š¬ Research Summary by Christian Ikeokwu, a PhD Student in Computer Science at UC Berkeley with a focus on Theoretical Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. [Original paper by Rediet Abebe, Adam Eck, … [Read more...] about An Algorithmic Introduction to Savings Circles
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(Re)Politicizing Digital Well-Being: Beyond User Engagements
š¬ Research Summary by Niall Docherty and Asia Biega. Dr Niall Docherty is focused on analyzing, critiquing, and building āhealthyā sociotechnical systems, currently at Microsoft Research New England, and, from … [Read more...] about (Re)Politicizing Digital Well-Being: Beyond User Engagements
Rethinking Fairness: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Critiques of Hegemonic ML
š¬ Research Summary by Lindsay Weinberg, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the John Martinson Honors College at Purdue University, and the Founding Director of the Tech Justice Lab. [Original paper by Lindsay … [Read more...] about Rethinking Fairness: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Critiques of Hegemonic ML
Can an AI be sentient? Cultural perspectives on sentience and on the potential ethical implications of the rise of sentient AI.
āļø Column by Connor Wright, our Partnerships Manager. Overview: Given the events with LaMDA, Connor Wright argues that LaMDA is not sentient, drawing on teachings from the philosophy of ubuntu. He then analyses the … [Read more...] about Can an AI be sentient? Cultural perspectives on sentience and on the potential ethical implications of the rise of sentient AI.
An Empirical Study of Modular Bias Mitigators and Ensembles
š¬ Research Summary by Michael Feffer, a Societal Computing PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University. [Original paper by Michael Feffer, Martin Hirzel, Samuel C. Hoffman, Kiran Kate, Parikshit Ram, Avraham … [Read more...] about An Empirical Study of Modular Bias Mitigators and Ensembles