June 2023 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Save the date! GIG-ARTS 2024: 3-4 June 2024, The Hague - '30 Years of MSism in IG'
by Mauro SANTANIELLO June 29, 2023

June 29, 2023

Dear colleagues, *The Eighth European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies (GIG-ARTS 2024) will be held in The Hague, The Netherlands, on 3-4 June 2024*. This 8th edition will be organized by Leiden University <https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en>'s Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC <https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/gtgc>) programme, and co-chaired by GTGC leader *Jan Aart Scholte <https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/jan-aart-scholte#tab-1> * and *Tatiana Tropina* <https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/tatiana-tropina#tab-1>. GIG-ARTS 2024 will take place on the University’s The Hague Campus <https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/the-hague>. GIG-ARTS 2024 main theme will focus on ’*30 Years of Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance - Assessments and Prospects*’. The 2024 GIG-ARTS Conference will be organized back to back with the annual GTCG Conference <https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/gtgc/conference-2023>, to be held at the same place on 5-7 June. This offers a unique opportunity to explore over a single week the governance of world-scale changes, also beyond the Internet, and to network with colleagues interested in the same kind of challenges in other policy fields. Save the date and stay tuned: the full CfP will be circulated this Autumn. Best regards, GIG-ARTS 2024 Organizing Committee: Meryem Marzouki, Mauro Santaniello, Jan Aart Scholte, Tatiana Tropina

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Online PhD course on “Ethics and AI” by SIpEIA (October-November 2023)
by Guido Boella June 28, 2023

June 28, 2023

Dear All, we have the pleasure to announce the second edition of the online PhD course on “Ethics and AI” organized by the Italian Society for Ethics of AI (SIpEIA <http://www.sipeia.it>). The course is open to all PhD students, and not only PhD students, and it can provide a certificate and an exam for those who need them. You can find updates on the course at this link: https://sipeia.diag.uniroma1.it/online-phd-course-ethics-and-ai-organized-b… For information and registration write to* info(a)sipeia.it <info(a)sipeia.it>* *Edition 2023* *Abstract*: The course intends to provide a brief overview of the main ethical issues concerning AI from an interdisciplinary perspective. The starting point is the clarification of what an “ethics” is, so as to offer the reference coordinates of the discourse, which is then articulated in the analyzes by way of examples of specific issues in the different directions. In particular, issues relating to the impact that AI has and will increasingly have on social life are examined, especially concerning the problem of biases; the interconnections with medicine and health care; the methods of legal regulation. *Teachers*: Maurizio Mori, Consulta di Bioetica Onlus Tiziana Catarci, DIAG, Università la Sapienza Roma Giovanni Sartor, CIRSFID, Università di Bologna Guido Boella, Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Torino *Addressees*: PhD students at different phases of their PhD programme, but open to all interested scholars. *Programme*: 4 hours: Maurizio Mori: The first two hours are dedicated to outlining a theory of ethics capable of accounting for moral analyzes for human societies and also for larger societies. The other two hours try to apply the conceptual tools acquired for a moral analysis of the possible interactions between AI and health care. 2 hours: Tiziana Catarci: Biases in AI 4 hours: Guido Boella: Panorama of the various ethical issues of AI. Reflection on the impact of AI in society and ethics. 2 hours: Giovanni Sartor: From ethics to law. Reflection on the relationship between artificial intelligence applications and human rights. Implications for data protection and consumer protection. *Schedule*: Wed 4/10/2023 h9.00-11.00 Guido Boella Wed 11/10/2023 h9.00-11.00 Maurizio Mori Wed 18/10/2023 h9.00-11.00 Tiziana Catarci Wed 25/10/2023 h9.00-11.00 Guido Boella Wed 8/11/2023 h9.00-11.00 Maurizio Mori Wed 15/11/2023 h9.00-11.00 Giovanni Sartor *Modality*: Online. The lessons will be recorded and published on SIpEIA's website. The links for connections will be communicated later on Best regards Guido Boella -- Dipartimento di Informatica Università di Torino Cso Svizzera 185 10149 Torino Vice-Rettore Vicario dell'Università di Torino per la promozione dei rapporti con le imprese e le associazioni di categoria delle imprese e per il coordinamento con le iniziative di innovazione industriale sul territorio Vicepresidente del Competence Center CIM4.0 www.cim40.com Visitate i siti delle nostre iniziative www.firstlife.org www.commonshood.eu www.projectco3.eu www.sipeia.it www.chedih.eu www.ai-aware.eu nlab4cit.eu ReplyForward -- Dipartimento di Informatica Università di Torino Cso Svizzera 185 10149 Torino Vice-Rettore Vicario dell'Università di Torino per la promozione dei rapporti con le imprese e le associazioni di categoria delle imprese e per il coordinamento con le iniziative di innovazione industriale sul territorio Vicepresidente del Competence Center CIM4.0 www.cim40.com Visitate i siti delle nostre iniziative www.firstlife.org www.commonshood.eu www.projectco3.eu www.sipeia.it www.chedih.eu www.ai-aware.eu nlab4cit.eu

