Rajesh Veeraraghavan
@RajeshVeeraa
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Associate Prof @georgetownsfs @UCBerkeley @BKCHarvard @WatsonInstitute Patching Development @OxUniPress https://t.co/32Q9BOAj1w Data, Tech, Global Dev
Joined November 2021
It has finally arrived! :) I just got my first physical copy of the book! Yay! So thrilled and relieved! :) Buy it from
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RT @minilek: 60 years ago the govt tried to replace migrant farm workers with Americans, the “A-TEAM”. Then …. “200 teenagers from New Mexi….
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In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.
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RT @STIAGeorgetown: 🌍 In STIA Prof. @RajeshVeeraa's class, Senegal: Public Interest Technology class, Georgetown & DAUST students co-design….
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Discover how two teams of Georgetown SFS and Senegalese engineering students are using technology to address issues in Dakar.
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RT @samalochana: In Andhra Pradesh, MGNREGA staff haven't been paid for the last 3 months. This is unjust to those ensuring rural livelihoo….
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Very interesting post. But, how does this help explain why these companies are going nuclear? Is it just a marketing ploy (hey, we are building our own power) to keep the stock market happy and get more people to use their AI products?.
Should we be worried about the climate impact of our generative AI use? 🤔. It's complicated. Drawing on work by @Laurenebridges @STS_News @SashaMTL @AndyMasley + data from Ofgem, Water UK & the IEA, I tried to bottom it out 🙏. Warning: may distress roast potato lovers 🥔.
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RT @AcctResearchCtr: Audit institutions are an essential part of anti-corruption mechanisms. Great to see @sowmyakidambi1 sharing experien….
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Heart broken. I lost Michael Burawoy, a dear mentor and advisor to a tragic accident! He was the best teacher I have had in my life. His passion for scholarship and solidarity for the marginalized workers is unparalleled in academia. I know many others feel the same.
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I think we don't just need ethics courses in computer science, but political economy courses. @ShriramKMurthi.
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"I think CS TAs are unionized so you get $20/hour instead of $13" Marx is useful, even for computer scientists, yet some of them turn into libertarians, perhaps they take the Engels' "withering the state" part too prematurely. .
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btw. Here is the actual transcript. the video conveys it better though :)
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Start by recognizing that every technical system represents a set of choices.
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One of the best articulation of what "sociotechnical" means and why we need it, particularly when we think about AI. Ranjit Singh from @datasociety Check it out, just 6 minutes :)
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Can you reject bureaucracy and politics? (Which seems to be current ask!).
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It seems to me what is under question in the US: is there an autonomy of the political, and a clamor for shrinking it, by politics.
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If what we are about to witness is "smashing the state" from the political, will we see "war(s) of position"? yeah double speak :).
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Indeed a remarkable scene. @tmkrishna may have a few things to add🙏.
What a remarkable scene. The tension between the art and the artist, the morality of the human and the honesty of the aesthetic, the civility with which different points of views are being debated. What happened to us?!?.
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Looking forward to this.
We need 3rd party evals/audits of AI systems. How can we do this technically? What are best practices for disclosure? How can AI researchers be legally protected? If you're interested in these questions, join join our Oct 28 workshop. RSVP: Details:
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RT @georgetownsfs: SFS is a #PITUN #NetworkChallenge24 grantee! Profs Katherine Chandler+@RajeshVeeraa are principal investigators on the g….
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The see saw of the lobbies of Indian Americans and US political interests. Doctors, motel owners to tech elites. Fantastic piece by @joyopal.
Third in my series on Indian Americans in the US election deals with lobbying. I trace its roots to two groups - doctors and motel owners. Both of these impacted how US politicians would be lobbied, until a third group came - tech. A thread 🧵.
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