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 Situating Data Sets: Making Public Data Actionable for Housing Justice Activists, governmentsm and academics regularly advocate for more open data. But how is data made open, and for whom is it made useful and usable? In this paper, we investigate and describe the work of making eviction data open to tenant organizers. We do this through an ethnographic description of... 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... More featured content News Articles A simpler path to better computer vision Solving brain dynamics gives rise to flexible machine-learning models 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 Not everything we call AI is actually ‘artificial intelligence’. Here’s what you need to know Breaking the scaling limits of analog computing The dawn of AI has come, and its implications for education couldn’t be more significant Spotting plastic waste from space and counting the fish in the seas: here’s how AI can help protect the oceans In machine learning, synthetic data can offer real performance improvements A far-sighted approach to machine learning AI is changing scientists’ understanding of language learning – and raising questions about an innate grammar An AI named Cicero can beat humans in Diplomacy, a complex alliance-building game. Here’s why that’s a big deal More news