
irResponsible AI
Claim This Podcastby Upol Ehsan, Shea Brown
Podcast Overview
<p>Welcome to irResponsible AI —a series where you find out how NOT to end up on the New York Times headlines for all the wrong reasons! <br><br>💡 Why are we doing this? As experts, we are tired of the boring “mainstream corporate” RAI communication. Here, we give it to you straight.<br><br>⁉️ Why call it Irresponsible AI? Responsible AI exists because of irresponsible AI. Knowing what NOT to do can be, at times, more actionable than knowing what to do. <br><br>🎙️Who are your hosts? Why should you even bother to listen? <br>Upol Ehsan makes AI systems explainable & responsible so that people who aren’t at the table don’t end up on the menu. He is currently at Georgia Tech and had past lives at {Google, IBM, Microsoft} Research. <br><br>Shea Brown is an astrophysicist turned AI auditor, working to ensure companies protect ordinary people from the dangers of AI. He’s the Founder and CEO of BABL AI, an AI auditing firm.<br><br>All opinions expressed here are the hosts’ personal opinions. <br><br>Follow for more Responsible AI:<br><br><b>Upol: </b>https://twitter.com/UpolEhsan <br><b>Shea: </b>https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-brown-26050465/ <br><br></p>
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Recent Episodes

July 29, 2024
🔥 Generative AI Use Cases: What's Legit and What's Not? | irResponsible AI EP6S01
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2304358/open_sms">Got questions or comments or topics you want us to cover? Text us! </a></p><p>In this episode of irResponsible AI, we discuss <br/>✅ GenAI is cool, but do you really need it for your use case?<br/>✅ How can companies end up doing irresponsible AI by using GenAI for the wrong use cases?<br/>✅ How may we get out of this problem? <br/><br/>What can you do?<br/>🎯 Two simple things: like and subscribe. You have no idea how much it will annoy the wrong people if this series gains traction. <br/><br/>🎙️Who are your hosts and why should you even bother to listen? <br/>Upol Ehsan makes AI systems explainable and responsible so that people who aren’t at the table don’t end up on the menu. He is currently at Georgia Tech and had past lives at {Google, IBM, Microsoft} Research. His work pioneered the field of Human-centered Explainable AI. <br/><br/>Shea Brown is an astrophysicist turned AI auditor, working to ensure companies protect ordinary people from the dangers of AI. He’s the Founder and CEO of BABL AI, an AI auditing firm.<br/><br/>All opinions expressed here are strictly the hosts’ personal opinions and do not represent their employers' perspectives. <br/><br/>Follow us for more Responsible AI and the occasional sh*tposting:<br/>Upol: https://twitter.com/UpolEhsan <br/>Shea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-brown-26050465/ <br/><br/>CHAPTERS:<br/>00:00 - Introduction<br/>01:28 - Misuse of Generative AI<br/>02:27 - Glue example of google gen AI<br/>03:18 - The Challenge of Public Trust and Misinformation<br/>03:45 - Why is this a serious problem? <br/>04:49 - Why should businesses need to worry about it?<br/>05:32 - Auditing Generative AI Systems and Liability Risks<br/>07:18 - Why is this GenAI hype happening?<br/>09:20 - Competitive Pressure and Funding Influence<br/>14:29 - How to avoid failure: investing in Problem Understanding<br/>14:48 - Good use cases of GenAI<br/>17:05 - LLMs are only useful if you know the answer<br/>17:30 - Text-based based video editing as a good example<br/>21:40 - Need for GenAI literacy amongst tech execs<br/>23:30 - Takeaways<br/><br/><br/>#ResponsibleAI #ExplainableAI #podcasts #aiethics</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2304358/support">Support the Show.</a></p><p><b>What can you do?</b><br/>🎯 You have no idea how much it will annoy the wrong people if this series goes viral. So help the algorithm do the work for you! <br/><br/>Follow us for more Responsible AI:<br/><b>Upol: </b>https://twitter.com/UpolEhsan <br/><b>Shea: </b>https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-brown-26050465/ </p>

