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Monthly report: February 2019

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 138 influencers like Joanna J Bryson and Miles Brundage, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #aiethics and #robotics.
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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: ...

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Feb 14, 2019
RT @katyanna_q: I also wrote about OpenAI's massive language model trained from millions of links scraped from Reddit. It's really interesting because it shows what just how many things models can learn just by analysing relationships in text 😎 https://t.co/JR31vMhMeG
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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

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Feb 14, 2019
RT @katyanna_q: I also wrote about OpenAI's massive language model trained from millions of links scraped from Reddit. It's really interesting because it shows what just how many things models can learn just by analysing relationships in text 😎 https://t.co/JR31vMhMeG
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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

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
Despite the fact I'm keynoting this at the end of the month: https://t.co/40l4Xf1sie I hadn't noticed this page of @coe #aiethics resources before just now: https://t.co/Z9I6aCJNhC
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Council of Europe and Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to Council's of Europe Artificial Intelligence website

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
Despite the fact I'm keynoting this at the end of the month: https://t.co/40l4Xf1sie I hadn't noticed this page of @coe #aiethics resources before just now: https://t.co/Z9I6aCJNhC
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Council of Europe and Artificial Intelligence

Council of Europe and Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to Council's of Europe Artificial Intelligence website

@FastCompany shared
On Feb 17, 2019
Managers, do these things to set your employees (and your team) up for success https://t.co/ORbKzcm1sG
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Managers, do these things to set your employees (and your team) up for success

Managerial skills are more important than ever.

@FastCompany shared
On Feb 17, 2019
Managers, do these things to set your employees (and your team) up for success https://t.co/ORbKzcm1sG
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@pabbeel shared
On Feb 4, 2019
This Fri 2/8 is deadline to apply to https://t.co/uQfNtBNki6 taking place March 2-3 in Berkeley. Also: @l2k from Weights & Biases / FigureEight and @jeremyphoward from https://t.co/8jKC4xcGxw joined our guest speakers @RichardSocher (Salesforce) & Raquel Urtasun (Uber/Toronto). https://t.co/iT4bhnedqd
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Making neural nets uncool again

It’s a small world indeed… The dataset collection The following categories are currently included in the collection: Image classification, with a focus on fine-grained classification and transfer learning NLP, including datasets for language modeling, translation, and text ...

@pabbeel shared
On Feb 4, 2019
This Fri 2/8 is deadline to apply to https://t.co/uQfNtBNki6 taking place March 2-3 in Berkeley. Also: @l2k from Weights & Biases / FigureEight and @jeremyphoward from https://t.co/8jKC4xcGxw joined our guest speakers @RichardSocher (Salesforce) & Raquel Urtasun (Uber/Toronto). https://t.co/iT4bhnedqd
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Making neural nets uncool again

Making neural nets uncool again

It’s a small world indeed… The dataset collection The following categories are currently included in the collection: Image classification, with a focus on fine-grained classification and ...

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
RT @ClareAngelyn: Public told they “might be filmed." But really #FaceRec used to find "stalkers." But really #biometric "selfie stations" capture info for promotion & marketing purposes. Textbook example of why we need #FaceRec regulation STAT. https://t.co/1qGxXtLARS
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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

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
RT @ClareAngelyn: Public told they “might be filmed." But really #FaceRec used to find "stalkers." But really #biometric "selfie stations" capture info for promotion & marketing purposes. Textbook example of why we need #FaceRec regulation STAT. https://t.co/1qGxXtLARS
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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

@FastCompany shared
On Feb 27, 2019
Here is the world’s first robotics museum–built by robots, of course https://t.co/U0e7OKIYBa
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Here is the world’s first robotics museum–built by robots, of course

The first exhibition of Seoul’s Robot Museum will be the robots building the museum itself.

@FastCompany shared
On Feb 27, 2019
Here is the world’s first robotics museum–built by robots, of course https://t.co/U0e7OKIYBa
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Here is the world’s first robotics museum–built by robots, of course

Here is the world’s first robotics museum–built by robots, of course

The first exhibition of Seoul’s Robot Museum will be the robots building the museum itself.

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
RT @lisamwitter: Economics After Neoliberalism | Boston Review - weekend long read via ⁦@nebuer42⁩. Includes a number of policy solutions that address the ‘economics of inclusive prosperity’. ⁦@apoliticalco⁩ https://t.co/RsvK1DdhnJ
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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.

@j2bryson shared
On Feb 17, 2019
RT @lisamwitter: Economics After Neoliberalism | Boston Review - weekend long read via ⁦@nebuer42⁩. Includes a number of policy solutions that address the ‘economics of inclusive prosperity’. ⁦@apoliticalco⁩ https://t.co/RsvK1DdhnJ
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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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