Laura Pike Seeley
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Laura Pike Seeley
The Washington Post defines it as “a process that institutions undergo to expand the perspectives they portray beyond those of the dominant cultural group, particularly white colonizers.”
Museum Next • What does it mean to decolonize a museum?
It’s not enough for leaders to give people permission to dissent; they must demand it of people.
Into all problem-solving, a little dissent must fall
We need to shift some discussions to be asynchronous—not real-time—to remove the pressure that synchronous or in-person work can cause.
How Asynchronous Work Helps You Leverage Your Team’s Diversity
FOR A DECADE now, many of the most impressive artificial intelligence systems have been taught using a huge inventory of labeled data. An image might be labeled “tabby cat” or “tiger cat,” for example, to “train” an artificial neural network to correctly distinguish a tabby from a tiger. The strategy has been both spectacularly successful and... See more
Self-Taught AI May Have a Lot in Common With the Human Brain
Creativity and Disruption: Creativity is described as emerging from the disruption of these predictive models. When our expectations are challenged or disrupted, it can lead to new ways of thinking and innovative ideas.
Balance Between Order and Chaos: The balance between order (predictive models) and chaos (disruption) is crucial for fostering creativity. Too much order can stifle creativity, while too much chaos can lead to confusion and lack of direction.
It's a complex mess that'll ultimately require a ledger of interventions to remedy in full -- but last week, scientists presented an intriguing way to help alleviate the burden.