Ben WaberI can walk on one crutch! Hopefully this means that next week I'll be able to go for walks with just my boot, but for now it means enjoying talks for my crutches-edition #AcademicRunPlaylist while shuffling around the house. (1/10)
First was an enjoyable panel on building #NHL rosters at the Sloan #Sports #Analytics Conference with Kate Madigan, Brett Pederson, Meghan Chayka, and Dominic Moore. The conversation explores the challenges a hard salary cap brings to roster management, and I liked how the continuous nature of #hockey reveals similarities to #PeopleAnalytics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPyFrX2T4o (2/10)
SSAC23: Hard Cap Constrains: Roster Construction in the Hard Cap Era of Hockey
Next was an excellent talk by Emily Collins on trustworthy #robotics at the Maryland Robotics Center. Collins not only clearly explains the importance of trust for robotics, but also how considering the organizational environment they're deployed in as critical for understanding. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYJ9LxwnWgo (3/10)
Microsoft Future Leaders in Robotics and AI Seminar Series, March 3, 2023: Emily Collins
Next was an engaging panel on the future challenges for #robotics at the #UPenn GRASP lab with Nadia Figueroa, @dinesh, and Marc Miskin. A whole variety of topics are covered here, but I particularly loved how the panel reflected on the importance of transparency in robotics demos and the need for consensus on system quality metrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eac_Z3fQGxc (4/10)
Spring 2023 GRASP Seminar: GRASP Panel on Future Challenges and Big Problems
Next was a thoughtful talk by Paddy Leerssen on shadow banning and the EU's #DSA. After demonstrating how hard it is for users to detect shadow bans, Leerssen then examines how the DSA will likely impact those practices on large #platforms. Unfortunately still elusive - a precise definition of shadow banning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrZs-A0ETjY (5/10)
Paddy Leerssen: Content Moderation Transparency Rights in the EU’s Digital Services Act
Next was an inspiring talk by Henny Admoni on leveraging human behavior in assistive #robotics at the University of #Toronto. Admoni shows incredible work in a variety of applications, with augmented communication systems robots that work within social context a standout. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR_BMxDgp58&t=4s (6/10)
UofT Robotics Seminar: Henny Admoni from CMU on Leveraging Human Behavior in Assistive Robotics
Next was a nice panel on using documentation to improve #AI accountability at the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity with Jessica Newman, Emily McReynolds, Thomas Krendl Gilbert, and Christine Custis. There's a good summary of the state of AI documentation as well as discussion on the primary risks from current AI systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THEIlZReYKQ (7/10) #AIEthics
Can Documentation Improve Accountability for Artificial Intelligence?
Next was a great conversation with Uri Gneezy on #incentives and behavior at the Behavior Change for Good Initiative. There's a lot of nice #BehavioralEconomics studies and approaches presented here, and excellent commentary on leaders thinking that they shouldn't test because they're supposed to know all the answers - but they should test anyway. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZHscUtgmfQ (8/10)
Behavioral Science Authors Series - Uri Gneezy
Next was a fantastic talk by Ngozi Okidegbe on discredited #data at #UNCC. This is a phenomenal takedown not just of #algorithms in the criminal justice system, but algorithms in problematic systems in general, meticulously picking apart the plethora of issues that plague #AI applications in these spaces. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZigIzAp-Cs (9/10) #AIEthics
Ngozi Okidegbe - “Discredited Data” - UNCC Center for Ethics and Applied Philosophy
Last was an important panel on employee exploitation at @epi with Michael Carr, @keds_economist, Larry Mishel, Suresh Naidu, and Celine McNicholas. In the US, employees are often considered unexploitable because they can "just quit," but this conversation eviscerates that argument from a variety of perspectives, convincingly arguing for additional worker protections given the monopsony power many employers have. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xudblHd9bzE (10/10) #HR #management
