Discussion

• @anna_c_kramer Anna Kramer on x

  Also exclusive from me: Two more of the industry's most-respected AI ethics researchers will be joining the team in the coming weeks, @KLdivergence to lead META research and @ubiquity75 to consult on algorithms and user choice. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @ruchowdh Rumman Chowdhury on x

  She'll work closely with Twitter's ML research teams, as well as the external research community to shape the research hypotheses that will inform our team's focus areas, and ultimately make Twitter better. We are lucky to have her. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @williams_jutta Jutta Williams on x

  We want to give people more choice & understanding around how algorithms impact what they see on Twitter. I'm excited to share that @ubiquity75 will be consulting with us this Summer to help us better understand what people want, expect & need when it comes to algorithmic choice.

• @anna_c_kramer Anna Kramer on x

  This is the story of how Twitter is building an ethical AI team that thinks it can succeed where other tech companies have failed. I got to sit down with the brilliant @ruchowdh @williams_jutta and Ari Font to get the behind-the-scenes on Twitter META. https://www.protocol.com/..…

• @ruchowdh Rumman Chowdhury on x

  Because your minds aren't sufficiently blown by Kristian joining us - also announcing that @ubiquity75 is going to be with us for a few months to specifically work on topics of algorithmic choice. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @neelanjansircar Neelanjan Sircar on x

  This is an extraordinary attempt by Twitter to bring ethics into the social media space. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @silvermanjacob Jacob Silverman on x

  The danger here is that Twitter is buying off critics the way Facebook did a few years ago, but I'm curious to see what happens. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @nickpacilio Nick Pacilio on x

  “If something about this team feels different, it's because all of its leaders are women, and four of them have Ph.D.s.” https://www.protocol.com/...

• @twittertogether @twittertogether on x

  “...our goal is to change the industry and drive the industry toward actionable positive output.” - @ruchowdh Read more in this behind-the-scenes conversation on META with @ruchowdh , @williams_jutta , and Ari Font with @anna_c_kramer for @protocol. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @marklittlenews Mark Little on x

  “We're talking to people who wanted to do the right thing and didn't know how to do the right thing.” Such an impressive new initiative inside Twitter. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @protocol @protocol on x

  Is it possible to build a more ethical AI? Twitter's META team, lead by @ruchowdh, is trying to do just that. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @tsimonite Tom Simonite on x

  Twitter has assembled an interesting team to work on ethical AI, including @KLdivergence and @ubiquity75 “Our goal is to change the industry,” sez @ruchowdh https://www.protocol.com/... via @anna_c_kramer

• @masonpelt Mason Pelt on x

  People have burned down 5g towers claiming they caused covid19. Whomever these people are I don't think they are “tech's biggest critics”. Twitter must hire people who moved to the National Radio Quiet Zone out of fear. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @lizkelley Liz Kelley on x

  “Twitter's commitment to [machine learning ethics, transparency and accountability] has convinced even the most skeptical people in tech — the ethics research community itself.” https://www.protocol.com/...

• @_jack_poulson Jack Poulson on x

  This is an incredible team and I look forward to Twitter addressing the ethics of profiting from selling the Twitter firehose to companies (like Dataminr and NTT DATA) who then resell it to police, militaries, and State departments around the world. https://twitter.com/...

• @williams_jutta Jutta Williams on x

  One of the areas we'll focus on together is how reliance on ML and AI reduces the control people have over the content they see on services like Twitter. How do we know these systems are making the right decisions? And are they the right decisions for everyone?

• @scottnover Scott Nover on x

  kill your darlings, hire your critics https://www.protocol.com/...

• @williams_jutta Jutta Williams on x

  She'll research the role of user agency in algorithmic decision making and how communities might be best benefited by more choice. She'll work with people on Twitter, researchers, regulators, consumer advocates, and our team to help us figure out where to focus our work.

• @lindsmccallum Lindsay McCallum Rémy on x

  “If something about this team feels different, it's because all of its leaders are women, and four of them have Ph.D.s....proof that actually, there is no shortage of top talent with widely-varying backgrounds in tech.” https://www.protocol.com/...