diff --git a/READING-LIST.md b/READING-LIST.md index e106172..9e0110d 100644 --- a/READING-LIST.md +++ b/READING-LIST.md @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The organisers then pick a handful of these books and get the community to vote | Title | Author | Year | Additional Info | |:--|:--|:--|:--| | [AI Needs You](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244877/ai-needs-you) | *Verity Harding* | 2024 | | +| [AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference](https://www.aisnakeoil.com/) | *Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor* | 2024 | | | [Algorithms of Oppression](https://safiyaunoble.com/research-writing/) | *Safiya Noble* | 2018 | | | [Artificial Unintelligence: How computers misunderstand the world](https://meredithbroussard.com/books/) | *Meredith Broussard* | 2018 | ✅ [06.12.22, 12:30](./Sessions/2022/12-22-session.md) | | [Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence](https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300264630/atlas-of-ai/) | *Kate Crawford* | 2022 | ✅ [26.07.2021, 12:30](./Sessions/2021/07-21-session.md) | diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f41c5e4..15ae4f5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The Data Ethics and Society Reading Group is a space for public sector colleague We meet (virtually) four times a year. -> Stay tuned for our next event, coming in December this year. Join our [mailing list](https://xgovdataethics.substack.com/) to not miss out on future events. +> [Sign up to our next event on December 3rd, where we are discussing Brian Christian's 'The Alignment Problem'!](https://buytickets.at/dataethics/1406213/r/github) While you're here, you may also want to: @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ If you'd like to make a suggestion for what to read, please do so however you pr * make a Pull Request (PR) on [our repository](https://github.com/ukgovdatascience/data-ethics-and-society-reading-group) * contact us via [email](mailto:xgov-data-ethics@proton.me) -Suggestions will be viewed by the organisers and several times a year we will ask those signed-up to our [mailing list](https://xgovdataethics.substack.com/) to vote on a book to be read at a futute event. +Suggestions will be viewed by the organisers and several times a year we will ask those signed-up to our [mailing list](https://xgovdataethics.substack.com/) to vote on a book to be read at a futute event. --- @@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ Box](https://github.com/DataKind-UK/data-ethics-book-club-in-a-box) from [DataKi ### Emoji Key -This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification, with some small tweaks to fit our purposes! We use... +This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification, with some small tweaks to fit our purposes! We use... * 🖋 for submitting suggestions to the "reading" list (suggestions can be any medium!) -* 💬 for leading the discussion in a meeting -* 📋 for organising +* 💬 for leading the discussion in a meeting +* 📋 for organising * 🤔 for ideas and planning of the group * 🎨 for visual design (e.g. logo) * 🚧 for repository maintenance (e.g. fixing links) diff --git a/SESSIONS.md b/SESSIONS.md index 5382571..edfe884 100644 --- a/SESSIONS.md +++ b/SESSIONS.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ An sign-up link will be sent out via Slack, as well as our [mailing list](https: | Upcoming Sessions | Discussion Material | |----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| -| [03.12.24, 13:30](./Sessions/2024/06-24-session.md) | [The Alignment Problem: How Can Artificial Intelligence Learn Human Values?](https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-alignment-problem/) | +| [03.12.24, 13:30](./Sessions/2024/12-24-session.md)- [sign up here](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dataethics/1406213/r/github) | [The Alignment Problem: How Can Artificial Intelligence Learn Human Values?](https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-alignment-problem/) | You can see a record of what we have discussed here: diff --git a/Sessions/2024/09-24-session.md b/Sessions/2024/09-24-session.md index 1ad3b5b..49cd295 100644 --- a/Sessions/2024/09-24-session.md +++ b/Sessions/2024/09-24-session.md @@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ ## Description -In this session we will discuss [Code Depedent](https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/madhumita-murgia/code-dependent/9781529097306) by Madhumita Murgia, which discusses how AI is changing what it means to be human; the book provides an unrivalled investigation into the impact of AI on how we live now. - -> Get your tickets [here](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dataethics/1292240/r/govdatascislack). +In this session we will discuss [Code Dependent](https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/madhumita-murgia/code-dependent/9781529097306) by Madhumita Murgia, which discusses how AI is changing what it means to be human; the book provides an unrivalled investigation into the impact of AI on how we live now. ## Discussion points -- To be added nearer the date. +* After reading Code Dependent, has your perspective on the role of AI in society changed? +* If so, how? Which chapters were influential in this? Did this surprise you? +* What do you believe are the major risks our society faces with the increasing adoption of AI systems? +* What does a fair wage for data workers look like? Should this be dependent on location and task, or is a ‘global wage’ appropriate? + +> 📝 :arrow_right: [**Sign up here!**][SIGN-UP-LINK] + +## Description + +You're welcome to join us for our next Data Ethics & Society Reading Group on DAY the DATE at [13:30 GMT][LINK-TO-TIMEDATE]. This time we're going to read [The Alignment Problem][LINK-TO-CONTENT] by Brian Christian, which got the #1 spot on The New York Times' Five Best Books About Artificial Intelligence and which "Masterfully surveys the ‘AI fairness’ community, introducing us to some of its main characters, some of its historical roots, and crucially, many of its philosophical quandaries and limitations" according to Cathy O’Neil, author of _Weapons of Math Destruction_, which we read in [May 2023](../2023/05-23-session.md). + +Thank you to everyone who voted for this content. + +## Discussion points + +There will be time to talk about whatever we like, relating to the book, but here are some specific questions to think about while you're reading. + +TBC + +--- + + + +[LINK-TO-TIMEDATE]: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Data+Ethics+%26+Society+Reading+Group-+December+2024&iso=20241203T1330&p1=%3A&ah=1E +[SIGN-UP-LINK]: https://buytickets.at/dataethics/1406213/r/github +[LINK-TO-CONTENT]: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-alignment-problem/