Esther Duflo is only the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics (she shared this year’s prize with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer). She’s also the youngest recipient of the prize. This is the TED talk she gave in 2010 explaining some of the work which won the prize.
Daily Archives: October 16, 2019
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- “The Seductive Diversion of ‘Solving’ Bias in Artificial Intelligence” Trying to “fix” A.I. distracts from the more urgent questions about the technology.
- Unpacking “Ethical AI”: a curated reading list
- Defending our data: Huawei, 5G and the Five Eyes
- Sully Sullenberger’s letter to the Editor of New York Times Magazine about the Boing 737 MAX Since he’s the pilot who safely landed his airliner in the Hudson River all those years ago, it’s worth paying attention.