power in a handful of companies while presenting its vision of the future as inevitable. Supporters say her work puts human agency back at the centre of technological development, arguing that the direction of technology remains a choice rather than a foregone conclusion, and that her critique resonates as AI firms grow more influential.

Why now: Ongoing debate over Big Tech's influence and Gebru's prominence as an AI ethics critic keeps her arguments circulating widely.

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• “Timnit Gebru is challenging an AI industry that concentrates enormous power in the hands of a few while presenting its vision of the future as inevitable [...] By putting human agency back at the centre of technological development, she shows that the future of technology is… · arteesetica · 10

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