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President and Co-Founder of Humanyze, he/him, Media Lab Visiting Scientist, former Senior Researcher @ HBS, author of People Analytics
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Last was a provocative discussion w/Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington on consulting in the public sector. After reviewing issues w/increased outsourcing of public services to consulting companies, the conversation then moves to potential fixes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMamyYGN_0 (8/8)

Book Launch: The Big Con at UCL
Book Launch: The Big Con at UCL

There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change. Mariana Mazzucat...

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Next was a great examination of the current state of computational antitrust within antitrust agences with Teodora Groza and Thibault Schrepel. The strides being made by different antitrust agencies around the world was fascinating. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVo0SDQuH5E (7/8)

Episode 19: Computational Antitrust Within Antitrust Agencies (Schrepel & Groza)
Episode 19: Computational Antitrust Within Antitrust Agencies (Schrepel & Groza)

In this episode 19, Thibault Schrepel & Teodora Groza discusses Stanford Computational Antitrust's 2nd annual report, which includes contributions from 26 an...

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Next was a fabulous talk by Sunita Sah on policy solutions to conflicts of interest. Sah shows how disclosures mostly don't lead to positive outcomes and illuminates further problems and solutions to these issues. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m3vRW-XwL0 (6/8)

A Deep Dive into Professionalism: Policy Solutions to Conflicts of Interest
A Deep Dive into Professionalism: Policy Solutions to Conflicts of Interest

This presentation and discussion with Sunita Sah, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor of Management Studies at Cornell University was recorded on June 19, 2023.Sunita Sa...

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Next was a compelling pair of talks by Zhen Jie Im and Bruno Palier on the political consequences of automation and technological change. I particularly love the criticism by Palier of economists labeling low pay workers as "low skill" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljNapwlpRE (5/8)

Digit Debates - Bruno Palier and Zhen Im
Digit Debates - Bruno Palier and Zhen Im

This is a talk to the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre by Bruno Palier and Zhen Im on 7 June 2023: 'The political consequences of digital futures at w...

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Next was an excellent talk by Marcus Tomalin on the attempted automation of empathy at the University of Cambridge. Tomalin convincingly argues how disingenuous and manipulative LLM user interaction choices are. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzP_PV_NeGk (3/8)

CRASSH | Artificial Intelligence: can systems like ChatGPT automate empathy?
CRASSH | Artificial Intelligence: can systems like ChatGPT automate empathy?

Speaker : Marcus TomalinSummary:Smart speakers, virtual personal assistants, and automated dialogue systems such as Siri, Alexa, and ChatGPT are being used e...

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Yesterday was HOT, but I was still able to go for my longest run post ankle break, nearly back up to marathon distance 🎉 As always, I was accompanied by a stellar group of talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/8)

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Last was a mind-blowing talk by Pratik Chaudhari on the prediction space of DNNs. Chaudhari masterfully reveals that models w/larger parameter spaces than their data don't overfit b/c of inherent structure in data about our world. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gerSKIx8CBU (6/6)

Maryland Robotics Center Research Symposium 2023, May 25, 2023: Pratik Chaudhari
Maryland Robotics Center Research Symposium 2023, May 25, 2023: Pratik Chaudhari

Maryland Robotics Center Research Symposium 2023: A Picture of the Prediction Space of Deep NetworksPratik ChaudhariAssistant ProfessorElectrical and Systems...

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Ben Waber
@bwaber.bsky.social
President and Co-Founder of Humanyze, he/him, Media Lab Visiting Scientist, former Senior Researcher @ HBS, author of People Analytics
41 followers43 following80 posts