Top news of the week: 18.10.2020.
Computer vision, Psychology, Computer science, Consciousness, Science fiction, Artificial intelligence
Ethics
In this article. Cansu and Imogen ask: how do we enable transparency that truly achieves goals of accountability, fostering meaningful scrutiny and debate?
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OpenMeaningful transparency and (in)visible algorithms
Over the last two months, we’ve seen the demise of three major public-sector algorithmic programmes – the Home Office visa streaming tool, the ‘Most Serious Violence’ programme under...
RT @oiioxford: Congrats @Floridi @oxfordethicslab @oiioxford becoming a @Falling_Walls Finalist - watch his presentation here https://t.co/X6JL76dEpt. Register for virtual showcase of Science Breakthroughs of the Year from 1–10 Nov 2020 https://t.co/FVq34AfwL9. #WorldScienceSummit
OpenBreaking the Wall between Online and Offline
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health, Digitalisation, Education, Engineering, Environment & Nature, Foresight;Future /green cities, Future of Banking, Global Cooperation, …
RT @CAIDE_UoM: In 2021 CAIDE will be hosting @katecrawford as our Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow. We are delighted to be working with Kate - look out for the programme to be released early next year @unimelb @MelbLawSchool @engunimelb @SciMelb @ArtsUnimelb
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OpenMiegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow: Kate Crawford
Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow: Kate Crawford
Specific populations “suffer in unequal ways without consenting to the use of their personal information. These algorithms not only pose a threat to principles of fairness, privacy, and justice but also hamper the functioning of a healthy democracy.”
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OpenThe Short Anthropological Guide to the Study of Ethical AI
Written by MAIEI researcher Alexandrine Royer, who also works at The Foundation for Genocide Education. Read the full guide in PDF formDownload Introduction (Excerpt from full guide) In the ...
RT @libbykinsey: .@DigiCatapult is recruiting an additional member of its Ethics Committee. This is such a great group doing really interesting, important work!
Find out more (and complete your application by 5th November) here: https://t.co/9zpSFB65Vt
OpenIntroducing the Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee supports the Machine Intelligence Garage, a Digital Catapult programme that is part funded by Innovate UK and the European Regional Development Fund (as part …
RT @emurciano: “we are not the only smart agents able to carry out complex tasks”
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@Floridi
OpenWhy Information Matters
Luciano Floridi on what philosophy and computer science can contribute to each other
“What even is AI anyway?” Little article I wrote last year as a ramble after asking people for many years on the podcast https://t.co/eFV4d75Pjt https://t.co/Y87VCPYzqY
OpenWhat even is AI anyway?
When we talk about AI what do we actually mean? This article runs through some of the things people may be thinking when they say AI.