Applied AI Pod

In an inspiring talk, Rudradeb Mitra, founder of Omdena - global platform to build AI-based solutions to humanity's toughest problems - shares from the social problems worked on, his view of life and what his next book will be about. Omdena is also an Innovation Partner of the United Nations AI for Good Global Summit 2020, with over 700 AI enthusiasts (AI experts, engaged citizens, and aspiring data scientists from diverse backgrounds), from 70 countries that come together to solve social problems like hunger, PTSD, sexual harassment, gang violence, wildfire prevention and energy poverty.

Data collection, privacy and ownership, unbiased train data and auditing algos. Ethics ties in everywhere and that’s why it’s always a good investment to make. In a lightning talk, Elizabeth M. Adams, a Race and Technology Stanford University Fellow and IEEE P70XX Series on AI Ethics board fellow, shares her views on ethical tech design.

Online abuse is a rapidly growing problem. Using AI for social benefit is an opportunity to provide access to justice to all social media users who have been cyberbullied, harassed or otherwise offended online. Eikku Koponen is the AI Lead of SomeBuddy, a Finish startup using technology to enable access to justice for all social media users. We talk about Finland, Human-in-the-Loop ML models and cyberbullying.