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Monthly report: December 2020

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 180 influencers like Montreal AI Ethics Institute and Meredith Whittaker, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #Aiethics and #IStandWithTimnit.
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@oiioxford shared
On Dec 14, 2020
Fantastic news that an AI modelling tool developed by @SandraWachter @b_mittelstadt and @c_russl @oiioxford has been incorporated into @amazon @q_amazonwebserv anti-bias software to help better detect discrimination in #AI and machine learning systems https://t.co/MjJr6E3GwI https://t.co/V2nwHSgLUQ
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AI modelling tool developed by Oxford academics incorporated into Amazon anti-bias software

A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet

@oiioxford shared
On Dec 14, 2020
Fantastic news that an AI modelling tool developed by @SandraWachter @b_mittelstadt and @c_russl @oiioxford has been incorporated into @amazon @q_amazonwebserv anti-bias software to help better detect discrimination in #AI and machine learning systems https://t.co/MjJr6E3GwI https://t.co/V2nwHSgLUQ
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AI modelling tool developed by Oxford academics incorporated into Amazon anti-bias software

AI modelling tool developed by Oxford academics incorporated into Amazon anti-bias software

A multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet

@Floridi shared
On Dec 15, 2020
RT @iiclondra: 📚Book launch: Italian Philosophy of Technology. Socio-Cultural, Legal, Scientific and Aesthetic Perspectives on Technology. 16th December, 6pm GMT, online. With Simona Chiodo, Viola Schiaffonati, Luciano Floridi and Maurizio Ferraris. Info and 🆓🎟️: https://t.co/fzRw2Lo0A3 https://t.co/9pbqPWrmyF
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Book launch: Italian Philosophy of Technology. Socio-Cultural, Legal, Scientific and Aesthetic Perspectives on Technology.

Book launch: Italian Philosophy of Technology. Socio-Cultural, Legal, Scientific and Aesthetic Perspectives on Technology.

@Floridi shared
On Dec 15, 2020
RT @iiclondra: 📚Book launch: Italian Philosophy of Technology. Socio-Cultural, Legal, Scientific and Aesthetic Perspectives on Technology. 16th December, 6pm GMT, online. With Simona Chiodo, Viola Schiaffonati, Luciano Floridi and Maurizio Ferraris. Info and 🆓🎟️: https://t.co/fzRw2Lo0A3 https://t.co/9pbqPWrmyF
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Book launch: Italian Philosophy of Technology. Socio-Cultural, Legal, Scientific and Aesthetic Perspectives on Technology.

Book launch: Italian Philosophy of Technology. Socio-Cultural, Legal, Scientific and Aesthetic Perspectives on Technology.

Book launch: Italian Philosophy of Technology. Socio-Cultural, Legal, Scientific and Aesthetic Perspectives on Technology.

@mtlaiethics shared
On Dec 10, 2020
Watch the State of AI Ethics Panel, where we discussed the progress of the field and where it needs to go. Bonus: transcript of live chat, including a curated list of the top resources. Panelists: @ruchowdh, @ambaonadventure, @DanitGal, @klinovakatya. https://t.co/Un4mfRAYmG
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State of AI Ethics

This page houses all our State of AI Ethics Reports as well as the Panels associated with each report, ordered from most recent to least recent. Subscribe below to our weekly newsletter for the latest…

@mtlaiethics shared
On Dec 10, 2020
Watch the State of AI Ethics Panel, where we discussed the progress of the field and where it needs to go. Bonus: transcript of live chat, including a curated list of the top resources. Panelists: @ruchowdh, @ambaonadventure, @DanitGal, @klinovakatya. https://t.co/Un4mfRAYmG
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State of AI Ethics

State of AI Ethics

This page houses all our State of AI Ethics Reports as well as the Panels associated with each report, ordered from most recent to least recent. Subscribe below to our weekly newsletter for ...

