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Michael Running Wolf

@runningwolf.bsky.social

AI ethicist, Founder of Indigenous in AI/ML, Lead Architect for First Languages AI Reality (FLAIR). All opinions posted here are my own.

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Titepochtli is a good #indigenous word for the times

19.02.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#America you’re a bad rebound, in fact you’re a bad first impression. If I reflect I sometimes regret ever being destined to be in your arms from birth.

But when I’m down you are utterly amazing and make me proud you’re my toxic bae

#ILoveYourFruitSelection #winter #plums

17.02.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This month’s prioritized reading list

#hankang

04.02.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#indigenousFriday keniwki motokah? Notokah michael

31.01.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.

#lakota #indigenous #aboutdamntime

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

20.01.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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…ugh

20.01.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My wife has been gently encouraging me to take up more dangerous hobbies

#FirstWorldProblems

15.01.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vancouver BC science world

Vancouver BC science world

I had to squeeze through a herd of geese for this shot

28.12.2024 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#randomThought : So if the US Federal government shuts down past January 20th can they even do a an inauguration? I feel this is a poor negotiation stance to have for the incoming prez

19.12.2024 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile on a grey Northwestern Saturday.

#caffeine

14.12.2024 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIf we lose a word we lose a part of our culture”

Te Hiku Media’s Peter Lucas Jones at #neurips #indigenous #ai

12.12.2024 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today I made the faux pax of planning to fly through O’Hare. Luckily the airlines rerouted me through DEN correcting my prior naivety. #weatherdelay

11.12.2024 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œDecolonise the world”

β€œDecolonise the world”

#indigenous

30.11.2024 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bit of a nitpick: the author used a very old interview from me or something there are nearly 7,000 languages on Earth

30.11.2024 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing, and AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists.

A nice roundup of peers and work I’ve being doing to address challenging #indigenous #ai with limited resources

30.11.2024 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Study finds Indigenous people cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions | CBC News A new study indicates Indigenous peoples in what is now British Columbia have been cultivating the beaked hazelnut for thousands of years, challenging assumptions that pre-colonial Indigenous people were only hunter-gatherers.

Via @minibubbly.bsky.social :

I sorta feel this β€œnew” research happens every other year: the forests of North America were/are a curated Indigenous garden, from 2021: www.popsci.com/story/enviro...

27.11.2024 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#aotearoa #indigenous

19.11.2024 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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35,000 arrive at New Zealand parliament to protest against controversial Māori treaty bill – as it happened This live coverage has ended now. You can read our stories at the links below:

I hadn’t felt this kind of energy since Oceti Sacowin on #Lakota land.

#indigenous

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

19.11.2024 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#indigenous #aotearoa

18.11.2024 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

18.11.2024 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free AIΒ Content Shortener Shorten long articles and content with our powerful AI Content Shortener. Summarize key points and improve readability in seconds.

I was honestly intrigued by a way to summarize extensive emails and docs, but then it occurred to me: why don’t we just communicate in bulletpoints? Otherwise we just have ai generate paragraphs that other AIs bullet point.

#genAI #ai
1min.ai/ai-writing-c...

17.11.2024 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m here in Aotearoa and the energy of this movement is palpable even up here in Auckland.

#indigenous

15.11.2024 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I eagerly await the sociological analysis of this phenomenon of why some of my brown and black brothers shifted right Src: news.northeastern.edu/2024/11/05/v...

#election

Also why are indigenous always β€œother” 🀣

15.11.2024 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hacked together a feed tracking Indigenous posts.

15.11.2024 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile in New Zealand/ Aotearoa

Visiting the Kupe Waka Center. #indigenous #astronomy #technology

14.11.2024 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI camp teaches Native teens to preserve Lakota culture NBC News' Clarisa Melendez traveled to a South Dakota summer camp that blends tech and tradition. The three week program for Native teens uses artificial intelligence to preserve their endangered Lako...

#lakota #ai

www.nbcnews.com/now/video/ai...

30.08.2024 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@tsosie.bsky.social the OG Tsosie!

11.07.2023 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why First Languages AI Can Be a Reality | Michael Running Wolf | TEDxBoston
Over 77% of North American languages are endangered, with 92% in USA, according to UNESCO tracking. Indigenous communities need a game changing approach to l... Why First Languages AI Can Be a Reality | Michael Running Wolf | TEDxBoston

So I have a TedX talk… lol

08.07.2023 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning the largest group of #indigenous #ai researchers in North America at the Lakota AI Code Camp with First Languages AI Reality,

https://lakota.aicode.camp

https://mila.quebec/en/project/flair-initiative/

19.06.2023 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any #indigenous out there?

16.06.2023 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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