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 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... Measuring machine learning harms from stereotypes: requires understanding who is being harmed by which errors in what ways As machine learning applications proliferate, we need an understanding of their potential for harm. However, current fairness metrics are rarely grounded in human psychological experiences of harm. Drawing on the social psychology of stereotypes, we use a case study of gender stereotypes in image... Large language models cannot replace human participants because they cannot portray identity groups Large language models (LLMs) are increasing in capability and popularity, propelling their application in new domains -- including as replacements for human participants in computational social science, user testing, annotation tasks, and more. Traditionally, in all of these settings survey... More featured content News Articles Startup lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture Artificial intelligence model finds potential drug molecules a thousand times faster 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 Push for AI innovation can create dangerous products Smart textiles sense how their users are moving Robot overcomes uncertainty to retrieve buried objects Many medications affect more than one target in the body – some drug designers are embracing the ‘side effects’ that had been seen as a drawback Building explainability into the components of machine-learning models Robots play with play dough Seeing the whole from some of the parts Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers More news