{"id":540,"date":"2023-03-23T18:42:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/?p=540"},"modified":"2023-06-01T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:30:58","slug":"week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/2023\/03\/23\/week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Machine Learning &amp; AI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You\u2019ll learn how ubiquitous machine learning is right now and consider just a few of the issues it raises for the information professions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read, view, and listen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/alliedmedia.org\/resources\/peoples-guide-to-ai\" target=\"_blank\">People\u2019s Guide to Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(pamphlet, 67 min.; it\u2019s OK to skim)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/ED603715.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cResponsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Libraries\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;(32 min.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Avxm7JYjk8M\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAutomating Inequality\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;(video, 29 min.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further reading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>David Bamman, a professor of information studies at UC Berkeley, has published his syllabus for&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.ischool.berkeley.edu\/i290-dds\/s17\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deconstructing Data Science<\/a>, a course that introduces students both to detailed understandings of statistical analysis and a consideration of ethical issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a couple podcasts (that I know of) that offer a really good breakdown of how LLMs work, as well as critiques of AI hype:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li><em>The Limitations of ChatGPT with Emily M. Bender and Casey Fiesler<\/em>, 2023.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gSRN_3pkTsc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gSRN_3pkTsc<\/a>. (podcast, 62 mins.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tech Won\u2019t Save Us. \u201cDon\u2019t Fall for the AI Hype w\/ Timnit Gebru,\u201d January 19, 2023.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/techwontsave.us\/episode\/151_dont_fall_for_the_ai_hype_w_timnit_gebru.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/techwontsave.us\/episode\/151_dont_fall_for_the_ai_hype_w_timnit_gebru.html<\/a>&nbsp;(podcast, 64 mins.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-class activities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Slides:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/17dVuqFKfbdzAGtU44nU8PtL6hFASjRDABEOLzY9owIY\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">machine learning<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1PGkTxl2Q9nEecpJkg-dYNqw6T_ek-Plk2FkXo1sQ83E\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Teachable Machine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1r1lKbQlDKjOusk3DiSLI2VTItGbc4PnyPrwvZHWVV6A\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Locating bias in ML<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/docs\/hub\/model-card-annotated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Model cards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1GuH9wOc8Zhs9bhr__5sPjA7jrkX7H2SqLlktnGBhyEU\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Setting policy for ChatGPT<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucla.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_eyiNl80ETA20awwz3tMorA#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emily Bender at UCLA: Monday at noon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(A few) Organizations looking at bias in AI\/ML<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Algorithmic Justice League<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stoplapdspying.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stop LAPD Spying<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/facctconference.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/alliance.hosting.nyu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alliance for Public Interest Technology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/facctconference.org\/network\/\" target=\"_blank\">Past and upcoming workshops and events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ainowinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI Now Institute at NYU<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/datasociety.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Data &amp; Society<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oii.ox.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford Internet Institute<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/algorithmwatch.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Algorithm Watch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c2i2.ucla.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2I2) at UCLA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machine Learning &#038; AI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-readings","tag-readings","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270s23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}