Ai Weiwei vs Timnit Gebru
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Compare the life timelines of Ai Weiwei (1957–present) and Timnit Gebru (1983–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 43 years, from 1983 to 2026.
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Ai Weiwei (1957–present)
- — Born in Beijing, China Verified
- — Family sent into internal exile Verified
- — Enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy Verified
- — Co-founded the Stars art group Verified
- — Moved to New York City Verified
- — Returned to China Verified
- — Artistic consultant for the Beijing National Stadium Verified
- — Sunflower Seeds installed at Tate Modern Verified
- — Detained by Chinese authorities Verified
- — Left China for Berlin Verified
Timnit Gebru (1983–present)
- — Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Verified
- — Left Ethiopia and was granted asylum in the United States
- — Worked as an engineer at Apple
- — Completed a PhD in computer vision at Stanford University Verified
- — Co-founded Black in AI Verified
- — Published the Gender Shades study with Joy Buolamwini Verified
- — Joined Google as co-lead of the Ethical Artificial Intelligence team Verified
- — Departure from Google Verified
- — Founded the Distributed AI Research Institute Verified
- — Named to the Time 100 list Verified