This is the real betrayal of our country’s values happening related to Big Tech, FYI Peter Thiel (you might not have noticed as a cofounder of Palantir): https://t.co/eLPsFoROZQ
— Miles Brundage (@Miles_Brundage) July 16, 2019
This is the real betrayal of our country’s values happening related to Big Tech, FYI Peter Thiel (you might not have noticed as a cofounder of Palantir): https://t.co/eLPsFoROZQ
— Miles Brundage (@Miles_Brundage) July 16, 2019
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— Guillaume Chaslot (@gchaslot) July 14, 2019
My first op-ed in @WIRED: how the AI feedback loops I helped build at YouTube can amplify our worst inclinations, and what to do about it.https://t.co/0rpIkDT264
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Tech ethics is not new.
— Rachel Thomas (@math_rachel) July 11, 2019
The social sciences have been studying this for ages. Hundreds of tech ethics courses already exist: https://t.co/pK7fkD9XDR@abbycabs #SciPy2019 pic.twitter.com/FmYujhWp6k
Google's Jigsaw, which is focused on internet safety & addressing online harassment, is described as a toxic environment for women, with a culture of retaliation. Over 20 employees have left in the last year (Jigsaw currently has 60 employees). https://t.co/IqKi2d7Kcr pic.twitter.com/worC6NTpAe
— Rachel Thomas (@math_rachel) July 2, 2019
Ugh :( https://t.co/75JHXc7I4G pic.twitter.com/xEG1EYpV2D
— Jeremy Howard (@jeremyphoward) July 2, 2019
Here's the full report: https://t.co/WLkCQ6Jdip
— Miles Brundage (@Miles_Brundage) June 27, 2019
Very excited about the publication of the first report of Axon's AI ethics board (of which I'm a member). Here's an article about it - will post the direct link when available! https://t.co/PlHpwHuiad
— Miles Brundage (@Miles_Brundage) June 27, 2019
NEW: YouTube is under investigation by the FTC, and the probe is in late stages, for its handling of kids and videos for them. This comes as company considers big changes to its platform. Me + @lizzadwoskin + @craigtimberg https://t.co/EW18vwQ21I
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) June 19, 2019
Fairwashing: the risk of rationalization. It it is possible to forge a fairer explanation from a truly unfair black box. Paper presented at #ICML2019 by @umaivodj https://t.co/c4PGpAXEAT pic.twitter.com/ePsU5lDHeB
— Rachel Thomas (@math_rachel) June 16, 2019
Over a million fake pro-repeal net neutrality comments were submitted to the FCC in 2017. Many of the faked comments used primitive techniques (eg ad-libs style mail merge)
— Rachel Thomas (@math_rachel) June 16, 2019
Consider how much more sophisticated fakes could be today with advanced lang modelshttps://t.co/ZIV9kGRWUb
A public post viewed over 5,000 times that offends the government would lead to three years in prison. Private posts are not safe either. People are regularly arrested for messages they send in “private” group chats. https://t.co/c3z3GNjhGF
— hardmaru (@hardmaru) June 15, 2019
Please share this with the people in your life who are convinced precision medicine is an unassailable good:https://t.co/pSPD0IjJas
— Cathy O'Neil (@mathbabedotorg) June 14, 2019