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avviso di seminario Julia Stoyanovich (New York University) 30 giugno 11-13 Politecnico di Milano
by Viola Schiaffonati June 28, 2023

June 28, 2023

Buongiorno, segnalo il seminario di Julia Stoyanovich (New York University), co-organizzato dal laboratorio nazionale CINI Informatica e Società, che si terrà presso il Politecnico di Milano il giorno 30 giugno 2023 (11-13) e in streaming qui https://youtube.com/live/TgJPMLfZusQ. Maggiori dettagli sono disponibili sotto. Un cordiale saluto, Viola Schiaffonati *** June 30 2023 (11-13) Aula Magna del Rettorato Julia Stoyanovich (New York University) Title: Calling Bullshit on Personality Prediction in Hiring: Results of an Audit Introduction: Stefano Ceri and Viola Schiaffonati (DEIB-Politecnico di Milano) Discussant: Stefano Canali (DEIB-Politecnico di Milano) Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss the wide-spread use of AI systems in hiring, noting where these systems can be helpful and where they raise discrimination and validity concerns. The bulk of my talk will focus on the results of a recent audit of the validity of two commercial systems -- Humantic AI and Crystal -- that claim to construct personality profiles of job seekers based on their resumes and social media feeds. I will present our audit methodology and our findings, namely, that both systems show instability on key facets of measurement and therefore cannot be considered valid testing instruments for pre-hire assessment. I will conclude with a discussion of the recent legal and regulatory developments in the US, aimed at reigning in the unaccountable use of AI systems in hiring, and will reflect on what it would take to make the use of AI safe, fair, and socially sustainable in this critical domain. Bio: Julia Stoyanovich is Institute Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Associate Professor of Data Science, and Director of the Center for Responsible AI at New York University. Her goal is to make "Responsible AI" synonymous with "AI". She works towards this goal by engaging in academic research, education and technology regulation, and by speaking about the benefits and harms of AI to practitioners and members of the public. Julia's research interests include AI ethics and legal compliance, data management and AI systems, and computational social choice. She has co-authored over 100 academic publications, and has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Le Monde. Julia has been teaching courses on responsible data science and AI to students, practitioners and the general public. She is a co-author of the "Data, Responsibly" and "We are AI" comic book series. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Columbia University, and a B.S. in Computer Science and in Mathematics & Statistics from UMass Amherst. Julia's work has been generously supported by the US National Science Foundation, Pivotal Ventures, JP Morgan Chase, and Meta Responsible AI, among others. Organized by: CINI laboratory "Information & Society" and META, interdisciplinary network for "Social Sciences and Humanities for Science and Technology", Politecnico di Milano.

