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Laura Silverman's avatar

Drinking: stay tuned for my Friday Five at 5pm ;) currently sipping on Liquid IV and water lol.

Reading: lots of documents for my new job + ADHD for Smart Ass Women

Listening to: Hannah Juanita’s “Honky Tonkin for Life” and Sirius XM’s Beatles and Elvis Channels

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Derek Brown's avatar

Ha, well, less interested in the docs. How’s the ADHD book?

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Laura Silverman's avatar

I lied - I haven’t started but it’s my weekend read :)

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Derek Brown's avatar

Report back please!

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Tawny Lara's avatar

Ooooh Irina loved this book!

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Tawny Lara's avatar

🫖jasmine green tea

📚Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

Madhumita Murgia (I’m studying algorithms and AI right now!)

🎧Hard Fork (NYT tech podcast)

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Derek Brown's avatar

Nice! The book sounds interesting. Any insights so far?

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Tawny Lara's avatar

It’s a well-researched book written by a journalist so you know that’s my jam! Plus the title is perfect.

I’m only a few chapters in so far but I’m digging it. Currently learning about the horribly underpaid/overworked/heavily exploited humans in India and Africa who work “content moderation” jobs so we can have AI. I had no idea there is currently a big lawsuit between Sama and Meta about how poorly these workers are treated. The author refers to this as “data colonialism” 🫠

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Derek Brown's avatar

Really interesting. I was just listening to an economist talk about externalization (aka outsourcing) of exploitative labor. Thank you for sharing!

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