Poetic A.I.
My colleague Carly Stambaugh has created an amazingly poetic neural network. Here’s your chance to check out the latest in post-modernist poetry and learn some more about LSTMs.
Read More Poetic A.I.AI and the War on Poverty
A.I. and Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty is the title of on op-ed in today’s New York Times by Elisabeth Mason. I fear that AI and Big Data is more likely to fuel a new War on the Poor unless a radical rethinking occurs. In fact this algorithmic War on the Poor […]
Read More AI and the War on PovertyWired article on ethics in AI systems
Wired recently posted a piece on several of the ethics-related workshops and talks at this year’s NIPS conference. The article includes coverage of the Black in A.I. and Woman in Machine Learning workshops as well as talks like Victoria Krakovna’s on interpretability for A.I. safety.
Read More Wired article on ethics in AI systemsBlack in A.I.
The Black in AI workshop at this year’s NIPS conference could be among the most important events in artificial intelligence this year. Why? If you think the AI in your phone, car, or bathroom is free of racist or sexist biases, then respectfully give this op-ed by mathematician Cathy O’Neil a close read and begin educating yourself. Further, […]
Read More Black in A.I.Labels have been eclipsed
We journey to Lexington, South Carolina to see witness an eclipse. My wife talks to a couple — two White women from Charlottesville, perhaps in their 60’s — they lament the terror that descended upon their peaceful, thoughtful town. A Jewish family lies on the grass next to us, the father discovering the beauty and […]
Read More Labels have been eclipsedArtificial Intelligence at Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs)
I’m building a list of Artificial Intelligence related activity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). If you would like to add to it, just send me an email. Why am I doing this? Last month in AI and the Souls of Black Folk, I tried to make a case that people from all walks of […]
Read More Artificial Intelligence at Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs)May the Bot Be With You: How Algorithms are Supporting Happiness at WordPress.com
A summary of recent NLP work to enhance support happiness.
Read More May the Bot Be With You: How Algorithms are Supporting Happiness at WordPress.comAI and the Souls of Black Folk
The impact of AI on communities of color — particularly through job displacement and policing — is now undeniable. Given that HBCUs have historically been on the forefront of technology education for the Black community, I am proposing to build a list of current activities (courses, research, seminars, clubs, etc.) at the HBCUs relevant to […]
Read More AI and the Souls of Black FolkWelcoming New Colleagues — a Data-Based Story
One of the many reasons it’s a joy to work at Automattic
Read More Welcoming New Colleagues — a Data-Based StoryScheme in 33 Miniatures
This weekend I was trying to wake my old brain up by looking and the clever and mind-bending problems from my graduate school. I have really gotten excited about Madhur Tulsi‘s Mathematical Toolkit class — as a “data scientist”/”machine learning engineer” (I sometimes wonder what these designations mean — heck I just am grateful to have been able […]
Read More Scheme in 33 Miniatures
