Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Linda Dounia Rebeiz is a Senegalese artist who was disappointed when searches for her home city of Dakar on text-to-image generative AI tools showed low-rise, decaying buildings that were not at all representative of the vibrant architecture surrounding her. This is part of the reason why Linda uses her own datasets to carefully train AI that will more accurately reflect her reality. For this, she was recently recognized as a Mozilla RISE25 Honoree and as one of TIME100 Most Influential People in AI (2023). Come to hear Linda discuss her approach and her view of what needs to change in the broader data ecosystem.
Linda Dounia Rebeiz is a Senegalese artist who was disappointed when searches for her home city of Dakar on text-to-image generative AI tools showed low-rise, decaying buildings that were not at all representative of the vibrant architecture surrounding her. This is part of the reason why Linda uses her own datasets to carefully train AI that will more accurately reflect her reality. For this, she was recently recognized as a Mozilla RISE25 Honoree and as one of TIME100 Most Influential People in AI (2023). Come to hear Linda discuss her approach and her view of what needs to change in the broader data ecosystem.