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OT - Re: Hundreds attend ‘soulless’ AI-generated church service
by 380° June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023

Buongiorno, Fabio Alemagna <falemagn(a)gmail.com> writes: >> ...e io che pensavo che Dio avesse la possibilità di comunicare >> direttamente con le persone (e viceversa) forse avrei dovuto evidenziare l'ironia della mia frase [...] > Ma se Dio è onnipotente, può comunicare come gli pare e piace, perché > escludere un chatbot? E, se si rimane nell'ambito di questa > imperscrutabile onnipotenza, ma anche no? > sulla base di quale argomentazione può un mero mortale classificare > come "inconsapevole distorsione" qualunque cosa un chatbot del genere > possa dire? sul chatbot come mezzo usato da Dio per comunicare: no comment. per il resto https://nooscope.ai/ è zeppo di argomentazioni sulle distorsioni /generate/ dagli algoritmi di machine learning, oggi chiamati AI [1], distorsioni (allucinazioni) saluti, 380° [1] e tutto deriva dal problema della definizione (quindi filosofico) di cos'è AI -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.

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Re: [nexa] nexa Digest, Vol 170, Issue 34
by maurizio lana June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023

Il 27/06/23 09:53, don Luca Peyron <dluca.universitari(a)gmail.com> ha scritto: > Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 09:53:19 +0200 > From: don Luca Peyron<dluca.universitari(a)gmail.com> > To: Nexa<nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> > Subject: [nexa] Hundreds attend ‘soulless’ AI-generated church service > > Interessante, anche se personalmente assai contrario > > dl > > https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-church-service-chatgpt-b2356508.html credo che per un credente un "AI-generated church service" sia nulla - nulla che ha a che fare con una comunità che ha una storia, convocata da chi di quella storia è espressione e guida. credo per un non credente ugualmente sia nulla: se chiesa ed Evangelo sono artefatti umani, questo qui è solo un artefatto in più. Maurizio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ many of us believe the EU remains the most extraordinary, ambitious, liberal political alliance in recorded history. where it needs reform, where it needs to evolve, we should be there to help turn that heavy wheel Ian McEwan, the guardian, 2/6/2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maurizio Lana Università del Piemonte Orientale Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Piazza Roma 36 - 13100 Vercelli

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[CFP] ITC35 PhD Workshop - Network Traffic Engineering in the TLC networks of the future
by Martino Trevisan June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this mail] **ITC35 PhD Workshop, co-located with the *35th International Teletraffic Congress “/Network Traffic Engineering in the TLC networks of the future/”* *Wednesday, October 4, 2023, Turin* *Website: https://itc35.itc-conference.org/* /_* *_/ /_*CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS*_/ /Re-thinking fundamental networking functions, their modeling and their performance evaluation in the framework of the evolving Internet and cellular networks, in the era of cloud and content providers, is a target for the ITC community. The PhD workshop aims at fostering contributions and fresh ideas from young researchers, pursuing their PhD or having just completed their PhD. Discussion of their PhD ideas and progress, proposition of research challenges and directions is welcome during a dedicated workshop._* *_/ /_*SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS *_/ With respect to the presentation to be given during the Workshop, two contribution formats are solicited: * more *mature* research works, in the form of a long presentation (up to 20 min each); * short *in-progress* research work discussion, with a short presentation (up to 10 min each). Correspondingly, Authors proposing a long presentation are invited to submit an *extended abstract* (max 3 pages plus references, using the same format as for regular contributions to the main conference). Extended abstracts will be *published* along with conference proceedings. The best contribution will be invited for submission as a full paper to be *fast-track* reviewed for potential publication in a journal (to be determined). Authors proposing a short presentation are solicited to submit a title, list of Authors and a short abstract (up to 400 words), to help set up the workshop program. /_*IMPORTANT DATES*_/* * * <https://itc35.itc-conference.org/> *Submission deadline*: July 10, 2023 * *Notification of acceptance:* July 20, 2023 * *Submission of camera-ready extended abstracts:* August 16, 2023 Camera-ready versions should be uploaded as indicated with respect to camera-ready instructions /_*WORKSHOP CHAIRS*_/* * * *Andrea Baiocchi*, University of Rome, Italy * *Lea Skorin-Kapov*, University of Zagreb, Croatia For any questions do not hesitate to contact the conference organization under***itc35_oc(a)tlc.polito.it* /Best Regards,/ /*ITC 35 *//Organizing Team/

