Filipina on the Rise

Dr. Kristine Gloria is a former academic, social impact entrepreneur, and dedicated steward of technology for good. Kristine’s expertise sits at the intersection of the human condition and technology with specific interest in youth mental health and wellbeing. Currently, she serves as Head of Data at Blue Fever, and most notably leads a team responsible for developing "Blue", an AI-driven big sibling that supports youth on their emotional and mental health journey. Prior to Blue Fever, Kristine co-founded and served as Chief Science Officer for Slow Talk, a public benefit corporation focused on creating an employee engagement platform that emphasizes human connection.

She also served as the Director of Artificial Intelligence for the Aspen Institute, leading multi-stakeholder initiatives on various issues from Trustworthy AI to Empathic Research and Innovation. She is the key architect for the Institute's portfolio on Wellbeing and Technology and a braintrust member of the Human Experience (HX Project). Kristine holds a doctorate in Cognitive Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and has worked for both private industry and in public service throughout her professional career. She is a 2017 ICAPP Fellow, 2011 Berkeley Tech and Society Fellow, and is a former academic researcher for the Internet Policy Research Institute (IPRI) at MIT. She advises several startups including, agapi.ai and Crunchmoms. Her work has been featured in Wired, Waverly and Working Mom Hour podcasts, as well as several academic journals.
The reason I’m talking about it

Something that’s important to me is keeping us on the forefront of important conversations in tech and innovation. historically, underrepresented communities, mainly marginalized communities of color, have been left behind in the conversations, where power and resources move, such as finance, investing, and we know that financial illiteracy, keeps people behind. But by staying in the know of technological advancements and how things work is what keeps us upfront, able to raise our hand, to be in emerging spaces. What sparked this convo? A AI-generated "Filipino Barbie" from a Buzzfeed article, along with other problematic presentations of Barbies from "around the world. My approach to this is that, this is less about getting mad about buzzfeed or ai although buzzfeed (critical commentary vs their neutral look at thes e cute barbies)

• How we should be critical of AI potentially reinforcing stereotypes and racial biases, and clearly the need to put out better imagery of filipino women, which is what I do here on the filipina on the rise, all about putting out diverse representation we can be proud about, decolonizing us online/in media, promoting filipina excellence

tech and innovation is something I’m very passionate excited about like dr gloria, I’m really about technology for good, always trying to stay on the forefront of, I used to work in tech. I still want to, not only do I think it’s very important we are staying in the know of emerging spaces

AI is something that whether we like it or not will be in normalized and influencing our lives, so it’s only to our advantage we stay AI-literate, and like we say here, become a steward of AI & technology for good!
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Dr. Kristine Gloria is a former academic, social impact entrepreneur, and dedicated steward of technology for good. Kristine’s expertise sits at the intersection of the human condition and technology with specific interest in youth mental health and wellbeing. Currently, she serves as Head of Data at Blue Fever, and most notably leads a team responsible for developing "Blue", an AI-driven big sibling that supports youth on their emotional and mental health journey. Prior to Blue Fever, Kristine co-founded and served as Chief Science Officer for Slow Talk, a public benefit corporation focused on creating an employee engagement platform that emphasizes human connection.

She also served as the Director of Artificial Intelligence for the Aspen Institute, leading multi-stakeholder initiatives on various issues from Trustworthy AI to Empathic Research and Innovation. She is the key architect for the Institute's portfolio on Wellbeing and Technology and a braintrust member of the Human Experience (HX Project). Kristine holds a doctorate in Cognitive Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and has worked for both private industry and in public service throughout her professional career. She is a 2017 ICAPP Fellow, 2011 Berkeley Tech and Society Fellow, and is a former academic researcher for the Internet Policy Research Institute (IPRI) at MIT. She advises several startups including, agapi.ai and Crunchmoms. Her work has been featured in Wired, Waverly and Working Mom Hour podcasts, as well as several academic journals.
The reason I’m talking about it

Something that’s important to me is keeping us on the forefront of important conversations in tech and innovation. historically, underrepresented communities, mainly marginalized communities of color, have been left behind in the conversations, where power and resources move, such as finance, investing, and we know that financial illiteracy, keeps people behind. But by staying in the know of technological advancements and how things work is what keeps us upfront, able to raise our hand, to be in emerging spaces. What sparked this convo? A AI-generated "Filipino Barbie" from a Buzzfeed article, along with other problematic presentations of Barbies from "around the world. My approach to this is that, this is less about getting mad about buzzfeed or ai although buzzfeed (critical commentary vs their neutral look at thes e cute barbies)

• How we should be critical of AI potentially reinforcing stereotypes and racial biases, and clearly the need to put out better imagery of filipino women, which is what I do here on the filipina on the rise, all about putting out diverse representation we can be proud about, decolonizing us online/in media, promoting filipina excellence

tech and innovation is something I’m very passionate excited about like dr gloria, I’m really about technology for good, always trying to stay on the forefront of, I used to work in tech. I still want to, not only do I think it’s very important we are staying in the know of emerging spaces

AI is something that whether we like it or not will be in normalized and influencing our lives, so it’s only to our advantage we stay AI-literate, and like we say here, become a steward of AI & technology for good!
JOIN! 25-Day Learn Filipino History Community - Waitlist

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