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How Judea Pearl Became One of AI's Sharpest Critics - The Atlantic
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 20, 2018

May 20, 2018

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/machine-learning-is-… How a Pioneer of Machine Learning Became One of Its Sharpest Critics Judea Pearl helped artificial intelligence gain a strong grasp on probability, but laments that it still can't compute cause and effect. Kevin HartnettMay 19, 2018 (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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A.I. border agents could use machine smarts to tell if travelers are lying
by Alberto Cammozzo May 19, 2018

May 19, 2018

<https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/ai-border-airport-virtual-agent/> If you’re at an airport or border crossing in the next few years, you could possibly find yourself answering questions asked by a surly artificial intelligence with very little tolerance for lying. According to a recent report, the United States, Canada, and the European Union are all said to be testing out new technology involving lie-detecting computer kiosks, which uses the latest A.I. tech to determine whether a person is trying to deceive officials. While facial-recognition technology <https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/facial-recognition-china-50000/> has been used as a security system in airports for at least the past decade, this proposed A.I. kiosk — like a more officious Siri or Google Assistant with the power to flag you as a possible cause for concern — goes further than simple face-matching. To make its judgments, the lie-detecting technology incorporates smart image recognition to spot signs of potential shiftiness. This includes giveaway eye movements, vocal changes, odd posture, or facial movements. According to a /CNBC/ report <https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/15/lie-detectors-with-artificial-intelligence-…>, the technology is up 80 percent accurate when it comes to spotting potential deceit, which it a better hit ratio than that of human agents employed to carry out this task. Humans, by comparison, score between 54 and 60 percent when carrying out these judgments. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security first funded this research for a virtual border agent around six years ago. The Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real-Time <http://borders.arizona.edu/cms/projects/avatar-automated-virtual-agent-trut…> (AVATAR) project was carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Arizona. It was tested at the U.S.-Mexico border on travelers who volunteered to participate in the study. In a report describing the 2011-2012 trial, the AVATAR technology was described as being potentially useful for processing citizenship, asylum, and refugee applications as a way to reduce backlogs. Similar systems have also been tested by other countries. [..]

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Presentazione internazionale di FULL | 24 maggio 2018, Venezia
by Francesco Ruggiero May 18, 2018

May 18, 2018

Carissimi, giovedì *24 maggio*, a partire dalle *ore 17*, si terrà la presentazione internazionale di *FULL the Future Urban Legacy Lab*, un centro interdipartimentale del Politecnico di Torino che promuove e raccoglie le esperienze di ricerca sui fenomeni urbani attraverso un nuovo approccio interdisciplinare, basato sull'integrazione di morfologia urbana, economia, progettazione e conoscenze socio-tecniche. Il *Centro Nexa* partecipa ai lavori di FULL conducendo ricerche sull’intelligenza artificiale nel contesto urbano, *Juan Carlos De Martin *è* membro del comitato scientifico.* L’appuntamento avrà luogo a *Tesa 105- Arsenale Nord*, Venezia. Interverranno *Matteo Robiglio* (Architetto and Project Manager di FULL), *Vicente Guallart* (Chief Architect di Barcellona), *Nina Rappaport* (Critica e curatrice), *Hyungmin Pai *(Co-Direttore dell Biennale di Seoul 2017), *José Aragüez* (Architetto e scrittore) e *Jianxiang He *(Architetto). Per partecipare si prega di contattare: full(a)polito.it. Cordiali saluti -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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Persuasori Social: trasparenza e democrazia nelle campagne elettorali digitali | 30 maggio, Roma
by Francesco Ruggiero May 18, 2018

May 18, 2018

Carissimi, mercoledì *30 maggio*, a partire dalle *ore 16*, si terrà la prima presentazione dei risultati del laboratorio partecipato con partiti politici, agenzie di comunicazione, autorità indipendenti, piattaforme digitali, sindacati, ordini professionali, giornalisti ed esperti, svolto all’interno del progetto di ricerca “*Punto zero*”. L’incontro avrà luogo in via della Dogana Vecchia 5, a Roma. Parteciperanno, tra gli altri, *Fabio Chiusi* (Coordinatore del progetto Punto Zero), *Giulio De Petra* (Centro per la Riforma dello Stato) e *Antonio Santangelo* (Direttore esecutivo del Centro Nexa). In allegato la locandina Per maggiori informazioni: https://nexa.polito.it/persuasori-social Cordiali saluti, Francesco -- Francesco Ruggiero Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: francesco.ruggiero(a)polito.it tel: 011 090 7219

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Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 18, 2018

May 18, 2018

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/5/17/17344250/google-x-selfish-l… Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering This internal video from 2016 shows a Google concept for how total data collection could reshape society Vlad SavovMay 17, 2018 8:00 am Google has built a multibillion-dollar business out of knowing everything about its users. Now, a video produced within Google and obtained by The Verge offers a stunningly ambitious and unsettling look at how some at the company envision using that information in the future. The video was made in late 2016 by Nick Foster, the head of design at X (formerly Google X) and a co-founder of the Near Future Laboratory. The video, shared internally within Google, imagines a future of total data collection, where Google helps nudge users into alignment with their goals, custom-prints personalized devices to collect more data, and even guides the behavior of entire populations to solve global problems like poverty and disease. When reached for comment on the video, an X spokesperson provided the following statement to The Verge: “We understand if this is disturbing -- it is designed to be. This is a thought-experiment by the Design team from years ago that uses a technique known as ‘speculative design’ to explore uncomfortable ideas and concepts in order to provoke discussion and debate. It’s not related to any current or future products.” continua al link di cui sopra

