#AcademicRunPlaylist - 4/29/24

Another day struggling to stay awake through the jet lag, but at least I was able to listen to a bunch of talks at ungodly hours for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a nice talk by Charlan Jeanne Nemeth on the power and value of minority views at the University of California, Berkeley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhoEtdOLqs8

Next was an interesting talk by Nicola Perra on time-varying networks at the Network Science Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgsUwgkwono

Next was an amazing talk by Peter Winkler on probability conundrums at Brown University. Winkler pithily reviews some particularly tricky probability puzzles and their relationship to philosophy, statistics, and human intuition. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3KdhrF142Y

Next was a symposium on the potential role of compute providers in global AI regulation at the Oxford Martin School with Lennart Heim, Janet Egan, Vili Lehdonvirta, Noa Zilberman, and Robert Trager. If you push through the AI doomerism that creeps in there's some compelling discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmhDr41bQIY

Next was an engaging talk by Jette Steen Knudsen on government regulation and international business responsibility at the UCL Faculty of Laws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_MuYlGDevg

Next was a powerful talk by Sara Ahmed on complaint as diversity work at CRASSH. Using academia as an example, Ahmed dives into the difficulty of making complaints, why they're blocked, and the fallout using deep qualitative methods. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_1kFwkfVE&t=6s

Next was a great talk by Steven Vogel on how governments make markets work at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBCu0m0ZuOM

Last was an intriguing talk by Tania Babina on AI hiring and firm risk at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt5H86M55wA