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Mark your calendars and join us next week for our monthly #AIEthics #Twitterchat on May 29 at 8a PDT/11a EDT/4p GMT for a timely and relevant discussion with a global expert panel on the ethics of responses to Covid-19 @CummingsRenee @CarlaHustedt #WomeninAIEthics #ResponsibleAI

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Counting down to our May #AIEthics #TwitterCh with our global Women in AI Ethics™ experts Renée Cummings @CummingsRenee and Carla Hustedt @CarlaHustedt
on the ethics of responses to Covid-19 in 30mins at 8a PDT. Grab coffee/tea/your favorite drink and join us! :)

And it’s time. Welcome to May #AIEthics #TwitterChat and join us for our panel discussion with a global Women in AI Ethics™ experts Renée Cummings @CummingsRenee Carla Hustedt @CarlaHustedt on the ethics of responses to Covid-19 But first here are some ground rules (1/2)

Pls use #AIEthics #TwitterChat in all your tweets. I will post 6 questions for @CummingsRenee @CarlaHustedt using Q1, Q2… They will post answers using A1, A2... Comment/discuss within the same thread as A1, A2... Use Q7, Q8 if you have more questions. Thanks! (2/2)

Welcome all!
Let's start with Q1 for @CummingsRenee How can digital technology help us fight the COVID-19 pandemic? #AIEthics #TwitterChat @CarlaHustedt

Excellent points all around. Here's Q2 for @CarlaHustedt What are some the ethical concerns around how AI is being used to shape the global health response to COVID-19?
@CummingsRenee #AIEthics #TwitterChat

If you're just joining us, welcome to May #AIEthics #TwitterChat and join us for our panel discussion with global Women in AI Ethics™ experts Renée Cummings @CummingsRenee Carla Hustedt @CarlaHustedt

Welcome to #AIEthics #TwitterChat @maria_axente @volhalitvinets @lajlafetic @chhavic @NadiaAbouayoub @Sukant_Khurana @roxanasoi @neeraj @juliebhunt LMK if I missed anyone :)

Continuing our #AIEthics #TwitterChat
Here's Q3 for @CummingsRenee Can you please share the key ethical issues with facial recognition as a public health strategy?

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Thank you @CummingsRenee Let's turn to @CarlaHustedt for her thoughts on
Q3 What are the key ethical issues with facial recognition as a public health strategy?

We're halfway through our May #AIEthics #TwitterChat
Q4 for @CarlaHustedt
How are public health and public safety competing with data privacy and patient protection in today’s pandemic reality?

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Any thoughts on Q4 @CummingsRenee ?
How are public health and public safety competing with data privacy and patient protection in today’s pandemic reality?

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Excellent! Back to you @CummingsRenee for Q5
How are algorithms recoding the global distribution of power, justice, and responsibility as data becomes a powerful weapon against the pandemic?

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Would also love your thoughts on Q5 @CarlaHustedt
How are algorithms recoding the global distribution of power, justice, and responsibility as data becomes a powerful weapon against the pandemic?

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Time for my last question before we turn to audience questions.
Q6 @CarlaHustedt How can we protect the public interest as AI systems are being developed and deployed as public health strategies?

Let's get your perspective as well on this last question @CummingsRenee
Q6 How can we protect the public interest as AI systems are being developed and deployed as public health strategies?

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Here's a great question from @Maxjb
Let's go with @CummingsRenee first and then @CarlaHustedt
Q7: What are the ways you mitigate ethical risks from Digital IDs if you introduce them to track and trace/ for mobility permissions/immunity passports etc.?

And it’s a wrap! Many thanks to @CummingsRenee @CarlaHustedt our brilliant exert guests for May #AIEthics #TwitterChat and also for joining @maria_axente @volhalitvinets @lajlafetic @chhavic @NadiaAbouayoub @Sukant_Khurana @roxanasoi @neeraj @juliebhunt Max Beverton-Palmer

Join us again on Sunday May 31 at 11a PDT for May #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat series w/ “Artificial Unintelligence” by Meredith Broussard @merbroussard Get the book indiebound.org/book/978026253… @lajlafetic @chhavic @NadiaAbouayoub @Sukant_Khurana @roxanasoi @neeraj @juliebhunt @Maxjb

And it’s time! Welcome to our May #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat Meet the Author series to discuss “Artificial Unintelligence” with brilliant author Meredith Broussard @merbroussard Get the book => indiebound.org/book/978026253… @NadiaAbouayoub @PRKezza @MrFresh @ewlamy @psb_dc @roxanasoi

Pls use #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat in all your tweets. I will post 6 questions for @merbroussard using Q1, Q2… She will post answers using A1, A2... Comment/discuss within the same thread as A1, A2... Use Q7, Q8 if you have more questions. Thanks! LMK if you have joined.

Very excited to have you join us @merbroussard Love your brilliant writing!
Q1. Let’s start with the basic premise of your book. Why do humans find it so hard to understand the outer limits of what tech can do? #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat

Welcome to May #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat @NadiaAbouayoub @PRKezza @MrFresh @ewlamy @psb_dc @roxanasoi
LMK if you have joined @Sukant_Khurana @neeraj @juliebhunt @Maxjb @BuseCett @maria_axente @TechnologyLiz @YvonWoappi @DataEthicSciCom
@BlakeleyHPayne @purpultat @jdp23

Excellent points and context! @merbroussard
On to Q2. I am a big fan of the term ‘Technochauvinism’ you’ve used to describe our blind faith in tech. (How) have you seen this manifest during the pandemic? #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat

Q3. Data is (as you said) both unreasonably and seductively effective. What would you say to folks who pride themselves on being “data-driven” about the flaws or blind spots in their approach? #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat

Adding A2 back to this thread :) #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat

And on that same note Q4 for @merbroussard what are the dangers of optimized pricing algorithms in an unequal world? #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat

If you’ve just joined us, this is the second in our #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat trilogy of discussions w/brilliant authors. Today we have invited Meredith Broussard @merbroussard to discuss her book “Artificial Unintelligence” Get the book => indiebound.org/book/978026253…

We're ~45minutes into our May #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat w/ @merbroussard
Q5. Why is there such an obsession with human replacement systems (ex: self-driving cars) vs. human assistance systems?

Time sure flies! Here's my last question @merbroussard
Q6. Speaking of tired old tropes, why does the myth that math/computation are “more objective” or “fairer” persist even after being disproven many times over by experts like yourself, others? #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat

And it’s a wrap! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your brilliant insights Meredith Broussard @merbroussard #AIEthics #TwitterBookChat
Thanks for joining @NadiaAbouayoub @PRKezza @maria_axente @ewlamy @roxanasoi @Maxjb @neeraj Get the book
indiebound.org/book/978026253…

Join us again next month, Sunday, June 28 at 11a PDT/2p EDT/6p GMT to meet another brilliant author Dr.Safiya Noble @safiyanoble and discuss her powerful book “Algorithms of Oppression” Get the book => indiebound.org/book/978147983…