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Second year Computer Science student at Durham University. Passionate about AI, bias in AI and security.

Durham/Nottingham
Joined December 2020
These positions are vital in making sure everything we do as a college is accessible and inclusive. For example, the working class rep sits on finance committee and ensures that our college events are affordable for students from lower income backgrounds 1/
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If you don't think these positions are important, then feel free to not vote in them/vote to reopen nominations If you ever wanted to share your thoughts on these positions then I'm sure a member of the committee would be happy to talk to you 2/
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As ex-LGBT+ Orientation rep I'd be happy to talk to you about why the LGBT+ roles in particular are important Kind regards, A proud Butler wokey
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I'm so excited for everyone to listen to this!! It was so fun to work on, and the guests are all so incredibly interesting - listening to their interviews somehow made me fall in love with computer science all over again💙
Launching tomorrow 🚀🥳 But if you can't wait until then - listen to our guests @tomilube @DameStephanie_ @WrightJacky @lopapatel @priyalakhani @jimmy_wales and hosts talk about the new series:kite.link/s2t🤘💻💜🎧 #100moments @comp_sci_durham @durham_uni
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Quentin O'Brien retweeted
What an honour to welcome back @aimafidon! An incredible guest from series 1 that we’ve been so lucky to work with again on series 2 of #100moments with @Dr_Black – listen to Anne-Marie’s episode on #AdaLovelace & subscribe to hear series 2 first: kite.link/s2t 🤘💻💜
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What @Dr_Black said! 👇🤩 We can't wait to share the incredible knowledge, stories & insights from our fantastic #100moments guests...in the meantime why not recap on series 1 - & make sure you're subscribed ready for series 2: kite.link/s2t 🤘💻🎧💜@comp_sci_durham
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Who doesn’t use @Wikipedia as a source of all knowledge? Who better to tell us about it than founder @jimmy_wales? @Dr_Black & team welcome wiki royalty to discuss how the open-source revolution inspired the creation of the world’s best known knowledge platform🤘💻💜#100moments
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Welcome @priyalakhani – founder of @ThisIsCentury, member of the @GOVUK #AI council & champion of #education! What a topic! Priya, @Dr_Black & the team talk all things platform disruption, it’s impact on the world of #tech and where next... Coming soon on #100moments 🤘💻💜
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Where would we be without the #laptop?! This series @Dr_Black & the team are joined by digital entrepreneur & Chair of equality and inclusion charity, @diversityuk, @lopapatel as they talk through this innovation that has enabled a huge shift in our lives.🤘💻💜 #100moments
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💥 Introducing another #tech pioneer! @WrightJacky - @Microsoft CDO & VP, @powerlistmag UK most influential Black person - joins @Dr_Black to discuss the explosion of mobile data & how this revolution has helped support diversity & inclusion 🤘💻💜 Coming soon on #100moments
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What an honour to be joined by philanthropist, champion of women & 1 of the most legendary women in tech ever @DameStephanie_ ! Dame Steve will be talking to @Dr_Black about her incredible life, career & achievements – including ERNIE, the first lottery computer! #100moments
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What a way to kick off the new series 👇🤩 Join us next week as @Dr_Black is joined by none-other than @tomilube - British entrepreneur, philanthropist & incredible 'start-up guy' for our 1st episode of #100moments 🤘💻💜🎧 #QuantumComputing #tech @comp_sci_durham @durham_uni
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Imagine a world without most of the tech we all take for granted🤯 👇👀 @QuentinSMOBrien will guide us through how things could have been as he shares his views and ideas in #100moments series 2 - coming soon!🎧🤘💻💜 @comp_sci_durham @Dr_Black @durham_uni #technology
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It's been awesome working with @comp_sci_durham students on this new series - so much passion for their subject, and for our amazing guests and their moments...see what Kaal is most looking forward too 👇👀🥳🤘💻💜 #100moments @Dr_Black @scriptchicken
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For the new series of #100moments we’re welcoming two @comp_sci_durham students to the panel….meet Kaal and Quentin – the newest members of the team who’re all set to provide their views and insight - can't wait to share with you all too!! 🤘💻💜
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This was so much fun!! Can't wait for you all to hear it🥰
It’s been so much fun recording our next series of @100momentsCS now with added wonderful @durham_uni students Kaal and @QuentinSMOBrien 💜🙌🏽🥳 thanks as always to @scriptchicken and @Redzi who are a joy to work with too! #100moments #podcast #compsci #comingsoon
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Season 2 coming soon 💜🙌🏽🥳
Final prep is underway for the launch 🚀of our new podcast – we can’t wait! Thank you so much @OrtisDeley 👇 for working with us to create our #100moments series 🙂💜🙏 #computerscience #DurhamUni
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Without neurodiversity, we wouldn't be GCHQ. A mix of minds is mission-critical for us! Al explains how his #dyslexia helps him to think differently in this documentary with @BBCWorld ➡️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct16c… @MadeByDyslexia
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Quentin O'Brien retweeted
OK, let's clear this up. A content platform hosting something is making a neutral decision. A content platform recommending something is making an editorial decision. That decision is their's to make, they write the algorithms. This is the choice they made.
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I attended a pre-assessment event for LGBT+ Undergraduate of the Year yesterday and got to hear from some incredible individuals. One thing that really stuck with me though was, "If you're not actively campaigning for what you believe, how do you expect change to happen?"
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