Couch Lessons

Weekly online lectures about artificial intelligence. Free to attend. Curated by @thornkvist & @joinamsterdam. Organized by @goetheinstitut

[Angela Kane @kaneview]

If you missed the conversation with Peter Singer and myself on AI and Peace, read a summary and/or watch the ⁦@CouchLessons⁩ webinar here. Great initiative from ⁦@goetheinstitut⁩ to focus on AI issues every week. https://t.co/GrBXxz2bji

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On Wednesday we host the final lesson before a summer break. The topic is AI + Privacy and we'll be joined by Prof. Karen Yeung (University of Birmingham), @randhindi (Zama) & Varoon Bashyakarla @vbashyakarla (Tactical Tech @Info_Activism) https://t.co/lmKKUyOs4x

[Carla Hustedt @CarlaHustedt]

I've been asked many times what individuals can do to fight for a more just & ethical digitization:➡️Donate your data, spread the word & help make social platforms more transparent! @goetheinstitut @CouchLessons @thornkvist @waterkant_sh @Dieser_Schlecky @Goal_Projekt @SpiekSarah

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Join us on Wednesday for a lesson on AI and Health with @naomiclarelee , Senior Executive Editor, The Lancet, Maxine Mackintosh @Maxi_Macki , The Alan Turing Institute and @FrankNoeBerlin, Freie Universität Berlin https://t.co/VI7PfRy5RN

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On Wednesday we take on the topic of AI and Bias. With us to unlock the complexities are @lopalasi (founder, The Ethical Tech Society), @GunayKazimzade (AI Researcher, Weizenbaum-Institut) and @carolinesinders (machine learning designer+artist)
https://t.co/UzIKtJQ6g1

[Gosia Cabaj @goscab]

Interesting question! @CouchLessons

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Tomorrow we take on the topic of AI + The Future of Work together with awesome speakers @carlbfrey (University of Oxford), @aimafidon (Stemetts) and @vanjakarin (Tengai Unbiased). Free to participate! Hosted by @goetheinstitut https://t.co/H1gW5siovh

[Carla Hustedt @CarlaHustedt]

"Very often today we think of newness and innovation as things that are valuable by themselves. But we need to challenge whether what is new is actually good." @SpiekSarah in the @CouchLessons by @goetheinstitut

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Today at 5pm we host the 6th @goetheinstitut Couch Lesson. The topic is AI and Ethics. Speakers: Sarah Spiekermann (@SpiekSarah, Institute for Information Systems and Society, @wu_vienna) and @CarlaHustedt (“Ethics of Algorithms”, @BertelsmannSt). https://t.co/VGteDAgrBy

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On Wednesday we take on the important topic of AI and Ethics. Join us for a conversation with @SpiekSarah and @CarlaHustedt https://t.co/VGteDAgrBy #ethics #ai

[Carla Hustedt @CarlaHustedt]

"...they found that fares tended to be higher for drop-offs in Chicago neighborhoods with high non-white populations" Must read on racial bias in dynamic pricing of Uber, Lyft & Co. Found through
@Kyle_L_Wiggers in @MiaD's great AI Ethics Weekly NL: https://t.co/ohlEnaoZ0A

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The first three Couch Lessons are now available in our video archive. Head there for great talks and discussions on AI + COVID-19, Intelligence and Human-Robot Interaction https://t.co/BDSxn7aMhq

[Luba Elliott @ CVPR @elluba]

Our article on #RomanLipksi and @annaridler, AI artists using their own paintings and drawings as datasets, is finally up on @FlashArtOnWeb 🤖🎨

Written together with Alex Estorick

Read it here: https://t.co/1P6bUJfMIm

#creativeAI #AIart

[anna ridler @annaridler]

"Some flowers appear deceptively realistic, others split and overproduce, morphing into unrecognizable if decidedly still floral forms — a stunningly prescient critique of value, human control, and the tenuous line between nature and artifice" https://t.co/E07YeZ8RPm

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Here's the seminal piece on creativity by Margaret A. Boden that @MarcusduSautoy referenced in his talk on AI and Creativity last week https://t.co/4ZUSoEfjVJ

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In this week's Couch Lesson we're going to discuss if and how AI is capable of being creative. It's a core topic that has been popping in all lessons already. With us we have mathematician @MarcusduSautoy, artist @annaridler and designer @nervous_jessica https://t.co/C9qKFlq0CR

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It's Wednesday & we're hosting our fourth Couch Lesson. We’re taking on another big field AI is being used in. We have a strong line up: @vgalaz (@sthlmresilience),
@LynnHKaack (@ClimateChangeAI / @ETH) & Sims Witherspoon (@DeepMind). Join us at 5 pm CET https://t.co/vo4Z9OS01L

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Here's a good primer for our Couch Lesson AI + Climate Change tomorrow: "AI can help fight climate change — here’s eight ways how" https://t.co/WZREBYSYN0

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"Artificial intelligence that mimics the brain needs sleep just like humans, study reveals" https://t.co/OM9Vy8P54G Hat tip to @galitariel