Ben WaberI had a busy day shuttling around Tokyo, but I did get to take a few breaks and listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/5)
First was an intriguing talk by @eglassman on using human cognition theories to design helpful AI-augmented interfaces at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyK2pwukNwg (2/5) #HCI #AI
2025 AI4Society Seminar - Elena Glassman (Harvard University)
Next was a thought-provoking discussion with Xiao-Jing Wang on the past, present, and future of neuroscience on the Brain Inspired podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO8Mvqj1TnI (3/5) #neuroscience
BI 215 Xiao-Jing Wang: Theoretical Neuroscience Comes of Age
Next was a fantastic talk by Kathleen Creel on algorithmic monoculture, how it can manifest, and mitigation approaches at LIDS. I absolutely love the lottery approach discussed here. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h36XKNZlYiE (4/5) #AI #ethics
2025 AI4Society Seminar - Kathleen Creel (Northeastern University Department of Philosophy)
Last was "Off the Spectrum" by Gina Rippon. Rippon delivers again with a moving and rigorous investigation of the science of autism, its history, and how the field has completely written out women. This book is also a master class in deeply considering how science, metrics, and data operate and how one needs to think systemically about these factors to do good science. Highly recommend
Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/7856136/s/a-moving-important-book-on-the-science-of-autism#anchor-7856136 (5/5) #autism #science
