Timnit Gebru

Summary

Timnit Gebru is a human^[1]. Her place of birth was Addis Ababa^[2]. She was born on +1983-00-00T00:00:00Z^[3]. She worked as a researcher^[4], artificial intelligence researcher^[5], and AI ethicist^[6]. She ranks in the top 0.68% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (510 views/month, #6,791 of 1,000,298).^[7]

Key Facts

• Born in Addis Ababa^[2], Timnit Gebru…
• Timnit Gebru was born on +1983-00-00T00:00:00Z^[3].
• Timnit Gebru held citizenship in United States^[8].
• Timnit Gebru worked as a researcher^[4].
• Timnit Gebru worked as an artificial intelligence researcher^[5].
• Timnit Gebru's professions included AI ethicist^[6].
• Timnit Gebru's field of work was algorithmic bias^[9].
• Timnit Gebru's field of work was data mining^[10].
• Timnit Gebru's field of work was artificial intelligence^[11].
• Timnit Gebru's field of work was ethics of artificial intelligence^[12].
• Timnit Gebru was employed by Microsoft Research^[13].
• Timnit Gebru's education included a stint at Stanford University^[14].
• Timnit Gebru's doctoral advisor was Fei-Fei Li^[15].
• A notable work attributed to Timnit Gebru is Black in AI^[16].
• A notable work attributed to Timnit Gebru is On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜^[17].
• A notable work attributed to Timnit Gebru is Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute^[18].
• Timnit Gebru received the Time 100^[19].
• Timnit Gebru received the BBC 100 Women^[20].
• Timnit Gebru's image is recorded as Timnit Gebru crop.jpg^[21].
• Timnit Gebru is recorded as female^[22].
• Timnit Gebru's instance of is recorded as human^[23].
• Timnit Gebru's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 8175095507150011152^[24].
• Timnit Gebru's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2025069617^[25].
• Timnit Gebru's Commons category is recorded as Timnit Gebru^[26].
• Timnit Gebru's ORCID iD is recorded as 0009-0007-4814-1944^[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in Addis Ababa^[2], Timnit Gebru… she was born on +1983-00-00T00:00:00Z^[3].

Education

Timnit Gebru was educated at Stanford University^[14]. Her doctoral advisor was Fei-Fei Li^[15].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include researcher^[4], artificial intelligence researcher^[5], and AI ethicist^[6]. Fields of work include algorithmic bias^[9], an error^[28]; data mining^[10]; artificial intelligence^[11], a type of technology^[29]; and ethics of artificial intelligence^[12]. Timnit Gebru was employed by Microsoft Research^[13].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Black in AI^[16], a project^[30], founded in 2017^[31]; On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜^[17]; and Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute^[18], a research institute^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 2021^[34].

Recognition

Awards received include Time 100^[19], an award^[35] and BBC 100 Women^[20], an award^[36], in United Kingdom^[37], founded in 2013^[38].

Why It Matters

Timnit Gebru ranks in the top 0.68% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (510 views/month, #6,791 of 1,000,298).^[7] She has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

She is credited with the discovery of TESCREAL^[41], an acronym^[42].

FAQs

Where was Timnit Gebru born?

Timnit Gebru was born in Addis Ababa^[2].

What did Timnit Gebru do for work?

Timnit Gebru worked as researcher^[4], artificial intelligence researcher^[5], and AI ethicist^[6].

Where did Timnit Gebru go to school?

Timnit Gebru was educated at Stanford University^[14].

What awards did Timnit Gebru receive?

Honors received include Time 100^[19] and BBC 100 Women^[20].

What did Timnit Gebru discover?

Timnit Gebru is credited as discoverer of TESCREAL^[41].