#AcademicRunPlaylist - 2/21/24

It was a beautiful brisk day in Boston which I enjoyed along with talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a great talk by Angèle Christin on algorithms in practice at the University of Michigan. Christin presents deep ethnographic work in the online news, criminal justice, and influencer communities to illustrate the complex ways that algorithms change these professions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBqUPnIQkEg

Next was an interesting talk by Jacopo Gambato on platform-enabled information disclosure at the Toulouse School of Economics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMcpbNCqzyU

Next was an important panel on the limits of business human rights due diligence at Cambridge University Press with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Barnali Choudhury, Julia Dehm, David Karp, and Marianna Leite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8luCE3D3ko

Next was an amazing pair of discussions on feminism, ethics, and the cultural implications of AI at Oxford University Press with Kerry McInerney, Eleanor Drage, and Kanta Dihal. These are vital and insightful perspectives on the (still) current dominant narratives of AI development and regulation, cutting through the noise to highlight the true capabilities of this class of technology and immediate issues that need to be addressed. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2YTYkTPzpI

Next was a nice conversation with Rose-Marie Belle Antoine on the most pressing issues in Caribbean research and development and the importance of growing higher education in the region at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsl91yskNoI

Next was an excellent discussion with David Kinney on the philosophy of science at the Santa Fe Institute. Kinney explains critical work on why certain privileged groups might want to rationally remain ignorant about their privilege, causal modeling, and more. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoVO-YwggmM

Last was a feisty panel on the need for changes to antitrust law and institutions at the New York University School of Law with Luigi Zingales, Diana Moss, Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Joseph Stiglitz, and Thomas Philippon. This panel gets right to the heart of the purpose of antitrust and the need to recalibrate the failed but useful pure consumer pricing models. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dz9-jOKEPA