Mel Andrews
@bayesianboy
PhD philosophy of science, AI ethics, mathematical modelling, machine learning, cognitive science, science reform.
'water is transparent only within a very narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum, so living organisms evolved sensitivity to that band, and that's what we now call "visible light". ' (found via HN)
Those of you who routinely use or encounter ML-based automated decision-making or decision-support systems in socially consequential tasks in your work, are fairness toolkits/evals in play?
inside of you are two brain: right (meaning) and left (cellphone)


we’re at the point where the entirety of modern computing, from cloud software to the internet, is being called “AI” because it runs on datacentres, which have been reclassified as AI
The only reason to refer to technology as “AI” is to confuse people. Change my mind.
Legibility → governance
The only reason to refer to technology as “AI” is to confuse people. Change my mind.