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Monthly report: February 2019

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 132 influencers like John C. Havens and Miles Brundage, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #DeepLearning and #IoT.
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@Miles_Brundage shared
On Feb 21, 2019
Reminder that @OpenAI's policy team is hiring! Research Assistant: https://t.co/36T4pwZhVy Research Scientist: https://t.co/r3yof30uEZ
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Research Assistant, Policy

As a Research Assistant at OpenAI, you'll work with Research Scientists in Policy to analyze the AI policy landscape; conduct research into areas of relevance to AI policy (for example: dual use, coordination between AI developers, measuring and assessing AI progress and impacts); and ...

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Feb 21, 2019
Reminder that @OpenAI's policy team is hiring! Research Assistant: https://t.co/36T4pwZhVy Research Scientist: https://t.co/r3yof30uEZ
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Research Assistant, Policy

Research Assistant, Policy

As a Research Assistant at OpenAI, you'll work with Research Scientists in Policy to analyze the AI policy landscape; conduct research into areas of relevance to AI policy (for example: ...

@johnchavens shared
On Feb 23, 2019
RT @j2bryson: @johnchavens @azeem I agree that others' capacity to predict you is a problem (cf Why We Should Worry About AI https://t.co/xFWe5e0OP6 ), but EXTREMELY opposed to calling the models and data underlying that prediction in any way me, human, etc.–a huge civic danger, AND philosophically problematic.
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AI Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Society

Recently we decided it was worth rewriting and publishing the paper properly, so a radically updated version Just an Artifact: Why Machines are Perceived as Moral Agents, appeared in the proceedings of The Twenty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI ...

@johnchavens shared
On Feb 23, 2019
RT @j2bryson: @johnchavens @azeem I agree that others' capacity to predict you is a problem (cf Why We Should Worry About AI https://t.co/xFWe5e0OP6 ), but EXTREMELY opposed to calling the models and data underlying that prediction in any way me, human, etc.–a huge civic danger, AND philosophically problematic.
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AI Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Society

AI Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Society

Recently we decided it was worth rewriting and publishing the paper properly, so a radically updated version Just an Artifact: Why Machines are Perceived as Moral Agents, appeared in the ...

@AlecRad shared
On Feb 15, 2019
RT @mtrc: Shoutout to @katyanna_q who fed the system a curveball, which I always like to see. As you might expect by now after seeing AlphaStar, OpenAI 5 etc. etc., if you drag the system away from its training data and into weirder territory, it begins to wobble. https://t.co/0d3I41df1r https://t.co/gUUXFgiQ3z
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Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

'Not safe on database server!' it screamed back as its makers resist releasing full code in case it's abused

@AlecRad shared
On Feb 15, 2019
RT @mtrc: Shoutout to @katyanna_q who fed the system a curveball, which I always like to see. As you might expect by now after seeing AlphaStar, OpenAI 5 etc. etc., if you drag the system away from its training data and into weirder territory, it begins to wobble. https://t.co/0d3I41df1r https://t.co/gUUXFgiQ3z
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Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

'Not safe on database server!' it screamed back as its makers resist releasing full code in case it's abused

@guardiantech shared
On Feb 15, 2019
How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition https://t.co/GZzkL5fSsy
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How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition

Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry

@guardiantech shared
On Feb 15, 2019
How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition https://t.co/GZzkL5fSsy
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How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition

How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition

Surveillance at concerts is just the beginning, as fears grow around an unregulated, billion-dollar industry

@johnchavens shared
On Feb 14, 2019
RT @timleberecht: AI ethics: Time to move beyond a list of principles https://t.co/hIcrKPqrH3 via @InformationAge HT @johnchavens #AI #ethics #digitalethics
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AI ethics: Time to move beyond a list of principles

AI ethics must move beyond ‘principles’ says new report from the Nuffield Foundation and Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence

@johnchavens shared
On Feb 14, 2019
RT @timleberecht: AI ethics: Time to move beyond a list of principles https://t.co/hIcrKPqrH3 via @InformationAge HT @johnchavens #AI #ethics #digitalethics
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AI ethics: Time to move beyond a list of principles

AI ethics: Time to move beyond a list of principles

AI ethics must move beyond ‘principles’ says new report from the Nuffield Foundation and Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence

@johnchavens shared
On Feb 20, 2019
Is the Indian Government Set to Regulate Artificial Intelligence And Its Ethics? https://t.co/kZJjg44XgN
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Is the Indian Government Set to Regulate Artificial Intelligence And Its Ethics?

This comes at a time when there is already a debate on online data privacy and data security.

@johnchavens shared
On Feb 20, 2019
Is the Indian Government Set to Regulate Artificial Intelligence And Its Ethics? https://t.co/kZJjg44XgN
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Is the Indian Government Set to Regulate Artificial Intelligence And Its Ethics?

Is the Indian Government Set to Regulate Artificial Intelligence And Its Ethics?

This comes at a time when there is already a debate on online data privacy and data security.

@math_rachel shared
On Feb 5, 2019
RT @mmitchell_ai: Great new piece by @math_rachel on current AI concerns, incl. "the tyranny of metrics: metrics are just a proxy for what you really care about, and unthinkingly optimizing a metric can lead to unexpected, negative results." https://t.co/ySG2V7tNFS
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I’m an AI researcher, and here’s what scares me about AI

Warnings about sentient robots are overblown. Here are the 5 things that really scare me…

@math_rachel shared
On Feb 5, 2019
RT @mmitchell_ai: Great new piece by @math_rachel on current AI concerns, incl. "the tyranny of metrics: metrics are just a proxy for what you really care about, and unthinkingly optimizing a metric can lead to unexpected, negative results." https://t.co/ySG2V7tNFS
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I’m an AI researcher, and here’s what scares me about AI

I’m an AI researcher, and here’s what scares me about AI

Warnings about sentient robots are overblown. Here are the 5 things that really scare me…

@johnchavens shared
On Feb 24, 2019
Economics After Neoliberalism https://t.co/m7dUfb55UG h/t @azeem
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Economics After Neoliberalism

Market fetishism is a primitive, simplistic perversion of economics. Thankfully, contemporary economics is rife with new ideas for creating a more inclusive society.

@johnchavens shared
On Feb 24, 2019
Economics After Neoliberalism https://t.co/m7dUfb55UG h/t @azeem
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Economics After Neoliberalism

Economics After Neoliberalism

Market fetishism is a primitive, simplistic perversion of economics. Thankfully, contemporary economics is rife with new ideas for creating a more inclusive society.

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