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Monthly report: October 2018

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 102 influencers like Joanna J Bryson and WIRED, discussing hashtags such as #aiethics , #WIRED25 and #Bina48.
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@Perblog shared
On Oct 30, 2018
RT @mmitchell_ai: Excited to be on a "brilliant women in ai ethics" list with so many friends and women that I think are brilliant! @timnitGebru @mer__edith @katecrawford @jovialjoy @j2bryson @karen_ec_levy @grok_ @kldivergence @ShannonVallor @terahlyons @ai4allorg @IEthics https://t.co/N3Onzimbsy
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100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

medium.com

Meet the women working relentlessly to save humanity from the dark side of AI

@Perblog shared
On Oct 30, 2018
RT @mmitchell_ai: Excited to be on a "brilliant women in ai ethics" list with so many friends and women that I think are brilliant! @timnitGebru @mer__edith @katecrawford @jovialjoy @j2bryson @karen_ec_levy @grok_ @kldivergence @ShannonVallor @terahlyons @ai4allorg @IEthics https://t.co/N3Onzimbsy
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100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

Meet the women working relentlessly to save humanity from the dark side of AI

@roboticwrestler shared
On Oct 9, 2018
RT @ch402: Reminder: There are a growing number of AI residency programs. Consider applying to multiple. :) Google: https://t.co/F6iOLhAoGo OpenAI: https://t.co/APhlgoXW17 Facebook: https://t.co/sI7qJu1rjI Uber: https://t.co/GRJvvWqNGW Microsoft: https://t.co/KvQBWdhxpF
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Google AI Residency Program

ai.google

The Google AI Residency Program is a 12-month research training role designed to jumpstart or advance your career in machine learning research.

@roboticwrestler shared
On Oct 9, 2018
RT @ch402: Reminder: There are a growing number of AI residency programs. Consider applying to multiple. :) Google: https://t.co/F6iOLhAoGo OpenAI: https://t.co/APhlgoXW17 Facebook: https://t.co/sI7qJu1rjI Uber: https://t.co/GRJvvWqNGW Microsoft: https://t.co/KvQBWdhxpF
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Google AI Residency Program

Google AI Residency Program

The Google AI Residency Program is a 12-month research training role designed to jumpstart or advance your career in machine learning research.

@AutomatonBlog shared
On Oct 11, 2018
Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Shows Off Parkour Skills https://t.co/zf3d0mpu0n
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Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Shows Off Parkour Skills

spectrum.ieee.org

The agile humanoid is learning to use its whole body to leap higher than ever

@AutomatonBlog shared
On Oct 11, 2018
Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Shows Off Parkour Skills https://t.co/zf3d0mpu0n
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Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Shows Off Parkour Skills

Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Shows Off Parkour Skills

The agile humanoid is learning to use its whole body to leap higher than ever

@RobotShop shared
On Oct 21, 2018
This robot is co-taught a college course at West Point https://t.co/dd4gc2SpId @axios #Bina48 https://t.co/dx19QjtMbE
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This robot co-taught a course at West Point

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Two sessions of an introduction to ethics philosophy course.

@RobotShop shared
On Oct 21, 2018
This robot is co-taught a college course at West Point https://t.co/dd4gc2SpId @axios #Bina48 https://t.co/dx19QjtMbE
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This robot co-taught a course at West Point

This robot co-taught a course at West Point

Two sessions of an introduction to ethics philosophy course.

@RobotShop shared
On Oct 15, 2018
This Japanese robot contractor can install drywall https://t.co/PdQqCqNxJt https://t.co/jAmbzm2E0i
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This Japanese robot contractor can install drywall

www.theverge.com

The HRP-5P humanoid robot was built in response to an aging population and labor shortages.

@RobotShop shared
On Oct 15, 2018
This Japanese robot contractor can install drywall https://t.co/PdQqCqNxJt https://t.co/jAmbzm2E0i
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This Japanese robot contractor can install drywall

This Japanese robot contractor can install drywall

The HRP-5P humanoid robot was built in response to an aging population and labor shortages.

@RobotShop shared
On Oct 14, 2018
Would a BDSM Sex Robot Violate Asimov's First Law of Robotics? https://t.co/m4K8ISpJ3g @Gizmodo https://t.co/IFyk0emI8k
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Would a BDSM Sex Robot Violate Asimov's First Law of Robotics?

gizmodo.com

The sex robot community—the people who make the sex robots, and the people who want to have sex with the sex robots—suffered a blow this past week, when the Houston City Council voted to preemptively ban what would’ve been the first sex robot “brothel” in the U.S. ...

@RobotShop shared
On Oct 14, 2018
Would a BDSM Sex Robot Violate Asimov's First Law of Robotics? https://t.co/m4K8ISpJ3g @Gizmodo https://t.co/IFyk0emI8k
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Would a BDSM Sex Robot Violate Asimov's First Law of Robotics?

