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Computer Scientists Can’t Treat Social and Ethical Impacts as an Afterthought
Edmund L. Andrews
Jul 21, 2022
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A new National Academies of Science report argues that researchers must start projects with ethical review, working with stakeholders and experts from other fields.

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Computer Scientists Can’t Treat Social and Ethical Impacts as an Afterthought

Edmund L. Andrews
Education, SkillsJul 21

A new National Academies of Science report argues that researchers must start projects with ethical review, working with stakeholders and experts from other fields.

Londa Schiebinger: Inclusive Design Will Help Create AI That Works For Everyone
Prabha Kannan
Jul 18, 2022
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The international expert on gender in science and technology discusses tools she developed to help professionals build more inclusive AI.

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Londa Schiebinger: Inclusive Design Will Help Create AI That Works For Everyone

Prabha Kannan
Design, Human-Computer InteractionJul 18

The international expert on gender in science and technology discusses tools she developed to help professionals build more inclusive AI.

Stanford Launches AI Audit Challenge
Marietje Schaake and Jack Clark
Jul 11, 2022
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AI systems must be evaluated for legal compliance, in particular laws protecting people from illegal discrimination. This challenge seeks to broaden the tools available to people who want to analyze and regulate them. 

 

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Stanford Launches AI Audit Challenge

Marietje Schaake and Jack Clark
Jul 11

AI systems must be evaluated for legal compliance, in particular laws protecting people from illegal discrimination. This challenge seeks to broaden the tools available to people who want to analyze and regulate them. 

 

Technology Economist Susan Athey Adds DOJ Role to Her Multidimensional Career
Katharine Miller
Jul 07, 2022
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Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and HAI Associate Director Susan Athey will serve as chief economist of the antitrust division at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Technology Economist Susan Athey Adds DOJ Role to Her Multidimensional Career

Katharine Miller
Economy, MarketsJul 07

Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and HAI Associate Director Susan Athey will serve as chief economist of the antitrust division at the U.S. Department of Justice.

"Worse" AI Counterintuitively Enhances Human Decision Making and Performance
Adam Hadhazy
Jul 05, 2022
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AI systems that more closely align with human notions of confidence could lead to more effective human-AI collaboration.

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"Worse" AI Counterintuitively Enhances Human Decision Making and Performance

Adam Hadhazy
Human ReasoningMachine LearningJul 05

AI systems that more closely align with human notions of confidence could lead to more effective human-AI collaboration.

Percy Liang on the Center for Research on Foundation Models' First and Next 30 Years
Percy Liang
Chris Potts
Jun 30, 2022
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In this podcast, two scholars discuss being 'weirded out' by GPT-3, unresolved questions in building best practices, and the future of CRFM.

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Percy Liang on the Center for Research on Foundation Models' First and Next 30 Years

Percy LiangChris Potts
Natural Language ProcessingJun 30

In this podcast, two scholars discuss being 'weirded out' by GPT-3, unresolved questions in building best practices, and the future of CRFM.

Training a Robot to Shape Letters from Play-Doh
Katharine Miller
Jun 23, 2022
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Stanford’s RoboCraft learns to mold deformable objects from visual cues, a capability that could lead to more useful home assistants.

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Training a Robot to Shape Letters from Play-Doh

Katharine Miller
Jun 23

Stanford’s RoboCraft learns to mold deformable objects from visual cues, a capability that could lead to more useful home assistants.

Rob Reich: AI Developers Need a Code of Responsible Conduct
Rob Reich
Edmund L. Andrews
Jun 22, 2022
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On ethics, the AI profession is still like a “late-stage teenager,” says the Stanford philosopher.

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Rob Reich: AI Developers Need a Code of Responsible Conduct

Rob ReichEdmund L. Andrews
Jun 22

On ethics, the AI profession is still like a “late-stage teenager,” says the Stanford philosopher.

How Do We Ensure that Healthcare AI is Useful?
Katharine Miller
Jun 13, 2022
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In healthcare, predictive models need to be more than good predictors. Stanford scholars suggest a framework for determining a model’s worth.

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How Do We Ensure that Healthcare AI is Useful?

Katharine Miller
HealthcareMachine LearningJun 13

In healthcare, predictive models need to be more than good predictors. Stanford scholars suggest a framework for determining a model’s worth.

