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Monthly report: April 2019

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 138 influencers like John C. Havens and Miles Brundage, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #RAAIS2019 and #MachineLearning.
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@johnchavens shared
On Apr 16, 2019
RT @maria_axente: “Humans are part of what makes any AI system work, and they bring all their dumb, human baggage with them. But hiding their role only serves Silicon Valley’s fiction that AI is powerful, rational, and inscrutable “ https://t.co/l7cUGdBBOr https://t.co/nHri9952Iq
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Behind Every Robot Is a Human

Why Amazon workers sometimes listen in on users’ conversations with Alexa, and what it tells us about the technology that powers “smart” devices

@johnchavens shared
On Apr 16, 2019
RT @maria_axente: “Humans are part of what makes any AI system work, and they bring all their dumb, human baggage with them. But hiding their role only serves Silicon Valley’s fiction that AI is powerful, rational, and inscrutable “ https://t.co/l7cUGdBBOr https://t.co/nHri9952Iq
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Behind Every Robot Is a Human

Behind Every Robot Is a Human

Why Amazon workers sometimes listen in on users’ conversations with Alexa, and what it tells us about the technology that powers “smart” devices

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Apr 3, 2019
RT @mmitchell_ai: 26 researchers from 21 institutions call on Amazon to stop selling Rekognition to law enforcement. https://t.co/PNbjev79Um
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@Miles_Brundage shared
On Apr 3, 2019
RT @mmitchell_ai: 26 researchers from 21 institutions call on Amazon to stop selling Rekognition to law enforcement. https://t.co/PNbjev79Um
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@dmonett shared
On Apr 23, 2019
One of the reasons there is no consensus definition of #AI: "[T]he definition of [AI] is a moving target and shifts with technological advances and our expectations from computers. That’s why it’s pretty hard to determine what is or isn’t AI." https://t.co/pcz0h8ZhVH
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5 European companies that are (really) advancing AI

There’s little arguing that artificial intelligence is one of the hottest sectors of the tech industry. From recommending personalized content in your YouTube feed to translating text, diagnosing cancer and driving cars, the number of domains that the AI industry is touching is constantly ...

@dmonett shared
On Apr 23, 2019
One of the reasons there is no consensus definition of #AI: "[T]he definition of [AI] is a moving target and shifts with technological advances and our expectations from computers. That’s why it’s pretty hard to determine what is or isn’t AI." https://t.co/pcz0h8ZhVH
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5 European companies that are (really) advancing AI

5 European companies that are (really) advancing AI

There’s little arguing that artificial intelligence is one of the hottest sectors of the tech industry. From recommending personalized content in your YouTube feed to translating text, ...

@johnchavens shared
On Apr 14, 2019
RT @NetizenFour: I'd be curious to see a 'compare and contrast' between the #AI_HLEG Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and @IEEESA Ethically Aligned Design. https://t.co/KDUZ8vxrGT @johnchavens @ThomasMetzinger @EthicalBAU @Floridi @j2bryson @ShannonVallor @C___CS
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EU guidelines Ethics washing made in Europe

On Tuesday, the EU has published ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence. A member of the expert group that drew up the paper says: This is a case of ethical white-washing.

@johnchavens shared
On Apr 14, 2019
RT @NetizenFour: I'd be curious to see a 'compare and contrast' between the #AI_HLEG Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and @IEEESA Ethically Aligned Design. https://t.co/KDUZ8vxrGT @johnchavens @ThomasMetzinger @EthicalBAU @Floridi @j2bryson @ShannonVallor @C___CS
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EU guidelines Ethics washing made in Europe

EU guidelines Ethics washing made in Europe

On Tuesday, the EU has published ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence. A member of the expert group that drew up the paper says: This is a case of ethical white-washing.

@MIT_CSAIL shared
On Apr 1, 2019
How Google, Amazon & Twitter could benefit from a new approach to ... counting. ML-based frequency estimation: https://t.co/R2XCJn7WQX #NotAprilFools #ml #MachineLearning https://t.co/USLOppMich
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Using machine learning to make better estimations

But this approach discounts the fact that there are patterns that can be uncovered in high volumes of data, like why one IP address tends to generate more internet traffic than another. “By learning the properties of heavy hitters as they come in, we can do frequency-estimation much more ...

@MIT_CSAIL shared
On Apr 1, 2019
How Google, Amazon & Twitter could benefit from a new approach to ... counting. ML-based frequency estimation: https://t.co/R2XCJn7WQX #NotAprilFools #ml #MachineLearning https://t.co/USLOppMich
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Using machine learning to make better estimations

Using machine learning to make better estimations

But this approach discounts the fact that there are patterns that can be uncovered in high volumes of data, like why one IP address tends to generate more internet traffic than another. “By ...

