Dr. Wendi is in conversation with Mutale Nkonde.  Mutale is the founder and CEO of AI For the People (AFP; https://www.aiforpeople.org/). AFP is a non-profit communications agency that aims to eliminate the underrepresentation of Black professionals in the American technology sector by 2030.

In this episode, we discuss her decision to launch AI for the People and the work she’s done to address race-based dis-and misinformation which was featured in an article, “Disinformation creep: ADOS and the strategic weaponization of breaking news” in the Misinformation Review published by the Harvard Kennedy School (see link: https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/nkonde_disinformation_creep_ados_20210118_retracted.pdf. The article was later retracted. She has also discussed her work on several podcasts and media outlets including on Farai Chideya’s Our Body Politic which we mention during this episode (see link: https://our-body-politic.simplecast.com/episodes/our-body-politic-january-1-2021-BDZUuAIq_)

In this episode, we also discuss her foray into film-making and the inclusion of her film, Blackness Unbound: Afrofuturism and the Revolutionary Imagination

(see link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqXIR6BPxlk&list=PL6RlkQnoCx_XI6uS8ZuR_fvx8ZrCaWPan&index=22), which was included in the Smithsonian Afrofuturism Series, a collaboration between the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (@NMAAHC ), and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.

Mutale is a fascinating artist and human. Follow her and the work of AI For the People on Twitter at @mutalenkonde and @AI4thePPL, respectively.

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