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The EU's #AIAct went through the trilogues, but as Amnesty rightly points out there are glaring problems.Harmful AI is not allowed to be...

The EU's #AIAct went through the trilogues, but as Amnesty rightly points out there are glaring problems.

Harmful AI is not allowed to be marketed in the EU, but what about outside EU?

There is a dangerous double standard here.

Closely related I think, are regulatory failures on problematic surveillance spyware used to monitor innocent individuals as repeatedly highlighted by Amnesty and researchers of @citizenlab .

Going forward key lessons should be applied

https://x.com/AmnestyTech/status/1733441486073577481?s=20

I am very happy to share that l will be joining the European Center for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT). Looking forward to a new chapter...

I am very happy to share that l will be joining the European Center for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT). Looking forward to a new chapter and lots of exciting and impactful research ahead.

https://algorithmic-transparency.ec.europa.eu/index_en

Very interesting study showing how the time at which data is collected from platform APIs can bias the outcome of the study through...

Very interesting study showing how the time at which data is collected from platform APIs can bias the outcome of the study through "persistance bias" . Has a lot of implications. Also highlights the importance of independent archiving of data from things like the platform Ad libraries.

https://twitter.com/tugrulcanelmas/status/1633121157762232320?t=FmTHh5KqEV_rkwaTrR4cog&s=19

Don't know how to quote someone here so I guess I'll just link to the post.https://geiger.ee/@karim/109591122295567996

Don't know how to quote someone here so I guess I'll just link to the post.

https://geiger.ee/@karim/109591122295567996

(8 / end)Personally, I think that solving the reviewing issues will go a long way towards fixing many of the other valid points raised in...

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Personally, I think that solving the reviewing issues will go a long way towards fixing many of the other valid points raised in the original 🐦🧵. Lets start with solving the problem of predatory publishing houses profiting off the backs of reviewers and the whole scientific community first.

(7) I guess what I'm trying to say is, good work appears everywhere. Its impact or importance can be very subjective and difficult to...

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I guess what I'm trying to say is, good work appears everywhere. Its impact or importance can be very subjective and difficult to measure. We should not forget that the inherent tendency towards hyperbole happens in a context were reviewers are asked to put in more of their limited time into reviewing without a reward for their hard work ...

(6) Another thing that I find questionable about the idea of Importance hacking, is that it subscribes to a notion of "good...

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Another thing that I find questionable about the idea of Importance hacking, is that it subscribes to a notion of "good science" appears in "good journals" ...

(5) Having a look at how reviewing happens in practice, for instance see this very interesting paper (...

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Having a look at how reviewing happens in practice, for instance see this very interesting paper ( https://adamdoupe.com/publications/peer-review-process-oakland22.pdf), we again see a world that is very different from the ideals that this notion of importance hacking seems to present about reviewing. Issues such as the concept of "novelty" being subjective and the randomness in the peer review process are very common in even the most prestigious scientific venues ...

(4)This in fact, is the art of writing scientific papers. To organize the messy work in such a way as to convey the importance and...

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This in fact, is the art of writing scientific papers. To organize the messy work in such a way as to convey the importance and significance of the results to a set of reviewers that have very little attention span and no reward for the work they are doing despite its clear importance ...

(3) Just have a look at this keynote talk at IMC (https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3517745.3570969 ) by Stefan Savage, one of the most...

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Just have a look at this keynote talk at IMC (
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3517745.3570969 ) by Stefan Savage, one of the most respected Internet measurements experts, about some of his influential work and how they are narrated differently than they truly happened behind the scenes ...

(2) One thing I find questionable about the idea is that it subscribes to this notion of a cleanly written scientific paper that sticks to a...

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One thing I find questionable about the idea is that it subscribes to this notion of a cleanly written scientific paper that sticks to a strict methodology while in practice the behind-the-scenes reality of most scientific work is a much more messy process. In reality, papers, even good ones, narrate their results and sell their value to reviewers. Nothing inherently wrong with that ...

[A Short Thread 🧵 on #Science and #Publishing](1) This 🐦🧵( https://twitter.com/SpencrGreenberg/status/1607462923252764675 )...

[A Short Thread 🧵 on #Science and #Publishing]

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This 🐦🧵( https://twitter.com/SpencrGreenberg/status/1607462923252764675 ) discusses something called "importance hacking" in science. That is, presenting your work as more important or impactful than it truely is. Importance hacking is presented as a problem that we do not discuss enough ...

(7) Would appreciate some advice and thoughts on this matter as I am not yet fully decided and sure on how to take this further and which...

(7) Would appreciate some advice and thoughts on this matter as I am not yet fully decided and sure on how to take this further and which parties to involve.

(6) I intend to file legal complaints in both cases, but I also wonder how to approach the recruiters in this matter. While they did clearly...

(6) I intend to file legal complaints in both cases, but I also wonder how to approach the recruiters in this matter. While they did clearly express regret for what was happening, I do wonder what the ethical steps are that their own employers should be taking with respect to working for and finding candidates for such, pardon the language, shitty companies.

(5) I happen to know that in both cases, the recruiters continued to work and find candidates for the positions that I applied for.

(5) I happen to know that in both cases, the recruiters continued to work and find candidates for the positions that I applied for.

(4) One serious question that I wonder about is did these recruiters do anything once they saw what happened? Should they have stopped...

(4) One serious question that I wonder about is did these recruiters do anything once they saw what happened? Should they have stopped working with the discriminating companies?

(3) In both cases, external recruiters were involved that witnessed the discrimination

(3) In both cases, external recruiters were involved that witnessed the discrimination

(2) Let me be clear, that kind of information is not on my CV or in anything that I may have submitted to them. The reason I know they have...

(2) Let me be clear, that kind of information is not on my CV or in anything that I may have submitted to them. The reason I know they have discriminated is that they have been stupid enough to tell me directly that due to my country of origin they cannot go forward on a job offer that in our last meeting they put on the table, and in another case that they canceled an interview due to my country of origin.

🧵(1/N) I'm on the job market. During my search, I've run into at least two prominent Dutch companies on the job market that have...

🧵(1/N) I'm on the job market. During my search, I've run into at least two prominent Dutch companies on the job market that have blatantly and illegally discriminated on my application based on what they have inferred to be my country of origin and/or nationality.

@anoroozian I will be slowly transitioning from Twitter to mastodon

@anoroozian I will be slowly transitioning from Twitter to mastodon