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Timnit Gebru

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Author: Deep Unlearning, a memoir & manifesto arguing for a better technological future
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute

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🔇 🔇 🔇 Are you ready for this? My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don’t know how people write so many books, because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say, with editors cutting out 50,000 of my words 🫣.

✴️ You can now preorder at https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-Unlearning/Timnit-Gebru/9781668093078

✴️ Is there a local bookstore that you think should order this book? Can you let me know, or, even better, let them know?

✴️ Is there a place I should plan to come for a book tour when the book is out? Can you lmk?

PS. Thank you to all the people who participated in my cover questionnaire, where I randomly stopped you at a bookstore and asked you which cover you like when we were deciding on covers. Thank you also to those of you who gave me feedback, advice, and glowing reviews ❤️ Especially @ai_killjoy @emilymenonbender and @chanda.prescod.weinstein. by @dr.timnitgebru

Wow, did NOT expect this line for bookmark signing at @afrotech.conference. Thank you @techwithx for filming this! Are you still at the conference? You can still preorder DEEP UNLEARNING from @kindredstorieshtx. They’re still at the booth. We’ll mail them with a signed book plate. ALSO, we may have about 20 books for free. Stop by the authors corner and ask them about one. by @dr.timnitgebru

AI may be advancing, but the people behind its development shouldn’t become invisible.

During “The Human Cost of Smarter Systems” at AFROTECH™ Conference 2026, @dr.timnitgebru challenged how we define AI and highlighted the millions of workers behind its development, from building models to collecting and labeling data, often for very little pay.

Her perspective reminds us that technological progress must also account for the people and communities making it possible.

If you completed your AI Edge training today upgrade your ticket for Main Stage access. 🎟️ by @dr.timnitgebru

Friends at @afrotech.conference today is the day! 🔇

✴️ First, come to my conversation with @techwithx on the human cost of 'AI.'
⏰3:05PM - 3:35PM at Main Stage (Exhibit Hall E 1st Floor)

✴️ Then, come to the Book Nook at
⏰ 4pm-4:45pm at Expo Hall C&D (First floor) Book Nook (booth 807).

We'll be giving away some books for free at the book nook and I have book marks which I'll sign and give out for those of you who preorder from @kindredstorieshtx, a Houston-based community-centered book store focused on Black literature ♥️. Kindred Stories is partnering with AfroTech.
Come say hi 😊 by @dr.timnitgebru

What happens when you refuse to play by Big Tech’s rules?👀

Dr. Timnit Gebru shares her journey from Google to founding her own AI research institute—and the inspiration behind DEEP UNLEARNING.

Out February 2027—available for pre-order now! by @dr.timnitgebru

🔇 🔇 🔇 Will you be at @afrotech.conference next week? So will I!

⏰ I’ll be speaking on Tuesday November 3rd at 3:05pm on the main stage (Exhibit Hall E 1st Floor). I’ll ALSO be doing a signing at AfroTech’s Book Nook at 4pm that day (Tuesday November 3rd).

AfroTech is partnering with @kindredstorieshtx (Kindred Stories), a Community-focused bookstore in Houston specializing in Black literature ♥️

✴️ You can preorder Deep Unlearning from Kindred Stories at https://kindredstorieshtx.com/products/deep-unlearning-the-rise-of-ai-and-the-radicalization-of-a-tech-idealist-atc

Because my book is out for preorders now but won’t be published until February, I’ll be traveling to the conference with some bookmarks and book plates to sign and hand out for those of you who preorder.

I’ll also have a surprise for you which you’ll find out about there :)

See you all there! by @dr.timnitgebru

I had to take a little break to rest my eyes and voice after recording the audio for my upcoming book, Deep Unlearning (which you can preorder.
So it took me a while to get to the indomitable Arundhati Roy's essay, Apocalypse Now (https://www.equator.org/articles/arundhati-roy-artificial-intelligence). She mentioned how Jacob Coxon, the so-called "whistleblower" who worked at Anthropic, was treated very differently by the company executives, than say, me or @meredith._.meredith. Correct. When you're an actual whistleblower, you don't have company executives lining up to say how much they agree with you. You get fired and smeared, like I was. That's why I told @myzfrancois that I refuse to call him a whistleblower. The whole essay is very well worth your time to read. by @dr.timnitgebru

“They created malware and should be prosecuted for it.”
This week on The Tea, former co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team and leading AI researcher Dr Timnit Gebru exposes how AI companies can build models that exploit vulnerabilities, fail to contain them, and escape accountability.
🎙️ Full episode out NOW on YouTube
💡 Join us at www.theteanetwork.co for ad-free episodes and bonus content
Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the official position of MPWR Productions.
#TheTeaWithMyriamFrancois #TimnitGebru #AI #HuggingFace #AISafety by @dr.timnitgebru

What if AI doomsday warnings are the ultimate marketing strategy?
This week on The Tea, former co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team and leading AI researcher Dr Timnit Gebru unpacks the business interests behind the AI apocalypse narrative, and why Big Tech CEOs warn that AI could destroy humanity while racing to build it.
🎙️ Full episode out NOW on YouTube
💡 Join us at www.theteanetwork.co for ad-free episodes and bonus content
Source: @ILTB_Podcast via YouTube, @Bloomberg via YouTube, @InterestingTimesNYT via YouTube and @TheEconomist via YouTube
#TheTeaWithMyriamFrancois #TimnitGebru #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BigTech by @dr.timnitgebru

AI is getting smarter. But what happens to the people and communities impacted along the way? 🤖

Join Dr. Timnit Gebru, Founder & Executive Director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, and X Eyeé, for “The Human Cost of Smarter Systems with Timnit Gebru.”

In this session, they’ll examine the human costs behind AI, from data collected without consent to communities impacted by systems they never agreed to. The conversation asks a critical question: Who is AI actually built for?

💬 Comment “ATC26” to build your AFROTECH™ Conference 2026 schedule. #AFROTECH #ATC2026 by @dr.timnitgebru

Friends, while the “AI” moguls tell us to be worried about their magical fictional machine gods, we want everyone to understand the ACTUAL harms they’re perpetuating. Every terrible “AI” system trampling on your rights is first and foremost experimented on the most vulnerable groups, like refugees. Join us on Thursday October 1 to commemorate the Lampedusa tragedy of October 3,2013 where 368 people, mostly Eritrean refugees, lost their lives in the Lampedusa shipwreck. Bringing together refugee advocates and experts in international law, psychology and forced migration, the conversation will connect the human consequences of border regimes with the growing use of surveillance, data and AI in migration control.

⏰Thursday October 1 6-8pm CET/9am—11am PDT

Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5517888860006/WN_u2VZxx2RSciVPe2wu039wA#/registration by @dr.timnitgebru

On October 3, 2013, 368 people lost their lives in the Lampedusa shipwreck.

On the 13th anniversary of the tragedy, join DAIR’s "Refugees, Migrants, and AI" project for an event commemorating those who died and asking why Lampedusa keeps happening.

While Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Jacob Coxon argue that humanity is doomed if we build AGI, refugees escaping the worst of atrocities are dealing with the violence of AI every day.

Link to register in bio. by @dr.timnitgebru