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Moral AI Can computers understand morality? Can they respect privacy? What can we do to make AI safe and fair? The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today, there are self-driving cars on our stree...

📖 Book: www.penguin.co.uk/books/317706...

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"Moral AI" also emphasizes that technology alone isn't enough and that AI systems are created by humans within a human society. It highlights the importance of communication and collaboration between AI contributors and stresses also the potential that we have when we succeed in creating moral AI.

▷ Actionable insights: The book provides calls to action for scaling moral AI technical tools, disseminating best practices, and promoting civic participation.

▷ Forward-thinking: The book raises questions about unforeseen consequences and the need for careful planning as AI progresses

▷ Solutions-oriented: It discusses implementing human morality into AI systems and offers strategies for achieving this

▷ Practical considerations: It explores ethical and practical considerations, including biases in data and the importance of representative samples

▷ Real-world examples: Illustrative case studies and examples highlight common AI problems and potential misuses

▷ Comprehensive coverage: The book dives into defining AI, its shortcomings in moral reasoning, safety concerns, privacy, fairness, and legal/moral responsibility

It's a highly recommended read for anyone in the field, whether technical or non-technical.

What makes this book stand out for me:

▷ Diverse authors: The authors come from different fields and backgrounds, acknowledging that solving AI's challenges requires a multidisciplinary approach.

“Moral AI” dives into the critical intersection of ethics and AI, exploring the decisions that will shape our future.

The book provides a balanced view of what moral AI is, why it's important, and how we can achieve it.

Photo of the book “Moral AI” by Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, and Vincent Conitzer. The cover has a red background with white and black text. It features an illustration of a sliding puzzle with a partially completed image of a person’s face, symbolizing the complexity of moral AI. The book is part of the Pelican Books series.

Artificial intelligence is shaping our world, but how do we ensure it aligns with human and moral values?

Here’s a short review of “Moral AI” which addresses these and other questions: cosimameyer.com/post/moral-a...

#MoralAI #AIethics #Ethics #ResponsibleAI

posit conf 2025. A happy group of last year's opp scholars.

Discover posit::conf as an Opportunity Scholar! The deadline to apply is this Friday, February 21st.

The program includes travel funds, accommodations, and registration. We shared reflections from a few of last year's Scholars: posit.co/blog/discove...

Apply today!

#PositConf2025 #RStats #Python

Thanks so much - I’m happy that you like them! I’ve drawn them - it’s a nice change to get creative during the evenings :)

📖 Setting Up a Gallery with Hugo: cosimameyer.com/post/setting...

A big thanks to Nico Kaiser for creating the Hugo theme 🙌

And the gallery is still growing - if you know someone who should be featured, feel free to reach out!

Curious how I set up the gallery? I wrote a short blog post on adding a gallery to your website:

Screenshot of the Illustrations Gallery website showing a preview on “Amazing Women in Tech”. It shows hexagon tiles with small portraits of different amazing women in tech.

When I started creating portraits of women in tech last year, I had no idea how quickly it would grow into the "Amazing Women in Tech" series ✨

I set up a gallery where you can flip through the portraits:

🌟 Amazing Women in Tech Gallery: gallery.cosimameyer.com

#womenintech #amazingwomenintech

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R package creation made easy: Introducing {fusen}, Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 4:30 PM | Meetup Do you want to learn how to develop R packages from scratch? This new R-Ladies Cologne series is just for you! Together, we’ll walk through **every step of package developm

And if this made you curious what @rladies-cologne.bsky.social are doing or want to generally learn more about developing software in #rstats, they are kicking off a new series on package development with the first session coming up next week. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/rladies-colo... 👩‍💻

I can't wait to see these initiatives continue to grow and spread across the globe! ✨

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A few projects that will always hold a special place in my heart are our amazing collaborations with other chapters (R-Ladies Bergen, R-Ladies Gaborone, R-Ladies Nairobi, R-Ladies Paris, PyLadies Tunis, @pyladiesparis.bsky.social, and Pyladies Munich) & the launch of the PyLadies 💜 R-Ladies series

Running the chapter, co-organizing events, and thinking about how to make the #rstats community even better has been a wonderful experience that I don't want to miss - and most of all because of the amazing people I've met along the way!

It is with a full heart that I step down from my role with @rladies-cologne.bsky.social a chapter of @rladies.org that I had the pleasure of founding in 2021 💜

Image showing the architecture of the bot. The bot's backend resides in a GitHub repository. GitHub Actions serves as a CRON trigger, running on a regular schedule. The CRON trigger activates a Python script named "promote_blog_posts.py". The script gathers RSS feed content from an RSS metadata pickle file containing basic information. Using the RSS feed text, the script interacts with Google AI Studio, where the Gemini API is connected. The script instructs the API to summarize the text and returns the summary. The script combines the title, author, hashtags, link, and summary to create a social media post. The post is then automatically published on Bluesky and Mastodon.

I played around with some functionalities of the @rladies-bot.bsky.social and @pyladies-bot.bsky.social to improve the blog post promotion. Using Gemini, I had a setup up and running in ~30 minutes.

If you want to try it out yourself, here's my step-by-step guide: bit.ly/embed-gemini

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I may be biased, but if you're looking for an opportunity to get involved in the #rladies community (and live in or near one of the best cities in the world), this is for you!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out or contact the chapter directly 😊

@rladies.org @rladies-bot.bsky.social

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