Joanna J Bryson
Artificial & Natural Intelligence; Cognition, Culture, & Society; AI Ethics, Safety, & Policy. Vaguely professional tweets—for more: ; fewer:
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Student Assistant - Centre for Digital Governance (f/m/div) on a part-time (10 hours/week) basis
Hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com 6h 1 tweets
Joanna J Bryson Student assistant needed by the Centre for Digital Governance. If you are registered as a student at a German university & want to work 10 hours a week in #Berlin, here's the link! 6h
I got more than £600 in parking fines from using Zipcar Flex
the Guardian 8h 1 tweets
The car-sharing company insisted I was liable and the rules were clear on its app
Joanna J Bryson And here’s the helping do the right thing with its app... #governance 8h
Ilkley pushes for bathing area status to protect river 'used as open sewer'
the Guardian 8h 5 tweets
Yorkshire campaigners shine spotlight on water firms’ practice of discharging untreated sewage into rivers
Joanna J Bryson Nice example of civil society monitoring the government monitors and forcing them to do their jobs. Note that this is not an end run around expertise — retired scientists are playing a crucial role. #governance 8h
Global Increases in Individualism - Henri C. Santos, Michael E. W. Varnum, Igor Grossmann, 2017
SAGE Journals 8h 1 tweets
Individualism appears to have increased over the past several decades, yet most research documenting this shift has been limited to the study of a handful of hi...
Joanna J Bryson Global Increases in Individualism Ht 8h
The age of the individual must end – our world depends on it | Tom Oliver
the Guardian 8h 2 tweets
The costs of a culture focused on an illusory idea of personal autonomy are making us ill and heating our planet. But a new age may be dawning
Joanna J Bryson Global Increases in Individualism Ht 8h
Employers Beware: The Illinois Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act Is Now in Effect
Ad Law Access 26h 1 tweets
On January 1, 2020, the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act went into effect in Illinois.  This is the first state law regulating the use of AI
Babbage among the insurers: Big 19th-century data and the public interest - Daniel C.S. Wilson, 2018
SAGE Journals 9d 1 tweets
This article examines life assurance and the politics of ‘big data’ in mid-19th-century Britain. The datasets generated by life assurance companies were vast ar...
Rent rises force revered LGBT bookshop out of Paris's gay district
Angelique Chrisafis - the Guardian 53h 2 tweets
Les Mots à La Bouche’s move from the Marais shows loss of cultural heritage, activists say
Joanna J Bryson Other impacts of platforming / How can we eliminate property speculation? At least we could ammeliorate its impacts if we severely tax owning more than two homes. #inequality #technologypolicy 49h
Robot Rights? Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead
arXiv.org 4d 7 tweets
The 'robot rights' debate, and its related question of 'robot responsibility', invokes some of the most polarized positions in AI ethics. While some advocate for granting robots rights on a par with human beings, others, in a stark opposition argue...
Closing the AI Accountability Gap: Defining an End-to-End Framework for Internal Algorithmic Auditing
arXiv.org 13d 4 tweets
Rising concern for the societal implications of artificial intelligence systems has inspired a wave of academic and journalistic literature in which deployed systems are audited for harm by investigators from outside the organizations deploying the...
Joanna J Bryson Closing the AI Accountability Gap: Defining an End-to-End Framework for Internal Algorithmic Auditing By among others 51h
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need
Kontrast.at - scoop.me 21d 10 tweets
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. The reason: The country applies the “Housing First” concept. Those affected by homelessness receive a small apartment and counselling – without any preconditions. 4 out of 5 people...
Attentat 1942 | Discounted educational licenses for schools
Attentat 1942 10d 1 tweets
A World War II game through the eyes of survivors. The subject matter behind this game (disturbing and sometimes sad) is treated with the utmost respect.
Microsoft pledges to be 'carbon negative' by 2030
the Guardian 4d 4 tweets
Company seeks to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits within a decade
Joanna J Bryson Nice ! But I’m with Sturcken (Environmental Defense Fund) “A company’s most powerful tool for fighting climate change is its political influence, and we’re eager to see Microsoft use it.“ Collaborate on good governance, don’t undermine it! 4d
TAMING THE MACHINES
Inf.uni-hamburg.de 4d 1 tweets
Making Your Twitter Feed AI Friendly
Medium 4d 1 tweets
Follow these AI experts on twitter to get your daily dose of AI trivia
4 Stages of Ethical AI: Algorithmic Bias is Not the Problem but Part of the Solution
Anthony Bradley 5d 1 tweets
Algorithmic bias is often in the news and has become a bit of a hot button in ethical AI. The vilification of algorithmic bias is unwarranted and misplaced. A focus on bias in algorithms in this context is wasted effort.  Recently I have...
The meaning of the EPSRC principles of robotics
Joanna-bryson.blogspot.com 5d 1 tweets
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, art, and higher education
Joanna J Bryson Reminder: the first national-level #aiethics soft law was the UK's 2011 principles of robotics, which are conspicuously seminal to the #aiprinciples that have at least 42 national govt signatories, and the G20 principles. cf 5d
The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Nature Communications 6d 4 tweets
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more common in people’s lives. Here, the authors use an expert elicitation method to understand how AI may affect the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
All Robot Dogs Go To The Cloud
Rosalind Adams - BuzzFeed News 20d 4 tweets
In Japan’s companion robots, AI and algorithms reflect back our worst fears and highest hopes — of death and for love.
Why don’t long-finned pilot whales have a widespread postreproductive lifespan? Insights from genetic data
OUP Academic 9d 2 tweets
Not all long-finned pilot whales go through menopause despite having a social structure that predicts they may benefit from one. Humans and a few whales have a