Algorithmic Futures Policy Lab

Official twitter feed for Algorithmic Futures Policy Lab--exploring the design of technology and policy for uncertain futures. Views the poster's own.

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An incredible day of exploring water future concepts in diverse groups at #AFPLwouf23 -- so necessary for figuring out how to create #robust #watersystems (including #waterpolicy) for #uncertainfutures.

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#AFPLwouf23 We're hearing about all the #water concept pitches we'll be working on today -- it'll be fantastic to see how all our ideas come together to help shape the #future of water operations! More on the workshop here: https://t.co/8kGmy2iQp9

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#AFPLwouf23 panelist Julianne Quinn “There are always tradeoffs. How do we manage the system for total societal benefit?” Her point is that there is no one answer to this question because there are many visions for what “total societal benefit” looks like.

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#AFPLwouf23 panelist Karen Hutchinson on the importance of #transparency in decision-making around what happens in extreme situations (drought, or flood). Very relevant – both for policy making, but also for algorithmic design of relevance to these systems.

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#AFPLwouf23 panelist Dave Kennewell on communication of uncertainty as a challenge in building trust with stakeholders. How do we explain uncertainty in modelling while also building trust in a useful model?

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#AFPLwouf23 panelist Jasmin Zatarain Salazar stressing the importance of building common vocabulary to enable effective cross-disciplinary collaborations: “Spaces like this one are very useful for this because we can find common terms.”

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#AFPLwouf23 panelist Nicola Ulibarri raising the idea that “uncertainty” isn’t just about water uncertainty – it’s also about the social, political, economic uncertainties that impact on operations.

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“What water operations future could we build together?” @jha_guillaume of @ANUWaterFutures @ANUFennerSchool #OneBasinCRC kicking off #AFPLwouf23 https://t.co/8kGmy2iQp9

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AFPL is made possible with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. We gratefully acknowledge this and the support of all our sponsors for this final workshop in the AFPL series.

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The third Algorithmic Futures workshop, Water Operations for Uncertain Futures, starts today! All the details here: https://t.co/dIIt9Gtkus Thanks to @ANUWaterFutures and #OneBasinCRC for organising this one.

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HMC22 was made possible with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

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Hello folks, we have all the videos up for our second workshop, Human Machine Collaboration 2022. Check them out here: https://t.co/DnKKCHtGBI
And if you are into robotics, @AlgFutures has been creating some #podcast #episodes you are likely to love.

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#AFPLhmc22 A direct link to our mastodon page: https://t.co/DcGY0T0r98

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#AFPLhmc22 is being shared over at @[email protected] today -- check it out!

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#AFPLhmc22 Maria-Camilla Fiazza "This [EU] AI act is revolutionary because it's the first proposal that goes beyond a statement of principles."

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#AFPLhmc22 speaker Maria-Camilla Fiazza presenting on liability in robotic surgical systems. "Is autonomy something the user gives the machine as it operates?" (And so many other possible interpretations of the word 'autonomy')

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#AFPLhmc22 keynote Ken Goldberg "There's been a lot of fear about robots taking over ... We really think the future is going to be a combination of artificial intelligence with intelligence amplification" -- "enhancing machines, but using machines to enhance human performance"

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#AFPLhmc22 keynote @ryan_hoque exploring large-scale supervised robots ... on-demand (human) supervision + fleet supervision + continual learning + the internet ... A vision for robotics at scale

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#AFPLhmc22 keynote @ryan_hoque telling us all about "Interactive imitation learning" - where we explore what happens when one changes the spectrum of control between humans and robots over time to aid the learning process (aim: increasing robot ability / control with time)

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#AFPLhmc22 keynote @ryan_hoque sharing insights about some of the challenges of imitation learning in robotics -- "We tend to think of human control and robot control as a binary bit that you can switch ... but there's really a spectrum"