Much of what’s being sold as "AI" today is snake oil. It does not and cannot work. In a talk at MIT yesterday, I described why this happening, how we can recognize flawed AI claims, and push back. Here are my annotated slides: cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/talks…

Excited to be in Vancouver for my first #AAA to talk about Justice, Advocacy, & Dissidence in the New Information Ecosystem w/ an amazing lineup. (Also, intimidated by 5,000 people professionally trained to do people-wacthing...) cdmcd.co/nAA6Aw #AAACASCA

github.com/hackerschoice/… “Welcome to Berlin, Mr. Musk. ❤️“

Finally, a paper on why "AI for good" is an empty phrase without a theory of change. What is "good" is never articulated in the rush to tech solutions, while alternative reforms are overlooked. Read Ben Green's piece before it blows up at NeurIPS Conference benzevgreen.com/wp-content/upl…

Are you a technologist interested in advancing Human Rights? Check this opportunity for exactly that! And you also get to work with and learn from great people.

Are you interested in advancing the governance of #ArtificialIntelligence? This post-doc vacancy at the Max Planck Institute for #SocialAnthropology may be the right opportunity for you: recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/379/… Deadline is January 20th, 2020 cc Max Planck Society

“Donald Trump will be impeached by the House, probably before Christmas, but Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans who control the Senate have no interest in putting country above party.” Kevin M. Kruse joins Mehdi Hasan on #Deconstructed. interc.pt/33Y27th

Just released: WITNESS report 'Ticks or it didn't happen'. On how we confront key dilemmas in #authenticity infrastructure for #multimedia as new tools allow us to track where a video came from, if altered etc as solution to #deepfakes #fakenews etc lab.witness.org/ticks-or-it-di… 1/

Just out: an important collection of case studies and insights on civil society innovation in Asia from Shawn Shieh 謝世宏. Watch for our Mapping Civil Society Innovation portal, building on this and other efforts around the world - going live in January! rightscolab.org/building-the-r…

If .ORG is sold to a for-profit organization, information about registrants could be sold to repressive governments. Find out more on the potential risks and why we need to #SaveDotOrg here 👉 accessnow.org/warning-propos…

Thank you for organizing an amazing #OSINT training!

Good news procrastination-prone friends: the deadline to propose sessions for #RightsCon2020 has been extended to January 21! More info at rightscon.org/your-guide-to-… This year I'm a "Regional Champion" for @RightsCon so if you need some feedback on your idea, I'd be happy to help.

Tic tac, tic tac.... Last day to submit your proposal for #RightsCon2020! Here is the link, rightscon.secure-platform.com/a

#MondayInnovation: Schools of Equality is a social enterprise that conducts school programs to sensitize children to societal inequalities. Its creative rights-based curricular support has shaped the values of thousands of Indian students. #MondayMotivation rightscolab.org/case_study/sch…

#MondayInnovation: Friends of Nature (FON) is #China’s oldest and best-known grassroots environmental NGO. Over the last few years, FON has attracted 1,500 regular monthly donors whose online donations more than doubled from 2017 to 2018 rightscolab.org/case_study/fri… #MondayMotivation

Add 1 more to the list of ever-surprising vile acts by the Trump administration: today the White House announced an Executive Order to obstruct the work of the #ICC by authorizing sanctions against staff as well as those that support the court. #FDT whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

Surveillance thrives in unequal environments, and the pandemic has increased inequality. We need a welfare state for our digital information economy, writes Beatriz Botero Arcila openglobalrights.org/our-post-covid…

Hello Twitter, it has been a while ;-) Excited to join John Scott-Railton, Alexa Koenig, & Lindsay Freeman for a discussion hosted by National Academies on the Berkeley Protocol, which sets standards for the use of #OSINT in #HumanRights investigations. nationalacademies.org/event/05-05-20…

For those of you who missed it. I am pleased to share the English version of yesterday's oral update to the UN Human Rights Council. The translated versions in Dari and Pashto will also be posted soon.