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Intersectional/Interdisciplinary ML research @datascicolumbia. Physics PhD. Passionate about responsible, empowering, ethical tech. Always stay humble and kind.

Brooklyn, New York
Joined April 2015
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
AI is unpredictable. Can physics make it trustworthy? Read our Q&A with @DataSciColumbia โ€™s Savannah Thais: bit.ly/3U9t0Ht #AI #DataForGood #Ethics
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Understanding what cutting-edge AI models do 'under the hood' requires not just theoretical research but also computational experiments. In this Comment, Savannah Thais @basicsciencesav explains why physics datasets may be the testing ground that's needed nature.com/articles/s42254-0โ€ฆ
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Seems like more people should be talking about how a libertarian charter city startup funded by Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, and Peter Thiel is trying to bankrupt Honduras. Prรณspera is suing Honduras to the tune of $11B (GDP is $32B) and is expected to win, per the NYT ๐Ÿงต
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From Ted Chiang's recent New Yorker essay about AI. I totally agree with this:
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
๐ŸŽ‰ Congrats to @AstroVivi; LEAPers @OceanCarbon @BasicScienceSav @DJGagneDos; + LEAP Lecture speaker @atmosbarnes on the publication of "Ethics in Climate AI: From Theory to Practice" journals.plos.org/climate/arโ€ฆ ๐ŸŽ‰ #teamwork #community #climate #data #ML #AI #climateadaptation (1/5)
New Opinion article: @AstroVivi, @atmosbarnes, @DJGagneDos, @OceanCarbon and @BasicScienceSav discuss how a firm ethical basis for #ClimateAI increases explainability, robustness, and trustworthiness journals.plos.org/climate/arโ€ฆ #EthicalAI @Climformatics @LeapStc @M2LInES @ai2enviro
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How it is when the roles are reversed
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
FAccT is an island, not because ML people "don't know", they don't care and are compensated well for it. But if we work together we can still have a big impact from the outside. This is why facct isn't effective if we can't do basics like see the tech-intensified genocide 1/
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Important from @MarietjeSchaake. Itโ€™s twisted & inexplicable that โ€œAI safetyโ€ ppl continue to perplex themselves w ill-defined thought experiments focused on the fake far future while AIโ€™s being used by the Israeli military to expedite slaughter now. ft.com/content/da03f8e1-0ae4โ€ฆ
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I support pathways to research in AI for young people. However, to echo others: I think the likely outcome of this no-feedback high school submission track will be to give participation prizes for well-resourced high school students. To add on:
This year, we invite high school students to submit research papers on the topic of machine learning for social impact! See our call for high school research project submissions below. buff.ly/43TiTdD
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
For those who missed last weekโ€™s Ground Truth event at our office, we were lucky enough to host a panel of five incredible, insightful women: ๐ŸŸฃ @tanyadua of @LinkedInNews ๐ŸŸฃ @teresa_datta of @itsArthurAI ๐ŸŸฃ Diana Hsieh of @DetectDeepfakes ๐ŸŸฃ @BasicScienceSav of @DataSciColumbia ๐ŸŸฃ @_bekah_ of @AllTechIsHuman They talked about their professional journeys, sharedย insights on the important work theyโ€™re undertaking, and gave advice for anyone interested in a career in AI/ML. Check out the full video: youtu.be/IOB3LNnV9aA?si=APVyโ€ฆ
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Looking forward to hosting this Wednesdayโ€™s panel with some of the most innovative women leaders in the field of AI! Join us at Arthur HQ to hear from: ๐Ÿ”ธ Cass Matthews (@Microsoft) ๐Ÿ”ธ @_bekah_ (@AllTechIsHuman) ๐Ÿ”ธ @BasicScienceSav (@datascicolumbia) ๐Ÿ”ธ @tanyadua (@LinkedInNews) ๐Ÿ”ธ @jerseejess (@Work_Bench) ๐Ÿ”ธ @teresa_datta (@itsArthurAI) Learn more and register: bit.ly/4cnJHq9
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
Chat about โ€œClimate Data Science: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Research Convergenceโ€ w/LEAP panelists @karadlamb @BasicScienceSav + @juannat7! ๐Ÿ“… Thurs., 3/28/24 ๐Ÿ•› 12p (EDT), in-person + via Zoom ๐Ÿ’ป RSVP: bit.ly/3vrRwdG #community @CUSEAS @columbiaclimate @NSF
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Can we all agree on how ludicrous this is? "Hey, can you just give me 7% of the entire world's GDP so my AI can destroy more jobs and the climate?" cnbc.com/2024/02/09/openai-cโ€ฆ
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
I'm looking forward to the Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences workshop today (Friday). We are in Hall B2, stop by #ML4PS2023 #NeurIPS2023 @ML4PhyS ml4physicalsciences.github.iโ€ฆ
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I wish we could stop worrying about whether something is intelligent or whether something is general, and just focus on whether something is useful, whether something helps people, and whether something moves society in a positive direction. >
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I canโ€™t stop thinking, so I'm writing something. This is about the physics students of Gaza. 1/N
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"You cant cut food, water, electricity that are vital for the lives of 2.3 million people who have been living in a blockade for 16 years. You cant wipe out entire innocent families, let a health system be destroyed, raze entire districts to the ground" @HRW's Executive Director
"When double standards are exposed, the motives of the EU are questioned, and its credibility is eroded." @TiranaHassan addresses @EP_HumanRights on Israel, Palestine, and international humanitarian law โคต๏ธ
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Savannah Thais ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ’ป retweeted
No one can pretend we donโ€™t know how the worst of history was allowed to happen anymore. No one.
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