@BrownHCRI

The Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative at Brown University.

 Providence, RI
hcri.brown.edu
Joined April 2016
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Brilliant science-fiction author (and @browncs alum!) Ted Chiang on superintelligence explosions. newyorker.com/culture/annals… @BrownHCRI
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Talk today at 11am. Join @senykam of the @BrownCSDept for a discussion of AI bias. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/the-technol…

The Technology & Structural Inequality Series: Bias & Discrimination in AI

The Technology and Structural Inequality speaker series will focus on the impact of technology on marginalized communities.

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Last chance to attend SIROS, the Societal Implications of Robotics Symposium. The symposium starts in 45 minutes. Register here: accelevents.com/e/SIRoS #robotics #AI #AIethics #MachineLearning
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Join CTO Tom Calef for SIRoS at @BrownHCRI, the premiere opportunity to hear from leaders in #Robotics & #AI, both from academia & industry. Topics include building a robotics ecosystem, #healthcare robotics & more! Free reg: ow.ly/VgoY50DDOoN #roboticsurgery
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I appreciate this New Yorker article, which gives a window into the discussions going on in the AI community. newyorker.com/tech/annals-of… @BrownHCRI
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We have free tickets for the virtual Societal Implications of Robotics Symposium Wednesday the 24th. It is going to be a great line up of recorded talks with live video chat networking. Register here: accelevents.com/e/SIRoS We really hope you can join us #AI #Robotics #Robots
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I've argued that programming is like parenting, but this article takes it a step further, arguing that there's no other reasonable path for future AI. aeon.co/essays/creating-robo… @BrownHCRI

Creating robots capable of moral reasoning is like parenting | Aeon Essays

We already have a way to teach morals to alien intelligences: it’s called parenting. Can we apply the same methods to robots?

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ACM announced this year's Fellows. Some great folks on the list---some WAY overdue. I'll list some of the folks I know along with their acm.org/media-center/2021/ja… @BrownHCRI

2020 ACM Fellows Recognized for Work that Underpins Today’s Computing Innovations

The 2020 ACM Fellows are leaders in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, computer graphics, computational biology & other areas

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Nice summary of this year's NeurIPS conference: zdnet.com/article/a-quick-to… . Yes, that's me in the silly hat. It's for science. @BrownHCRI

A quick tour of what you missed at the NeurIPS 2020 AI conference - ZDNET

The world’s most closely watched AI conference didn’t have its usual scenic backdrop of Vancouver or Barcelona, but it was a nicely organized six-day virtual affair that delivered on all the usual...

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Oh! It looks like my Introduction to Machine Learning for The Great Courses is out of post-production and has been announced! thegreatcourses.com/courses/… @BrownHCRI
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In @Forbes story on autonomous cars, @BrownUniversity @BrownCSDept @BrownHCRI associate director Peter Haas says Brown is creating a database to help self-driving cars to respond to near-crash scenarios. bit.ly/3aBot8M
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Brown CS@BrownCSDept18 Aug 2020
A story by @Forbes interviews Peter Haas, Associate Director of @BrownHCRI, about a new effort to create a database that will help autonomous vehicles react to near-crash scenarios. forbes.com/sites/stevetengle…
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My chair has a name now! @BrownHCRI
Brown CS@BrownCSDept29 May 2020
Congratulations to the latest @BrownCSDept recipients of named chairs! @mlittmancs is now the Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science and Ellie Pavlick is the Manning Assistant Professor of Computer Science: bit.ly/2McEdna
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In studio recording an introductory machine learning course for The Great Courses. @BrownBigAI @BrownHCRI
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Early efforts to make sure AI/ML researchers think about the ethics of their work! qz.com/1874134/computer-scie… @AIhubOrg @BrownHCRI @NeurIPSConf

AI gatekeepers are taking baby steps toward raising ethical standards

For years, Brent Hecht, an associate professor at Northwestern University who studies AI ethics, felt like a voice crying in the wilderness. When he entered the field in 2008, “I recall just agoniz...

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I've joined up with 11 other AI experts as well as staff at @aaas to engage in a year-long exploration of public engagement in AI. I hope to have lots to share in the coming months! aaas.org/news/ai-experts-beg… @BrownHCRI @BrownBigAI

AI Experts Begin Engagement Efforts as Leshner Fellows | American Association for the Advancement...

Researchers studying artificial intelligence have embarked upon a yearlong fellowship with the Leshner Leadership Institute, taking with them lessons from an intensive orientation to more effectively...

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technologyreview.com/2020/07… I like that the article points out how GPT-3 exceeds the state of the art while also reminding us how it remains fragile. That's a lesson we need to internalize---AI software can do cool things, but it's never as deep as it first looks. @BrownHCRI
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Nice little mini intro to Bayesian methods in the NYT today: nytimes.com/2020/08/04/scien… . @BrownHCRI

How to Think Like an Epidemiologist (Published 2020)

Don’t worry, a little Bayesian analysis won’t hurt you.

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The thesis of this article is NOT captured by the title. It's more like "to better guide the construction of our systems and our worldview, computer science students should learn some social science theory". Discuss... cacm.acm.org/magazines/2020/… @BrownHCRI
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