@johnchavens shared
On Apr 16, 2019
RT @maria_axente: A trend we are proudly leading on @PwC - build AI & data science capabilities with non tech skills, Coming from physics, biochemistry & engineering. As @WSJ reports businesses have understood the importance of skill diversity in AI, alongside gender & age https://t.co/2Yzfls2YhX https://t.co/JcYqEdJAkr
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Businesses Build AI, Data Science Teams With Nontech Talent

Companies including financial services firms are building artificial intelligence and data science teams with people from nontech fields as they look to overcome the AI-talent shortage and add professionals with broader skills to assist in AI development.

@johnchavens shared
On Apr 16, 2019
RT @maria_axente: A trend we are proudly leading on @PwC - build AI & data science capabilities with non tech skills, Coming from physics, biochemistry & engineering. As @WSJ reports businesses have understood the importance of skill diversity in AI, alongside gender & age https://t.co/2Yzfls2YhX https://t.co/JcYqEdJAkr
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Businesses Build AI, Data Science Teams With Nontech Talent

Businesses Build AI, Data Science Teams With Nontech Talent

Companies including financial services firms are building artificial intelligence and data science teams with people from nontech fields as they look to overcome the AI-talent shortage and ...

@arstechnica shared
On Apr 16, 2019
iPad Air and iPad mini 2019 review: Apple’s tablets strike an ideal balance https://t.co/NLmqztn4KV by @SamuelAxon
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iPad Air and iPad mini 2019 review: Apple’s tablets strike an ideal balance

These are clearly more appealing to most people than Apple's 2018 iPad or iPad Pro.

@arstechnica shared
On Apr 16, 2019
iPad Air and iPad mini 2019 review: Apple’s tablets strike an ideal balance https://t.co/NLmqztn4KV by @SamuelAxon
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iPad Air and iPad mini 2019 review: Apple’s tablets strike an ideal balance

iPad Air and iPad mini 2019 review: Apple’s tablets strike an ideal balance

These are clearly more appealing to most people than Apple's 2018 iPad or iPad Pro.

@math_rachel shared
On Apr 2, 2019
risks of ML tools that manipulate perception: - geopol diplomacy manipulation - botnets & astroturfing outcompete humans for legislator/regulator attention - phishing emails identical to real msgs from loved ones - flooded w disinformation, people give up https://t.co/tzhr9Ia5gn https://t.co/xr7nymxFDE
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He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

"What happens when anyone can make it appear as if anything has happened, regardless of whether or not it did?"

@math_rachel shared
On Apr 2, 2019
risks of ML tools that manipulate perception: - geopol diplomacy manipulation - botnets & astroturfing outcompete humans for legislator/regulator attention - phishing emails identical to real msgs from loved ones - flooded w disinformation, people give up https://t.co/tzhr9Ia5gn https://t.co/xr7nymxFDE
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He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

"What happens when anyone can make it appear as if anything has happened, regardless of whether or not it did?"

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E.D., IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous & Intelligent Systems and E.D., Council on Extended Intelligence. Tweets are my own.

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Policy Analyst at OpenAI. Formerly: AI Policy Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. Views my own.

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reporter @Gizmodo | policing, surveillance capitalism, and bias in algorithms | DM for signal ✨

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Researching the social implications of AI. Co-founder @AINowInstitute at NYU | Principal Researcher MSR-NYC | Distinguished Research Professor NYU |

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Researcher studying Autonomous Agents. Director @WomenWhoCodeLA

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Prof. Dr. Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence #AI, Machine Intelligence, Machine Learning #ML, Robotics, Software Engineering. Runner, books, Yogi.

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Entrepreneur. Scientist. Co-founder and CEO @Affectiva. On a mission to bring #AI to life with emotion tech. #EmotionAI #CV #ML #DeepLearning #womenintech

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Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.

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co-founder https://t.co/ZvDGNlehRt + professor @usfca_msds | past: Duke math PhD, quant, early Uber eng | now: making neural nets uncool

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Managing director for Europe and Asia @coindesk. Priors: @qz @e27sg @chinaeconreview @malaysiakini

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Interdisciplinary university research institute examining the social implications of artificial intelligence, ML, and related technologies. @NYUniversity

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MIT's largest lab: the Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab https://t.co/oEBFg67jYJ #ai #cs #robotics #ml #nlp #bigdata #iot #datascience

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Future Editor, Axios; senior fellow, Atlantic Council; adjunct professor, Georgetown University; author The Powerhouse. Newsletter: https://t.co/xAzkIP0yUf

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CEO @voyage. Super-charging communities with autonomous vehicles.

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Connect to your customers in a whole new way. Stay up-to-date on news, announcements, and innovation.

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Founded in 2010. Building Artificial General Intelligence. The creators of #AlphaGo and Atari DQN

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reporter @gizmodo | [email protected]

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EIC & Chief Cocktail Officer @techreview. Ex- @qz, @datasociety, @TheEconomist. London-Mexico City-Moscow-Jerusalem-NYC-Boston. Undersharer.

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Machine Learnist. Asst Prof—@carnegiemellon (2018), PhD—UCSD, Editor—https://t.co/QDAZ7VNZr9, Scientist—@awscloud, Music—around

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