Machine Learning Evaluation A first draft of a syllabus

This semester, @rajiinio.bsky.social and I are leading a grad seminar on evaluating machine learning systems. I have more questions than answers. www.argmin.net/p/machine-le...

Mein Buch «Die Rhetorik der Rechten» ist leider sehr aktuell. Ich schaffe es zeitlich nicht, eine überarbeitete Neuauflage zu veröffentlichen. Das Buch ist mittlerweile vergriffen.Ich habe mich entschieden, es gratis zum Download zur Verfügung zu stellen: www.franziskaschutzbach.com/die-rhetorik...

Screenshot of a paper in the International Journal of Press/Politics. Title: When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries. Authors: Petter Törnberg and Juliana Chueri. Abstract: The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of misinformation. Yet, little is known of the relationship between party politics and the spread of misinformation—in part due to a dearth of cross-national empirical data needed for comparative study. This article examines which parties are more likely to spread misinformation, by drawing on a comprehensive database of 32M tweets from parliamentarians in 26 countries, spanning 6years and several election periods. The dataset is combined with external databases such as Parlgov and V-Dem, linking the spread of misinformation to detailed information about political parties and cabinets, thus enabling a comparative politics approach to misinformation. Using multilevel analysis with random country intercepts, we find that radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation. Populism, left- wing populism, and right-wing politics are not linked to the spread of misinformation. These results suggest that political misinformation should be understood as part and parcel of the current wave of radical right populism, and its opposition to liberal democratic institution.

This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.”

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The 2025 economy: 5 things to watch Tariffs, taxes and immigration are likely to determine the course of the coming year.

The economy is in good shape heading into 2025. Inflation is coming down, growth is brisk, and the job market has remained surprisingly resilient.

Here are five areas economists are watching closely in the new year.

In ein paar Minuten geht es los - die Bühne wartet schon🤩👇

Mein Impuls zu #Neurodiversity im MINT Bereich auf dem neugegründeten MINT-Campus in Köln.

Being autistic in the workplace has its challenges. I'm always refusing to agree to impossible deadlines, saying exactly what I mean, demanding processes in place so we don't make the same mistake twice, pointing out the natural ramifications of our decisions, and other embarrassing social foibles

Reminder! 31 October 2023: Submissions formally open for SURVEILLANCE IN AN AGE OF CRISIS, the 10th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network / Surveillance & Society Conference, 28-31 May 2024, in Ljubliana, Slovenia. #surveillance #security #datajustice #privacy #humanrights easychair.org/cfp/SSN2024

Back when I was an interim biz librarian, I would use Palant*r as my example when searching CSR/ESG databases for reports on human rights concerns. Wanted to make sure the biz tech students knew who they would be recruited by.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Surveillance in an Age of Crisis: the 10th Biennial @SurvStudiesNet / @SurvSoc_Journal Conference #SSN2024, 28-31 May 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Deadline: 31st Dec 2023. #surveillance #datajustice #humanrights #privacy #security easychair.org/cfp/SSN2024

AI and science: what 1,600 researchers think A Nature survey finds that scientists are concerned, as well as excited, by the increasing use of artificial-intelligence tools in research. A Nature survey finds that scientists are concerned, as wel...

A 2023 Nature survey of 1,600 researchers found that more than 25% use AI to help them write manuscripts and that more than 15% use the technology to help them write grant proposals. 👀

"Die jüngste Version von OpenAIs Chatbot-Technologie, ChatGPT-4, beinhaltet nun die "Fähigkeit" der Bilderkennung, die weitreichende Implikationen und Anwendungen für das schulische und außerschulische Lernen verspricht."

Ein Blogbeitrag.

bobblume.de/2023/10/14/u...

«There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.»

Happy Birthday, Hannah Arendt.

Love it!

Corporations are paying for worker abuse audits that are ‘designed to fail’, say insiders US and UK companies with foreign operations use audits to prevent worker abuse – but auditors say the checks aren’t working

I've spent recent months digging into the auditing industry for
The Guardian, a for-profit intervention meant to stop exploitation of foreign workers by US companies that critics say is instead just protecting companies and their profits from costly PR scandals. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Das Late-Night-Memo für die Hauptstadt • Berlin.Table Lesen Sie aktuelle News zur Politik in Deutschland im Berlin.Table - dem neuen Late-Night-Memo für die Hauptstadt! Deutschland News auf einen Klick!

