chris wiggins

Tech Bono In law, pro bono service is institutionalized: embedded in legal education, supported by firms, coordinated by dedicated staff, and engrained in the culture. In tech and data science, skills-based “tech for good”—what I call tech bono—remains largely ad hoc, driven by individual initiative rather than durable institutional pathways. Explore how we're working to change that culture in this article.

Excited about a new project w/ Prof. @chrishwiggins.bsky.social of @datascicolumbia.bsky.social on "tech bono" - the commitments we have in law to service learning/ professional volunteerism called “pro bono" mapped to tech+data science. More: buff.ly/hGPZy5I

#techbono @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

03.01.2026 22:16 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in the shape of a camel?
Polonius: You're absolutely right! 'tis like a. camel, indeed.
Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel.
Polonius: Perfect! It is backed like a weasel.
Hamlet: Or like a whale?
Polonius: You're totally right - Very like a whale.

28.09.2025 09:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks, Don Green, for inviting me to share "Persuasion at Scale: ML, Causality & Information," a course retrospective @ Columbia's DSI.

@eunjikim.bsky.social & I covered the power & limits of causal inference & AI: from RCTs to LLMs

talk: bit.ly/PScaleTalk20...

class: lnkd.in/etbR2Dqc

29.06.2025 20:05 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

The rationality wars: a personal reflection | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core The rationality wars: a personal reflection

New from Gerd Gigerenzer ```The rationality wars: a personal reflection``` 2024-11-22 (he posted on LinkedIn. Hopefully, we can get him to join Bluesky)

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

22.11.2024 12:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

hackNY The hackNY Fellows Program is a Summer-long coliving experience for full time higher ed (college or graduate school) tech interns.

software engineering / computer science students! now is a great time to apply for one of the best tech fellowships in the country - hackNY is open for applications!!

hackny.org/fellows-prog...

08.11.2024 04:47 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

chris wiggins on LinkedIn: Although this first iteration of Columbia University's new "AI in Context"… Although this first iteration of Columbia University's new "AI in Context" course is not online, I thought I'd share the PDF of the first of my 4 lectures on…

this 1st iteration of CU's new "AI in Context" course is not online, but sharing the 1st of my 4 lectures on history of (real/artificial) intelligence w/ links to Python/Colab.
what should I cover in the remaining 3 lectures?

PDF: lnkd.in/eRAVfKuF

(x-post LinkedIn: bit.ly/4cVlEOx )

10.09.2024 13:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

✨ 📚 I'm Honored to join Prof Ingrid Daubechies, long a hero of mine, in conversation about our book "How Data Happened" tonight online, hosted by MoMath, NYC! 📚 ✨

📆 Tuesday, January 16 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm ET

momath.org/volumes/

16.01.2024 18:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

happy giving tuesday! Please consider sharing this note from Andrea Dean, class of 2017 hackNY Fellow and hackNY.org board member: www.linkedin.com/posts/wiggin...

28.11.2023 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My thanks to Holly Krambeck for inviting me to keynote at the World Bank’s Data Partnership Day (and sending this picture!), discussing data, policy, and 'How Data Happened' ( https://bit.ly/hdh-book ), w/ Hal Varian of Google
& Karin Kimbrough of LinkedIn

30.05.2023 17:17 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence' | Engadget In their new book, professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones examine how data acts as the lifeblood of modern society, shaping everything from our political views and social mores to our military responses and economic activities..

🔥 "I invented the term artificial intelligence…when we were trying to get money" - John McCarthy 🚀

@engadget.bsky.social new post ft. Chapter 7 of "How Data Happened"
📘👉 https://lnkd.in/eTjn-yWa

Book 📚: https://lnkd.in/e_rErZH2

Watch 1973's Lighthill Debate on AI 🎥: https://lnkd.in/e55PfAh7

08.05.2023 12:42 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0