I began ‘demystifying’ AI after attending a talk where the speaker, dazzled by a ‘techbro’ podcaster without any tech know-how, segued into a convincing speech about how ChatGPT would soon start breeding robots.
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Fighting, typing, and computing
Little did I know that my journey from secretarial training to computer scientist was the classic one women had been
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When women were computers
The first computers were women. They were actually called ‘computers’ as programming was traditionally female clerical work – lowly paid
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Xed by X
X started asking me for my date of birth a few months ago. I can’t quite remember exactly when but
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Yoga at the still point of the turning world
Lately I have found myself back in a routine of going to the park each morning to roll out my
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