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chris wiggins

@chrishwiggins.bsky.social
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.edu: associate professor @columbia; adviser to the dean for AI strategy, Columbia College .org: cofounder @hackNY; .com: tba; books: amzn.to/3J1tFnr

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Colleen Chien @colleenchien.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Excited about a new project w/ Prof. @chrishwiggins.bsky.social of @datascicolumbia.bsky.social on "tech bono" - the commitments we have in law to service learning/ professional volunteerism called “pro bono" mapped to tech+data science. More: buff.ly/hGPZy5I #techbono @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
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Tech Bono
In law, pro bono service is institutionalized: embedded in legal education, supported by firms, coordinated by dedicated staff, and engrained in the culture. In tech and data science, skills-based “tech for good”—what I call tech bono—remains largely ad hoc, driven by individual initiative rather than durable institutional pathways. Explore how we're working to change that culture in this article.
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chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in the shape of a camel? Polonius: You're absolutely right! 'tis like a. camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: Perfect! It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: You're totally right - Very like a whale.
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chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Thanks, Don Green, for inviting me to share "Persuasion at Scale: ML, Causality & Information," a course retrospective @ Columbia's DSI. @eunjikim.bsky.social & I covered the power & limits of causal inference & AI: from RCTs to LLMs talk: bit.ly/PScaleTalk20... class: lnkd.in/etbR2Dqc
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chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New from Gerd Gigerenzer ```The rationality wars: a personal reflection``` 2024-11-22 (he posted on LinkedIn. Hopefully, we can get him to join Bluesky) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The rationality wars: a personal reflection | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core
The rationality wars: a personal reflection
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Christina @cszhu.dev · 08/11/2024
software engineering / computer science students! now is a great time to apply for one of the best tech fellowships in the country - hackNY is open for applications!! hackny.org/fellows-prog...
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The hackNY Fellows Program is a Summer-long coliving experience for full time higher ed (college or graduate school) tech interns.
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chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
this 1st iteration of CU's new "AI in Context" course is not online, but sharing the 1st of my 4 lectures on history of (real/artificial) intelligence w/ links to Python/Colab. what should I cover in the remaining 3 lectures? PDF: lnkd.in/eRAVfKuF (x-post LinkedIn: bit.ly/4cVlEOx )
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Although this first iteration of Columbia University's new "AI in Context" course is not online, I thought I'd share the PDF of the first of my 4 lectures on…
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chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
✨ 📚 I'm Honored to join Prof Ingrid Daubechies, long a hero of mine, in conversation about our book "How Data Happened" tonight online, hosted by MoMath, NYC! 📚 ✨ 📆 Tuesday, January 16 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm ET momath.org/volumes/
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chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
happy giving tuesday! Please consider sharing this note from Andrea Dean, class of 2017 hackNY Fellow and hackNY.org board member: www.linkedin.com/posts/wiggin...
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chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social · 30/05/2023
My thanks to Holly Krambeck for inviting me to keynote at the World Bank’s Data Partnership Day (and sending this picture!), discussing data, policy, and 'How Data Happened' ( bit.ly/hdh-book ), w/ Hal Varian of Google & Karin Kimbrough of LinkedIn
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chris wiggins @chrishwiggins.bsky.social · 08/05/2023
🔥 "I invented the term artificial intelligence…when we were trying to get money" - John McCarthy 🚀 @engadget.bsky.social new post ft. Chapter 7 of "How Data Happened" 📘👉 lnkd.in/eTjn-yWa Book 📚: lnkd.in/e_rErZH2 Watch 1973's Lighthill Debate on AI 🎥: lnkd.in/e55PfAh7
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Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence' | Engadget
In their new book, professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones examine how data acts as the lifeblood of modern society, shaping everything from our political views and social mores to our military responses and economic activities..
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