[community] Invitation: Tess Posner -- "Diverse & Inclusive AI @ Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:30pm - 2:30pm (EDT)

[Cybele S]

Someone asked how to access this session.  This is the zoom link to use, at
the time of the event.  This is all I know:

Join Zoom video session: https://zoom.us/j/4169028728

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:32 AM Cybele S <cybele.sack at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Sorry, this is the version I should have sent...please disregard previous
> one.  Thanks.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: <ben at scaledriver.com>
> Date: Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 5:03 PM
> Subject: Invitation: Tess Posner -- "Diverse and Inclusive Artificial
> Intellig... @ Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:30pm - 2:30pm (EDT)
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>
> Tess Posner -- "Diverse and Inclusive Artificial Intelligence" -- i4j
> Interactive Video Q+A
>
> *Diverse and Inclusive Artificial Intelligence*
>
> By Tess Posner, CEO AI4ALL
>
> *Artificial intelligence could contribute an additional 1.2% to annual
> gross domestic product growth over the next decade, according to a recent
> McKinsey report. The report also predicts that about 70% of companies will
> adopt at least one form of AI by 2030. As AI goes full steam ahead, it's
> critical to ask the right questions while still in early stages: who is
> building and shaping this important technology? Research shows that the AI
> field doesn’t adequately reflect the broader population, which suggests
> that globally, we’re missing out on the value that diverse teams bring to
> AI development, implementation, and research. For example, in the US only
> 13% of AI CEOs are women, and only 2.6% of tenure-track engineering faculty
> identify as African American and only 3.6% identify as Hispanic. When
> diverse voices are left out of AI, the reliability and fairness of AI
> systems come into question.*
>
> *Interactive Video Q&A Format*
>
>    - 45 minutes total:
>    - Please login 5 minutes ahead of time.
>       - 5 minutes intro.
>       - 15 minutes presentation.
>       - 15 minutes Q&A.
>       - 10 minutes extra time, if we need it.
>    - + we will be emailing you a follow-up link to the recording.
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> *Join Zoom video session: https://zoom.us/j/4169028728
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F4169028728&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNFVc3WXv_ZRzoSDGL-OcQ-7ZYMXOQ> *
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