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bwaber

@bwaber@hci.social

Media Lab Visiting Scientist, he/him, Senior Visiting Researcher @ Ritsumeikan, Co-Founder of Humanyze, former Senior Researcher @ HBS, author of People Analytics. Most days I'll also post a list of academic talks on AI, management, law, corporate governance, psychology, anthropology, ethics, and similar topics that I've listened to throughout the day (see #AcademicRunPlaylist for examples)

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The rain didn't stop until late today, but I was still able to get in some talks for my ! (1/14)

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First was a great talk by Matthew Groh on evaluating human-AI collaboration at the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems - NICO. This is a good fine-grained evaluation of the effects of presenting experts with prediction metrics, in this case dermatology, but I'd love a larger exploration of interaction paradigms beyond providing a single number https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO62CE86Qaw&t=5s (2/14)

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Next were rapid-fire agritech pitches at the Africa Tech Summit Nairobi (ATSN) - I particularly liked Ebun Feludu's pitch on Kokari Coconuts & Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oIA2RsJCNo (3/14)

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Next was an excellent conversation with Bryan Choi on the problems and potential with NIST's software/AI frameworks and how they relate to NIST's historic evolution on @lawfare's podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bO6Ja8cuCA (4/14)

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Next was a nice panel on African insuretech at with Jihan Abass, Gbenro Dara, and Elias Omondi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcCrv3rBiNM (5/14)

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Next was an interesting talk by Kwabena Donkor on disentangling the effects of identity and true beliefs using economic incentives at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfL2ecNwqaw (6/14)

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Next was a good talk by Eugene Rwagasore on voice AI for underrepresented communities at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l21U125u71o (7/14)

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Next was a timely talk by @rg and @mikarv (๐Ÿ‘‹) on moderating AI model marketplaces at @bkc. This is an extremely important area that has mostly flown under the radar in academia and in the popular press, and this is the first serious treatment of these platforms that I've seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4gfeBFUshI (8/14)

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What's the first thing that comes to mind when you see this?

bwaber,
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@andresmh Watching grainy DBZ episodes that I downloaded over a weekend when we were on vacation (because dialup obviously)

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Today was pretty hectic, and while I was more enticed by this sign than repelled, I did successfully resist the urge to investigate with some help from talks for my !

Weekly reminder: if you prefer my list in newsletter form, you can subscribe at https://academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com/ (1/10)

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First was an informative talk by Alfred Ombudo K'Ombudo on trade dynamics in East Africa and the EU economic partnership agreement at Strathmore University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpjCIRH4Jqs (2/10)

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Next was a fantastic talk by Alexander Yarkin on ICT technology development and immigrant immigration at the Economics of Migration seminar. Yarkin uses a variety of data sources, including surveys, international calls, origin-country Internet traffic flows, and Facebook data to convincingly demonstrate that improving home-country Internet access decreases integration. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u562mEXw8yw (3/10)

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Next was an interesting talk by Monica Alexander on using social media data for estimating migration patterns at Western University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hBZpb9ewDA (4/10)

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Next was an engaging conversation with Kevin Donovan and Todd Schoellman on labor market dynamics in low and middle income countries at @voxdev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ux30ymUa0 (5/10)

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Next was a great talk by Brooke Erin Duffy on the promises and precarities of visibility in the creator economy at the CITP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dua5hx0Zz9Y (6/10) #anthropology #platforms

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Exciting to have @mdekstrand at CU today! โ€œSearch, Recommendation, and Sea Monstersโ€

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@bkeegan @mdekstrand Recording on YouTube?๐Ÿฅบ

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It was a relaxing start to the long weekend, which meant I had a bunch of time to listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/11)

bwaber,
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First was an engaging panel on antitrust as an agent for change at Cristina Caffarra's antitrust conference with Sarah Cardell, Benoรฎt Coeurรฉ, Nuno Cunha Rodrigues, John Newman, and Aviv Nevo. There's great detail on recent cases undertaken by various authorities, as well as insight into how they view antitrust evolving moving forward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5nQ-1drW58 (2/11)

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Next was an interesting talk by Guillaume Sartoretti on learning cooperation in large robotic multi-agent systems at the GRASP Lab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61RKzhRy0yE (3/11)

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Next was an excellent discussion on how to shape the AI industry with Daron Acemoglu and @erikbryn (๐Ÿ‘‹). These are two of the foremost economic thinkers in the space, and while some of the AI hype was still present there are many important ideas raised here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ssJtZk4fcA (4/11)

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Next was a great talk by Michael Whinston on whether regulators should focus on overall concentration or its change in horizontal mergers at the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4QOJfv_srU (5/11)

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Next was an extremely informative panel on the interaction between big business and politics in Latin America at the @stiglercenter with Aldo Musacchio and Ben Schneider. There's incredibly rich historical context here and how state owned and private conglomerates have influenced political development in the region and how successful companies have navigated shifting regimes. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumuAyXPSHU (6/11)

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Next was a nice talk by Uta Schรถnberg on the effects of changes in business taxation on firms, workers, and local labor markets in Germany at the CEPR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIWP3LV48m4 (7/11)

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Next was an excellent talk by Katherine Coffman on stereotypes and belief updating at . Coffman investigates gender gaps in beliefs and belief updating and through experiments shows that while feedback can be effective it doesn't completely close gaps in well-documented differences between male and female estimations of ability. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTvMyGcyoU (8/11)

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Next was a fantastic talk by @rtushnet on trademark law in a time of doctrinal shifts at Duke. Tushnet clearly articulates why and how trademark law is different from copyright law, how recent judicial shifts in the US are impacting trademark law, and considers how drunk one would have to be to mistake a bottle of Jack Daniels for a parody dog toy. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmeK6j4wrkM (9/11) #law #trademark #US

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