Univ of MD, Human-Centered AI, HCI, InfoVis & Social Media Prof in CS Dept, Member HCIL & NAE, skier, photographer
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Ben Shneiderman retweeted
I plotted daily air quality index values in NYC since 1980 and yesterday's values for reference
The solid red line is the yesterday's daily EPA value (254). The dashed red line is the yesterday's max *hourly* value from iqair (whose daily value was 209)
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Ben Shneiderman retweeted
JUNE 6: @castrotech will moderate a panel discussion on the potential costs and benefits of creating a new #AI regulator in the United States. Panelists include @benbendc (@UofMaryland), @ShaneTews (@AEI), and @AdamThierer (@RSI). Learn more and RSVP: datainnovation.org/2023/06/d…
Congratulations! I’m delighted to see this celebration of HCI history
Congrats @jacobgaboury! '23 CBI Human-Computer Interaction History Award recip. for his brilliant book Image Objects Thx to @benbendc C Plaisant. Cmt: @liz_petrick @teaselmuir @dag_spicer F. Paterno, Con & me. @sigchi @SIGCIS @4sWeb @siggraph #hci
More at z.umn.edu/HCI_23
Ben Shneiderman retweeted
The first reason is to focus the public’s attention on a far fetched scenario that doesn’t require much change to their business models. Addressing the immediate impacts of AI on labor, privacy, or the environment is costly. Protecting against AI somehow “waking up” is not.
Ben Shneiderman retweeted
The second is to try to convince everyone that AI is very, very powerful. So powerful that it could threaten humanity! They want you to think we’ve split the atom again, when in fact they’re using human training data to guess words or pixels or sounds.
Bravo @rcalo for speaking truth to power/wealth/lies Our noble work is to repair the immediate harms and stop the blue sky futurists who have taken over media attention
Ben Shneiderman retweeted
Have a look at the prescient lecture on "algorithmic accountability" @benbendc gave for @harvard_data and @RadInstitute back in 2018--he saw the future and had (has!) good suggestions! We *can* use AI safely. Up to us, though. 2/2 datascience.harvard.edu/even…
This is helpful. It aligns with the Guidelines for journalists medium.com/@ben.shneiderman/…
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Ben Shneiderman retweeted
This'll be a first for me (interviewing a member of Congress!) but I'm really looking forward to it! Please join and contribute in the Q/A to get your questions answered :).
What could #US regulation of #ArtificialIntelligence look like? Come find out this Friday with Congressman @DonBeyerVA as he discusses his journey to understanding the technology with Prof. @haldaume3.
🗓 May 12, 2023, 12pm
🔗 bit.ly/3VfZuzl
Ben Shneiderman retweeted
This is amazing news for UMD and I'm thrilled to see @haldaume3 leading this initiative and my colleague Katie Shilton leading the participatory AI line of work. Congrats all!
📢 I'm thrilled to announce our new @NSF Institute on Trustworthy AI in Law & Society!
@trails_ai's premise is: Participation Builds (Appropriate) Trust.
🌐 Details: trails.umd.edu
💼 Postdoc, Director, ...: trails.umd.edu/getinvolved
🗓️ Events: trails.umd.edu/events
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Ben Shneiderman retweeted
📢 I'm thrilled to announce our new @NSF Institute on Trustworthy AI in Law & Society!
@trails_ai's premise is: Participation Builds (Appropriate) Trust.
🌐 Details: trails.umd.edu
💼 Postdoc, Director, ...: trails.umd.edu/getinvolved
🗓️ Events: trails.umd.edu/events
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ALT Logo: TRAILS - Trustworthy AI in Law & Society
Ben Shneiderman retweeted
The sooner we understand that there is no such thing as artificial intelligence, the sooner we’ll start managing our new technology intelligently, the computer scientist Jaron Lanier writes. nyer.cm/7xWVNnv
Ben Shneiderman retweeted
The @hcil_umd at @UofMaryland is gearing up for a big week at #chi2023 in Hamburg with 18 papers and several best paper and honorable mention awards. See you all in Germany next week! hcil.umd.edu/posts/hcil-at-c…
Ben Shneiderman retweeted
We're sad to lose Niklas as a core member of the lab but so excited for his next adventure in Denmark.
Sweet home Scandinavia! 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴After 15 wonderful years in the US (6 at Purdue and 9 at UMD), my family and I are moving to Aarhus, Denmark 🇩🇰 this summer. I have accepted a position as professor of Computer Science @csaudk. This 40M DKK (~$6M) will help me jumpstart my research!
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Ben Shneiderman retweeted
I'm thrilled that EMNLP 2023 has a track for Human-Centered NLP. This is how I've been self-identifying of late, which has led to a number of confusions and conversations. I'm not an authority, but thought it might be useful to share this experience. I'd love your thoughts! 1/7
Ben Shneiderman retweeted
We just published a very interesting debate between @benbendc and @michael_muller consisting of a series of e-mail exchanges on the topic of anthropomorphism in human-centered AI systems with commentary by @PattieMaes and Susan Brennan. medium.com/human-centered-ai… Enjoy the debate!
Bravo…. Great to see HC-NLP emerging… this is the future.