Summary contributed by Camylle Lanteigne (@CamLante), who's currently pursuing a Master's in Public Policy at Concordia University and whose work on social robots and empathy has been featured on Vox. *Authors of … [Read more...] about Research summary: AI Governance in 2019, A Year in Review: Observations of 50 Global Experts
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Press Release: Analysis of COVI, Mila’s Contact Tracing Application
The Montreal AI Ethics Institute Releases an Analysis of COVI, Mila’s Contact Tracing Application The Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI), an international, non-profit research institute published its official … [Read more...] about Press Release: Analysis of COVI, Mila’s Contact Tracing Application
AI Economist: Reinforcement Learning is the Future for Equitable Economic Policy
Long before pandemic-related lockdowns, economic inequality has been one of the most significant issues affecting humanity. A report from the United Nations in January 2020 found that inequality is rising in … [Read more...] about AI Economist: Reinforcement Learning is the Future for Equitable Economic Policy
Research summary: Different Intelligibility for Different Folks
Top-level summary: Intelligibility is a notion that is worked on by a lot of people in the technical community who seek to shed a light on the inner workings of systems that are becoming more and more complex. Especially … [Read more...] about Research summary: Different Intelligibility for Different Folks
Research summary: Maximizing Privacy and Effectiveness in COVID-19 Apps
Top-level summary: This highly insightful work from the OpenMined team led by Andrew Trask provides a great amount of technical detail when trying to build an AI-enabled application to combat COVID-19. Along with … [Read more...] about Research summary: Maximizing Privacy and Effectiveness in COVID-19 Apps