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Khari Johnson
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Citizen, human, tech reporter @calmatters and @themarkup, formerly @wired @venturebeat, on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/khari.…
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Jan 24, 2024
    It’s out! I started work on my first and last WIRED feature three years ago. It’s about space law, satellite constellations, colonization, and a team of young women from Zimbabwe
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    Two Nations, a Horrible Accident, and the Urgent Need to Understand the Laws of Space
    From wired.com
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    Khari Johnson
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    Dec 12, 2023
    Welp @WIRED laid me off alongside a bunch of other talented people, and on the way out the door I want to appreciate some stories that I was proud to write while reporting on how AI can harm people, accelerate inequality, violate human rights, and threaten society. A thread 🧵:
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Mar 30, 2021
    ~Personal News~ I'm heading to @WIRED, where I’ll be a senior writer focused on AI. I start next month and am excited to work with people like @ScottThurm, @tsimonite, and @willknight. DMs are open if you want to talk or get Signal contact info.
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    Khari Johnson
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    Mar 7, 2022
    I spoke with three men falsely identified with facial recognition about the impact those accusations had on them and their families and relationships with loved ones and neighbors. All three all fathers, they all filed lawsuits, and they're all Black men.
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    How Wrongful Arrests Based on AI Derailed 3 Men's Lives
    From wired.com
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Apr 26, 2021
    :) it’s my first day at @WIRED so feel free to ping me and tell me what stories you think I should be writing
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Jan 9, 2024
    📢 Personal news 📢 Later this month I'll join the CalMatters team to work as their first tech reporter. Covering how AI enables human rights abuses at @venturebeat and @WIRED sharpened my focus on policy and power, and I can’t wait to work with the @calmatters team. A quick 🧵:
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    May 10, 2021
    For my first @WIRED story I spoke with @black_in_ai, @QueerinAI, and @WiNLPWorkshop organizers about why the three organizations chose to end funding relationships with Google
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    Black and Queer AI Groups Say They'll Spurn Google Funding
    From wired.com
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Dec 10, 2020
    I spoke with @timnitGebru for a Q&A interview about a recent memo by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, toxic work culture, corporate AI research funding, and what she thinks should happen next
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    VentureBeat
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    Dec 10, 2020
    Timnit Gebru: Google's 'dehumanizing' memo paints me as an angry Black woman wp.me/p8wLEc-b9ik by @kharijohnson
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Dec 30, 2020
    As a journalist covering AI, sometimes I write brief stories or breaking news, and sometimes I write things that require a little bit more oomph. Here’s a 🧵on the stories that required a bit of oomph. I see value in reflection after a year like 2020.
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Dec 4, 2020
    I read the AI research paper at the center of why Timnit Gebru no longer works at Google. It’s about the risks and consequences of deploying large language models. It’s written by Gebru, linguist Emily Bender, and others like Margaret Mitchell, Google’s other AI ethics co-lead
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    VentureBeat
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    Dec 4, 2020
    AI ethics pioneer's exit from Google involved research into inequality in large language models wp.me/p8wLEc-b8SM by @kharijohnson
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    Khari Johnson
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    Dec 12, 2023
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    First up is reporting on how face recognition did more than violate the legal rights of falsely arrested Black men. It also had serious repercussions on their interpersonal relationships and the lives of people in their families.
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    How Wrongful Arrests Based on AI Derailed 3 Men's Lives
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    Khari Johnson
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    May 5, 2023
    This is like asking a group of arsonists how to put out a fire
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    May 4, 2023
    Artificial Intelligence is one of the most powerful tools of our time, but to seize its opportunities, we must first mitigate its risks. Today, I dropped by a meeting with AI leaders to touch on the importance of innovating responsibly and protecting people's rights and safety.
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Jun 15, 2022
    “I don't want to talk about sentient robots, because at all ends of the spectrum there are humans harming other humans, and that’s where I’d like the conversation to be focused." - @timnitGebru
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    LaMDA and the Sentient AI Trap
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    Khari Johnson
    @kharijohnson
    Mar 29, 2022
    After yrs of writing about her research I finally met @alexhanna today. In person. Like a human.
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