Healthcare Algorithms Don’t Always Need to Be Generalizable
Katharine Miller
Jun 13, 2022
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A Stanford researcher questions the need for generalizable models and proposes instead sharing recipes for creating useful local models.

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Healthcare Algorithms Don’t Always Need to Be Generalizable

Katharine Miller
HealthcareMachine LearningJun 13

A Stanford researcher questions the need for generalizable models and proposes instead sharing recipes for creating useful local models.

Three Trends in Stanford Robotics Research
Jessica Hong
Jun 06, 2022
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In the latest industry brief, learn about how scholars are advancing more adaptive, assistive robotics and pushing forward autonomous technology.

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Three Trends in Stanford Robotics Research

Jessica Hong
Jun 06

In the latest industry brief, learn about how scholars are advancing more adaptive, assistive robotics and pushing forward autonomous technology.

Who Decides? Dealing with Online Toxic Speech by Selecting the Decision Makers
Katharine Miller
Jun 01, 2022
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A novel jury learning system lets content moderators explicitly choose which people to listen to when training machine learning systems to recognize toxic speech.

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Who Decides? Dealing with Online Toxic Speech by Selecting the Decision Makers

Katharine Miller
Machine LearningJun 01

A novel jury learning system lets content moderators explicitly choose which people to listen to when training machine learning systems to recognize toxic speech.

Timnit Gebru: Ethical AI Requires Institutional and Structural Change
Dylan Walsh
May 26, 2022
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The computer scientist discusses breaking down the power structures that use AI to exploit communities.

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Timnit Gebru: Ethical AI Requires Institutional and Structural Change

Dylan Walsh
Machine LearningMay 26

The computer scientist discusses breaking down the power structures that use AI to exploit communities.

Meet CoAuthor, an Experiment in Human-AI Collaborative Writing
Andrew Myers
May 25, 2022
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Researchers study how humans and AI can write together by designing large interaction datasets.

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Meet CoAuthor, an Experiment in Human-AI Collaborative Writing

Andrew Myers
Design, Human-Computer InteractionNatural Language ProcessingMay 25

Researchers study how humans and AI can write together by designing large interaction datasets.

Ambitious Brain Recordings Create Unprecedented Portrait of Vision in Action
Kristin Sainani
May 18, 2022
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Single-cell imaging across the brain’s visual cortex lets researchers track sensory processing from perception to action, resulting in new insights about the structure of neuronal signaling and new inspiration for computer vision.

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Ambitious Brain Recordings Create Unprecedented Portrait of Vision in Action

Kristin Sainani
May 18

Single-cell imaging across the brain’s visual cortex lets researchers track sensory processing from perception to action, resulting in new insights about the structure of neuronal signaling and new inspiration for computer vision.

The Time Is Now to Develop Community Norms for the Release of Foundation Models
Percy Liang, Rishi Bommasani, Kathleen Creel
and Rob Reich
May 17, 2022
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Perspectives about the benefits and risks of release vary widely. We propose setting up a review board to develop community norms and encourage coordination on release for research access.

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The Time Is Now to Develop Community Norms for the Release of Foundation Models

Percy Liang, Rishi Bommasani, Kathleen Creeland Rob Reich
Natural Language ProcessingMachine LearningMay 17

Perspectives about the benefits and risks of release vary widely. We propose setting up a review board to develop community norms and encourage coordination on release for research access.

Training Smarter Bots for the Real World
Nikki Goth Itoi
May 11, 2022
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With the IQ-Learn approach, robots simply watch humans to learn how to behave.

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Training Smarter Bots for the Real World

Nikki Goth Itoi
May 11

With the IQ-Learn approach, robots simply watch humans to learn how to behave.

Johannes Eichstaedt: Exploring the Intersection of Psychology and AI
Beth Jensen
May 03, 2022
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“The beauty of what we’re doing at these interdisciplinary AI intersections is that we’re really building things that haven’t existed before,” says the Shriram Faculty Fellow.

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Johannes Eichstaedt: Exploring the Intersection of Psychology and AI

Beth Jensen
HealthcareHuman ReasoningNatural Language ProcessingMachine LearningMay 03

“The beauty of what we’re doing at these interdisciplinary AI intersections is that we’re really building things that haven’t existed before,” says the Shriram Faculty Fellow.