{"id":540,"date":"2023-03-23T18:42:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/?p=540"},"modified":"2025-03-13T22:44:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:44:45","slug":"week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/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>Edward Ongwese, <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/188313\/artifical-intelligence-scams-propaganda-deceit\">&#8220;AI Scams are the Point&#8221;<\/a> (article, 16 min.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bender et al., &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3442188.3445922\">On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots:&nbsp;Can Language Models Be Too Big? \ud83e\udd9c<\/a>&#8221; (article, 44 min.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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:\u00a0<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 href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1r1lKbQlDKjOusk3DiSLI2VTItGbc4PnyPrwvZHWVV6A\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Locating bias in ML<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1GuH9wOc8Zhs9bhr__5sPjA7jrkX7H2SqLlktnGBhyEU\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Setting policy for ChatGPT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further reading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Podcasts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techwontsave.us\/\">Tech Won&#8217;t Save Us<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thismachinekillspod\">This Machine Kills<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/system-crash\/id1780445651\">System Crash<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some useful recent books<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Matteo Pasquinelli, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/products\/735-the-eye-of-the-master?srsltid=AfmBOooIEpVPWGDaXf9oqIqkOIpvO383d2IFOIh0cA9sGfeGGpnlG310\"><em>Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence<\/em> <\/a>(2023) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dhaliwal et al., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/9781517916695\/neural-networks\/\"><em>Neural Networks<\/em> <\/a>(2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kate Crawford, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.ucla.edu\/permalink\/01UCS_LAL\/17p22dp\/alma9996802499206533\">Atlas of AI<\/a><\/em> (2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hilke Schellmann, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.ucla.edu\/permalink\/01UCS_LAL\/17p22dp\/alma9921944455206531\">The Algorithm<\/a><\/em> (2024)<\/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\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/is270w25\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}