As technologists, the seemingly innocuous decisions we make in our products end up influencing the way people behave, their relationships with others, the knowledge and viewpoints they get exposed to... Technology is never neutral. That's why awareness of ethics is so essential.https://twitter.com/jack/status/1029846451524960261 …
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machinery < humanity
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There are bad actors behind these tools doing the manipulating - they don’t (yet?) act on their own volition. How do we build tools that are resistant to that manipulation?
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And even if we know how - then how do we start organizations that are incentivized to build the tools “correctly” in the first place?
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“Program or be programmed”... a distopia to avoid, while still using it to motivate people to learn CS in secondary/high school.
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Users already have capability to follow, block mute... the power is in the hands of the users. We need AI to be neutral.
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There are cases when we have to 'program people', because when everyone acts based on self-interest everyone will arive at suboptimal result (bad Nash equilibrium). When giving or taking away freedom of users we have to make sure that their best decision lead to good outcomes.
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we see the subtleties of google Francois & the rock
@jack uses You're saying manipulate slowly so no one sees,pitching your tool-Kit or jumping ship? Clearly,all should be"opt-in" w/ clear sign-posts 4 users what algos R running,what they do & through time and offer alternativespic.twitter.com/6QZ22eXOM3
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Agree, but humans ARE algorithms. Always have been. ‘I think therefore I am’ is deeply flawed, as brains are bayesian bc of how information is processed for a decision (human action) to occur. BayesianDL & models in neuroscience are being overlooked. XAI via BayesianDL is
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speaks to the nature of human beings... we mainly build tools to empower ourselves first.... Empowering our loved ones 2nd... then everyone else dead last even after animals.
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which is where transparency is required: people within companies who can actually take in the tough questions and get real answers ton install a dialogue. Far from reality with certain actors today!
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