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Monthly report: March 2019

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 138 influencers like Miles Brundage and Joanna J Bryson, discussing hashtags such as #Insights , #ML and #streetlearn.
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@Miles_Brundage shared
On Mar 4, 2019
RT @jackclarkSF: We're hiring a project manager(s) at @OpenAI to support work in policy and comms. This is a high-impact role and offers candidates the chance to specialize over time. You'll work with people like @apilipis & @AmandaAskell & @Miles_Brundage and others (me) https://t.co/EFFZbzr9Ew
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Project Manager, Policy & Comms

As a project manager working across policy and comms you will coordinate projects ranging from workshops, to events, to convening internal groups for information hazard studies, to helping to create and run processes for the production of externally facing content such as blog posts. ...

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Mar 4, 2019
RT @jackclarkSF: We're hiring a project manager(s) at @OpenAI to support work in policy and comms. This is a high-impact role and offers candidates the chance to specialize over time. You'll work with people like @apilipis & @AmandaAskell & @Miles_Brundage and others (me) https://t.co/EFFZbzr9Ew
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Project Manager, Policy & Comms

Project Manager, Policy & Comms

As a project manager working across policy and comms you will coordinate projects ranging from workshops, to events, to convening internal groups for information hazard studies, to helping ...

@hayesbh shared
On Mar 2, 2019
RT @MSFTResearchCam: "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by @ChrisBishopMSFT is now available as a free download. Download your copy today for an introduction to the fields of pattern recognition & machine learning: https://t.co/3tOOHA8Dan #ML #Insights https://t.co/XiPYZvCrXl
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Christopher Bishop

Christopher Bishop is a Microsoft Technical Fellow and Director of the Microsoft Research Lab in Cambridge, UK. He is also Professor of Comput…

@hayesbh shared
On Mar 2, 2019
RT @MSFTResearchCam: "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by @ChrisBishopMSFT is now available as a free download. Download your copy today for an introduction to the fields of pattern recognition & machine learning: https://t.co/3tOOHA8Dan #ML #Insights https://t.co/XiPYZvCrXl
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Christopher Bishop

Christopher Bishop

Christopher Bishop is a Microsoft Technical Fellow and Director of the Microsoft Research Lab in Cambridge, UK. He is also Professor of Comput…

@etzioni shared
On Mar 3, 2019
Is Ethical A.I. Even Possible? By ⁦@CadeMetz⁩ extreme title for a thought-provoking article. Best line: “the foxes are guarding the hen house.” https://t.co/izPn8f5f2k
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Is Ethical A.I. Even Possible?

Idealism can eventually bow to financial pressure and artificial intelligence companies, big and small, can change course.

@etzioni shared
On Mar 3, 2019
Is Ethical A.I. Even Possible? By ⁦@CadeMetz⁩ extreme title for a thought-provoking article. Best line: “the foxes are guarding the hen house.” https://t.co/izPn8f5f2k
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Is Ethical A.I. Even Possible?

Is Ethical A.I. Even Possible?

Idealism can eventually bow to financial pressure and artificial intelligence companies, big and small, can change course.

@frossi_t shared
On Mar 1, 2019
RT @IBMWatson: There is an increased urgency for companies to maintain trust and transparency when handling user data. @IBM is proud to be one of the few leading companies in the tech space named in Ethisphere Institute's 2019 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. https://t.co/VbzeBzMZA2
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Serving society ethically in the age of Artificial Intelligence

Ethisphere Institute announced its 2019 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, and IBM is one of the leading companies in the IT services category.

@frossi_t shared
On Mar 1, 2019
RT @IBMWatson: There is an increased urgency for companies to maintain trust and transparency when handling user data. @IBM is proud to be one of the few leading companies in the tech space named in Ethisphere Institute's 2019 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. https://t.co/VbzeBzMZA2
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Serving society ethically in the age of Artificial Intelligence

Serving society ethically in the age of Artificial Intelligence

Ethisphere Institute announced its 2019 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, and IBM is one of the leading companies in the IT services category.

@BillGates shared
On Mar 1, 2019
Reading is my favorite way to learn about a new subject. Here are 10 books that have shaped how I’m thinking about technology today. https://t.co/J7UqIkRSHM
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10 of Bill Gates’s favorite books about technology

And how they helped him choose this year’s list of 10 breakthrough technologies

@BillGates shared
On Mar 1, 2019
Reading is my favorite way to learn about a new subject. Here are 10 books that have shaped how I’m thinking about technology today. https://t.co/J7UqIkRSHM
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10 of Bill Gates’s favorite books about technology

10 of Bill Gates’s favorite books about technology

And how they helped him choose this year’s list of 10 breakthrough technologies

@j2bryson shared
On Mar 3, 2019
RT @FrankPasquale: “Microsoft Corp. and Salesforce have already hired ethicists to vet data-sorting AI algorithms for racial bias, gender bias and other unintended consequences” https://t.co/q2v6MelQ2J
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Need for AI Ethicists Becomes Clearer as Companies Admit Tech’s Flaws

The initial euphoria over AI’s potential is giving way to the realization that the tech industry will need ethicists to guard against problems caused by artificial intelligence.

@j2bryson shared
On Mar 3, 2019
RT @FrankPasquale: “Microsoft Corp. and Salesforce have already hired ethicists to vet data-sorting AI algorithms for racial bias, gender bias and other unintended consequences” https://t.co/q2v6MelQ2J
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Need for AI Ethicists Becomes Clearer as Companies Admit Tech’s Flaws

Need for AI Ethicists Becomes Clearer as Companies Admit Tech’s Flaws

The initial euphoria over AI’s potential is giving way to the realization that the tech industry will need ethicists to guard against problems caused by artificial intelligence.

@PeterAsaro shared
On Mar 6, 2019
RT @BenPatrickWill: Automated physiognomy - good piece on the psychological origins & potential harms of facial coding & emotion AI https://t.co/4NxbBxf7mV
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Don’t look now: why you should be worried about machines reading your emotions

Machines can now allegedly identify anger, fear, disgust and sadness. ‘Emotion detection’ has grown from a research project to a $20bn industry

@PeterAsaro shared
On Mar 6, 2019
RT @BenPatrickWill: Automated physiognomy - good piece on the psychological origins & potential harms of facial coding & emotion AI https://t.co/4NxbBxf7mV
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Don’t look now: why you should be worried about machines reading your emotions

Don’t look now: why you should be worried about machines reading your emotions

Machines can now allegedly identify anger, fear, disgust and sadness. ‘Emotion detection’ has grown from a research project to a $20bn industry

@amsekaran shared
On Mar 4, 2019
RT @techreview: We need to stop perpetuating the false dichotomy between technology and the humanities. https://t.co/7ZBngcFGiJ
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There’s no such thing as a “tech person” in the age of AI

We need to stop perpetuating the false dichotomy between technology and the humanities. To do otherwise would be detrimental to society.

@amsekaran shared
On Mar 4, 2019
RT @techreview: We need to stop perpetuating the false dichotomy between technology and the humanities. https://t.co/7ZBngcFGiJ
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There’s no such thing as a “tech person” in the age of AI

There’s no such thing as a “tech person” in the age of AI

We need to stop perpetuating the false dichotomy between technology and the humanities. To do otherwise would be detrimental to society.

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