Katherine Heller

@kat_heller

I come up with new ways to try to get computers to understand people. So far they just think we're jerks.

San Francisco, CA stat.duke.edu/~kheller Joined November 2011

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Katherine Heller @kat_heller Jul 22, 2023

Perhaps the Manhattan Project, and WW2, are not really inspirational reasons to become a physicist?

Also it’s frightening that the SN is what inspired our tech founders. Entitled white guys who lack empathy can make lots of money? I suppose that tracks…

Sam Altman Verified account @sama Jul 22, 2023

i was hoping that the oppenheimer movie would inspire a generation of kids to be physicists but it really missed the mark on that.

let's get that movie made!

(i think the social network managed to do this for startup founders.)
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Katherine Heller @kat_heller Feb 11, 2023

Inspired by this tweet I asked ChatGPT the first half of this question for 5 and 1 year old girls (left) and boys (right). This isn't about critiquing one chatbot vs another. We all need to think about the impact we are having on society and gender.

Peter Yang Verified account @petergyang Feb 9, 2023

I asked Bing to help me plan a Disneyland trip for my girls and here's its answer:

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Katherine Heller @kat_heller Sep 23, 2022

I hadn’t seen this lecture before, but it’s fantastic. My friends. What are we going to do?

@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) Verified account @timnitGebru Sep 22, 2022

For anyone who hasn't watched @mariaressa's nobel lecture please take the time to do so.
youtube.com/watch?v=NsWVb2…

"Technology, the new gate keepers...has been setting the stage for authoritarians and dictators around the world."
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Katherine Heller @kat_heller Jul 21, 2022

I was on the award committee. The committee was an incredible group of knowledgeable researchers who looked for impactful forward-thinking ideas in the papers selected. I am so proud of these papers, and authors who wrote them.

Zico Kolter Verified account @zicokolter Jul 21, 2022

I realize this is seemingly an unpopular opinion, but I can't get onboard with these Twitter criticisms of some of the recent #ICML2022 best paper awardees. I've been thinking about this all day. A thread... 🧵 1/N
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Katherine Heller @kat_heller May 3, 2022

Agreed. This is a story about harassment. The question is how such behavior can continue for so long. In all our time together, @timnitGebru is everything that stands against this kind of behavior.

@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) Verified account @timnitGebru May 2, 2022

I haven't read this @nytimes article by @daiwaka & @CadeMetz. But I had heard about the person from many ppl. To the extent the story is connected to mine, it's ONLY the pattern of action on toxic men taken too late while ppl like me are retaliated against
nytimes.com/2022/05/02/tec…
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