Would a BDSM Sex Robot Violate Asimov's First Law of Robotics?

The sex robot community—the people who make the sex robots, and the people who want to have sex with the sex robots—suffered a blow this past week, when the Houston City Council voted to ...

@j2bryson shared
On Oct 11, 2018
RT @j2blather: Kathleen Lawand of the @ICRC explains the rules of war and how they require human judgement. I was involved in the data gathering for their outstanding #aiethics document https://t.co/Aj4QxlujqW #aiethics #wsai
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Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?

www.icrc.org

As part of continuing reflections on the legal and ethical issues raised by autonomous weapons systems, the ICRC convened a round-table meeting in Geneva from 28 to 29 August 2017 to explore the ethical aspects.This report - "Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for ...

@j2bryson shared
On Oct 11, 2018
RT @j2blather: Kathleen Lawand of the @ICRC explains the rules of war and how they require human judgement. I was involved in the data gathering for their outstanding #aiethics document https://t.co/Aj4QxlujqW #aiethics #wsai
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Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?

Ethics and autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?

As part of continuing reflections on the legal and ethical issues raised by autonomous weapons systems, the ICRC convened a round-table meeting in Geneva from 28 to 29 August 2017 to ...

@WIRED shared
On Oct 12, 2018
In response to the problem of AI bias and so-called “black box” algorithms, many machine learning experts, technology companies, and governments have called for more fairness, accountability, and transparency in AI. https://t.co/Nd2q0xnn0H
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What Does a Fair Algorithm Actually Look Like?

www.wired.com

Automated systems take into account thousands of variables to make decisions that affect our lives. People are calling for more transparency in AI, but not everyone agrees on what constitutes a fair explanation.

@WIRED shared
On Oct 12, 2018
In response to the problem of AI bias and so-called “black box” algorithms, many machine learning experts, technology companies, and governments have called for more fairness, accountability, and transparency in AI. https://t.co/Nd2q0xnn0H
Open
What Does a Fair Algorithm Actually Look Like?

What Does a Fair Algorithm Actually Look Like?

Automated systems take into account thousands of variables to make decisions that affect our lives. People are calling for more transparency in AI, but not everyone agrees on what ...

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Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Cognition, Culture, & Society; AI Ethics, Safety, & Policy. Vaguely professional tweets—for more: @j2blather; fewer: @j2breve

Follow 11.3k Followers

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WIRED is where tomorrow is realized.

Follow 10.6M Followers

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AI Policy Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford. PhD candidate, Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, ASU. Views my own.

Follow 12.2k Followers

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Senior editor at @IEEESpectrum covering robots, drones, AI. @MIT_Sciwrite alum. Engineer turned writer. Husband. Dad. Made in Brazil. [email protected]

Follow 6.7k Followers

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Together, towards a world full of robots.

Follow 14.1k Followers

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CEO of @turalt. Passionate about using #AI to help us humans be more human, & using AI for good. Yes, I have a degree in AI. #empathy #womenintech #movethedial

Follow 1.7k Followers

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Love modular & educational robots. I run @Aptomica that will rent out robotics, stay tuned! Host of video show @Robotsindepth. Also @RobotsUpClose @AMA_Robotics

Follow 9.9k Followers

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Postdoc, @BiDlab/@UCBerkeley EECS. Fellow, @UCBIDS. EECS PhD, @MIT_CSAIL. Past and future pug owner.

Follow 3.5k Followers

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Contributing editor at @IEEESpectrum. I hug robots. [email protected]

Follow 8.5k Followers

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@IEEESpectrum's award-winning blog on robots, drones, AI, and more. Editor: @ericoguizzo [email protected] | Senior Writer: @botjunkie [email protected]

Follow 19.9k Followers

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Mother. Wife. Filmmaker. Red lipstick. Hats. Emmy-Nominated & Sundance filmmaker & founder The Webby Awards, co-founder 50/50 Day & Character Day.

Follow 36.8k Followers

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Director of AI at Tesla. Previously a Research Scientist at OpenAI, and CS PhD student at Stanford. I like to train Deep Neural Nets on large datasets.

Follow 141.5k Followers

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Planet robotics - all robotics in one place

Follow 10.7k Followers

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MIT's largest lab: the Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab https://t.co/oEBFg67jYJ #ai #cs #robotics #ml #nlp #bigdata #iot #datascience

Follow 51.4k Followers

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Professor at Berkeley, Founder https://t.co/tUpn7hGJie and https://t.co/tXNm31byIK

Follow 14.8k Followers

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Deep learning @google. Creator of Keras, neural networks library. Author of "Deep Learning with Python". All opinions are my own (strong but weakly held).

Follow 95.1k Followers

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Official Twitter feed for the Fast Company business media brand; inspiring readers to think beyond traditional boundaries & create the future of business.

Follow 2.3M Followers

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