Tag: philosophy
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What Sandwiches Taught me About Ontologies
When I first heard we would be building an ontology about sandwiches in my Taxonomies and Metadata course, I assumes it was a metaphor. It wasn’t. By the end of the workshop, I realized the sandwich wasn’t a joke example at all and it was actually the perfect way to understand how machines learn meaning…
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Addressing Systematic Privilege in the Tech Industry
Tatiana Mac gave a strong and thought-provoking talk at a #PerfMatters conference in 2019 on the pervasive influence of systematic privilege in the tech industry. Tatiana urged the audience to confront their biases, admit their privilege and take actionable efforts to deconstruct obstacles that perpetuate unfairness through a combination of personal tales, historical context and…
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