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 Stronger Together: on the Articulation of Ethical Charters, Legal Tools, and Technical Documentation in ML The growing need for accountability of the people behind AI systems can be addressed by leveraging processes in three fields of study: ethics, law, and computer science. While these fields are often considered in isolation, they rely on complementary notions in their interpretation and... Good Time to Ask: A Learning Framework for Asking for Help in Embodied Visual Navigation In reality, it is often more efficient to ask for help than to search the entire space to find an object with an unknown location. We present a learning framework that enables an agent to actively ask for help in such embodied visual navigation tasks, where the feedback informs the agent of where... From Dogwhistles to Bullhorns: Unveiling Coded Rhetoric with Language Models Dogwhistles are coded expressions that simultaneously convey one meaning to a broad audience and a second one, often hateful or provocative, to a narrow in-group; they are deployed to evade both political repercussions and algorithmic content moderation. For example, in the sentence 'we need to end... More featured content News Articles Machine learning helps map global ocean communities Deep learning accurately stains digital biopsy slides 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 A Comprehensive Data Repository for Fake Health News Detection Should Data Scientists Model COVID19 and other Biological Events Machine-learning tool could help develop tougher materials Study finds stronger links between automation and inequality Robots help some firms, even while workers across industries struggle What can your microwave tell you about your health? Hand labeling is the past. The future is #NoLabel AI How many jobs do robots really replace? More news