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Register for the #DiPLab webinar ft. Matheus Viana Braz, author of "Micro-work in Brazil" (June 14, 3:30 PM)
by Antonio Casilli June 7, 2023

June 7, 2023

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the upcoming #DiPLab webinar, which will take place on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at 3:30 PM (CEST) . This occasion is made even more special by the presence of Matheus Viana Braz , who will present an exclusive preview of our report Micro-work in Brazil ( Microtrabalho no Brasil. Quem são os trabalhadores por trás da inteligência artificial? ), conducted in collaboration with the LATRAPS laboratory at the Minas Gerais State University (UEMG). Matheus Viana is a psychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at UEMG and a professor in the Graduate Program in Psychology at the Maringá State University (UEM). He is also a researcher partner of the DiPLab research team. His research focuses on the transformations of work in the digital age, with a particular emphasis on independent workers and micro-work platforms. This webinar will be held online on the BBB (Big Blue Button) platform . We invite you to register using the following link : [ https://diplab.eu/matheus-viana-braz-guest-speaker-of-our-monthly-diplab-se… | https://diplab.eu/matheus-viana-braz-guest-speaker-of-our-monthly-diplab-se… ] Once registered, you will receive instructions on how to access the webinar. Please feel free to forward this message to any potential participant in your networks, or to anyone else who may be interested. On behalf of the DiPLab team, Antonio Casilli Who are the microworkers in Brazil? Working Conditions, Worker’s Health and Managerial Ideology in AI Data Annotation Platforms This presentation builds upon the upcoming research conducted by DiPLab/LATRAPS titled “Microwork in Brazil: Who Are the Workers Behind Artificial Intelligence?” to offer a unique perspective on the data production for AI training in Brazil. The focus of this presentation is to analyze the impact of working conditions on the health of individuals engaged in informal platform jobs in Brazil, particularly emphasizing the relationship between these conditions and managerial ideology. The data sources utilized in this analysis also include a digital ethnography conducted between 2020 and 2021, analysis of platform websites terms of service, and in-depth interviews with Brazilian microworkers. By examining the four mediation systems of economics, politics, ideology, and psychology, the presentation argues that managerial ideology, intertwined with the Californian ideology, plays a crucial role in labor management. The primary objective of this ideology is to ensure worker compliance with the platforms while concealing labor conflicts by shifting them to the individual level, thus creating an environment of individualized suffering. [ https://matheusvianabraz.net/ | Matheus Viana ] is a psychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the [ https://ufmg.br/international-visitors | Minas Gerais State University ] (UEMG), Brazil, and a professor for the [ http://www.cpr.uem.br/international/index.php/en/teaching/graduate-programs… | Graduate Program in Psychology at the Maringá State University ] (UEM). He holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and was a junior visiting researcher at the Paris Diderot University, France in 2017. His research focuses on Digital Labor, Platform Labor, Artificial Intelligence and Automation of Work, and Worker’s Health.

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Conferenza di Richard Stallman
by Daniela Tafani June 6, 2023

June 6, 2023

Buonasera. La conferenza di Richard Stallman di domani alle 10,00 sarà trasmessa qui: https://stallman.org/live/ Un saluto, Daniela

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163° Mercoledì di Nexa | 14 giugno 2023, ore 17.00
by Nexa Media June 6, 2023

