Jill Finlayson

@jfinlayson.bsky.social

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Social entrepreneurship, tech4good, startups, innovation, women in tech, future of work, responsible AI, ethics, DEI. CITRIS Innovation Hub and EDGE in Tech at UC, University of California, Go Bears!
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"No one’s cracking the nut of how to deal with the wide variety of plastics people use every day" Chemical recycling "isn’t turned into new plastic products but rather fuel to be burned" “It’s like a fancy way to incinerate without saying that you’re using an incinerator” www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/c...

The plastics industry says this technology could help banish pollution. It’s ‘an illusion,’ critics say | CNNwww.cnn.com The plastic industry is pitching chemical recycling as a great new hope in the battle against the plastic pollution crisis. Experts say not so fast

A great conversation on what is happening with job descriptions, hiring processes, and the impact of AI in creating a "Sea of Sameness" both on the job description side and even the applicant pool. Hear from Kat Kibben voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu...

The Future of Work Podcast—New Episode!voices.berkeley.edu Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the way we worked and the skills we needed to succeed in our respective fields was shifting.

“Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime,” Sotomayor wrote. “For some people, sleeping outside is their only option” The city “punishes them for being homeless. That is unconscionable & unconstitutional” www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/p... Fining people w/out resources makes it harder to escape poverty

Homeless people can be ticketed for sleeping outside, Supreme Court rules | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com The Supreme Court ruled Friday in favor of an Oregon city that ticketed homeless people for sleeping outside, rejecting arguments that such “anti-camping” ordinances violate the Constitution’s ban on ...

Let's talk about giving deskless workers access to generative #AI - Join Murial Clauson at Anthill for great insights and actions voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu... @innovationhub.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social #podcast

""empathy among young Americans is rebounding, reaching levels indistinguishable from the highs of the 1970s"" www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Compassion is making a comeback in Americawww.vox.com A decade ago, research showed a troubling dip in empathy. A new study provides more hope.

"We have to give them [our kids] back a human childhood & childhood spent on a screen is not a human childhood" Jonathan Haidt NYU www.brookings.edu/events/the-n... To do: 1–no smart phone before high school; 2–no social media until 16yrs; 3–phone free schools; 4–more independence in real world

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Michael Wu breaks down what you need to know about #AI as a leader & an organization so you don’t lose your competitive edge. @berkeleyischool.bsky.social @citrisnews.bsky.social @innovationhub.bsky.social #futureofwork #podcast #AI #NextGen #lifelonglearning voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu...

“But it didn’t. Even after accounting for things like BMI and medication use, women born later had nearly twice the odds of experiencing daily hot flashes than in prior generations.” www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Please take a listen - a great discussion of evidence based insights and data for job trends with @danielzhao.bsky.social FYI @berkeleyischool.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social @ucberkeley-cto.bsky.social @econberger.bsky.social @citrisnews.bsky.social voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu...

We kick off Season 2 of the #FutureofWork podcast with an excellent conversation with Daniel Zhao, lead economist & senior manager data science at Glassdoor. Don't miss this great dive into data, trends and insights for your own job search. voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu... @danielzhao.bsky.social

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Undergrads #UCBerkeley - Enroll now: Two courses open: "Designing Startups to Transform Society Challenge Lab" scet.berkeley.edu/students/cou... for new innovators and "Innovators in Residence" for experienced startup students decal.berkeley.edu/courses/7306 #socent #impact #startups

#Climate #Health #Poverty #Women #Equity edition.cnn.com/2023/12/05/a... "Studies have linked air pollution to an increased risk of endometriosis" Girls with higher exposure to air pollution had earlier first periods. Research "showing an impact on girls as early as in utero... is terrifying"

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Deepfake porn is a crisis, and Google directs people straight to the material, even including it in image results. I searched for the names of 36 female celebrities + the word "deepfakes" and the top results for 34 of them were nonconsensual deepfake porn. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Google and Bing put nonconsensual deepfake porn at the top of some search resultswww.nbcnews.com Google and other search engines include nonconsensual deepfake porn in top image search results alongside tools that advertise the ability to create such material.

New Future of Work Podcast with Barry O'Reilly and Michelle Hector - Check it out and line up your upskilling for the new year. voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu... @innovationhub.bsky.social

“unlock the monument” "Kinfolk is placing 4 new statues ...in collaboration with the Black artists... fashioned not from bronze or marble but from bits and bytes, visible only using augmented reality... Build hundreds of digital monuments for the price of one” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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2023 EDGE in Tech #Holiday #giftguide for People in Tech Great gift ideas for women, people of color, and others in tech! edgeintech.medium.com/2023-holiday... Please share @berkeleylab.bsky.social @ucberkeley-cto.bsky.social @kcisbister.bsky.social @ucscgenomics.bsky.social @sheilaw.bsky.social

"For their own self preservation, AI models need to be able to distinguish between real and fake content." -Hany Farid arxiv.org/abs/2311.12202

Deadline extended to Mon Nov 27! Nominate amazing leaders fostering diversity in tech. See prior winners & nominate: edge.berkeley.edu/athena-awards/ Last year's winners: Jodi Shelton, Tonya Evans, Dr. Erika Moore, and Cal NERDS. Give thanks for those who make a difference. Nominate now!

Future of Work podcast: October 2023: Becoming an AI Native with Chalenge Masekera, data scientist at Faros AI. With AI evolving at lightning speed, are we entering the age of adopt or perish? voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu...

Apply by 31 Oct 2023 Robotics for Good, AI for Good Innovation Factory is United Nations-focused pitching platform to help start-ups grow & scale innovative robotics solutions, by connecting to potential business partners, investors, governments, big IT companies aiforgood.itu.int/event/meet-t...

"So much of teacher training is very stagnant. There isn’t enough innovation and there’s a lot of resistance to change.” www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/07... "More “transformative leadership” is needed to hold institutions accountable to their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion"

"Ellingrud said 85 percent of jobs impacted by generative AI will be concentrated in four job categories: food services, customer service and sales, office administration, and manufacturing. The first three are dominated by women." foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/21/a... #AI #gender #equity #futureofwork

"Should — and if so, how should — writers be recognized and remunerated for AI-generated works that mimic their voices?" “We generate a person’s profile as they passively use our product.” techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/g...

Monday, 30 October 2023 GLOBAL SUMMIT REPLAY Armin Wedler, DLR Robotics Institute; Bernhard Kowatsch, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). #AI #Food

Halloween costumes #theoryofchange www.linkedin.com/posts/vu-le-...

Pioneering e-Commerce for Governments?! Let's go Founder Paola Santana and Glass! commerce.glass/blogs/glass-...

Don't miss: #AI w/Timnit Gebru citris-uc.org/event/citris... DAIR ...approach not only outperforms current models from Big Tech corporations in applications like machine translation & automatic speech recognition, but also serves to distribute power across the world in the hands of grassroots orgs

"The students are inspiring in their willingness to embrace unfamiliar learning environments & advance their ability to solve big societal challenges. It’s an honor to watch them grow ...& develop lasting skills that will serve them well in their future careers." citris-uc.org/experience-i...

"It’s a decision scores of college-educated women have made over the years & which, in part, explains why gender earnings gap is wider among college-educated women compared with those w/out a college degree." "Men are able to step forward because women step backward" www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Investing in Inclusion Pitch Competition Saturday, October 28⋅9:00am – 1:00pm Haas School of Business - 2220 Piedmont Avenue - Chou Hall, Spieker Forum - Berkeley, CA 94720 For details, go here: haas.berkeley.edu/equity/event...