AI Ethics: Disinformation and how it spreads
Event Information
Description
For this session and keeping in theme with elections happening around the world, we're hosting a session on disinformation, relevant regulations and analyzing how it spreads, especially with the inevitable rise of social media platform use in conjunction with AI based techniques.
Watch these two videos for the issues being discussed before you come:
Disinformation and Regulation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hhvtsym15M&feature=youtu.be
The toxic potential of YouTube's feedback loop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et2n0J0OeQ8&feature=youtu.be
(Thanks to fast.ai for compiling these resources - https://www.fast.ai/2020/02/26/CADE-disinformation/ )
Our meetups use a flipped classroom model:
- You do the reading(s) before showing up to the event.
- When you show up, we split up into groups to discuss and take notes.
- Afterward, we reconvene to share our findings with the larger group.
We will be sharing publicly the discussions had during the session keeping in line with our commitment to building public competence and sharing work in an open-source, open-access model.
If you have suggestions for other readings that might be useful, please email: support@montrealethics.ai
Also note :
On 15 April 2020, MIGS is organizing a Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Forum in collaboration with Element AI, MITACS and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ottawa, under the patronage of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. This forum will bring together non-governmental organizations, tech companies, foundations and governments around the globe that understand the need to collaborate on the future of AI and human rights. Panel discussions will cover such topics as disinformation, online hate, ethics, AI governance, the United Nations (UN) and global cooperation. The forum will serve as an incubator for forming new partnerships between academics, civil society, the UN and the private sector.
Registration and Agenda : https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/artificial-intelligence-and-human-rights-forum-tickets-88682486705
