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SUMMARY:The Ethical and Policy Implications of Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Practical Ethics welcomes David Danks as the 2024 keynote speaker. \nDanks\, a UC San Diego professor in the Department of Philosophy and Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute\, is an expert researcher at the intersection of philosophy\, cognitive science and machine learning. He serves on multiple boards\, including the United States National AI Advisory Committee. \nArtificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere today\, both in public perception and in our everyday lives. This growth has led to many stories about the widespread harms that can result from AI done poorly. As a result\, there are now numerous demands for ‘ethical AI\,’ but relatively little understanding of what that might involve. \nIn this keynote\, David Danks will explore the nature of responsible AI\, arguing that it involves much more than code or data. He will critically assess current approaches to producing more responsible AI\, then suggest key policy and practical approaches that would likely be more effective. It is critical we create more responsible AI\, but that will require rethinking many of our current practices in academia\, government and industry.
URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ethical-and-policy-implications-of-artificial-intelligence-tickets-817599541237?aff=ipewebsite
LOCATION:Sanford Consortium
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:Enabling Equity Assessments of Government Programs: Law\, Policy\, and Methods
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Prof. Dan Ho (Stanford: School of Law\, Political Science\, Computer Science) \nDate: Mon\, Nov 13th at 3pm Pacific \nPlace: HDSI 123\, 1st floor multipurpose room and Zoom (https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95047724642)\n*** note this is the new HDSI building next to Warren Lecture Hall\, not the old HDSI location in the San Diego Supercomputer Center building (UCSD maps\, Google maps pin\, enter from West / Warren Lecture Hall side)\nRSVP: https://forms.gle/1tGjJm5KtMZ77RCH9 \nTitle: Enabling Equity Assessments of Government Programs: Law\, Policy\, and Methods \nAbstract: Governments have increasingly mandated equity assessments for potential demographic disparities in programs and services. This talk will consider some of the legal\, policy\, and methodological challenges for carrying out such mandates\, particularly in the public sector context. First\, the talk will discuss emerging tensions between informational privacy and equity assessments\, as illustrated by the data minimization principle under the Privacy Act of 1974. Second\, it will discuss the range of methods available to improve disparity assessments\, including imputation\, record linkage\, surveys\, and form collection. Third\, it will illustrate these tensions with a case study of an equity assessment of racial disparities of IRS tax audits.
URL:https://datascience.ucsd.edu/event/enabling-equity-assessments-of-government-programs-law-policy-and-methods/
LOCATION:3234 Matthews Ln\, La Jolla\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:IPE Data talk: Berk Ustun on Personalization and Worsenalization
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Practical Ethics’ working group on Data Governance and Accountability (aka IPE Data) is thrilled to announce our first talk\, with UCSD’s very own Prof. Berk Ustun next Monday at 3pm\, on “When Personalization Harms Performance.” \nPlease also save the date Mon\, 11/13@3pm for a talk with Prof. Dan Ho from Stanford on assessing equity of algorithms in government services\, and be on the lookout for further talks we are scheduling in 2024 with some great scholars\, including Prof. Krystal Tsosie from ASU on indigenous data sovereignty. See the end for how to subscribe to our mailing list. \nDate: Mon\, Oct 16th at 3pm Pacific\nPlace: HDSI 123\, 1st floor multipurpose room and Zoom (https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95047724642)\n*** note this is the new HDSI building next to Warren Lecture Hall\, not the old HDSI location in the San Diego Supercomputer Center building (UCSD maps\, Google maps pin\, enter from West / Warren Lecture Hall side)\nRSVP: https://forms.gle/yZQUkmtSrYNVBVCo9
URL:https://datascience.ucsd.edu/event/ipe-data-talk-berk-ustun-on-personalization-and-worsenalization/
LOCATION:3234 Matthews Ln\, La Jolla\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:Beyond 'The Algorithm': Fields\, Drama\, and Extreme Content Among Vegan Influencers
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Existing research on polarization on social media platforms emphasizes the role of algorithmic “filter bubbles” and platform failure in amplifying extreme attitudes among online audiences. This article provides a different approach by focusing on online creators rather than audiences. Christin adapts field theory to examine the dynamics structuring exchanges between social media influencers\, which she analyzes as contentious position-takings within fields created and mediated by social media platforms. To demonstrate the relevance of this framework\, Christin draws on a qualitative study of vegan influencers on YouTube and Instagram. Two pathways shape the structuration of fields of social media production: drama\, or highly publicized scandals and interpersonal conflicts between influencers; and extreme content\, in which influencers and users reinforce their shared worldviews through niche and inflammatory content. Christin concludes by discussing the relevance of field theory for the study of social media and online disinformation more broadly.\n\n\nBiography: Angèle Christin is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and affiliated faculty in the Sociology Department\, the Program in Science\, Technology\, and Society\, and the Center for Work\, Technology\, and Organization at Stanford University. She studies how algorithms and analytics transform professional values\, expertise\, and work practices.\n\n\nThe meeting will be held in person at PEB 721\, on the 7th floor of the UC San Diego Social Sciences Public Engagement Building. Lunch will be served. Vegan\, vegetarian\, and gluten-free options will be available. Kindly RSVP by May 17 at 2 p.m. if you are planning to attend (limited number of seats available!).\n\nRSVP here
URL:https://datascience.ucsd.edu/event/beyond-the-algorithm-fields-drama-and-extreme-content-among-vegan-influencers/
LOCATION:Public Engagement Building (PEB) 721\, 9625 Scholars Drive North MC 0305\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture
