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On Jul 2, 2020
@mtlaiethics shared
RT @cortnie_cdo: @maria_axente @dmonett @DorotheaBaur @fchollet @mathbabedotorg @IEEEorg @johnchavens @AINowInstitute @MCoeckelbergh @EU_Commission @Floridi @vdignum @aimeevanrobot @BarryOSullivan @MullerCatelijne @j2bryson @alan_winfield @ShannonVallor @WendellWallach @katecrawford @scuethics @oiioxford @AdaLovelaceInst @LeverhulmeCFI @turinginst #AIEthicsReads is now live. Thx so much for all your help! See 👇 https://t.co/uKAxZBAoHB Please forward it around. Still adding to it. But this should get us all started to help others who want to start reading and learning.
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AI Ethics Reading List

AI Ethics Reading List

Critical AI Ethics reading compiled by leading AI Ethicists.

On Jul 2, 2020
@ajohnsocyber shared
Congratulations ⁦@sbj24⁩ and ⁦@SarahASmith75⁩!!! Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2020 longlist https://t.co/Ofm5zR1JoB
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Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2020 longlist

Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2020 longlist

Each year during its search for the most influential women in UK technology, Computer Weekly asks the tech industry to nominate who it thinks should be considered for the top 50. Here is ...

On Jun 29, 2020
@kaifulee shared
The Art of AI: An interview with Kai-Fu Lee https://t.co/J5JX5dLX4K via @cgtnofficial
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The Art of AI: An interview with Kai-Fu Lee

The Art of AI: An interview with Kai-Fu Lee

In my book, I urge us to move beyond competitive instincts to recognize that AI's effects know no borders ...

On Jul 2, 2020
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @twimlai: Today we’re joined Deb Raji (@rajiinio), a Tech Fellow at the @AINowInstitute, to discuss some recent news coming out of the AI community, including the moratoria on facial recognition tech at Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM, the backlash to the PULSE model & https://t.co/Me0hUbyHAO
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How External Auditing is Changing the Facial Recognition Landscape with Deb Raji

How External Auditing is Changing the Facial Recognition Landscape with Deb Raji

Sam is joined by Deb Raji, Tech Fellow at the AI Now Institute, to discuss the recent breaking news in the world of facial recognition, ethics, and bias.

On Jul 3, 2020
@RobMcCargow shared
RT @TobyWalsh: Not good: Only 18% of data science students are learning about AI ethics https://t.co/JM7kQ6zyaF
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Study: Only 18% of data science students are learning about AI ethics

Study: Only 18% of data science students are learning about AI ethics

A study by data science firm Anaconda found a "concerning" absence of AI ethics initiatives in both academia and industry.

On Jul 3, 2020
@MIRIBerkeley shared
RT @FLIxrisk: Evan Hubinger from @MIRIBerkeley joins us on this episode of the AIAP to discuss how to ensure alignment between a model being trained and the objective function used to train it, as well as to evaluate three proposals for building safe advanced AI. https://t.co/zcrSz3ycSD
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Evan Hubinger on Inner Alignment, Outer Alignment, and Proposals for Building Safe Advanced AI

Evan Hubinger on Inner Alignment, Outer Alignment, and Proposals for Building Safe Advanced AI

In this episode of the AI Alignment Podcast, Evan Hubinger of MIRI joins us to discuss inner alignment, outer alignment, and three proposals for building safe advanced AI.

On Jul 2, 2020
@RobMcCargow shared
IBM, Notre Dame Launch Lab to Focus on Tech Ethics. IBM pledges $20 million over 10 years to study ethical issues around #AI, quantum and other emerging technologies | via @WSJProAI https://t.co/ibIT7QRIVo
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IBM, Notre Dame Launch Lab to Focus on Tech Ethics

IBM, Notre Dame Launch Lab to Focus on Tech Ethics

The Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab will conduct research and produce guidelines for governments and businesses on the ethical use of emerging technologies

On Jul 2, 2020
@j2bryson shared
RT @Starcourse: #unethicalOptimizationPrinciple paper now out in @royalsociety Open Science. Thanks to brilliant co-authors Heather Battey, Anthony Davison & Robert Mackay. @DameWendyDBE gave us quote for press: "This is a really important paper. It shows that… (1/n) https://t.co/XEwCR7LV0Y
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An unethical optimization principle

An unethical optimization principle

Derivation of limiting pU The extremal types theorem [11, theorem 1.4.2] implies that in wide generality, the maximum Mn of a random sample Z1, …, Zn with cumulative distribution …