Lorena’s Comments (group member since Jan 03, 2021)

Lorena’s comments from the Data Book Club group.

Joel Sotelo wrote: "Hello, I'm Joel from Mexico City.

I studied computer science and i've specialized in data engineering and BI.
I've always interested also in philosophy, health, science, arts, and many other thing..."

Happy to hear that, Joel!
The book for this month deals with automation and inequality, so looking forward to your thoughts on it.
On the same topic, I recently read which tackles social inequality in the age of AI and genetic enhancements.

In July we'll read and discuss Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks.

Some questions for discussion:

1) Before reading this books, what were your thoughts on the role of automation in work and social life?
2) How has this book changed your perception of the role of automation?
3) What do you think about the Oath of Non-harm for an Age of Big Data (p.212)? Would you add anything else?
4) What part or situation in the book was most surprising to you?

Hi Ravenna, Kim, and Devangi!

Glad to meet you and learn about your interests :)
I'm a data scientist specialized in NLP and currently work for a workflow automation tool. My experience also makes me wonder how automation and AI will change people's jobs, and also what shouldn't we automate?

This group has been inactive for a while because I was quite busy, but would love to revive it and start discussing books!

In February, we'll read and discuss ...

If you're in this group, we already have some common interests. Let's get to know each other, by answering some of these questions:

- Introduce yourself.
- What is your connection to tech/AI/data?
- What are you most excited about in the tech field?
- What are you most worried about in the tech field?

In the first month on the year, we'll read and discuss "Invisible Women" by Caroline Criado Perez.

I chose this popular book for a start because it's widely read at the moment and it covers many applications of data/tech in different fields.

Here are some guiding questions:
- What is your overall opinion on this book?
- What did you (not) like about this book?
- What chapter/part of the book did you find especially interesting?
- How did this book change your worldview?
- Do you know another book similar to this one?

Write your comments here, I'd love to know what you think about this book!