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Generative AI Should Not Replace Thinking at My University
by Daniela Tafani June 27, 2023

June 27, 2023

Generative AI Should Not Replace Thinking at My University I’m dismayed that any academic institution would encourage us to use chatbots rather than our intellects. By Douglas Hofstadter<https://www.theatlantic.com/author/douglas-hofstadter/> June 22, 2023 <https://accounts.theatlantic.com/accounts/saved-stories/> I used to drive a stick-shift car, but a few years ago, I switched over to an automatic. I didn’t mind relinquishing the control of gear-changing to a machine. It was different, however, when spell checkers came around. I didn’t want a mechanical device constantly looking over my shoulder and automatically changing my typing, such as replacing hte with the. I had always been a good speller and I wanted to be self-reliant, not machine-reliant. Perhaps more important, I often write playfully, and I didn’t want to be “corrected” if I deliberately played with words. So I made sure to turn off this feature in any word processor that I used. Some years later, when “grammar correctors” became an option with word processors, I felt the same instinctive repugnance, but with considerably more intensity, so of course I always disabled such devices. <https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/stick-shift-manual-t…> It was thus with great dismay that I read the email that just arrived from University Information Technology Services at Indiana University, where I have taught for several decades. The subject line was “Experiment with AI,” and to my horror, “Experiment” was an imperative verb, not a noun. The idea of the university-wide message was to encourage all faculty, staff, and students to jump on the bandwagon of “generative AI tools” (it specifically cited ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Bard) in creating our own lectures, essays, emails, reviews, courses, syllabi, posters, designs, and so forth. Although it offered some warnings about not releasing private data, such as students’ names and grades, it essentially gave the green light to all “IU affiliates” to let machines hop into the driver’s seat and do much more than change gears for them. Here is the key passage from the website<https://kb.iu.edu/d/biit?j=1572945&sfmc_sub=17641562&l=67086_HTML&u=4102291…> that the bureaucratic email pointed to—and please don’t ask me what “from a data management perspective” means, because I don’t have the foggiest idea: >From a data management perspective, examples of acceptable uses of generative AI include: • Syllabus and lesson planning: Instructors can use generative AI to help outline course syllabi and lesson plans, getting suggestions for learning objectives, teaching strategies, and assessment methods. Course materials that the instructor has authored (such as course notes) may be submitted by the instructor. • Correspondence when no student or employee information is provided: Students, faculty, or staff may use fake information (such as an invented name for the recipient of an email message) to generate drafts of correspondence using AI tools, as long as they are using general queries and do not include institutional data. • Professional development and training presentations: Faculty and staff can use AI to draft materials for potential professional development opportunities, including workshops, conferences, and online courses related to their field. • Event planning: AI can assist in drafting event plans, including suggesting themes, activities, timelines, and checklists. • Reviewing publicly accessible content: AI can help you draft a review, analyze publicly accessible content (for example, proposals, papers and articles) to aid in drafting summaries, or pull together ideas. I was completely blown away with shock when I read this passage. It seemed that the humans behind this message had decided that all people at this institution of learning were now replaceable by chatbots. In other words, they’d decided that ChatGPT and its ilk were now just as capable as I myself am of writing (or at least drafting) my essays and books; ditto for my lectures and my courses, my book reviews and my grant reviews, my grant proposals, my emails, and so on. The tone was clear: I should be thrilled to hand over all of these sorts of chores to the brand-new mechanical “tools” that could deal with them all very efficiently for me. I’m sorry, but I can’t imagine the cowardly, cowed, and counterfeit-embracing mentality that it would take for a thinking human being to ask such a system to write in their place, say, an email to a colleague in distress, or an essay setting forth original ideas, or even a paragraph or a single sentence thereof. Such a concession would be like intentionally lying down and inviting machines to walk all over you. It’s bad enough when the public is eagerly playing with chatbots and seeing them as just amusing toys when, despite their cute-sounding name, chatbots are in fact a grave menace to our entire culture and society, but it’s even worse when people who are employed to use their minds in creating and expressing new ideas are told, by their own institution, to step aside and let their minds take a back seat to mechanical systems whose behavior no one on Earth can explain, and which are constantly churning out bizarre, if not crazy, word salads. (In recent weeks, friends sent me two different “proofs” of Fermat’s last theorem created by ChatGPT, both of which made pathetic errors at a middle-school level.) When, many years ago, I joined Indiana University’s faculty, I conceived of AI as a profound philosophical quest to try to unveil the mysterious nature of thinking. It never occurred to me that my university would one day encourage me to replace myself—my ideas, my words, my creativity—with AI systems that have ingested as much text as have all the professors in the whole world, but that, as far as I can tell, have not understood anything they’ve ingested in the way that an intelligent human being would. And I suspect that my university is not alone in our land in encouraging its thinkers to roll over and play brain-dead. This is not just a shameful development, but a deeply frightening one. <https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/generative-artificial-int…><https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/generative-artificial-int…>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/generative-artificial-int…

