Virginia Dignum

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đŸ‡”đŸ‡čđŸ‡łđŸ‡±đŸ‡žđŸ‡ȘđŸ‡ȘđŸ‡ș Prof #AI @umeauniversity; program director https://wasp-hs.org; AI ethics advisor to #EU, #UNICEF, #UNESCO, #WEF, #CoF; co-founder https://allai.nl; author “Responsible AI: how to develop and use AI in a responsible way “, https://bit.ly/2WxEkQU; #ResponsibleAI #AIetics
Responsible AI group at UmeÄhttps://www.umu.se/en/research/groups/responsible-artificial-intelligence/
WASP-HShttps://wasp-hs.org/
Virginia DignumMay 19, 2024

🚀 Announcing AIPEX! 🚀

The AI Policy Exchange Forum is now live! A new platform for rapid, citable discussions on AI policy and governance. Join the debate and share your insights.

Submit your contribution: www.aipolicylab.se/aipex
#AI #AIPolicy #AIGovernance #AIPEX #Innovation

Virginia DignumFeb 19, 2024
EWAFFeb 19, 2024
We're excited to announce Virginia Dignum (@vdignum) as one of our keynote speakers for #EWAF24 👇
Virginia DignumFeb 7, 2024

Two open postdoc positions affiliated with the AI Policy Lab
@umeauniversity
- deadline 29 February 2024:
1 - AI justice: https://lnkd.in/emtuNziC
2- AI transparency: https://lnkd.in/eQUUA4jU

#AI #responsibleAI #fairness #transparency #justice #postdocposition #postdoc #academia
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@landetannien @pettter du Àr vÀllkomma senare !
Virginia DignumJan 23, 2024

A worrying scenario: billionaires recreating the #scifi scenarios at the cost of all of us...
As I often say: the risk is not losing control over #AI, it is having no control over those people that have the power to control it. A very real risk.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/

Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

Scientific American
Virginia DignumJan 9, 2024

Two fully funded 3-year postdoc positions in AI policy at UmeÄ University in the new AI Policy Lab
1. AI Justice: https://umu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:691080/
2. AI Transparency: https://umu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:691107/

#ResponsibleAI #AIPolicy #AI
#postdoc #academicjob

Postdoctoral position (3 years) on Responsible Artificial Intelligence with focus on justice

The research group Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) at the Department of Computing Science at UmeÄ University is seeking outstanding candidates for a post-doctoral position in Computer Scien

Virginia DignumDec 31, 2023

Tonight, the world celebrates the change of date.
I hope that someday we'll celebrate the date when the world changed.

Happy 2024!

Virginia DignumDec 22, 2023
@[email protected]Nov 27, 2023

Ny text! Jag och nÄgra kollegor (bl.a. @vdignum) har skrivit om skillnaden mellan sprÄkgenerering och intelligens, och varför Àven experter gÀrna lÄter sig luras att tillskriva AI mycket större förmÄgor Àn vad som egentligen Àr motiverat.

https://fof.se/artikel/overtygande-sprak-ar-inget-belagg-for-intelligens/

”Övertygande sprĂ„k Ă€r inget belĂ€gg för intelligens” | Forskning & Framsteg

Det kan verka rimligt att utgĂ„ frĂ„n att en chattbot som producerar komplicerad och övertygande text har nĂ„gon form av generell intelligens. Den uppfattningen finns 


Forskning & Framsteg
Virginia DignumDec 22, 2023

After 8 weeks of hard work, I'm very happy to present our interim report: https://www.un.org/ai-advisory-body

The report calls for the use and development of AI to be grounded on human rights, international law and the Sustainable Development Goals.

A lot can be said, extended, modified, and we look forward to your comments.

Read the report: https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/ai_advisory_body_interim_report.pdf

#responsibleAI #AIpolicy #governance #UN # SDGs #humanrights

AI Advisory Body | United Nations

To foster a globally inclusive approach, the UN Secretary-General has convened a multi-stakeholder High-level Advisory Body on AI to undertake analysis and advance recommendations for the international governance of AI.

United Nations
Virginia DignumSep 9, 2023

Great cover #timemagazine:
https://time.com/collection/time100-ai
Talking about impact must be less US/global North focus.
We need #theOther100ofAI!

Who do you think should be part of this? In Africa, Asia, South and Latin America, and elsewhere? Add your suggestion as comment.
#responsibleAI #AI #inclusion #diversity

The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023

Here’s who made the 2023 TIME100 AI list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence.

Time