Var Shankar

Founder of Council on AI Governance, Attorney, Co-instructor @Kaggle AI Ethics, Ex @Cravath and @ClintonGlobal

[Brendan McCord 🏛️ x 🤖 @Brendan_McCord]

1/ Introducing: The AI Philosophy Landscape

Full analysis in my bio, including a sneak preview of Cosmos Institute @cosmos_inst, the philanthropic effort I've been building over the past few months

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[IAPP @the_iapp]

Learn about “Responsible AI on the Ground” with @justiiinetime (@Mila_Quebec), Sarah Chang (@Microsoft), Ashley Pantuliano (@OpenAI) and @var0101 (@ResponsibleAI) at #AIGG23

[Paul Seibert @BEH0LDINGEYE]

“The Narrows” - @SuperRare. This particular shot has never been taken before. Taken at almost 3 miles above NYC in a 🚁 with the doors open. The pilot had to be on Oxygen to legally and safely pilot the aircraft. This is the result of a highly planned and coordinated photo shoot.

[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center @EJSCenter]

As a trailblazing woman leader, #AmujaeLeader & Mayor of Freetown @yakisawyerr is setting the tone for transformative leadership at the city level. Attending the @ClintonGlobal #CGI2022 recently, she discussed the role of cities in the fight against #ClimateChange.

[David Marino @dmarino4]

The Western US snowpack is dwindling, and the fallout for millions of people could be dire https://t.co/MxDTA758a0 via @bbgvisualdata @DavidBakerSF @WeatherSullivan @KimChipman1 @markchediak

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

A big day for #AI in life science. Release of >200 million predicted 3D protein structures from open-source #AlphaFold, nearly the entire protein universe
See: https://t.co/gjASHqACqa @DeepMind
my comment below

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

Honored to report that Justice Breyer and I will be teaching a seminar together this fall. @Harvard_Law
https://t.co/Gnbqxkt6JX

[Helmut Smith @SmithHelmut]

Trying to remember that the world is a bigger place. Beautiful population density map minus the land
Alasdair Rae
https://t.co/Yvc2oh46rw

[The Regulatory Review @TheRegReview]

Capping our series on AI and Procurement, @AshleyCasovan and @var0101 of @ResponsibleAI advocate for a risk-based approach to AI procurement, which assigns a risk level to an AI system based on the results of an organization’s AI impact assessment. https://t.co/zBq4k6yHA2

[The Regulatory Review @TheRegReview]

New series on #AI & procurement featuring a wide-ranging exchange of ideas by @AshleyCasovan, @az_jacobs, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Cary Coglianese, @dchenok, @DMulliganUCB, David Rubenstein, @JTillipman, @realjoshkroll, Lavi Ben Dor, Tim Cooke & @var0101. https://t.co/9uvWXXSLHn

[Peter Turchin @Peter_Turchin]

‘Mind blowing’ ancient settlements uncovered in the Amazon https://t.co/x3JxNgpuDP

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

We need to do much more to tackle climate change, but there is some good news for once.

In @Nature this week, @ClimateFran and I point out that falling costs of clean energy and strengthening climate policies move us away from the darkest climate futures: https://t.co/e6ZWNeddnd

[Rachel Thomas @math_rachel]

I think about this article a lot. Improving indoor air would alleviate burden, disability, & death from all airborne illnesses (including flu, covid, future covid variants, future new pandemics). Instead, most western leaders have given up & normalized it

https://t.co/mt9Ex546mX

[DOE Office of Science @doescience]

Controlling plasma that's 1 million degrees Celsius isn't easy. @MIT researchers are using machine learning to model the space in fusion devices where plasma meets the wall that contains it. Simulations will move us towards using fusion to produce energy: https://t.co/BwCwcNVG40

[Anna Reuß @reussae]

"Items found at Great Zimbabwe have long astonished archaeologists. A Ming dynasty teapot, a Persian pot inscribed with Arabic script, glass from Syria, cowrie shells from the Indian Ocean—all attest to its connection to an international trading network."

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

Artificial intelligence sees things we don’t — often to its detriment.

https://t.co/iDZsNDVcLh

[Ashley Casovan @AshleyCasovan]

Great opportunity to share our perspective on #ResponsibleAI with the @nytimes these systems are a great first step but could greatly benefit from being formalized and independently reviewed.

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

India's net-zero by 2070 pledge means that 84% of global CO2 emissions are now covered by net-zero targets

Net-zero goals cover:

* 84% of global CO2
* 93% of coal use
* 80% of oil
* 65% of population
* 75% of gas

[Jean de Nyandwi @Jeande_d]

Kaggle's 2021 State of Data Science and Machine Learning survey was released a few days ago.

If you didn't see it, here are some important takeaways 🧵