🔬 Research Summary by Grace Wright, Business Development Manager at a technology start-up and has worked in research roles focused on responsible and ethical development and use of AI and other emerging … [Read more...] about Scoping AI Governance: A Smarter Tool Kit for Beneficial Applications
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An Algorithmic Introduction to Savings Circles
🔬 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
(Re)Politicizing Digital Well-Being: Beyond User Engagements
🔬 Research Summary by Niall Docherty and Asia Biega. Dr Niall Docherty is focused on analyzing, critiquing, and building ‘healthy’ sociotechnical systems, currently at Microsoft Research New England, and, from … [Read more...] about (Re)Politicizing Digital Well-Being: Beyond User Engagements
Can an AI be sentient? Cultural perspectives on sentience and on the potential ethical implications of the rise of sentient AI.
✍️ 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.
Who will share Fake-News on Twitter? Psycholinguistic cues in online post histories discriminate between actors in the misinformation ecosystem
🔬 Research Summary by Verena Schoenmueller, an Assistant Professor in the Marketing Department at Bocconi University. Verena’s research focuses on how user generated content can reflect and affect consumers behavior. … [Read more...] about Who will share Fake-News on Twitter? Psycholinguistic cues in online post histories discriminate between actors in the misinformation ecosystem