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Automated Neglect: how The World Bank’s Push to Allocate Cash Assistance Using Algorithms Threatens Rights
by Antonio Vetro' June 26, 2023

June 26, 2023

Fenomeno in linea con alcune implementazioni di welfare “automatizzato/ottimizzato" in USA e Europa (cfr casi descritti in libro automating inequalities, i vari casi in Olanda, sistema AMS in Austria, ecc.). Automated Neglect: How The World Bank’s Push to Allocate Cash Assistance Using Algorithms Threatens Rights Abstract: Governments worldwide are turning to automation to help them deliver essential public services, such as food, housing, and cash assistance. But some forms of automation are excluding people from services and singling them out for investigation based on errors, discriminatory criteria, or stereotypes about poverty. Despite these harms, the allure of tech-based solutions to complex social problems is proving hard to resist. The World Bank is one of the biggest development actors driving this trend, particularly in the Global South, placing big bets on data-intensive technologies to help governments deliver services. This includes major cash transfer programs that give certain individuals or families financial support. In the Middle East and North Africa alone, eight of ten borrowing countries have received Bank loans to upgrade these programs. Report completo su https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/06/13/automated-neglect/how-world-banks-pus…

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A CRITICAL LOOK AT AI-GENERATED SOFTWARE
by don Luca Peyron June 26, 2023

June 26, 2023

Lettura interessante buon pomeriggio dl https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-software _________________________ don Luca Peyron Direttore Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria Arcidiocesi di Torino www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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CCC Hacker Camp 2023 - Ultimi slot di partecipazione disponibili
by Fabio Pietrosanti (Lists) June 26, 2023

June 26, 2023

Buongiorno a tutti, come di consueto come Inclusive Hacker Framework organizziamo la Italian Hacker Embassy, raduno di Hacker Italiani presso l'hacker camp internazionale CCC CAMP che si terrà in Germania. Per chi volesse fare una mistica esperienza di partecipazione a 5 giorni di convegni, talk e workshop, in campeggio (con anche area "family village" per chi viene con i bambini) alla intersezione di tecnologia, qui le informazioni https://events.ccc.de/camp/2023/infos/ . Sono rimasti ultimi 22 biglietti per il CCC CAMP 2023 e ITALIAN HACKER EMBASSY dal 15 al 19 Agosto in Germania. Da acquistare entro Giovedì 29 Giugno, dopodiché non sarà possibile averne più e le vendite da parte del CCC sono già chiuse: https://pretix.eu/italianhackersembassy/ccc2023/ Fabio

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