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Alberta Devor
Devor in 2026
Born
Brooklyn, New York City
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Years active2022–present
Followers321K
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Notes@albertatech
Years active2025–present
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Display nameAlberta Tech
Years active2015–present
Followers21K
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Years active2023–present
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Last updated: Sep 25, 2026
Websitealbertatech.co

Alberta Devor, also known online as alberta.nyc and Alberta Tech, is an American comedian and software engineer who posts educational and satirical videos about technology and artificial intelligence.

Early life and education

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Alberta Devor was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York City.[1] She attended P.S. 58 The Carroll School[2] in Carroll Gardens, then Bard High School Early College in Manhattan, graduating in 2015.[1]

After high school, Devor attended Brown University. She says she wasn't sure she would be interested in Computer Science when she took her first class in college; however when that class included a musical theatre performance teaching about object-oriented programming, she knew she wanted to be in that show. Two years later she was directing the show as a teaching assistant, four years later she graduated with a degree in the field, and nearly a decade later she still makes skits about programming.[1][3]

Career

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After graduation, Devor worked for Google as a software engineer for over six years.[1] She first worked on Google Maps data infrastructure, then on YouTube Labs features.[4]

Devor as "Clawdbot", in 2026

In 2020, Devor was bored due to the COVID-19 lockdowns, so she began making and posting comedy TikTok videos.[5] Initially she satirized daily life during the lockdown, but then switched to making funny videos about working in technology companies.[6] Starting in 2022, she began making both educational and satirical videos about artificial intelligence and the boom of generative AI.[7][6] Devor says that she loves both comedy and education, and is especially happy using comedy to educate.[3] Initially she kept her full name secret, and posted only as alberta.nyc.[8]

In the fall of 2022, one of her TikTok videos, in which she pretended she was being laid off from Snap Inc. during the tech company's 20% layoffs, went viral, with viewers being split between those realizing it was satirical and those believing it to be real.[8] In 2023, when Google itself had mass layoffs of 12,000 employees, Devor posted a video in support of the Alphabet Workers Union.[9] She used her full name to lead a public union demonstration against the layoffs in front of the Google Store in New York City.[10][11]

Devor as tech company planning poker champion, in 2025

More popular alberta.nyc videos were released in 2024, including a story about how Amazon.com, Inc. criticized workers for overusing its "Daily Fruit Program",[12] and an explanation of why AI models couldn't answer how many "r"s were in the word "strawberry".[13] Others were more personal, such as a two part story about how she was defrauded by a teledentistry scam,[14] and not supported by her own insurance company.[15] Yet others were about the intersection of both, such as one about how her insurance company's AI denied her claim,[16] and another about how a likely AI decision made Uber Eats deliver her a pregnancy test instead of a COVID test. [17]

By 2026, Devor had over 161,000 followers on TikTok, 278,000 followers on Instagram, and 433,000 subscribers on YouTube,[7] and was interviewed about AI by international outlets like Usercentrics, the BBC, and The Guardian.[6][18][19] In May 2026, she left Google to become a full time content creator as "Alberta Tech".[20][5][4]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alberta Devor". Bard High School Early College. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Einhorn, Erin (Jan 30, 2006). "Dazed & Confused". New York Daily News. p. 19. Retrieved 22 September 2026. PS 58 third-grader Alberta Devor will have to find new music tutor because her after-school program is losing its teacher
  3. 1 2 Darhun, Allison (12 April 2025). "This is Tech: Alberta on Engineers, Content Creation, and AI". Rewriting the Code. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  4. 1 2 Kolan, Smitha (27 July 2026). "Why "vibe coding" fixed her imposter syndrome | The Agent Factory". Google Cloud Tech. YouTube. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
  5. 1 2 Bell, Crystal (7 July 2026). "Alberta Tech on what AI gets right and where it still falls short for creators". Mashable. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 Skye Weiser, Chloé (Jan 30, 2026). "The power of content creators to influence audience trust with Alberta Tech". Usercentrics. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  7. 1 2 Zafer, Rizwana (2 June 2026). "Alberta Tech: The tech creator helping everyone keep up with AI". Mashable. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  8. 1 2 Gyimesi, Jenna; Theil, Michele (Nov 11, 2022). "A TikToker went viral pretending to get fired from Snapchat. She didn't think it would be taken seriously, but doesn't regret raising awareness of tech layoffs, she said". Business Insider. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  9. ↑ Sung, Morgan (29 January 2023). "Tech layoffs strip the facade off TikTok's 'day in the life' videos". NBC News. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Mackell, Sean (3 February 2023). ""Googlers Against Greed" Rally Against Layoffs". New York City Central Labor Council. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  11. ↑ Duff, Meg (9 February 2023). "Are 12,000 Layoffs Enough to Convince Googlers to Join a Union?". Slate. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  12. ↑ Bjella, Braden (30 April 2024). "'I have worked a job where it was BYO K-Cup': Amazon tells workers to stop eating so much fruit". Daily Dot. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  13. ↑ Bengo, Xianna (29 August 2024). "Why can't AI models answer the question, 'how many Rs are there in the word strawberry?'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  14. ↑ Supica, Vladimir (15 January 2024). "Woman says she was the victim of dental insurance fraud—by her own dentist". Daily Dot. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  15. ↑ Fowler, Grace (7 March 2024). "'I've never heard of this': Patient gets charged for medical procedure she didn't have. It gets worse when she calls her insurance company". Daily Dot. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  16. ↑ Collins, Jordan (18 April 2024). "'AI is not ready to fairly judge these things': Woman's health insurance claim is rejected by AI bot, and there's no way to fix it". WeGotThisCovered. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  17. ↑ Sjoberg, Brooke (21 June 2024). "'They know something you don't': Woman gets delivered pregnancy test on Uber Eats. That's not what she ordered". Daily Dot. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  18. ↑ Krotoski, Aleks; Fong, Kevin (17 June 2026). "BBC Audio | The Artificial Human | Will AI replace the people who built it?". BBC. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  19. ↑ Cantor, Matthew (25 September 2026). "The comedians turning AI anxiety into punchlines: 'It's so good, it'll completely alter our grasp on reality'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  20. ↑ Devor, Alberta (May 10, 2026). "Excited to announce I was promoted from Software Engineer at YouTube to Content Creator at YouTube! It appears I was taken off payroll however this is most likely a clerical error..." LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
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