Ben Waber

This is so very delightful.

Frontiers in labor regulation:

New CT law bars warehouse employers from setting a performance standard:

- that measures an employee's total output over an increment of time shorter than their work day,

- based solely on ranking employee's performance in relation to other employees' performance

I am thrilled to join this workshop at NYU next week. Follow links to register.

YouTube video by Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Privacy of Decentralized Machine Learning

Last was an intriguing talk by Edwige Cyffers on the privacy of decentralized machine learning at @simonsinstitute.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs90... (8/8)

YouTube video by Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Federated Learning in the Generative AI Era

Next was a great talk by Gauri Joshi on federated LLM fine tuning at @simonsinstitute.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puf4... (7/8)

YouTube video by Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Are We Measuring the Right Thing? Distribution Shift Lessons for Federated Learning

Next was a fantastic talk by Sanmi Koyejo on distribution shift lessons for federated learning at @simonsinstitute.bsky.social. Koyejo methodically lays out the statistical traps the AI field falls into and how to grapple with these issues. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ye... (6/8)

YouTube video by Oxford Martin School Book talk - 'The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)' with Maximilian Kasy

Next was an excellent talk by @maxkasy.bsky.social on how the very human forces shaping the development of generative AI and who benefits from its current trajectory at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm9w... (5/8)

YouTube video by LSE Complexity and complicity in social anthropology | LSE Event

Next was a compelling talk by @steinmuller.bsky.social on relating social complexity with the micro-phenomenon of complicity at the LSE www.youtube.com/watch?v=j49G... (4/8)

YouTube video by Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Webinar: Impact Measurement at the Intersection of Complexity and Capital

Next was an engaging session on impact measurement in market settings at the Saïd Business School with Karim Harji and Emilie Goodall www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jjj... (3/8)

YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty The Imposed Bargain in Contemporary Restructuring Law: 3CL Seminar

First was an interesting talk by Luca Sicignano on the imposed bargain in modern restructuring law at @cambridgelaw.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ptb... (2/8)

My medium-sized, short-haired, black dog curled up on a dark grey couch. His head is buried in a light pink pillow, and below is a light blue blanket with a white blanket on the right. He's wearing a black collar.

This guy had the right idea today, and while my day involved mostly meetings I was able to rest a bit with him and listen to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)

Yeah, some of those early names are extremely disappointing...

The Social Transformation of American Medicine “A monumental achievement” (New York Times) and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark h...

Last was "The Social Transformation of American Medicine" by @starrprospect.bsky.social. This is a prescient, eye-opening look at how the medical profession developed in the US. Highly recommend

Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (9/9)

YouTube video by Columbia Business School Market Power in Transition Conference: Data Compute and Control

Next was an intriguing panel on AI supply chain power and resurrecting tried-and-true remedies with Ankur Kapoor, Maurice Stucke, Luigi Zingales, and Koren W. Wong-Ervin www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShoI... (8/9)

YouTube video by Columbia Business School Market Power in Transition Conference: Antitrust and Labor

Next was a compelling panel on antitrust and labor with Rosa M. Morales, Suresh Naidu, @imarinescu.bsky.social, @evanpstarr.bsky.social, and Jonathan Guryan www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1V6... (7/9)

YouTube video by Columbia Business School Market Power in Transition Conference: Antitrust Enforcement

Next was an interesting panel on antitrust enforcement across different geographies with Margaret Loudermilk, Elinor Hoffmann, Roger Alford, and Pierantonio D’Elia www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPaC... (6/9)

YouTube video by Columbia Business School Market Power in Transition Conference: Beyond Competition

Next was a great panel on AI, digital platforms, and antitrust with Keler Marku, Alessandro Acquisti, @helenamalikova.bsky.social, and Sheila R. Adams James www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvol... (5/9)

YouTube video by Columbia Business School Market Power in Transition Conference: Lina Khan

Next was an excellent discussion with Lina Khan on antitrust enforcement and Big Tech www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY3R... (4/9)

YouTube video by Peterson Institute for International Economics The state of US-Japan economic relations in a changing global economy

Next was an informative panel on the state of US-Japan economic relations at @piie.com with Marcus Noland, Leila Aridi Afas, Mary E. Lovely, and Shujiro Urata www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjBV... (3/9)

YouTube video by Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Misperceptions of Gender Norms

First was a thought-provoking talk by David Yanagizawa-Drott on misperception of gender norms across 60 countries at the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp4P... (2/9)

A selfie of me in front of a small pond, with melting patches of snow coating the forest ground surrounding it, on a sunny day. I'm a bald, middle-aged, white man with a red beard flecked with white. I'm wearing black sunglasses and a light blue running hoodie.

It was positively springlike in Boston today, and while basking in a glimpse of warmth I went for a run and listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/9)

Rules A panoramic history of rules in the Western world

Last was "Rules: A Short History of What We Live By" by Lorraine Daston. The middle third of this book is amazing, focusing on the history of algorithms, calculation, and rules and regulations in the age of urban expansion

Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (6/6)

Next was an interesting talk by Yue Wang on using large models for robotics applications at Stanford www.youtube.com/watch?v=popj... (5/6)

YouTube video by The Burnes Center for Social Change PowerHalfHourUpload 21

Next was an important @poweratwork.bsky.social panel on the latest developments in US labor with friends of the playlist @mrsethharris.bsky.social and @aaronsojourner.org, as well @clauirizarry.bsky.social and Bill Samuel www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzg3... (4/6)

YouTube video by Digital Markets Research Hub Richard Whish: Key Trends and Latest Cases in Competition Law & New Digital Markets Regimes

Next was an engaging discussion with Richard Whish on key trends and cases in competition law at the Digital Markets Research Hub www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOPl... (3/6)

YouTube video by Deep Learning Indaba The Human Cost of AI: Looking Inside Kenya’s Data Labeling Industry with Joan Kinyua

First was a great conversation with @joan1k.bsky.social (👋) on Kenya's data labeling industry at @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXSM... (2/6)

A selfie of me in front of a snow-covered forest on a sunny day. I'm a middle-aged white man with a red beard flecked with white. I'm wearing a black New Balance running jacket with the hood up, a black headband, and black sunglasses.

I've had a hectic couple of days, but I managed to fit in a run and listen to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/6)

SCOOP: Anthropic was among the AI companies that submitted a proposal earlier this year to compete in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge to produce technology for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming, acc to people familiar w/ matter.

And everyone is running around praising them for being "ethical"

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

two nuns are smiling and standing next to each other in a room . Alt: A gif of a scene from the Spanish Inquisition portion of the History of the world part 1 movie where two columns of nuns bow off one row at a time to eventually reveal Mel Brooks clad in a red robe, smiling.

Hopefully their answer included something about Mel Brooks, at least