Ahh, October. A time fer spooky names t’ haunt these high seas. Nothin’ spookier than algorithmic bias, m’afraid. And sirens. Algorithmic bias and sirens.

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It’s almost here! Subho Majumdar | শুভব্রত মজুমদার and I will be at Camlis Org to launch Bias Buccaneers first bias bounty, an ambitious challenge to address data labeling biases. Sign up below ⬇️

The 8 bit bias bounty is now live!! Thank you Melissa Heikkilä for the article on what the bounty program means in context of the evolving AI regulatory space and for community based feedback - technologyreview.com/2022/10/20/106…

Next session kicks off with this announcement and more details!

We're live!! Sign up for @biasbounty today to be part of a new way of doing responsible ML through practitioner enablement. Thanks Melissa Heikkilä for the article, and I'm glad to see Sara Hooker and Abhishek Gupta make appearances too!

Thank ye fer thee arrrrrrrrrrrrrticle, Melissa Heikkilä!

Ahoy! Here be treasure! Send us yr most dastardly, swashbuckungly gnarly pirate pictures and win th’ bounty! Kindles! Nintendos! Swag! All could be yers, and no artist be turned away! We judgin’ on yer creativity more than yer artistic abilities. Submit until Friday!

Aye! “Flawless” be the shanty o’ our current waves (or “vibes” as the young scallywags call ‘em).

A reminder to all ye pirates hunting’ fer swag! Send us yer dastardly pirate photos and win ye some prizes!

Thee winners o’ o’r pirate photo competition: First: Jiahao Chen @NeurIPS Second: neil turkewitz Third: Sven Cattell Stay tuned fer yr prizes, mates, and keep yr DMs open for details! And keep yer eyes peeled fer another treasure hunt!

Arrrrrrr! We keep seein’ these blasted “generative images” on th’ high seas. We believe there too few pirate ones. Yar! Send us yr best generative image of a pirate combatting bias and win everything from a kindle, to swag, and more!

Aye. This sunk faster than when Leadbeard fell o’erboard. Not a worry. We busy fightin’ bias. No time fer contests this week, but come back on Monday…if ye dare!

Arrrrrrr we got a bit too much into th’ casks and forgot t’ post on Twi’er. But ‘tis a sinkin’ ship so looks like we dodged a cannonball.

Aye! Responsible! Thank ye kindly.

The crew an' I be headed fer safer waters and came 'cross a talkin' mastodon. 'Tis a friendly fella. Might drop anchors o'er yonder.