June 6, 2023

Gentilissime, gentilissimi, Vi invitiamo a partecipare al *163° Mercoledì di Nexa*, che si terrà *mercoledì 14 giugno*, alle ore 17.00, con un incontro dal titolo /*"We need to talk about data work for machine learning"*/. Ospite dell'incontro: *Milagros Miceli* (Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, The DAIR Institute)/*.*/ _L'incontro si terrà IN PRESENZA e ONLINE._ _SEDE FISICA_ dell'incontro: Centro Nexa su Internet e Società, Politecnico di Torino, Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (1° piano). Per accedere alla sala si raccomanda di suonare al citofono *Portineria* e di seguire le indicazioni segnalate dai cartelli lungo il percorso. QUI <https://nexa.polito.it/contatti> maggiori informazioni su come raggiungerci. _STANZA VIRTUALE_ dell'incontro: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent Di seguito maggiori dettagli: Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-163> NEXA 163° Mercoledì di Nexa Mercoledì 14 giugno 2023, ore 17.00 - 19.00 Politecnico di Torino https://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-163 /We need to talk about data work for machine learning/ *MILAGROS MICELI (Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, The DAIR Institute)* *L'INCONTRO SI TERRÀ IN PRESENZA E ONLINE* *SEDE FISICA*: Centro Nexa su Internet e Società, Politecnico di Torino, Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (1° piano). Suonare al citofono *Portineria* - Seguire le indicazioni segnalate dai cartelli apposti all'ingresso e lungo il percorso. (Per maggiori informazioni su come raggiungerci clicca QUI <https://nexa.polito.it/contatti>) *STANZA VIRTUALE*: https://didattica.polito.it/VClass/NexaEvent *Data quality* plays a pivotal role in the performance of *machine learning (ML) models*. Over the past decade, considerable research and industry efforts have focused on addressing biases and minimizing personal subjectivities in data collection, curation, classification, and labeling by data workers. In this talk, I propose a shift of perspective to emphasize *the importance of labor in data production* and explore power imbalances inherent in data work that significantly shape datasets and systems. I argue that enhancing labor conditions in data work and leveraging data workers’ expertise can improve data quality and help develop ML systems that are more inclusive and just. Starting from the assumption that power imbalances are the problem, not just bias, leads to fundamentally different research questions and methods of inquiry. In this sense, I highlight *the need for interdisciplinary dialogue and cooperation in the study of data quality and data work*. BIOGRAFIA e informazioni supplementari: [mercoledì163] *Milagros MICELI* is a sociologist and computer scientist. Her research is centered on exploring the production of ground-truth data for machine learning, with a specific focus on labor conditions and power dynamics involved in data generation and labeling. Dr. Miceli is interested in analyzing the underlying questions of meaning-making, knowledge production, and symbolic power embedded within machine learning data. Dr. Miceli's work sheds light on the ethical and social implications of AI development, especially data work. Her research has significant implications for the responsible design and deployment of machine learning technologies. Dr. Miceli leads the research group “Data, Algorithmic Systems, and Ethics“ at the Weizenbaum Institute. She is also a research fellow at the DAIR Institute, where she is actively investigating ways to engage communities of data workers in AI research. *Letture consigliate:* * Adrienne Williams, Milagros Miceli and Timnit Gebru, /The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence <https://www.noemamag.com/the-exploited-labor-behind-artificial-intelligence…>/, NOEMA, October 13, 2022 * Milagros Miceli and Julian Posada, /The Data-Production Dispositif <https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3555561>/, Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., Vol. 6, No. CSCW2, Article 460. Publication date: November 2022 * Milagros Miceli, Martin Schuessler and Tianling Yang, /Between Subjectivity and Imposition: Power Dynamics in Data Annotation for Computer Vision <https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3415186>/, Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., Vol. 1, No. 1, Article 115. Publication date: October 2020 Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e “Nexa Lunch Seminar” <https://www.facebook.com/nexa.center/> <https://twitter.com/nexacenter> <https://www.youtube.com/user/NexaCenter> <https://www.instagram.com/nexa_center/> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/3054864/admin/> #nexawednesday <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23nexawednesday&src=typd> #MilagrosMiceli <https://twitter.com/MilagrosMiceli> #WeizenbaumInstitut <https://twitter.com/JWI_Berlin> #DAIRInstitut <https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute> Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica), fondato nel 2006, è un centro di ricerca interdisciplinare che, in collaborazione con l’Università di Torino (in particolare il Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza), studia le tecnologie digitali e il loro rapporto con la società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. Durante i “Mercoledì di Nexa”, che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese alle ore 17 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma accessibile, i temi legati alla Rete: “intelligenza artificiale”, reti sociali, software libero, capitalismo della sorveglianza, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, condivisione di file, "big data" e "open data", “smart cities”, e molto altro. Al centro della maggior parte degli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino, i Proff. Marco Ricolfi e Maurizio Borghi dell'Università di Torino, lo staff, i Fellows del Centro Nexa e tutti i presenti. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Le registrazioni degli incontri sono disponibili qui: https://nexa.polito.it/audio-video. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Responsabile Comunicazione Centro Nexa su Internet & Società: *Anita Botta*, tel: +39 011 090 7219, Mob: +39 347 131 3903, anita.botta(a)polito.it. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved>. Cordiali saluti, -- Anita Botta Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it/ mail: anita.botta(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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Japan Goes All In: Copyright Doesn’t Apply To AI Training
by don Luca Peyron June 5, 2023

June 5, 2023

https://technomancers.ai/japan-goes-all-in-copyright-doesnt-apply-to-ai-tra… _________________________ 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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Generating Harms: Generative AI’s Impact & Paths Forward - EPIC
by Diego.Latella June 5, 2023

June 5, 2023

Potrebbe essere di Vostro interesse: Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Generating Harms: Generative AI's Impact & Paths Forward EPIC Report https://epic.org/new-epic-report-sheds-light-on-generative-a-i-harms/ DL -- Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR/ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it [1]) FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) CNR/GI-STS (http://gists.pi.cnr.it) https://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, fax: +390506212040 =================== Links: ------ [1] http://www.isti.cnr.it

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Borsa di dottorato
by Daniela Tafani June 5, 2023

