Specifying AI Objectives as a Human-AI Collaboration Problem, Anca Dragan Dragan describes some problems with self-driving cars, like this example of a car giving up on merging when there was no gap. After adding some more aggressive driving tactics, researchers then also had to add some courtesy to moderate those. One odd outcome of this … Continue reading AIES: Human-AI collaboration, social science approaches to AI, measurement and justice
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AIES Day 1: Artificial Agency, Autonomy and Lethality, Rights and Principles.
Sadly I missed the first few sessions of the Artificial Agency session because we had to wander around a bunch to find lunch. Conference organisers: I cannot emphasise enough the value of easily-available and delicious snacks. Also, I tend to be pretty dazed during afternoon talks these days because of Jetlag + Nonsense Toddler. Luckily, … Continue reading AIES Day 1: Artificial Agency, Autonomy and Lethality, Rights and Principles.
AIES : how we talk about AI, algorithmic fairness, norms and explanations
My brief notes from today's talks: for more details, check the program. Ryan Calo: How we talk about AI (and why it matters) There are several studies which demonstrate the ways in which language might shape approaches to policy. For example, one showed that people were more likely to recommend punitive measures when a threat … Continue reading AIES : how we talk about AI, algorithmic fairness, norms and explanations
ICA18 Day 4: labour in the gig economy; resistant media; feminist peer review; love, sex, and friendship; illiberal democracy in Eastern and Central Europe
Voices for Social Justice in the Gig Economy: Where Labor, Policy, Technology, and Activism Converge Voices for Social Justice in the Gig Economy, Michelle Rodino-Colocino. This research discusses the App-Based Driver Association, looking specifically at Seattle. There's no "there" for gig economy work: previous spaces of organising, such as the shop floor, aren't available. One … Continue reading ICA18 Day 4: labour in the gig economy; resistant media; feminist peer review; love, sex, and friendship; illiberal democracy in Eastern and Central Europe
ICA18, Day 3: activism, subalterns, more activism, post/colonial imaginations, and cultural symbols
Activism and Social Media Mamfakinch: From Protest Slogan to Mediated Activism. Annemarie Iddins, Fairfield University. [CN: rape.] Iddens argues that the digital must be understood as part of a network of different media - the Mamfakinch collective only makes sense as a response to the limitations of the Moroccan media (which combines strong state influence … Continue reading ICA18, Day 3: activism, subalterns, more activism, post/colonial imaginations, and cultural symbols
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