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Eritrean computer scientist (born 1982/3)

| Timnit Gebru |
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| [![Gebru in 2018](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Timnit_Gebru_crop.jpg/250px-Timnit_Gebru_crop.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Timnit_Gebru_crop.jpg)<br>Timnit Gebru in 2018 |
| Born | Timnit W. Gebru<br>1982 or 1983 (age 42–43)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru#cite_note-NYT4-2)<br>[Addis Ababa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa "Addis Ababa"), Ethiopia[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru#cite_note-NYT4-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru#cite_note-:0-3) |
| Alma mater | [Stanford University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University") |
| Known for | [Algorithmic bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_bias "Algorithmic bias")<br>[Stochastic parrots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_parrot "Stochastic parrot")[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru#cite_note-parrots-4) |
| **Scientific career** |
| Fields | [Fairness in machine learning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_(machine_learning) "Fairness (machine learning)")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru#cite_note-gs-1) |
| Institutions | - [Microsoft Research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Research "Microsoft Research")<br>- [Google](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google "Google")<br>- [Apple Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. "Apple Inc.") |
| [Thesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis "Thesis") | _[Visual computational sociology: computer vision methods and challenges](https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12137902)_(2017) |
| [Doctoral advisor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctoral_advisor "Doctoral advisor") | [Fei-Fei Li](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fei-Fei_Li "Fei-Fei Li") |
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| Website | [ai.stanford.edu/~tgebru/](https://ai.stanford.edu/~tgebru/)[![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59753117#P856 "Edit this at Wikidata") |

**Timnit W. Gebru** ( [Amharic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic "Amharic") and [Tigrinya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigrinya_language "Tigrinya language"): ትምኒት ገብሩ; 1982/1983) is an Eritrean Ethiopian-born [computer scientist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_scientist "Computer scientist") who works in the fields of [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence") (AI), [algorithmic bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_bias "Algorithmic bias") and [data mining](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining "Data mining").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru#cite_note-x634-5) She is a co-founder of [Black in AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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