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Bobby Zipp

@bobby-is-overit.bsky.social

28, annoyed civic technologist in NYC • algorithmic bias auditor

6 Followers  |  17 Following  |  7 Posts  |  Joined: 03.06.2024  |  1.4826

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America’s social safety nets are not designed to serve a society of contract / contingent workers. They were designed to rescue people during tough times. If the future of work is all contractor jobs, we need to reimagine how people do things like save for retirement and find health insurance.

01.07.2024 16:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

things I actually wish Siri was able to do: “Hey siri find the pizza shop with the best reviews in a five-block radius from my current location that’s under $4 / slice.” If it’s not there, I don’t think it’s ready. #appleintelligence #wwdc24 #siri

12.06.2024 22:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mistral, a French A.I. Start-Up, Is Valued at $6.2 Billion Created by alumni from Meta and Google, Mistral is just a year old and has already raised more than $1 billion from investors, leading to eye-popping valuations.

I cannot overemphasize how little it matters what a company is valuated at. It is literally a prediction.

I’m so over this kind of coverage

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/b...

11.06.2024 16:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Meanwhile, it annoys the sh*t out of me that as of late, my #spotify radio just generates a list of my most played songs that week whether or not they’re related to the track I chose

04.06.2024 19:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For example, we still have a lot of work to do on content recommender systems. What other areas do we see getting overlooked?

04.06.2024 18:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of the biggest topics these days in responsible AI is how to make generative AI safe - but sometimes it feels like other areas of responsible AI work get overlooked.

04.06.2024 18:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hey all - created this account so I can gripe about the state of tech and society to the right audience instead of bothering my close friends on Instagram ✌️

03.06.2024 14:31 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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