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SUMMARY:Just Opt Out? Lessons Learned From a Decade of Evasion
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: With the rise of techlash\, an increasing number of users wish they could just say no to data tracking\, surveillance capitalism\, and the socially divisive effects of creepy technologies in our daily lives. But can we truly walk away from these systems? And what do we learn when we do? In this talk\, Vertesi tells the zany stories and practical tips that emerged from my extreme experiments in living digitally off Big Tech’s grid. Vertesi uncovers the sociological mechanisms that fuel these companies’ effective monetization of our lives and shares the hard-won tools and fresh insights Vertesi developed to help us all disable toxic tech and restore our right to choose.\n\nBio: Dubbed “Margaret Mead among the Starfleet” in the Times Literary Supplement\, Janet Vertesi is an associate professor of Sociology at Princeton University. She has spent fifteen years embedded with NASA’s robotic spacecraft teams as a sociologist of science and technology. Her publications range from the books Shaping Science and Seeing Like a Rover (both University of Chicago Press)\, edited collections digitalSTS (Princeton Press) and Representation in Scientific Practice Revisited (MIT Press)\, and top ranked journals and conference proceedings in the fields of the sociology of science and technology\, and human-computer and human-robot interaction. Currently co-editor of MIT Press’ Infrastructures series\, Vertesi is well known for her “Opt Out Experiments” evading capture in the personal data economy\, including a famous obfuscated pregnancy and trip to Disneyland. More at http://janet.vertesi.comand https://optoutproject.net\n\nThe meeting will be held in person at PEB 721\, on the 7th floor of the UC San Diego Social Sciences Public Engagement Building. Lunch will be served. Vegan\, vegetarian\, and gluten-free options will be available. Kindly RSVP by May 9 at 2 p.m. if you are planning to attend (limited number of seats available!).\n\nRSVP here
URL:https://datascience.ucsd.edu/event/just-opt-out-lessons-learned-from-a-decade-of-evasion/
LOCATION:Public Engagement Building (PEB) 721\, 9625 Scholars Drive North MC 0305\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Lecture
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SUMMARY:Chatting GPT
DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have made astonishing progress in the last year. In particular\, Large Language Models (LLMs) — AI systems trained on massive amounts of text — have reached a surprising level of capability\, with the most recent iterations able to write essays\, poems\, and computer code\, and score near the 90th percentile on standardized tests such as the LSAT and the Math SAT. The most popular interface to this technology\, ChatGPT\, made the power of LLMs readily-available to the general public for the first time\, and in doing so became the fastest-growing consumer application in history. It is clear that ChatGPT and other LLMs will have major impacts on how we work\, learn\, and live — and there is a sense that we have only seen the tip of the iceberg in terms of what these technologies can do. \nIn this series of talks and panels\, targeted to the campus community and open to the general public\, UCSD experts will discuss ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence: What is it? How does it work? What are its ethical implications? And what impacts will it have on fields such as medicine\, business\, and education?
URL:https://www.sdsc.edu/event_items/202304-ChatGPT.html
LOCATION:SDSC\, The Auditorium\, 9836 Hopkins Dr\, La Jolla\, San Diego\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium,Webinar
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SUMMARY:The Interplay of Technology\, Ethics\, and Policy
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Technology is often designed and deployed without critical reflection of the values that it embodies. Value trade-offs—between security and privacy\, free speech and dignity\, autonomy and human agency\, and different conceptions of fairness—abound in many technologies that are now achieving great scale in commonly used tech platforms. The decisions made by the people inside the companies deploying those technologies impose their value choices upon millions of users\, often with negative externalities that are now on full display.\n\n\nIn Reich’s work with policy experts and technologists (particularly “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot”)\, Reich tries to provide a multidisciplinary view—the perspectives of a philosopher\, a political scientist\, and a computer scientist\, respectively—to disentangle the systematic drivers that we believe have led to the ethical reckoning that Big Tech is now facing. Reich examines the value trade-offs arising in systems for algorithmic decision-making\, questions related to data gathering and privacy\, the impacts of AI and automation\, and the power of private platforms to control our information eco-system. Reich then discusses the ways we can all play a role in helping to shape technology and the policies that govern it with an eye toward achieving better outcomes for society. Case studies will be used to engage the audience in the conversation.\n\n\nBio: Rob Reich is the Professor of Political Science\, director of the Center for Ethics in Society\, co-director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society\, and associate director of the Institute for Human-Centered AI. He is the author of “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot” (with Mehran Sahami and Jeremy M. Weinstein) and “Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better” (2018); “Digital Technology and Democratic Theory” (edited with Lucy Bernholz and Hélène Landemore\, 2021). His teaching and writing these days focuses on ethics\, policy\, and technology.\n\nThe meeting will be held in person at PEB 721\, on the 7th floor of the UC San Diego Social Sciences Public Engagement Building. Lunch will be served. Vegan\, vegetarian\, and gluten-free options will be available. Kindly RSVP by Apr. 12 at 2 p.m. if you are planning to attend (limited number of seats available!).\n\nRSVP
URL:https://datascience.ucsd.edu/event/the-interplay-of-technology-ethics-and-policy/
LOCATION:Public Engagement Building (PEB) 721\, 9625 Scholars Drive North MC 0305\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92093\, United States
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