@FrankPasquale shared
On Dec 26, 2020
“As long as progress is benchmarked on biased data, such biases will also be reflected in the inductive biases of ML systems. Advancing ML with biased benchmarks and asking engineers to simply ‘retrain models with unbiased data’ is not helpful.” https://t.co/7yHbfnmLQQ
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Yann LeCun Quits Twitter Amid Acrimonious Exchanges on AI Bias

Turing Award Winner and Facebook Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun has announced his exit from Twitter after getting involved in a long and often acrimonious dispute regarding racial biases in AI.

@FrankPasquale shared
On Dec 26, 2020
“As long as progress is benchmarked on biased data, such biases will also be reflected in the inductive biases of ML systems. Advancing ML with biased benchmarks and asking engineers to simply ‘retrain models with unbiased data’ is not helpful.” https://t.co/7yHbfnmLQQ
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Yann LeCun Quits Twitter Amid Acrimonious Exchanges on AI Bias

Yann LeCun Quits Twitter Amid Acrimonious Exchanges on AI Bias

Turing Award Winner and Facebook Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun has announced his exit from Twitter after getting involved in a long and often acrimonious dispute regarding racial biases in ...

@FrankPasquale shared
On Dec 8, 2020
It’s time to build “a cross-class labor movement that defines tech workers broadly, i.e., researchers, engineers, Uber drivers, Amazon warehouse workers, content moderators etc.” https://t.co/iU1LjngGO6
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On the Moral Collapse of AI Ethics

I support Dr. Timnit Gebru. I’ve had the good fortune to become friends with Timnit over the last several weeks as we’ve spent hours…

@FrankPasquale shared
On Dec 8, 2020
It’s time to build “a cross-class labor movement that defines tech workers broadly, i.e., researchers, engineers, Uber drivers, Amazon warehouse workers, content moderators etc.” https://t.co/iU1LjngGO6
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On the Moral Collapse of AI Ethics

On the Moral Collapse of AI Ethics

I support Dr. Timnit Gebru. I’ve had the good fortune to become friends with Timnit over the last several weeks as we’ve spent hours…

@gleonhard shared
On Dec 12, 2020
Facebook is no longer ‘social’ anything — it’s an algorithmic / AI media platform that needs to be… https://t.co/3FEsIcfJVi #futurism #technology #corona
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@gleonhard shared
On Dec 12, 2020
Facebook is no longer ‘social’ anything — it’s an algorithmic / AI media platform that needs to be… https://t.co/3FEsIcfJVi #futurism #technology #corona
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@alan_winfield shared
On Dec 16, 2020
RT @ZoubinGhahrama1: Master’s programme on managing the risks of AI launched by University of Cambridge https://t.co/pMhSMTTCly
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First Master’s programme on managing the risks of AI launched by Cambridge

The UK’s first Master’s degree in the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) is being launched by the University of Cambridge.

@alan_winfield shared
On Dec 16, 2020
RT @ZoubinGhahrama1: Master’s programme on managing the risks of AI launched by University of Cambridge https://t.co/pMhSMTTCly
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First Master’s programme on managing the risks of AI launched by Cambridge

First Master’s programme on managing the risks of AI launched by Cambridge

The UK’s first Master’s degree in the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) is being launched by the University of Cambridge.

@rivatez shared
On Dec 23, 2020
RT @pmddomingos: We must stop militant liberals from politicizing AI - my op-ed in the @SpectatorUSA : https://t.co/PXbKPodhJk
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We must stop militant liberals from politicizing artificial intelligence

A whole subfield of artificial intelligence has sprung up with the express purpose of, among other things, ‘debiasing’ algorithms

@rivatez shared
On Dec 23, 2020
RT @pmddomingos: We must stop militant liberals from politicizing AI - my op-ed in the @SpectatorUSA : https://t.co/PXbKPodhJk
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We must stop militant liberals from politicizing artificial intelligence

We must stop militant liberals from politicizing artificial intelligence

A whole subfield of artificial intelligence has sprung up with the express purpose of, among other things, ‘debiasing’ algorithms

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