July 29, 2024
🔥 Do you REALLY need Generative AI for that? | irResponsible AI EP6S01
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2304358/open_sms">Got questions or comments or topics you want us to cover? Text us! </a></p><p>In this episode of irResponsible AI, we discuss <br/>✅ GenAI is cool, but do you really need it for your use case?<br/>✅ How can companies end up doing irresponsible AI by using GenAI for the wrong use cases?<br/>✅ How may we get out of this problem? <br/><br/>What can you do?<br/>🎯 Two simple things: like and subscribe. You have no idea how much it will annoy the wrong people if this series gains traction. <br/><br/>🎙️Who are your hosts and why should you even bother to listen? <br/>Upol Ehsan makes AI systems explainable and responsible so that people who aren’t at the table don’t end up on the menu. He is currently at Georgia Tech and had past lives at {Google, IBM, Microsoft} Research. His work pioneered the field of Human-centered Explainable AI. <br/><br/>Shea Brown is an astrophysicist turned AI auditor, working to ensure companies protect ordinary people from the dangers of AI. He’s the Founder and CEO of BABL AI, an AI auditing firm.<br/><br/>All opinions expressed here are strictly the hosts’ personal opinions and do not represent their employers' perspectives. <br/><br/>Follow us for more Responsible AI and the occasional sh*tposting:<br/>Upol: https://twitter.com/UpolEhsan <br/>Shea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-brown-26050465/ <br/><br/>CHAPTERS:<br/>00:00 - Introduction<br/>01:28 - Misuse of Generative AI<br/>02:27 - Glue example of google gen AI<br/>03:18 - The Challenge of Public Trust and Misinformation<br/>03:45 - Why is this a serious problem? <br/>04:49 - Why should businesses need to worry about it?<br/>05:32 - Auditing Generative AI Systems and Liability Risks<br/>07:18 - Why is this GenAI hype happening?<br/>09:20 - Competitive Pressure and Funding Influence<br/>14:29 - How to avoid failure: investing in Problem Understanding<br/>14:48 - Good use cases of GenAI<br/>17:05 - LLMs are only useful if you know the answer<br/>17:30 - Text-based based video editing as a good example<br/>21:40 - Need for GenAI literacy amongst tech execs<br/>23:30 - Takeaways<br/><br/><br/>#ResponsibleAI #ExplainableAI #podcasts #aiethics</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2304358/support">Support the Show.</a></p><p><b>What can you do?</b><br/>🎯 You have no idea how much it will annoy the wrong people if this series goes viral. So help the algorithm do the work for you! <br/><br/>Follow us for more Responsible AI:<br/><b>Upol: </b>https://twitter.com/UpolEhsan <br/><b>Shea: </b>https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-brown-26050465/ </p>

June 4, 2024
🔥 The Taylor Swift Factor: Deep fakes & Responsible AI | irResponsible AI EP3S01
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2304358/open_sms">Got questions or comments or topics you want us to cover? Text us! </a></p><p>As they say, don't mess with Swifties. This episode irResponsible AI is about the Taylor Swift Factor in Responsible AI: <br/>✅ Taylor Swift's deepfake scandal and what it did for RAIg<br/>✅ Do famous people need to be harmed before we do anything about it? <br/>✅ How to address the deepfake problem at the systemic and symptomatic levels<br/><br/>What can you do?<br/>🎯 Two simple things: like and subscribe. You have no idea how much it will annoy the wrong people if this series gains traction. <br/><br/>🎙️Who are your hosts and why should you even bother to listen? <br/>Upol Ehsan makes AI systems explainable and responsible so that people who aren’t at the table don’t end up on the menu. He is currently at Georgia Tech and had past lives at {Google, IBM, Microsoft} Research. His work pioneered the field of Human-centered Explainable AI. <br/><br/>Shea Brown is an astrophysicist turned AI auditor, working to ensure companies protect ordinary people from the dangers of AI. He’s the Founder and CEO of BABL AI, an AI auditing firm.<br/><br/>All opinions expressed here are strictly the hosts’ personal opinions and do not represent their employers' perspectives. <br/><br/>Follow us for more Responsible AI and the occasional sh*tposting:<br/>Upol: https://twitter.com/UpolEhsan <br/>Shea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-brown-26050465/ <br/><br/>CHAPTERS:<br/>0:00 - Introduction<br/>01:20 - Taylor Swift Deepfakes: what happened<br/>02:43 - Does disaster need to strike famous people for us to move the needle? <br/>06:31 - What role can RAI play to address this deepfake problem?<br/>07:19 - Disagreement! Deep fakes have both systemic and symptomatic causes<br/>09:28 - Deep fakes, Elections, EU AI Act, and US State legislations<br/>11:45 - The post-truth era powered by AI<br/>15:40 - Watermarking AI generated content and the difficulty <br/>19:26 - The enshittification of the internet <br/>22:00- Three actionable takeaways <br/><br/><br/>#ResponsibleAI #ExplainableAI #podcasts #aiethics #taylorswift</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2304358/support">Support the Show.</a></p><p><b>What can you do?</b><br/>🎯 You have no idea how much it will annoy the wrong people if this series goes viral. So help the algorithm do the work for you! <br/><br/>Follow us for more Responsible AI:<br/><b>Upol: </b>https://twitter.com/UpolEhsan <br/><b>Shea: </b>https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-brown-26050465/ </p>
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<p>Welcome to irResponsible AI —a series where you find out how NOT to end up on the New York Times headlines for all the wrong reasons! <br><br>💡 Why are we doing this? As experts, we are tired of the boring “mainstream corporate” RAI communication. Here, we give it to you straight.<br><br>⁉️ Why call it Irresponsible AI? Responsible AI exists because of irresponsible AI. Knowing what NOT to do can be, at times, more actionable than knowing what to do. <br><br>🎙️Who are your hosts? Why should you even bother to listen? <br>Upol Ehsan makes AI systems explainable & responsible so that people who aren’t at the table don’t end up on the menu. He is currently at Georgia Tech and had past lives at {Google, IBM, Microsoft} Research. <br><br>Shea Brown is an astrophysicist turned AI auditor, working to ensure companies protect ordinary people from the dangers of AI. He’s the Founder and CEO of BABL AI, an AI auditing firm.<br><br>All opinions expressed here are the hosts’ personal opinions. <br><br>Follow for more Responsible AI:<br><br><b>Upol: </b>https://twitter.com/UpolEhsan <br><b>Shea: </b>https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-brown-26050465/ <br><br></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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