Corporate Europe Observatory has published an overview arguing that European AI standard-setting bodies are heavily dominated by tech industry representatives.
Michel Foucault showed how large technical systems can function like language in discourse, potentially limiting our understanding and maintaining the status quo. His work reminds us to question our time's 'power Scouters' - the technologies and systems that quantify and shape our reality.
Apropos of nothing, if you are in Brussels the first week of February….The Chair of Transatlantic Trade and Economy at the College of Europe, hosted by Microsoft, organized by the College of Europe, invites professionals, policymakers, and stakeholders to an exclusive panel discussion:
What particularly interests me is that the College of Europe's dean is an American from an elite school with a network that ensures close connections with legacy jobs for either chosen oligarchies or their preferred government providers. It's exclusive - not to be mean to the College of Europe, which I'm sure has good intentions, but it is very unrepresentative of the entire EU. Like bias in AI data, this approach ensures that those who determine what bias means, both practically and in research, are from a select group of individuals chosen almost pre-utero. This is incredibly disappointing for anyone who doesn't start early on the route to influence. For a further discussion of this mindset, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJzYAUfGeIs.
Michel Foucault showed how large technical systems can function like language in discourse, potentially limiting our understanding and maintaining the status quo. His work reminds us to question our time's 'power Scouters' - the technologies and systems that quantify and shape our reality.
Apropos of nothing, if you are in Brussels the first week of February….The Chair of Transatlantic Trade and Economy at the College of Europe, hosted by Microsoft, organized by the College of Europe, invites professionals, policymakers, and stakeholders to an exclusive panel discussion:
Off Autopilot: New Leaders, New Policies, and the Consequences for Transatlantic Relations, 5 February 2025 | 18:00-19:30. Sign up to attend here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=-uXW1nv_KUisOOS5y_eO-v96AX9QP8pAtCf3awwwLFxUNDhJMFFDRFo5SEZPMDlZUkk3WlNJNDdCUS4u&route=shorturl
What particularly interests me is that the College of Europe's dean is an American from an elite school with a network that ensures close connections with legacy jobs for either chosen oligarchies or their preferred government providers. It's exclusive - not to be mean to the College of Europe, which I'm sure has good intentions, but it is very unrepresentative of the entire EU. Like bias in AI data, this approach ensures that those who determine what bias means, both practically and in research, are from a select group of individuals chosen almost pre-utero. This is incredibly disappointing for anyone who doesn't start early on the route to influence. For a further discussion of this mindset, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJzYAUfGeIs.