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Powerful #artificialintelligence is a "sociopath", with the ability to "trash human rights [and] attack democratic societies", writes Federal MP Julian Hill. Which is why we're right to worry about uncontrolled #generativeAI technologies. As he pens in this op-ed, "Governments must act in the public and national interest to establish guardrails and determine how and where to apply both the accelerator and the brake". And fast: https://lnkd.in/gVTGaiNX

Join the conversation on equity and justice at SXSW 2024! Noelle Silver Russell will discuss "AI for Justice: Disrupting Bias, Building Equity." As the debate around affirmative action continues, it's crucial to explore the potential impacts of its reversal on diversity. Let's dive deep into AI's role in identifying and mitigating bias and the ethical challenges of deploying AI to ensure fairness. Cast your vote for our panel and create a more inclusive tomorrow together. We'd love your support! If you're as excited as we are, please vote for the panel here: https://accntu.re/47D4AeP Voting is open from August 8-20, 2023. Every vote brings us one step closer to SXSW 2024! https://accntu.re/47nnvKl

AI governance and human rights: Resetting the relationship This research paper aims to dispel myths about human rights; outline the principal importance of human rights for AI governance; and recommend actions that governments, organizations, companies and individuals can take to ensure that human rights are the foundation for AI governance in future. https://lnkd.in/dXH6BEFg -Posted by OneUp

AI may not eliminate systemic bias. Rather, it may scale it! In this episode, Brené Brown and Dr S. Craig Watkins discuss what is known in the AI community as the “alignment problem” — who needs to be at the table to build systems that are aligned with our values as a democratic society? And, when we start unleashing these systems in high stakes environments like education, healthcare, and criminal justice, what guardrails, policies, and ethical principles do we need to make sure that we’re not scaling injustice? https://lnkd.in/gu7Hr8nE

Without deliberate intervention, the well-known biases that exist within #AI systems can perpetuate major social inequities in healthcare, home ownership, law enforcement, hiring, and more. But by understanding and recognizing AI’s inclination toward biases, leaders can develop tools and processes to advance value-neutral data and mitigate societal harm. As this article in the World Economic Forum points out, such solutions are much less complex than attempting to solve the problem of inherent bias in human minds. https://lnkd.in/gA9tBKBx

*** #20Talks *** Developments in AI and the future of democracy work hand in glove. What is the role of politics and public institutions? Our talk with Nataša Pirc Musar, PhD, President of the Republic of Slovenia, interviewed by Julia Hodder, explores the privacy implications of AI and its impact on democracy, and the global response to its fast adoption around the world. Watch the full video at https://europa.eu/!fjgdVf #EDPSXX

I am honoured to be chosen to talk to you dear EDPS - European Data Protection Supervisor. Data protection and AI are the topics of today and the future. Continue the good work. Wojciech Wiewiorowski #dataprotection #artificialintelligence #aiact

A few public interest technologists shared our reactions to the recent Executive Order on AI with New America. Here's an excerpt of my remarks about the EO's section on Civil Rights: "While the EO is long on advancing civil rights, it is short on advancing equity... Advancing equity requires we simultaneously grapple with both our past and our future. Advancing equity requires undoing and dismantling the infrastructures we have built over the past 60-plus years that make algorithmic systems prone to discrimination. Advancing equity requires that we invest in imagining different futures through systems design, research and development, and rigorous testing. And advancing equity requires that we fundamentally restructure, reposition and invest in a different cast of characters to lead the work of imagining different futures. If we want an AI future that both protects civil rights and advances equity, then we have to shift the power to imagine, design and create different futures to those who have historically borne the disproportionate brunt of civil rights harms." See the rest of my comments and those from amazing colleagues Afua Bruce, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, and Beth Simone Noveck. https://lnkd.in/ebFNG3_j

"Unmasking AI" by Dr. Joy Buolamwini came out yesterday and tomorrow - Thursday, November 2," is the virtual book talk. I am eagerly awaiting my pre-ordered book to arrive and am excited for this discuss tomorrow. Pulled from her recent interview in the Technology Review, "Buolamwini says that instead of one single audit, she would like AI to have an audit culture, where systems get rigorously tested before they are deployed in the real world. She’d like to see AI developers ask essential questions about any system they come up with, such as: How does it do what it does, and should we even be using it? 'Right now we’re in guinea pig mode, where the systems haven’t been fully tested … That’s irresponsible, especially when these systems are being used in ways that impact people’s lived experiences and life opportunities.'" Having an "audit culture, where systems get rigorously tested BEFORE they are deployed in the real world," was echoed by Amba Kak of the AI NOW Institute and Victoria Espinel from BSA | The Software Alliance at last month's Innovation, Data, and Commerce Hearing: "Safeguarding Data and Innovation: Setting the Foundation for the use of Artificial Intelligence" in D.C. If your interest lies in #EthicalAI and #ResponsibleTech (it should apply to all of us, honestly), then tune in for this important and highly relevant conversation - and buy the "Unmasking AI" book!