My AI Snake Oil book with @sayashk is now under contract with Princeton University Press! We’re starting a Substack to comment on AI hype in the news, separate the AI wheat from the chaff, and share our ideas as we draft the book. Read and subscribe here: https://t.co/FuuRtEa3KY
Microsoft is advancing AI with ethical principles that put people first. Our Responsible AI Standard takes a thoughtful approach, moving from principles to practices and collaborating with industry, academia and regulators for meaningful progress. https://t.co/s3nEZrFVBt
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I refuse to be delegated to the "skeptics box" in someone else's framing of a debate. Here is my response to @stevenbjohnson 's NYT Magazine article about LLMs and OpenAI.
On NYT Magazine on AI: Resist the Urge to be Impressed https://t.co/XLmbYfkUjs
How to test AI-based features? Jim Chen (@cquanze) shows in his @ACMIUI paper that rigorous testing reports need to include 1) a combination of offline and human-centric metrics & 2) the dynamics of such metrics over time. The HINT approach embraces both https://t.co/cfNN1KWmem
In Dec & Jan, #GetVaccinated or #GetBoosted at @FEMA's Mobile Community Vaccination Center!
▪️ 12/20-1/3 at Federal Way Performing Arts Center
▪ 1/5-1/20 at Auburn GSA
First + second dose, children’s vaccine & boosters. Appts strongly recommended.
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"Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of AI" is my planned topic for my keynote at #COGSCI2022, so definitely more on this between now and July!
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Dominant values in ML research, e.g., accuracy & efficiency, may seem purely technical. However, we argue these values are operationalized in ways that disfavor societal needs (usually without discussion or acknowledgment) and are power-centralizing.
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Most papers only justify how they achieve their internal, technical goal; 71% don’t make any mention of societal need or impact, only 3% attempt to present links connecting their research to societal needs. Of the 100 papers, only 2 mention potential negative impacts.
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