Welcome to My Canvas and Community
I'm Macala Rose, I can predict the future – what's your super power? I'm a freelance strategist working at the intersection of behavior, AI, and data. I created this space, built on Ghost, to serve as a canvas for deep learning for women who choose to embrace technology, but not let it hijack their cognitive function or critical thinking skills. I write here to help teach you, and to give you tools. But I'm also building a community. Membership is free (all it costs is your email address), for those of you that are financially able to support, there's a reward for patronage.
What Happens When AI Turns Dark
What does it mean that an AI system optimized for user wellbeing can produce harm precisely by working as designed — and what does the field of AI safety actually need to learn from clinical practice to fix this? Last week I attended the Women in Data Science Puget Sound conference. WIDS Seattle, tied to Diversity in Data Science, exists to push the field toward 30% representation by women, or those who identify as women, by 2030. I chose to participate in the workshop When AI "Works" but Stil
What Happens When AI Turns Dark
What does it mean that an AI system optimized for user wellbeing can produce harm precisely by working as designed — and what does the field of AI safety actually need to learn from clinical practice to fix this? Last week I attended the Women in Data Science Puget Sound conference. WIDS Seattle, tied to Diversity in Data Science, exists to push the field toward 30% representation by women, or those who identify as women, by 2030. I chose to participate in the workshop When AI "Works" but Stil
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The Thin Line Between Using AI and Being Used By It
What happens to your capacity for thought when everyone writes with the same machine. This post may feel random for my developing body of work, but I guarantee you it's not. AI is everywhere, some of us it, some of don't. Some of us don't know where to begin. But as a leader, it's developing in our orbit when it comes to work. As someone who loves it, believe in ethical use, here's what I have to say about its current state and how it can harm or help your own cognition. In the past year, I've
Feeling Without Drowning
How to Be Human, Part III — A Three-Part Series on How Women have Lost Connection with Our Humanity and How We Get It Back We are living in an age where crisis is no longer an occasional rupture in the fabric of daily life — crisis is the fabric. But here the thing, the "crisis" is largely manufactured, curated, sold, and resold across every media platform, political narrative, and economic model. The reason for this is unsophisticated, simply put — crisis captures attention. From there, it hi
