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Emma Irwin

Alignment with who? How AI safety can build on open source scaffolding

This past week, I listened to a very interesting (and at times scary) podcast interview with Daniel Kokotajlo, an AI safety researcher and former Open AI employee. I was very interested to learn about 'alignment' . Alignment in AI, is the term used to describe the challenging of ensuring

Open collaboration strategy (now with AI prompts)

Back when the wonderful Carol Smith and I were part of Microsoft's Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), we built this simple resource to help those new to open collaboration, or revisiting their approaches - think creatively, realistically, and tactically about their goals. Each of the six steps came

Can Model Context Protocol (MCP) help 'open' win?

Right now, many of us are suspicious of AI as something being done to us rather than for us. Corporate-driven efforts to advance capabilities feel more in service of stock prices than uplifting and empowering users' lives. This lack of control and user influence is why the open source

What I've learned so far - Hugging Face MCP Course (Module 1)

It’s a buffet out there! If you want to learn about open source + AI, there’s no shortage of ways to start. I began with Hugging Face, the epicenter of machine learning developer communities. I noticed on LinkedIn that they were running an online course to teach folks about

Just starting this thing

This is Emma's notes. 'Notes'. I want to share some ideas, and what I am learning so others can maybe benefit. I want to get back to working in the open more, and this is a first step. Social media has changed so much that, part

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