@amarashar

trust & safety researcher working on AI responsibility/safety @spotify; affiliate @bkcharvard

 Cambridge, Massachusetts
amarashar.com/
Joined June 2007
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My debut novel, The Great Transition, is ready to roll, cover and all! So many thanks to the artists at @AtriaBooks Hits shelves in August but you can pre-order now: tinyurl.com/GreatTransition
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Inspired to see how our Algorithmic Impact team at Spotify is approaching Algorithmic Responsibility at scale. And even more excited for the journey ahead! engineering.atspotify.com/20… cc: @hsmcramer @amarashar @SpotifyEng

Lessons Learned from Algorithmic Impact Assessments in Practice | Spotify Engineering

Lessons Learned from Algorithmic Impact Assessments in Practice | Spotify Engineering

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Kinzen@wearekinzen5 Oct 2022
Kinzen’s partnership with Spotify began in 2020. Our aligned vision of online safety led to a deeper relationship, and to a decision we are proud to announce today: that Kinzen has been acquired by Spotify. Read more here: newsroom.spotify.com/2022-10…

Spotify Continues to Ramp Up Platform Safety Efforts with Acquisition of Kinzen — Spotify

Listen to this story read aloud in 2 minutes and 15 seconds.  Today, Spotify is excited to share that we have acquired Dublin, Ireland-based Kinzen, a global leader in protecting online communities...

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What human values should recommender systems support, how could we measure their outcomes, what designs would achieve this, and what policies would incentivize it? 21 of us got together to write a massive interdisciplinary paper. arxiv.org/abs/2207.10192 1/
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New job alert: work with an amazing group of experts and help translate insights into product + policy @Spotify jobs.lever.co/spotify/3ba4b7…
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Introducing the Spotify Safety Advisory Council. Read about the founding members, the council’s mission, and more. spoti.fi/3xrIPxa

Introducing the Spotify Safety Advisory Council — Spotify

Over the past several months, Spotify has moved to being more transparent about our safety efforts. In January, we published our Platform Rules and took measures to ensure that creators on our...

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Interested in Algorithmic responsibility, #auditing, accountability, and impact in all things audio? We're #hiring for a Research Scientist at Spotify: lifeatspotify.com/jobs/resea…
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Next Monday we are presenting the outcomes of the @hiig_berlin Ethics of Digitalization project, funded by @MercatorDE, with partners @BKCHarvard and @digitalasiahub to the German Federal President. Live-stream starting Monday, 10:30. hiig.de/en/new-solutions-for…

Press release: New solutions for an ethical digitalisation

International experts discuss research results for ethical digitalisation with German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Taxpayers should refuse to use the IRS's biometric technology, @jovialjoy argues: on.theatln.tc/6T1o99g
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Hiring! Looking for PhD students to join our Algorithmic Impact & Responsibility team at Spotify as summer researchers lifeatspotify.com/jobs/summe…
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India is in the throes of a horrendous COVID surge Horrendous They are struggling to get more people vaccinated We are sitting on 35-40 million doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine Americans will never use Can we please give or lend them to India? Like may be now? It'll help. A lot
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Our Algorithmic Responsibility team @Spotify is looking for a Machine Learning Research Scientist - jobs.lever.co/spotify/5a5785…. It's a neat opportunity to have direct impact on products and advance #fairness #equity #responsibility and address #algobias for music and podcasts
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Hey, so... My new book is coming out next week, and this will be one of several talks I'm giving on the topic. The book focuses on broken institutions and why mistrust in institutions is the main force in contemporary politics... can't imagine why that might be important :-)
Knight First Amendment Institute@knightcolumbia11 Jan 2021
Book talk: Knight Institute's @KGlennBass talks to @EthanZ about his new book, Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them, Jan. 27, 12:30 pm ET, online. Sign up at the link to join the conversation. knightcolumbia.org/events/bo…
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Hey, ummm academic lawtwitter, this is gonna get uncomfortable, but we really, really, really need to address the way that law schools elevate and embolden white supremacist students by treating their overt racism as intellectual discourse.
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2nd paragraph in this statement by @BarackObama: "A political party and its accompanying media ecosystem has too often been unwilling to tell their followers the truth...Their fantasy narrative has spiraled further and further from reality...Now we're seeing the consequences."
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Amar Ashar retweeted
Karen Hao
@_KarenHao10 Dec 2020
Read @rajiinio opus. It so perfectly captures the violence, tragedy, and absurdity of AI discrimination. As the AI community heads into the last half of #NeurIPS2020, we would all be better off if we took Deb’s warning to heart. technologyreview.com/2020/12…
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Amar Ashar retweeted
Carly Kind@carlykind_3 Dec 2020
A recent survey of 24 "responsible AI" practitioners across multiple sectors by @ruchowdh @bobirakova @hsmcramer @jingyingyang describes the challenges practitioners face in promoting ethical practice inside industry sloanreview.mit.edu/article/…

Putting Responsible AI Into Practice | MIT Sloan Management Review

Organizations need to develop more-robust processes to ensure responsible use of AI.

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Shocked to wake up to this extremely upsetting news. @timnitGebru's leadership + scholarship as well as kindness + generosity are unparalleled. I was thrilled to join Timnit's team and to work with and learn from her. Timnit is everything we need right now.
@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social)
@timnitGebru3 Dec 2020
Apparently my manager’s manager sent an email my direct reports saying she accepted my resignation. I hadn’t resigned—I had asked for simple conditions first and said I would respond when I’m back from vacation. But I guess she decided for me :) that’s the lawyer speak.
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Job alert: At Princeton we’re hiring emerging scholars who have Bachelor’s degrees for 2-year positions in tech policy. The program combines classes, 1-on-1 mentoring, and work experience with real-world impact. Apply by Jan 10. More details: citp.princeton.edu/programs/… [Thread]
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