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Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering
by Giacomo Tesio May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018

Un video realizzato ad uso interno di Google nel 2016 potrebbe ispirare riflessioni interessanti. Particolarmente interessante l'idea di proporsi come un grillo parlante (letteralmente!), una coscienza collettiva che ottimizza le nostre scelte economiche alla luce della scelta di un modello morale di riferimento (fra quelli forniti). https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/17/17344250/google-x-selfish-ledger-video-d… A quanto ne so, nessuno degli scenari proposti nel video sono fantascienza dal punto di vista tecnologico. Per una volta, non si voleva incantare lo spettatore con le magnifiche sorti e progressive della Silicon Valley. Google stava vendendo *ai propri dipendenti* una *interpretazione *del loro lavoro. Assumiamo che Google voglia davvero fare solo del bene. Possiamo accettare di scegliere fra i 3 o 4 (o 10 o 50) modelli morali in offerta questa settimana? Possiamo accettare di essere manipolati per questi nobili scopi? Ma soprattutto, possiamo *lasciare* tanto potere ad una organizzazione privata? Giacomo

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What is Mathwashing?
by Giacomo Tesio May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018

Segnalo questo interessante neologismo, di cui è utille la diffusione: https://www.mathwashing.com/ Giacomo

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The risk from robot weapons (via The Statesman/Asia News Network, published in The Straits Times) [From: [RISKS] Risks Digest 30.69 ]
by Diego Latella May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: RISKS List Owner <risko(a)csl.sri.com> > Subject: [RISKS] Risks Digest 30.69 > Date: 17 May 2018 at 02:33:23 CEST > To: risks-resend(a)csl.sri.com > > RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest Wednesday 16 May 2018 Volume 30 : Issue 69 > > ACM FORUM ON RISKS TO THE PUBLIC IN COMPUTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS (comp.risks) > Peter G. Neumann, moderator, chmn ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > > ***** See last item for further information, disclaimers, caveats, etc. ***** > This issue is archived at <http://www.risks.org> as > <http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/30.69> > The current issue can also be found at > <http://www.csl.sri.com/users/risko/risks.txt> > > Contents: > [ … OMISSIS …] > The risk from robot weapons (via The Statesman/Asia News Network, > published in The Straits Times) > [ … OMISSIS …] > Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [ … OMISSIS …] > Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 16:34:51 -0700 > From: Richard M Stein <rmstein(a)ieee.org> > Subject: The risk from robot weapons (via The Statesman/Asia News Network, > published in The Straits Times) > > http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/the-risk-from-robot-weapons-the… > > 'A letter warning against the coming race of these weapons was signed in > 2015 by over 1,000 AI experts.' > > 'Peter Singer, an expert on future warfare at 'New America", a think tank, > has said that very powerful forces propel the AI arms race - geopolitical > compulsions, scientific advances and profit-seeking high technology > companies. > > 'Scharre has also raised the possibility that perhaps because of badly > written codes or perhaps because of cyber attack by an adversary, military > use autonomous systems can malfunction, raising possibilities of attack on > people or soldiers on the same side, or escalating conflicts or killing to > unintended, highly exaggerated levels.' > > Numerous public proclamations admonishing on AV weapon risks are > insufficient to deter investment and capability pursuit. There's apparently > too much momentum among businesses and governments to deflect this > juggernaut. > > With the Manhattan Project, scientific leadership recognized the risks > nuclear weapons raised. Some scientists argued for a demonstration, rather > than deployment, to compel quick Japanese surrender. Nagasaki and Hiroshima > were destroyed to temporarily establish and project US nuclear hegemony as a > deterrent. > > Aggressive international diplomacy among progressive governments might > negotiate an non-proliferation of autonomous weaponry treaty (NPAWT), like > the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). 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But if in the process we learn how to achieve it by love rather than by fear, by kindness rather than compulsion; if in the process we learn how to combine the essential with the enjoyable, the expedient with the benevolent, the practical with the beautiful, this will be an extra incentive to embark on this great task. Above all, remember your humanity. -- Sir Joseph Rotblat

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Google deve sospendere i suoi programmi di IA militare
by Antonio Casilli May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018

Buondì, ecco due links per allietare la vostra giornata. Oggi nel Guardian, un editoriale firmato da Lucy Suchman, Lilly Irani e Peter Asaro a proposito della nostra iniziativa contro il progetto Maven di Alphabet. "We call on Google to respect employees’ right to refuse work they find immoral or unethical." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/16/google-business-war-p… L'articolo invita a firmare la nostra petizione pubblicata sul sito dell'ICRAC (International Committee for Robot Arms Control) "Google should withdraw from Project Maven and commit to not weaponizing its technology" https://www.icrac.net/open-letter-in-support-of-google-employees-and-tech-w… Buona lettura e (spero) buona condivisione, ---a -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow, Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS) Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS) Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society

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World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap) 2.0
by GC F May 16, 2018

May 16, 2018

Cari tutti, Volevo farvi sapere che oggi è stata lanciata la versione 2.0 della World Intermediary Liability Map, un progetto da me sviluppato a Stanford CIS. La WILMap 2.0 è completamente rinnovata con nuovo layout e un database relazionale in grado di fornire molti dati utili circa regolamentazione della responsabilità degli intermediari online. https://wilmap.law.stanford.edu/ Giancarlo

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