David Gray Widder

received a notification that my Nature piece on Open Source AI is now up online!

ironically, however, it is not open access, and is closed behind a paywall. I've emailed to point out this irony, and am hoping they see it too :)

🎉📢 I'm on the tenure track job market! 👋✨

I study how people building “AI” think about the downstream harms their work makes possible, and the epistemic and political economic systems which shape their thoughts, and our future.

#Ethics isn't just about spotting issues… it's about having #POWER to fix them, critique business models, & challenge incentives.

Our #FAccT23 paper surveys software engineers' ethical concerns, and what they (feel they can) do about them…

📄: http://davidwidder.me/power.pdf

excellent #MosFest session on Algorithmic Contestability, led by Megan Ma, Renee Shelby, Nick Vincent, and @bobirakova@sfba.social

In breakouts, we're discussing how we should design (& write, build…) so that design & value judgements are are exposed, so that they can be challenged.