»Musk verbreitet selbst Hate Speech«

Die Antidiskriminierungsbeauftragte des Bundes Ferda Ataman hat die Bundesregierung zum Verlassen des Musk-Netzwerks X aufgerufen. X sei kein Umfeld für die Bundesregierung (mehr).

Die ganze Geschichte heute im Berlin.Table @tablemedia.bsky.social

Cornel West, Dropping Green Party, Will Run as an Independent The left-wing scholar and writer has sought and then abandoned two third-party nominations since announcing his presidential campaign in June.

Cornel West, the left-wing academic and third-party presidential candidate, said that he would not seek the Green Party’s nomination for president and would run instead as an independent.

Bumblebee on bright yellow dandelion. Up close.

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

#279.

Research suggests that around one in five #bumblebee queens perish during winter #hibernation.
Heavier queens, having greater reserves of fat and glycogen, are more likely to survive than their lighter counterparts.
#bees

This is the whole point of AI. It’s not to actually replace humans. It’s to change your title from “head writer” to “assistant AI technician,” not credit you, and pay you half of what you were paid before

65% of neurodivergent employees fear discrimination despite UK businesses promoting neurodiverse wor... The research team surveyed 1117 people, including 127 employers and 990 neurodivergent employees.

New research has found significant barriers to neurodivergent employees disclosing their neurodivergence to employers.

“The world of work needs people who can create and are divergent thinkers – neurodiverse workers bring exactly this!”

www.bbk.ac.uk/news/neurodi...

#Neurodiversity #Inclusion

Teaching coding inclusively - your reminder at the start of term!

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Excited to share this short & sweet article I wrote with
@samhforbes.bsky.social!

Teaching coding inclusively: if this, then what? doi.org/10.31235/osf...

The title perhaps says it all; we show through arguments and examples what women experience in programming class and what to do to remedy it.

AI’s Present Matters More Than Its Imagined Future Let’s not spend too much time daydreaming.

Such a good and on point article/critique by @rajiinio.bsky.social 🙌🏼 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Why AI is teetering on the edge of a disillusionment cliff | The AI Beat Here's why I think AI is teetering on the edge of a disillusionment cliff — and how to bring it back to firmer ground.

OpenAI says it is developing AI to “benefit all of humanity,” while Anthropic touts its bonafides in making sure AI doesn’t destroy humanity (gee, thanks!)" But we need "more than these vague pronouncements. For AI to succeed, humanity needs to get on board" venturebeat.com/ai/why-ai-is...

And with this, the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 podcast is up to date! Huge thanks to @ctaylsaurus.bsky.social for making that happen and of course @alexhanna.bsky.social for being an amazing co-host :)

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Assessing Interest: Evaluating AI Systems Filling out this form will help the ethics & society regulars at Hugging Face to decide whether to pursue a project focused on evaluating AI with respect to specific use cases. If there is enough inte...

ASSESSING INTEREST: Do you work in gov, law, education, critical infra, biometrics, or are self-employed? Would you use AI in your role if it worked well? Interested in helping to explain *what would it mean for the system to work well*? If YES 👇
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Makro Photo of Cladonia lichen. They are also called „pixie cups“, because they look like little cocktail glasses with a thin „stem“ and a cup shaped part at the top

Red .. I know it as „Apothecium“ in German … in English maybe ascocarp? … of Cladonia

More Cladonia on a tree stump

Cladonia growing between moss and pine needles

„Do you have hobbies?“
„Oh, pretty normal stuff, you know? Like Cladonia.”
”…?”
”Yeah, like sitting in the woods and looking at it, taking 10.000 photos of it, spending an incredible amount of time during the day thinking about it. The usual stuff what everyone does.“
„… o-okay …“

🌿🍄 #lichen

Happy October everybody! In this month's episode, Dr Jamie Dow discusses aesthetic techniques in persuasive speech. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-resea...

Es gerät etwas ins Rutschen. Vermutlich schon länger. Aber es hat an Fahrt gewonnen.

Ich war stolz, dass wir 2015 geholfen haben. Dass wir Menschlichkeit hochgehalten haben. Bei allen Problemen.

Heute reicht die Entmenschlichung Flüchtender weit in die „Mitte“. Ich habe Angst.