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Timnit Gebru's paper on spatial apartheid reviewed by apartheid participants

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Timnit Gebru shared an anecdote about a paper on spatial apartheid that was reviewed by individuals who lived through and participated in apartheid in South Africa. These reviewers highlighted the omission of relevant historical papers written by white South Africans during that era. The interaction occurred within the Bluesky platform, specifically on the Jetstream application. AI

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Timnit Gebru's paper on spatial apartheid reviewed by apartheid participants

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    I kid you not, our paper on spatial apartheid was reviewed by apartheid itself.

    I kid you not, our paper on spatial apartheid was reviewed by apartheid itself. Literally, the (extremely famous) journal sent it to white South African reviewers who pointed out all these "papers" written by white South Africans DURING apartheid, that we failed to cite.

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