Watching clouds today brought the first real peace I’ve felt in a while. Sad that one thought I had however was, “ChatGPT can’t do that!” So I watched the clouds some more.
CULTURE
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Indigenous and Queer Perspectives in AI Workshop at ICML2023
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At the Indigenous+Queer in AI workshop at #ICML2023. Today is all about AI in conversation with indigenous thought and topics. Powerful discussion of ML engaging responsibly and respectfully. Learning about Hawaiian, Māori histories and futures. Amazing speakers/topics
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The Future of Work and Metaverse Impact
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The #FutureofWork and the #Metaverse https://
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Female Tech Founders Remain Underrepresented at 15 Percent
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Only 15% of tech startup founders are female https://
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Kindness and Care as Essential Human Needs in AI Ethics
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Also – kindness for self and others ultimately is about the human, physiological need for care. This is positive psychology, an empirical science. Ignoring this to prioritize rationality, only Western ideals of democracy deny non western realities and mental health overall.
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Beyond Rationality: Emotions and Relations in AI Development
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Western “enlightenment” thinking that only values rationality (or rationality above all) denies the relational and emotional side of humans that is inherently part of who we are. We are not machines and ignoring our emotions etc hurts AI and tech in general.
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Ubuntu Ethics and Non-Western AI Inclusivity Perspectives
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Unless Generative AI discussions immediately include non-western thinking and people as referenced in the critically important work of @sabelonow and his seminal notion of the applied aspects of “relationality” in Ubuntu ethics, NO AI is truly “autonomous” or inclusive.
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MAICON23 AI Event: Cleveland Industry Leaders Share Insights
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Thanks to @WEWS for sharing the story of #MAICON23 and AI! Loved seeing @cmcphillips and @SharonToerek representing Cleveland and the industry.
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Decolonizing AI Ethics: Non-Western Traditions in Modern Systems
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Would love the AI ethics community to discuss issues of decolonization and the lack of non-Western ethical traditions in a majority of "modern" AI. Here's a chapter from Ethically Aligned Design on "Classical Ethics" that talks about these issues: https://
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oads/import/documents/other/ead1e_classical_ethics.pdf
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700 Marketing Leaders Gather in Cleveland for Inspiration
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I leave #MAICON23 more inspired, personally and professionally, than I have been in a very long time. It’s hard to capture in words what I felt these last three days as 700+ amazing marketers and business leaders came together in Cleveland to share, collaborate, learn, and grow