June 5, 2023

Buongiorno. Segnalo un bando, con scadenza alle ore 13,00 del 30 giugno prossimo, per una borsa di dottorato in Scienze politiche, presso il Dipartimento di Scienze politiche di Pisa: https://www.dottorato.unipi.it/index.php/it/concorsi-d-ammissione-a-a-2023-… Il tema, per il quale abbiamo tratto ispirazione anche dalle conversazioni in questa lista, sul passaggio al software libero, è Uscire dallo stato di minorità: cittadinanza digitale e percorsi di emancipazione Qui la scheda: https://www.dottorato.unipi.it/images/stories/concorsi_2023_2024/concorsi_b… Sono ammesse tutte le lauree magistrali. Trattandosi di una borsa PNRR, è previsto un tirocinio presso una pubblica amministrazione (nel nostro caso, un'istituzione scolastica). Vi saremmo molto grate se voleste darne informazione a tutti i potenziali interessati. Un saluto, Daniela

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Japan : Copyright Doesn’t Apply To AI Training
by Marco Fioretti June 2, 2023

June 2, 2023

The policy allows AI to use any data “regardless of whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is an act other than reproduction, or whether it is content obtained from illegal sites or otherwise.” https://technomancers.ai/japan-goes-all-in-copyright-doesnt-apply-to-ai-tra… (https://technomancers.ai/japan-goes-all-in-copyright-doesnt-apply-to-ai-tra…)

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AI-controlled US military drone ‘kills’ its operator in simulated test | US military | The Guardian
by Alberto Cammozzo June 2, 2023

June 2, 2023

<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/01/us-military-drone-ai-killed…> In a virtual test staged by the US military, an air force drone controlled by AI decided to “kill” its operator to prevent it from interfering with its efforts to achieve its mission, an official said last month. AI used “highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal” in the simulated test, said Col Tucker ‘Cinco’ Hamilton, the chief of AI test and operations with the US air force, during the Future Combat Air and Space Capabilities Summit in London in May. Hamilton described a simulated test in which a drone powered by artificial intelligence was advised to destroy an enemy’s air defense systems, and ultimately attacked anyone who interfered with that order. “The system started realising that while they did identify the threat, at times the human operator would tell it not to kill that threat, but it got its points by killing that threat. So what did it do? It killed the operator. It killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective,” he said, according to a blogpost. “We trained the system – ‘Hey don’t kill the operator – that’s bad. You’re gonna lose points if you do that’. So what does it start doing? It starts destroying the communication tower that the operator uses to communicate with the drone to stop it from killing the target.” No real person was harmed. Hamilton, who is an experimental fighter test pilot, has warned against relying too much on AI and said the test shows “you can’t have a conversation about artificial intelligence, intelligence, machine learning, autonomy if you’re not going to talk about ethics and AI”. The US military has embraced AI and recently used artificial intelligence to control an F-16 fighter jet. In an interview last year with Defense IQ, Hamilton said, “AI is not a nice to have, AI is not a fad, AI is forever changing our society and our military.” “We must face a world where AI is already here and transforming our society,” he said. “AI is also very brittle, ie, it is easy to trick and/or manipulate. We need to develop ways to make AI more robust and to have more awareness on why the software code is making certain decisions – what we call AI-explainability.” The Royal Aeronautical Society, which hosts the conference, and the US air force did not respond to requests for comment from the Guardian. In a statement to Insider, Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek denied that any such simulation has taken place. “The Department of the Air Force has not conducted any such AI-drone simulations and remains committed to ethical and responsible use of AI technology,” Stefanek said. “It appears the colonel’s comments were taken out of context and were meant to be anecdotal.”

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Borse di studio per la partecipazione al festival di Rovereto di Informatici Senza Frontiere
by Norberto Patrignani June 1, 2023

June 1, 2023

Inoltro da Informatici Senza Frontiere Norberto ----- carissimi, come tutti gli anni il Festival di Informatici Senza Frontiere mette a disposizione degli studenti una quindicina di borse di studio per la loro partecipazione ai tre giorni della manifestazione. Vi allego percio' una locandina descrittiva chiedendovi la cortesia di divulgarla il piu' possibile, magari esponendone una copia nella bacheca della facolta'. Nel ringraziarvi anticipatamente vi porgo i miei piu' cordiali saluti, dino maurizio Dino Maurizio Informatici Senza Frontiere APS Viale IV Novembre, 70/E 31100 Treviso<https://maps.google.com/?q=via+Noalese+40+31100+Treviso&entry=gmail&source=g> (TV)

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Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All | 13 giugno 2023, ore 17.00
by Nexa Media June 1, 2023

June 1, 2023

Carissime, carissimi, Vi segnaliamo che *martedì 13 giugno*, alle ore 17.00, sarà possibile partecipare alla presentazione del volume: /*Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All*/ <https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/books_pres_0/148…>, a cura dell'autore *Peter Baldwin* (University of California), in dialogo con *Maurizio Borghi* (Università di Torino) e *Ugo Mattei* (Università di Torino, International University College). L'incontro, organizzato in collaborazione con l'International University College, avrà luogo al *Campus Leone Ginzburg*, Via Cigna 37, Torino. Per maggiori informazioni è possibile consultare la pagina: https://nexa.polito.it/Athena-Unbound Grazie per l'attenzione, Cordiali saluti, -- Anita Botta Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino – DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: https://nexa.polito.it/ mail: anita.botta(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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