Howard University And Google Partner To Make AI Understand AAVE
The Tech Jawn
Robb Dunewood
4.8 • 32 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Black folks shouldn't have to "code switch" to get large language models to understand them, and this is why Howard University and Google have teamed on Project Elevate Black Voices.
In this episode, we also discuss...
The White House declaring war on "Woke AI" -- Read More
Open AI not caring about competition rules -- Read More
Meta not signing the EU's voluntary AI code -- Read More
US courts being "frighteningly likely" to overlook AI errors -- Read More
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode of the Tech John, we discussed Howard University and Google Research teaming up on Project Elevate Black Voices, the U.S. declaring war on woke AI, open AI not caring about competition rules, and meta saying, nah, we're good when it comes to the EU's AI Act. |
| 0:15.5 | Got all this and more for you in episodes 187 of the Tech John from Columbus, Ohio. I'm your host, Rob Dunlwood. |
| 0:21.4 | And out of Atlanta, this is Terrence Gaines, aka Brother Tech, aka Gordon Cartrail. |
| 0:27.8 | Rest and peace to Malcolm Jamal Warner. |
| 0:30.8 | We were just talking about him in the pre-show. |
| 0:33.0 | Just found out this week, or today, rather, that Malcolm Jamal Warner, most alone famously as Theo |
| 0:42.8 | in the Cosby Show, according to the news that we've heard and we saw passed over the weekend. |
| 0:50.1 | Yeah, it was yesterday actually on the 20th. Yeah, I just want to do a RIP to Michael Jamal Warner. |
| 0:56.8 | I'm smiling because probably the most famous episode of the Cosby Show. |
| 1:02.3 | One of the most famous episodes of the Cosby Show is Theo, |
| 1:06.2 | Malcolm Jamal Warner's character, Theo, was asked his daughter, |
| 1:28.0 | I mean, his older sister, Denise, to make him a shirt that he saw that a famous designer by the name of Gordon Cartrell was wearing, Denise tried to make it, and hilarity ensues. So that's why I was chuckling. So I didn't want to give you an impression that I was chuckling at his passing. |
| 1:31.5 | I'm chuckling, reminiscing on some of the, one of the most memorable moments I know of Malcolm |
| 1:38.0 | Jamar Warner and his acting chops. |
| 1:42.3 | Yeah, that was, that was a classic episode. |
| 1:45.5 | That definitely was probably the most memorable episode from probably season one. |
| 1:50.1 | Because it's like you got to go all the way back to 84 for that one. |
| 1:52.6 | But yeah, that was, that was crazy. |
| 1:54.5 | And it's like, you know, I just, my wife told me the news this morning. |
| 1:57.5 | I guess, like I said, he was in Costa Rica on vacation and passed away. I just saw |
| 2:01.6 | an interview with him that he did not a couple weeks ago. So it's just, yeah, different. And, |
| 2:07.6 | you know, one of the tech things that I, that I noticed today was that in the AI summaries for, |
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