Intersectional/Interdisciplinary ML research @datascicolumbia. Physics PhD. Passionate about responsible, empowering, ethical tech. Always stay humble and kind.
Brooklyn, New York
Joined April 2015
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Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
AI is unpredictable. Can physics make it trustworthy? Read our Q&A with
@DataSciColumbia
’s Savannah Thais: bit.ly/3U9t0Ht #AI #DataForGood #Ethics
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
Understanding what cutting-edge AI models do 'under the hood' requires not just theoretical research but also computational experiments. In this Comment, Savannah Thais @basicsciencesav explains why physics datasets may be the testing ground that's needed
nature.com/articles/s42254-0…
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
.@BasicScienceSav
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"Physics and the empirical gap of trustworthy AI" xitter.cf/NatRevPhys/status/1844…
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
Seems like more people should be talking about how a libertarian charter city startup funded by Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, and Peter Thiel is trying to bankrupt Honduras.
Próspera is suing Honduras to the tune of $11B (GDP is $32B) and is expected to win, per the NYT 🧵
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
🎉 Congrats to @AstroVivi; LEAPers @OceanCarbon @BasicScienceSav @DJGagneDos; + LEAP Lecture speaker @atmosbarnes on the publication of "Ethics in Climate AI: From Theory to Practice" journals.plos.org/climate/ar… 🎉
#teamwork #community #climate #data #ML #AI #climateadaptation (1/5)
New Opinion article: @AstroVivi, @atmosbarnes, @DJGagneDos, @OceanCarbon and @BasicScienceSav discuss how a firm ethical basis for #ClimateAI increases explainability, robustness, and trustworthiness
journals.plos.org/climate/ar…
#EthicalAI @Climformatics @LeapStc @M2LInES @ai2enviro
ALT A screenshot of the PLOS Climate article "Ethics in climate AI: From theory to practice" by Acquaviva et al. 2024
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
FAccT is an island, not because ML people "don't know", they don't care and are compensated well for it. But if we work together we can still have a big impact from the outside. This is why facct isn't effective if we can't do basics like see the tech-intensified genocide 1/
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
Important from @MarietjeSchaake.
It’s twisted & inexplicable that “AI safety” ppl continue to perplex themselves w ill-defined thought experiments focused on the fake far future while AI’s being used by the Israeli military to expedite slaughter now.
ft.com/content/da03f8e1-0ae4…
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
Read a summary of last week's conference on AI and Government: bit.ly/49WYO7z
@raviv_shir
@SureshVenkat46
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@baobaofzhang
@kaylynjackson
@Dan_Schiff
@LeeGeiller
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@geomblog
@KCBansak
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@PopTechWorks
ALT Eliza Oak and Savannahs Thais speak on a panel, seated at a table, in a conference room
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
I support pathways to research in AI for young people. However, to echo others: I think the likely outcome of this no-feedback high school submission track will be to give participation prizes for well-resourced high school students. To add on:
This year, we invite high school students to submit research papers on the topic of machine learning for social impact! See our call for high school research project submissions below.
buff.ly/43TiTdD
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
For those who missed last week’s Ground Truth event at our office, we were lucky enough to host a panel of five incredible, insightful women:
🟣 @tanyadua of @LinkedInNews
🟣 @teresa_datta of @itsArthurAI
🟣 Diana Hsieh of @DetectDeepfakes
🟣 @BasicScienceSav of @DataSciColumbia
🟣 @_bekah_ of @AllTechIsHuman
They talked about their professional journeys, shared insights on the important work they’re undertaking, and gave advice for anyone interested in a career in AI/ML.
Check out the full video: youtu.be/IOB3LNnV9aA?si=APVy…
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
Looking forward to hosting this Wednesday’s panel with some of the most innovative women leaders in the field of AI!
Join us at Arthur HQ to hear from:
🔸 Cass Matthews (@Microsoft)
🔸 @_bekah_ (@AllTechIsHuman)
🔸 @BasicScienceSav (@datascicolumbia)
🔸 @tanyadua (@LinkedInNews)
🔸 @jerseejess (@Work_Bench)
🔸 @teresa_datta (@itsArthurAI)
Learn more and register: bit.ly/4cnJHq9
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
Chat about “Climate Data Science: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Research Convergence” w/LEAP panelists @karadlamb @BasicScienceSav + @juannat7!
📅 Thurs., 3/28/24
🕛 12p (EDT), in-person + via Zoom
💻 RSVP: bit.ly/3vrRwdG
#community @CUSEAS @columbiaclimate @NSF
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
Can we all agree on how ludicrous this is?
"Hey, can you just give me 7% of the entire world's GDP so my AI can destroy more jobs and the climate?"
cnbc.com/2024/02/09/openai-c…
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
@MLSTjournal is delighted to be sponsoring this fantastic workshop at #NeurIPS2023 #ML4PS2023 @ML4PhyS #machinelearning #physics #AI #HEP #compchem @KyleCranmer @glouppe @BasicScienceSav @iamstarnord @BPNachman @kdqg1 @atilimgunes @adjiboussodieng
I'm looking forward to the Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences workshop today (Friday). We are in Hall B2, stop by #ML4PS2023 #NeurIPS2023 @ML4PhyS
ml4physicalsciences.github.i…
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
I wish we could stop worrying about whether something is intelligent or whether something is general, and just focus on whether something is useful, whether something helps people, and whether something moves society in a positive direction.
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Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
I can’t stop thinking, so I'm writing something.
This is about the physics students of Gaza. 1/N
Savannah Thais 👩🏼💻 retweeted
"You cant cut food, water, electricity that are vital for the lives of 2.3 million people who have been living in a blockade for 16 years. You cant wipe out entire innocent families, let a health system be destroyed, raze entire districts to the ground"
@HRW's Executive Director
"When double standards are exposed, the motives of the EU are questioned, and its credibility is eroded."
@TiranaHassan addresses @EP_HumanRights on Israel, Palestine, and international humanitarian law ⤵️
