Gods and Robots In this episode of the podcast we shake things up! Neil is on the guest side of the table with his partner Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner to discuss their upcoming project Gods and Robots. Katherine is joined on the host side by friend of the show professor Michael Littman. See... See More Episodes arXiv Whitepapers Beyond Voice Assistants: Exploring Advantages and Risks of an In-Car Social Robot in Real Driving Scenarios In-car Voice Assistants (VAs) play an increasingly critical role in automotive user interface design. However, existing VAs primarily perform simple 'query-answer' tasks, limiting their ability to sustain drivers' long-term attention. In this study, we investigate the effectiveness of an in-car... Auditing Work: Exploring the New York City algorithmic bias audit regime In July 2023, New York City (NYC) initiated the first algorithm auditing system for commercial machine-learning systems. Local Law 144 (LL 144) mandates NYC-based employers using automated employment decision-making tools (AEDTs) in hiring to undergo annual bias audits conducted by an independent... Epistemic Power, Objectivity and Gender in AI Ethics Labor: Legitimizing Located Complaints What counts as legitimate AI ethics labor, and consequently, what are the epistemic terms on which AI ethics claims are rendered legitimate? Based on 75 interviews with technologists including researchers, developers, open source contributors, artists, and activists, this paper explores various... More featured content News Articles The downside of machine learning in health care AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won’t replace human experts Stay in the loop. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly update on the latest podcast, news, events, and jobs postings. E-mail Leave this field blank In bias we trust? In India, Digital Snooping on Sanitation Workers When self-driving cars crash, who’s responsible? Courts and insurers need to know what’s inside the ‘black box’ Engineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves A one-up on motion capture Artificial intelligence system learns concepts shared across video, audio, and text Unpacking black-box models A new state of the art for unsupervised computer vision More news